Texas Tech Golf Top 5 After Regionals First Round
The Texas Tech men’s golf team is in fourth place after the first round of NCAA Regional action at Yale’s New Haven Course on Monday.
The Red Raiders are playing in their 20th straight NCAA men’s regional golf tournament.
Tech won the 2021 Albuquerque Regional and has advanced to 13 NCAA Championships, including last season where the team finished 11th.
The low five teams and the low individual not on those five qualifying teams will advance to the NCAA Championships on May 27-June 1 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The Red Raiders put together a quality day, as they fired a 9-under par 271 on Monday.
Texas Tech is in a good spot with the field bunched up in front of them, and are just four shots out of the lead, held by Wake Forest and North Florida, both of which shot 13-under-par.
Georgia Southern is third at 10-under.
North Carolina and Illinois are tied for fifth at 7-under, two shots behind the Red Raiders.
Ludvig Aberg, who won the Big 12’s individual title a few weeks ago, had the Red Raiders’ best round of the day with a 5-under 65. He’s tied for second overall with several players. Illinois’ Piercen Hunt is leading the pack with a 6-under-par 64 after the first day.
All four Red Raiders who were part of the overall team score were at even-par or better — Baard Skogen and Calum Scott each with a 68 — while Carl Didrik Meen Fosaas shot a 70. Andy Lopez added a 72.
Texas Tech finished fourth in the Big 12 Tournament with an 861. Aberg won the individual title with an 8-under-par score that featured rounds of 68, 71, and 69 for a 54-hole total of 208.
New Haven Regional
Texas Tech (9-under-par 271, fourth place)
Texas Tech: Ludvig Aberg (65), Baard Skogen (68), Calum Scott (68), Carl Didrik Meen Fosaas (70), Andy Lopez (72).
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