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NCAA Regional Championship
Ross Completes Day One at NCAA Men's Golf Regional
5/14/2009 7:58:59 PM | Men's Golf
Dundas, Ontario native fires a five-over 77 during the tournament's first round
Click Here for Complete Results (PDF). STILLWATER, Okla. – Eastern Michigan University senior Christopher Ross (Dundas, Ontario-Parkside) shot a five-over par 77 in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf South Central Regional Thursday, May 14, in Stillwater, Okla. The competition is being played at Oklahoma State University's Karsten Creek Golf Course. Ross, competing as an individual, is tied for 41st place out of 75 student-athletes competing at the event. A total of six 54-hole regional tournaments are being conducted across the country this weekend. Thirteen teams and ten 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 from each regional. Ross, a 2009 All-Mid-American Conference first team section, is scheduled to tee off hole No. 10 at 8:50 a.m. CST Friday, May 15, in the second of three rounds in the regional competition. The host Cowboys of Oklahoma State are the team leader after round one at 296. South Dakota State's Trent Peterson is the individual leader after the first 18 holes with a five-under 67. The Eagles have had a presence in the NCAA Division I regional in five straight years. The Eagles qualified as a team in both 2007 and 2008 as MAC champions while former Eagles' standout Korey Mahoney qualified as an individual the previous two seasons. Overall, Ross is just the fourth EMU student-athlete to ever earn an at-large berth to the NCAAs. Bob McNiff qualified for the event in 1985, while Marc Dingman made back-to-back appearances in the 1981 and 1982 championships. The three regional qualifier setup began in 1993, prior to that student-athletes advanced directly to the NCAA Championships. Ross is returning to the NCAAs for the third consecutive season, after finishing 41st with a 226 (78-71-77) at the 2008 Central Regional Championship in Columbus, Ohio. In 2007, Ross tied for 78th with a 228 (75-78-75) at the NCAA East Regional held at the Golf Club of Georgia.
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Top 10 Individual Results:
Pl. Player Scores
1. Trent Peterson, South Dakota State 67
2. John Peterson LSU 70
t-3. Ethan Tracy, Arkansas 71
t-3. Kelly Kraft, SMU 71
t-3. Devin Carrey, Louisiana-LaFayette 71
t-6. Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State 72
t-6. Ben Rickett, Tennessee-Chattanooga 72
t-6. Andrew Loupe, LSU 72
t-6. Jonathan Bowers, Northwestern 72
t-6. Tom Whitney, Air Force 72
t-41. Christopher Ross, Eastern Michigan 77
Team Scores:
Pl. Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State 296 +8
t-2. Tennessee-Chattanooga 298 +10
t-2. Arkansas 298 +10
t-2. LSU 298 +10
t-5. TCU 299 +11
t-5. Tulsa 299 +11
7. Baylor 301 +13
t-8. Northwestern 302 +14
t-8. Pepperdine 302 +14
t-10. Michigan State 306 +18
t-10. Wichita State 306 +18
12. Denver 312 +24
13. Oral Roberts 319 +31
