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The Kennesaw State men's golf team will appear in its seventh consecutive NCAA Division I Regional this week when it travels to Tennessee to compete in the College Grove Regional at The Grove Club in College Grove, Tenn.
The format calls for 54 holes to be played over three days with 18 holes scheduled for Monday (May 15), Tuesday (May 16) and Wednesday (May 17). Monday's opening round gets underway at 9 a.m. (ET). The Owls are scheduled to tee off on the first hole beginning at 9:55 a.m. (ET) and will be grouped with UCF and Middle Tennessee.
The College Grove Regional will be one of six 54-hole regional tournaments conducted May 15-17. Other regionals will be held in Baton Rouge, La. (University Club), West Lafayette, Ind. (Kampen Course), Stanford, Calif. (Stanford Golf Course), Austin, Texas (UT Golf Club) and Auburn, Wash. (National Golf Club).
Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance to the finals.
The finals are May 26-31 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. Northern Illinois is the host institution for this year's championships.
Kennesaw State will be seeking its third finals appearance and first since 2014 where it finished 26th out of 30 teams at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. The Owls highest regional finish is a second-place showing at the 2014 Auburn Regional in Auburn, Ala.
LIVE SCORING
Live scoring of the College Grove Regional will be available at www.golfstat.com.
THE COURSE
The Grove Club is a par-72, 7,333-yard golf course. It has hosted the Web.com Future Stars Shootout, USGA Senior Amateur Qualifier and multiple collegiate events.
THE FIELD
The 13-team field for the College Grove Regional includes (in order of seeding): Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Clemson, Georgia, Missouri, Lipscomb, Kennesaw State, UCF, Middle Tennessee, TCU, Troy, East Tennessee State and Harvard. Eight teams – Vanderbilt (No. 2), Texas Tech (No. 11), Clemson (No. 14), Georgia (No. 23), Missouri (No. 25), Lipscomb (No. 35), Kennesaw State (No. 39) and UCF (No. 47) - are ranked in Golfstat's Top 50.
THE LINEUP
1.
Christopher Guglielmo (Sr.)
2.
Connor Coffee (So.)
3.
Pablo Rodriguez-Tabernero Torres (So.)
4.
Jake Fendt (So.)
5.
Teremoana Beaucousin (Sr.)
QUOTING BRYANT ODOM
"It's an honor and privilege to get to go and compete at the NCAA Regionals, and from there we just have to play our hearts out. "It is exciting to know that we have played the course before and had some success there in the fall, and it is pretty close to home. We have seen many of the teams before, but anywhere we go we are going to have to play well, but to get to play with some teams we have played with before, and even beat, really gives us a sense of confidence. We need everyone on our team playing well and we have to have the depth throughout the lineup and rely on everyone every day. We are going to need consistent scores, try to avoid the big numbers, and just have fun."
NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kennesaw State is making its seventh consecutive appearance in an NCAA regional and is coming off a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Franklin Regional in 2016. KSU totaled a 17-under par score of 847 to finish five shots behind Virginia, which placed fifth to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships. Seniors
Christopher Guglielmo (T25) and
Teremoana Beaucousin (T29), and
Jake Fendt (T33) were in the Owls' lineup a year ago and will be competing again this week.
LAST TIME OUT
Kennesaw State captured the program's third ASUN Conference title after posting a one-shot victory over Lipscomb on April 18. The Owls recorded a 1-under par 863 total at the par-72, 7,032-yard The Legends at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Ga. Sophomores
Jake Fendt and
Pablo Rodriguez-Tabernero Torres shot a 2-under par 214 total to lead KSU and tie for second, four shots behind Dawson Armstrong of Lipscomb.
LINEUP NOTES
The Owls will enter the regionals with all five players in the lineup scoring under 73.00. Sophomore
Jake Fendt tops the team with a 72.16 stroke average. He has posted five top 20 finishes, including three top 10 showings, and captured individual medalist honors at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships.
Seniors
Christopher Guglielmo (72.41) and
Teremoana Beaucousin (72.84) are tied for the team lead with six top 20 finishes, while Guglielmo has recorded a team-best five top 10 showings. Freshman
Connor Coffee has a 72.61 scoring and a victory at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, while sophomore
Pablo Rodriguez-Tabernero Torres has recorded a 72.74 scoring average and five top five finishes.
TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Kennesaw State has put together a solid 2016-17 season in which it has recorded nine top five finishes, including three tournament wins. The Owls captured the Pinetree Intercollegiate, Steelwood Collegiate Invitational and ASUN Conference Championships.
2017 ASUN CONFERENCE HONORS
Co-Freshman of the Year: Connor Coffee
Second Team All-Conference: Teremoana Beaucousin,
Jake Fendt, Chris Guglielmo
All-Freshman Team: Connor Coffee
All-Academic Team: Teremoana Beaucousin
ASUN Conference Players of the Week
Chris Guglielmo (Oct. 6)
Connor Coffee (Nov. 3)
Jake Fendt (Mar. 6)
Chris Guglielmo (Mar. 23)
THE 2016-17 ROSTER
Head coach
Bryant Odom's 2016-17 roster includes four the five players who helped the Owls claim the 2016 ASUN Conference championship and advance to the NCAA Franklin Regional. The KSU roster includes two seniors (
Teremoana Beaucousin,
Christopher Guglielmo), three juniors (
Wyatt Larkin,
Buster Bruton,
Paul Doig), two sophomores (
Jake Fendt,
Pablo Rodriguez-Tabernero Torres) and a talented freshman
Connor Coffee.
GUGLIELMO QUALIFIES FOR 2016 U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Senior
Christopher Guglielmo qualified the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship that was held at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich., in August. It marked the second straight year that Guglielmo qualified for world's most prestigious amateur championship.
KENNESAW STATE MEN'S GOLF
The Kennesaw State men's golf program has established itself at the national level in recent years as it has made six consecutive NCAA Regional appearances and advanced to the NCAA Championships on two occasions. The Owls finished the 2015-16 season ranked No. 45 by Golfstat and No. 49 by Golfweek.
KENNESAW STATE IN NCAA POSTSEASON PLAY
Kennesaw State has advanced to NCAA postseason play in each of the last seven years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and advanced to the NCAA Championships in 2011 and 2014, placing 26th both times.
HEAD COACH BRYANT ODOM
Head coach
Bryant Odom is in his second season at Kennesaw State and has guided the Owls to back-to-back ASUN Conference championship. KSU's 2016 performance helped Odom earn ASUN Conference Coach of the Year honors. Prior to Kennesaw State, Odom spent two seasons as head coach at Western Carolina. He earned All-American honors at Georgia and helped the Bulldogs to a national championship in 1999.
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