June 15, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS - National champion Texas A&M will play host to the 2010 NCAA Southwest Regional May 20-22 at Traditions Golf Club, the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee announced Monday.
"We are thrilled that the NCAA has selected Traditions Club to host the Southwest Regional," A&M Coach J.T. Higgins said. "This is a great opportunity to showcase our community, university and golf course. It comes as no surprise to me because Traditions is exactly what the selection committee looks for when picking regional sites. It is a tough, demanding course, the community will support the championship and we have all the amenities and staff to host a championship-caliber event. We are looking forward to running a great regional championship which will hopefully lead to hosting the national championship down the road."
Other regional sites next spring will be the Capital City Club in Alpharetta, Ga., with the Georgia Institute of Technology serving as host; The Warren Golf Course on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.; Carlton Oaks Golf Course in San Diego, Calif., with San Diego State University as host; Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash., with the University of Washington as host; and the Yale University Golf Course in New Haven, Conn., with Yale as host.
In 2011, the regionals will be played at the Omni Tucson National Resort in Tucson, Ariz., with the University of Arizona as host; the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie, Colo., with the University of Colorado, Boulder as host; the Golden Ocala Golf Club in Ocala, Fla., with the University of Florida as host; Wolf Run Golf Club in Zionsville, Ind., with Indiana University, Bloomington as host; the Farms Golf Course in Rancho Santé Fe, Calif., with the University of San Diego as host; and the Pete Dye River Course in Blacksburg, Va., with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as host.
"The committee was very pleased with the bids we received and the caliber of golf courses these sites represent," said Darin Spease, the chair of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee and senior associate director of athletics at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. "The experience for our student-athletes is of utmost important to the committee, and we feel these courses will offer unforgettable championship events for them."