How They're Doing: Minnesotans on Pro Tour Money Lists -- April 22
April 22, 2024
Pepperdine University, the defending NCAA Division I champion, had three players finish in the top 10 indivdually at the NCAA Bryan Regional on Wednesday. Joe Highsmith was the medalist with a 54-hole total of 210 (69-72-69) at Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas, and his teammate William Mouw was one stroke behind, tied for second at 211, along with Arizona's Chase Sienkiewicz.
Derek HItchner, the 2021 MGA Player of the Year, opened the regional with a 67 and followed it with a 72. That had him tied for fourth going into the final round, but the reigning Minnesota State Amateur champion closed with a 75 and slipped back into a tie for 10th at 214.
The performances by Highsmith, Mouw and Hitchner enabled the Waves to advance fairly easily to this year's NCAA Championships, which will be played May 27 through June 1, at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
In addition to the State Am, Hitchner won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur last summer. He is also a former Minnesota state high school champ, having set a scoring record of 134 at the Class AA tournament at Ridges at Sand Creek in 2016, when he was a sophomore at Blake.
Arizona had two players in the top 10, and all five among the top 29 individual finishers, which enabled the Wildcats to claim first place in the team standings with a three-round aggregate of 851. Pepperdine matched Arizona's Day 3 score of even-par 288 and took second with an overall 856 (minus 8).
Texas A&M was third at 860 and Georgia fourth, another three back at 863. There were six regionals taking place this week, and five teams from each advanced. Securing the fifth spot from the Bryan Regional was Kansas, which had the third-best score of the day (291) and finished at 867. That was 11 better than the sixth-place finisher, SMU.
The Kansas lineup includes Ben Sigel, the former Minnesota state Class AAA high school champ (2016) from Minnetonka. He followed a pair of 74's with a 76 and tied for 45th at 224.
NCAA Bryan Regional
At Traditions Golf Club
Par 72, 7,146 yards
Bryan, Texas
Final results (the top five teams advance to the NCAA Championships, May 27-June 1, at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
1. Arizona 276-287-288--851
2. Pepperdine 279-289-288--856
3. Texas A&M 280-286-294--860
4. Georgia 279-285-299--863
5. Kansas 289-287-291--867
Teams that did not advance
6. SMU 288-293-297--878
7. Tennessee 295-284-301--880
8. Michigan State 293-295-296--884
9. Oregon State 285-290-310--885
10. Colorado State 293-303-292--888
11. Boise State 296-301-305--902
12. Southeastern Louisiana 306-296-301--903
13. Texas Southern 312-316-328--956
Individuals (one individual not with an advancing team also qualifies from each of the six regionals for the NCAA tournament)
1. Joe Highsmith, Pepperdine 69-72-69--210
T2. Chase Sienkiewicz, Arizona 65-74-72--211
T2. William Mouw, Pepperdine 71-69-71--211
4. Walker Lee, Texas A&M 71-70-71--212
T5. Maxwell Ford, Georgia 69-73-71--213
T5. Carson Barry, Oregon State 70-69-74--213 (won playoff with Noah Goodwin to advance as an individual)
T5. Noah Goodwin, SMU 71-68-74--213
T10. Derek Hitchner, Pepperdine 67-72-75--214
T45. Ben Sigel, Kansas 74-74-76--224
NCAA Palm Beach Regional
At PGA National - Champion Course
Par 72, 7,048 yards
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Final results
1. Vanderbilt 285-282-277--844
2. Florida State 297-279-280--856
3. Florida 294-284-284--862
4. South Florida 290-292-294--876
5. College of Charleston 294-292-292--878
Teams that did not advance
6. Little Rock 295-302-292--889
7. Purdue 305-299-286--890
8. San Diego 303-294-294--891
9. Notre Dame 292-296-308--896
10. New Mexico 298-297-307--902
11. Davidson 293-304-306--903
12. Indiana 308-304-2989--910
13. Charleston Southern 304-310-321--935
14. Loyola Maryland 324-315-320--959
Individuals
1. Brett Roberts, Florida State 74-68-67--209
T2. Reid Davenport, Vanderbilt 72-72-67--211
T2. Fred Biondi, Florida 72-69-70--211
T4. Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt 74-72-66--212
T4. Kieron van Wyk, Charleston 69-69-74--212
T6. Zack Byers, Gardner-Webb 72-70-71--213 (advanced as an individual)
T6. Sam Nicholson, So. Florida 68-71-74--213
59. Carson Herron, New Mexico 79-78-77--234
Columbus Regional
At The Ohio State University's Scarlet Course
Par 71, 7,422 yards
Columbus, Ohio
Final results
?T1. Oklahoma State 280-281-281--842
T1. Georgia 290-271-281-842
3. Ohio State 290-284-282--856
4. Arkansas 292-286-281--859
5. East Tennessee State 286-290-286--862
Teams that did not advance
T6. San Francisco 288-290-288--866
T6. Clemson 289-286-291--866
8. Duke 290-289-288--867
T9. Kentucky 294-291-283--868
T9. Wright State 297-287-284--868
11. Northwestern 295-289-288--872
12. Florida Gulf Coast 298-294-282--874
13. Southern Illinois 307-307-295--909
Individuals
1. Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, Okla. State 69-69-68--206
2. Ross Steelman, Georgia Tech 72-67-68--207
3. Thomas Giroux, Oakland 71-69-70--210 (advanced as an individual)
T4. Benjamin Reuter, Geogia Tech 72-68-71--211
T4. Jackson Chandler, Ohio State 72-69-70--211
T4. Remi Chartier, E. Tennessee State 72-70-69--211
T49. Frankie Capan, Fla. Gulf Coast 77-70-74--221
T53. Brady Madsen, Fla. Gulf Coast 74-76-72--222
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