The Texas A&M men's golf team's journey to the 2021 NCAA Championship begins as the No. 3 seed at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional, which will be contested May 17-19 at the Championship Course at the University of New Mexico. The top five teams at each of the NCAA's six regionals will advance to the following week's NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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For the Aggies, ranked No. 14 by Golfstat.com, it is the program's 25th NCAA Regional appearance and the 17th in the last 18 NCAA postseasons. The Aggies have advanced for regional play in the last five postseasons and were victorious in their last two regional appearances, with victories at the Bryan (Texas) Regional in 2018 and the Pullman (Wash.) Regional in 2019. In both seasons, the Aggies advanced match play at the NCAA final and posted fifth-place finishes.
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"Our attitude about regionals is that all the regional fields are strong," head coach Brian Kortan said. "We need to play well up and down and if we play well that will get us to Scottsdale. These guys have played a lot of rounds of golf for us and they're familiar with this level of play. They know what's at stake and they like to be challenged so we're looking forward to getting started."
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Albuquerque Regional Field (Golfstat.com ranking)
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The Aggies have won a pair of tournaments in 2021 with victories at the Border Olympics and the Aggie Invitational. In the team's most recent action, the Aggies advanced through stroke play at the SEC Championships and then upset top-seeded Georgia in the quarterfinals before dropping a narrow decision to Arkansas in the semifinals.
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About Texas A&M Athletics | Home of the 12th Man:
One of the most successful Athletics Departments in the nation, Texas A&M ranked No. 15 in the most recent Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings and is one of eight Division I institutions nationally to finish in the top 20 of the prestigious ranking of athletics success for at least 13 consecutive years. For more information, go to www.12thMan.com.
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About Texas A&M University:
Texas A&M University, the flagship university within the Texas A&M University System, is a tier-one research institution with nearly $1 billion in research grants and more than 69,000 students. The President of Texas A&M University has strategic oversight for campuses in College Station and Galveston, TX and Doha, Qatar. We include The Health Science Center with the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, as well as The Texas A&M School of Law and Mays Business School. For more information, go to www.tamu.edu.
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For the Aggies, ranked No. 14 by Golfstat.com, it is the program's 25th NCAA Regional appearance and the 17th in the last 18 NCAA postseasons. The Aggies have advanced for regional play in the last five postseasons and were victorious in their last two regional appearances, with victories at the Bryan (Texas) Regional in 2018 and the Pullman (Wash.) Regional in 2019. In both seasons, the Aggies advanced match play at the NCAA final and posted fifth-place finishes.
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"Our attitude about regionals is that all the regional fields are strong," head coach Brian Kortan said. "We need to play well up and down and if we play well that will get us to Scottsdale. These guys have played a lot of rounds of golf for us and they're familiar with this level of play. They know what's at stake and they like to be challenged so we're looking forward to getting started."
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Albuquerque Regional Field (Golfstat.com ranking)
- Oklahoma (1)
- Arizona State (9)
- Texas A&M (14)
- Texas Tech (15)
- New Mexico (29)
- Stanford (34)
- Oregon State (48)
- Boise State (56)
- South Carolina (31)
- Nevada (68)
- San Diego (63)
- New Mexico State (151)
- Oakland (163)
- Prairie View A&M (268)
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The Aggies have won a pair of tournaments in 2021 with victories at the Border Olympics and the Aggie Invitational. In the team's most recent action, the Aggies advanced through stroke play at the SEC Championships and then upset top-seeded Georgia in the quarterfinals before dropping a narrow decision to Arkansas in the semifinals.
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About Texas A&M Athletics | Home of the 12th Man:
One of the most successful Athletics Departments in the nation, Texas A&M ranked No. 15 in the most recent Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings and is one of eight Division I institutions nationally to finish in the top 20 of the prestigious ranking of athletics success for at least 13 consecutive years. For more information, go to www.12thMan.com.
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About Texas A&M University:
Texas A&M University, the flagship university within the Texas A&M University System, is a tier-one research institution with nearly $1 billion in research grants and more than 69,000 students. The President of Texas A&M University has strategic oversight for campuses in College Station and Galveston, TX and Doha, Qatar. We include The Health Science Center with the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, as well as The Texas A&M School of Law and Mays Business School. For more information, go to www.tamu.edu.
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