May 20, 2006
TUCSON, Ariz. – The New Mexico men’s golf team fell short of the top-10 and a berth in the NCAA Championship, as they finish tied for 12th at the NCAA West Regional in Tucson, Ariz. The Lobos posted a final round 5-under par, 283 and was 6-under par (290-285-283=858) for the tournament on the par-72, 7,200-yard OMNI Tucson National Golf Course. The overall lead was shared by Arizona and Florida at 37-under par. The top-10 teams at the NCAA West Regional shot 13-under par or better.
Individually UNM was led in the final round by senior Jay Choi with a 5-under par 67. Choi moved up the leader board to finish at 7-under par and just out of qualifying as an individual. Other New Mexico results were junior Charlie Beljan finished at 3-under par (74-68-71=213), freshman Steve Saunders finished even par (72-70-74=216), senior Mark Anderson finished 7-over par (76-76-71=223) and freshman Nick Geyer was 11-over par (73-80-74=227)
Medalist honors were shared by Billy Horschel of Florida and Casey Watabu of Nevada at 13-under par.
The NCAA West Regional will conclude the season for the Lobo men’s golf team. Few teams remain on the course with full results of the NCAA West Regional available on the Golfstat website at www.golfstat.com.