NCAA Men’s Golf Regional Field Announced

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – Six Big Ten teams and a trio of individuals were selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals, as announced on the NCAA Selection Show Wednesday. The regional field is divided among six sites and will be held from May 12-14.

Big Ten Champion Illinois earned the No. 3 seed in the Auburn Regional and will compete at the Auburn University Club in Auburn, Alabama, along with No. 6 Oregon and No. 7 Purdue.

No. 3 Illinois will begin the postseason as the host of the Urbana Regional at Atkins Golf Club, while No. 6 Northwestern and No. 10 Michigan State compete at Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Florida.

Indiana’s Clay Merchant (Urbana), Maryland’s Emil Riegger (Amherst) and Michigan’s Hunter Thomson (Urbana) each earned a berth to compete as individuals in next week’s regionals.

Thirteen teams and 10 individuals (not on those teams) will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals (not on those teams). The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance to the finals. Team and individual medalist titles will be decided May 23-28 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.

The full list of Big Ten qualifiers can be found below.

Poplar Grove Golf Club – Amherst, Virginia

Hosted by Liberty

Individuals (seeded in the following order):

1. Andrew Swanson, Clemson

2. Kaleb Wilson, West Virginia

3. Ike Joy, Liberty

4. Emil Riegger, Maryland

5. Peicheng Chen, St. John’s (New York)

6. Sakke Siltala, Texas State

7. Henric Bjelke, Campbell [Coastal Athletic Association]

8. Colin Dutton, UNCG [Southern Conference]

9. Alex Heard, UConn [Big East Conference]

10. Nolan Schuermann, Holy Cross [Patriot League]

Atkins Golf Club – Urbana, Illinois

Hosted by Illinois

Teams (seeded in the following order):

1. Oklahoma State [Big 12 Conference]

2. North Carolina

3. Illinois

4. Texas Tech

5. Long Beach State [Big West Conference]

6. UNLV

7. Houston

8. Marquette [Big East Conference]

9. Troy

10. Pacific

11. NC State

12. Illinois State [Missouri Valley Conference]

13. Wright State [Horizon League]

Individuals (seeded in the following order):

1. Hunter Thomson, Michigan

2. Jack Schoenberger, Kentucky

3. Paul Beauvy, Iowa State

4. Patton Samuels, Austin Peay

5. Anthony Delisanti, Valparaiso

6. Clay Merchent, Indiana

7. Ryan Ford, Cincinnati

8. Ben Cors, Dayton [Atlantic 10 Conference]

9. Titus Boswell, IU Indy [Horizon League]

10. Trey Wall, Murray State [Missouri Valley Conference]

Auburn University Club – Auburn, Alabama

Hosted by Auburn

Teams (seeded in the following order):

1. Auburn

2. Texas A&M

3. UCLA [Big Ten Conference]

4. SMU

5. Georgia Tech

6. Oregon

7. Purdue

8. University of Arkansas at Little Rock [Ohio Valley Conference]

9. TCU

10. Charleston

11. New Mexico State

12. Loyola Maryland [Patriot League]

13. USC Upstate [Big South Conference]

Seminole Legacy Golf Club – Tallahassee, Florida

Hosted by Florida State

Teams (seeded in the following order):

1. Ole Miss

2. Florida State

3. San Diego State [Mountain West Conference]

4. Georgia

5. Louisville

6. Northwestern

7. Notre Dame

8. New Mexico

9. Southern California

10. Michigan State

11. Furman

12. Augusta [Southland Conference]

13. Davidson [Atlantic 10 Conference]

14. Florida A&M [Southwestern Athletic Conference]