By: Hunter McKay
Tournament #12 Claes Borregaard at NCAA Championships
OPENING TEE
Senior
Claes Borregaard will represent the Kennesaw State men's golf team in the NCAA Division I National Championships on May 23-26.
All 30 teams and six individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play. Following 54 holes of competition, the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match-play competition and the 72-hole stroke-play individual champion.
The event will take place on the North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. The course will be played as a Par 72 at 7,538 yards. The University of Texas is the host institution.
Borregaard qualified for the championships by finishing as the top individual on a non-advancing team at the Auburn Regional on May 12-14. The senior carded rounds of 68-68-72 for a 8-under par total of 216.
BORREGAARD THIS SEASON
Borregaard had a team-best 70.61 scoring average this season and is the top-ranked golfer in Conference USA. He led the team with 21 rounds at par or better. The senior was KSU's top finisher in eight events this season and ranks 67th in this week's NCAA Division I Men's Golf Ranking. He earned Conference USA Golfer of the Week honors five times. He was named Conference USA Player of the Year and was named First Team All-Conference on Friday.
Borregaard, a Smorum, Denmark native, achieved the following highlights this season:
- Tied for the individual title with rounds of 73-73-72 for a 5-over total of 218 on a Par 71 golf course at the Cullan Brown Collegiate. He won the Pinetree Intercollegiate with rounds of 74-69-70 for a 3-under par total score.
- Tied for third at the J.T. Poston Invitational for a 5-under par total of 205.
- Finished fourth at the Steelwood Collegiate.
- Came in second at the Palmas Del Mar Collegiate.
- Finished third at the CUSA Championship at 6-under par and was named to the CUSA All-Tournament Team.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (All Times Eastern)
- Friday – Stroke play round 1, 9:30 a.m.
- Saturday – Stroke play round 2, 9:30 a.m.
- Sunday – Stroke play round 3, 9:30 a.m.
- Monday – Stroke play round 4, 1:30 p.m.* (Golf Channel coverage, 6-10 p.m.) *If Borregaard reaches final day.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
All 30 teams and six individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play. Following 54 holes of competition, the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match-play competition and the 72-hole stroke-play individual champion.
Participating teams (in order of seeding): Auburn, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Texas, Arizona State, Oklahoma, Florida, Florida State, Virginia, Texas A&M, Illinois, UCLA, Vanderbilt, BYU, South Carolina, Pepperdine, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, South Florida, Colorado, UNLV, Purdue, San Diego, Wake Forest, New Mexico, Troy, California, Augusta
Individuals
Jacob Modleski - Notre Dame
Hunter Thomson- Michigan
Bryan Kim - Duke
Claes Borregaard - Kennesaw State
Braxton Watts – Utah
Sakke Sitala – Texas State
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