Lamar is the No. 3 Seed in the Central Regional

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Good luck Cards!

[UNLV]

This may be LU only shot at a D1 National Championship.

[Guest WBFan09]

is a number 3 seed a little low for this golf team?...or does it really even matter...seeding with golf i mean

[UNLV]

is a number 3 seed a little low for this golf team?...or does it really even matter...seeding with golf i mean

Actually LU got screwed in the seeding. LU is ranked 3rd in the nation. However it

really doesn't matter. All I hope is the guys come out with the same fire they had

when they destroyed the SLC. If so, so planning a national championship party.

[Guest coachacola]

Do seedings even matter much in golf?  The top 10 teams from each region advance to the championship round.  But it is odd the #3 ranked team in the country get's a 3 seed in a regional tourney.  Oklahoma State is the #1 seed and they are the defending national champs, so I can understand maybe a 2 seed for LU, but not a 3 seed.

[Guest WBFan09]

i just dont get the seeding except for seperating the teams thats about it other than that it shouldnt matter its not like they are going head to head against anyone

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MEN’S GOLF: Lamar set to participate at NCAA Central Regional for seventh

Daucy Crizer-Lamar University SID

May 15, 2007 - 4:05PM

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – Lamar University, who captured its second straight

Southland Conference men’s golf championship, will be making its seventh

straight NCAA Central Regional appearance as the No. 3 seed, which is being

hosted by Northern Illinois University at Rich Harvest Farms.

Lamar, who is ranked No. 3 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and

No. 5 in the Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll, is making its seventh

straight NCAA Central Regional appearance and eighth all-time in school

history since the regional format was started in 1990.

Each of the three NCAA Regionals consists of 27 teams and six individuals

not on one of those teams. All three regionals will be contested May 17-19

and will consist of 54 holes, 18 each day. The top 10 teams from each

regional and top two individuals not on an advancing team will advance to

the NCAA Championship May 30-June 2 at Golden Horseshoe Gold Club in

Williamsburg, Va.

The Cardinals placed five golfers on All-Southland Conference teams led by

junior Dawie Van Der Walt, who was named SLC player of the year. Also

earning All-SLC first-team honors were sophomore Oliver Bekker, junior Casey

Clendenon and sophomore Justin Harding. Senior Dusty Smith was a second-team

All-SLC selection, marking the third straight season he has earned All-SLC

honors.

Lamar has won six tournament titles this season, which is tied with

Stanford for the most of any NCAA Division I school. The Cardinals have won

four of their last five tournaments heading into the NCAA Central Regional,

culminating with the SLC Championship. Lamar leads the SLC with a 288.19

team scoring average over 36 rounds this season and the Cardinals have the

top four individual scoring averages led by Van Der Walt (70.44), followed

by Bekker (72.66), Clendenon (72.22) and Harding (72.54). Smith has a 73.62

season scoring average.

All four of those players are ranked among the top 100 in the

Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index led by Van Der Walt at sixth, followed by

Bekker (33), Clendenon (68) and Harding (90). Harding led the team with

three tournament wins this season.

The Cardinals posted a best-ever fifth-place finish at last year’s NCAA

Central Regional at Sand Ridge Golf Club in Chardon, Ohio. Lamar advanced to

the NCAA Championship at Crosswater Golf Club at Sunriver Resort in

Sunriver, Ore. and tied for ninth place.

Individually, Van Der Walt placed third at the NCAA Central Regional and

fourth at the NCAA Championship with a 72-hole score of 7-under 281. Smith

tied for 10th place at the NCAA Championship with a 72-hole score of 2-under

286.

Lamar heads a list of eight teams from Texas competing at the NCAA Central

Regional. Texas A&M is the No. 4 seed, followed by Texas (No. 8), TCU (No.

9), Texas Tech (No. 14), SMU (No. 18), Baylor (No. 19) and Texas Southern

(No. 27). Fellow SLC member Southeastern Louisiana, who finished second to

the Cardinals at the SLC Championship, received an at-large bid to the NCAA

Central Regional and is the No. 12 seed.