The Alabama men's golf team finished second at the NCAA Central Regional Tournament and will now advance to the NCAA Finals which will be held on May 29-June 2 in Williamsburg, VA. The Crimson Tide finished with a team score of 898 and Alabama’s Michael Thompson finished tied for fourth at 220 after firing a 2-under 70 on Saturday.
Tulsa won the regional at 31-over par 895. The 10 teams that advanced from the regional into the team finals were Tulsa (895), Alabama (898), Louisville (899), Lamar (900), Tennessee (904), Oklahoma State (906), Texas Tech (907), Michigan State (915), Texas (918) and Minnesota (918).
Alabama’s Matthew Swan finished with a 226, Mark Harrell had a 227, Gator Todd a 230 and Joseph Sykora a 235.
It is the second time coach Jay Seawell has taken Alabama to the finals. His 2005 team finished tied for sixth at the NCAA East Regional to advance and finished 28th overall in the NCAA finals at Caves Valley Club in Owings Mills, Md.
It will be the 10th time in school history that Alabama has been to the finals. Its best finish was a tie for third in 1975 when Jerry Pate was a player.
The 30 teams that will be competing for a national championship, 7 are from the SEC, are as follows:
Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Duke, East Tennessee State, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Lamar, Louisville, Michigan State, Minnesota,
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