2010-11 TEXAS A&M MEN'S GOLF 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Texas A&M AGGIES at 2011 NCAA Arizona Regional Thursday, May 19-Saturday May 21, 2011 Omni Tucson National Golf Resort (par 71/7,199 yards) • Tucson, Arizona SCHEDULE/RESULTS TOURNEY NOTES S 10-11 Topy Cup of Japan 835 (-29) 2nd Teeing Off Tanagura, Japan (Tanagura CC) Texas A&M looks to earn a spot in the NCAA Championship when the Aggies compete in the NCAA Arizona Regional ... S 20-21 Husky Invitational 869 (+5) 4th action takes place Thursday through Saturday at Omni Tucson National Golf Resort (par 71/7,199 yards), with one round Auburn, WA (Washington National GC) scheduled for each day. S 26-28 PING/Golfweek Preview 887 (+23) 4th The Aggies are the No. 1 seed for the tournament ... it marks the second consecutive No. 1 seed for A&M in the regional Stillwater, OK (Karsten Creek) round and only the second in school history. O 24-26 U.S. Collegiate Champ. 866 (+2) 3rd A&M has finished fifth or better in every tournament this season, posting victories at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegate Alpharetta, GA (GC of Georgia) and the Aggie Invitational ... the Aggies have finished second in five other tournaments. N 1-2 Royal Oaks Int'coll. 556 (-12) 2nd The Aggies have posted a win-loss record of 123-16 (.885) this year and a 77-7 (.917) mark this spring ... A&M's season Dallas, TX (Royal Oaks CC) stroke average of 287.21 would be a school record if the season ended today (287.61 by the 2009-10 team). F 16-18 Burns Intercollegiate 840 (-24) 2nd Kahuku, HI (Turtle Bay Resort) Texas A&M Lineup F 26-27 Wyoming Desert Int'coll. 879 (+15) 1st Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Avg. Rds. Par/- Top 10s Lo 18/54 Palm Desert, CA (The Classic Club) Nacho Elvira 6-1 180 Sr. 72.1 28 15 5 66/207 M 11-13 Southern Highlands Masters 870 (+6) 2nd John Hurley 6-4 200 Sr. 73.4 24 10 2 67/206 Las Vegas, NV (Southern Highlands GC) Cameron Peck 6-0 180 So. 72.8 33 13 2 63/208 M 20-22 Callaway Match Play W-L-W-L 2-2 Jordan Russell 6-0 175 Jr. 71.4 36 20 7 63/203 Ball Ground, GA (Hawks Ridge GC) Conrad Shindler 5-8 205 Sr. 72.5 30 12 4 66/208 M 27-29 Hootie @ Bulls Bay 856 (+4) t5th Awendaw, SC (Bulls Bay GC) Format A 16-17 AGGIE INVITATIONAL 1085 (+5) 1st The tournament will be 54 holes of stroke play (18 each day). Bryan, TX (Traditions Club) The top five teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, scheduled for May 31-June 5 at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, A 25-27 Big 12 Championship 1152 (+32) 2nd Oklahoma ... the top individual not on the five advancing teams will also earn a trip to nationals. Hutchinson, KS (Prairie Dunes CC) M 19-21 NCAA Arizona Regional The Field (14 teams) Tucson, AZ (Omni Tucson Nat'l GC) Texas A&M (1 seed); San Diego State (2); Texas Tech (3); California (4); Liberty (5); Washington (6); Pepperdine (7); Oregon M 31-J 5 NCAA Championship State (8); Purdue (9); UC Davis (10); Arizona (11); Texas-Arlington (12); Loyola, Md. (13); and Army (14). Stillwater, OK (Karsten Creek) Individuals include Zac Blair, BYU; Chris Gilbert, Kansas; Jason Shufflebotham, UAB; Gustaf Kocken, Louisiana-Monroe; and Will Hogan, Missouri State. A&M QUICK FACTS Pairings Location ...........................College Station, Texas 77842 Texas A&M will be paired with San Diego State and Big 12 rival Texas Tech for Thursday's first round ... groups will begin Founded ....................................... 1872 (opened 1876) teeing off from Hole No. 1 at 8 a.m. MST. Enrollment ........................................................ 48,702 Nickname ............................................................Aggies Other groupings include: Cal, Liberty and Washington (8:20 a.m., 10th hole); Pepperdine, Oregon State and Purdue (8:50 Colors ..................... Maroon (Pantone 505) and White a.m., 1st hole); UC-Davis, Arizona and UT Arlington (9:10 a.m., 10th hole); and Loyola, Army and individuals (9:40 a.m., 10th Conference .......................................................... Big 12 hole). National Affiliation .............................. NCAA Division I Rankings Home Course ................. Traditions Club (Bryan, Texas) President .................. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ‘70) Golfweek/Sagarin (May 8): Texas A&M (6), San Diego State (13), Texas Tech (15), California (19). Director of Athletics .......... Bill Byrne (Idaho State ‘67) Golfworld/Nike Golf Coaches' Poll (April 27): Texas A&M (6), San Diego State (8), Texas Tech (17), California (20), Liberty Head Coach ........................... J.T. Higgins (10th season) (RV), Washington (RV), Oregon State (RV). Alma Mater .................... Eastern Oregon State, 1989 Assistant Coach ............ Jim Anderson (second season) Aggies in NCAA Regional Play Alma Mater .................................. New Mexico, 2003 2011 Big 12 Finish ............................... 2nd, +32 (1152) Texas A&M is making its 21st apperance in the NCAA Regional round, which was instituted in 1989, and 38th NCAA ap- 2010 NCAA Regional Finish ................... 2nd, -12 (852) pearance overall. 2010 NCAA Championship .................... 13th, +7 (871) The Aggies are playing in their ninth straight NCAA Regional, a school record. First Season of Golf ......................................... 1925-26 A&M has earned a berth in the NCAA Championship in three straight seasons and six of the last seven years overall. National Championships ................................ 1 (2009) The Aggies have one regional championship under their belt, coming in the 1996 Central Regional in Ann Arbor, Michigan NCAA Appearances .................................................. 38 ... A&M finished second last year by one stroke to Texas Tech, matching or setting six school records in the process. TEXAS A&M MEN'S GOLF AT NCAA ARIZONA REGIONAL • MAY 19-21, 2011 1 A&M'S NCAA LINEUP Omni Tucson National Golf Resort (par 71/7,199 yards) The Catalina Course at Omni Tucson National Golf Resort has played host to over 30 PGA Tour events and is the annual host of the University of Arizona's National Invitational Tournament ... the course, selected as one of Golf Digest's "75 Best ignacio Golf Resorts in America", is hosting NCAA action for the second time (2006 Regional). elvira For the regional, the course will play at 7,199 yards with a rating of 75.4 and a slope rating of 136. Head Coach J.T. Higgins J.T. Higgins (Eastern Oregon State '89) is in his 10th season at the helm of the Texas A&M golf program ... Higgins has led the Aggies to nine straight NCAA tournaments and guided the program to its first national championship two seasons ago CAREER STATISTICS (2009). Season Rds Lo54 LoRd Trny W T5 T10 T20 Avg Texas A&M golfers have earned eight All-America honors under his watch ... two are currently playing on the PGA Tour, 2007-08 31 204 66 10 1 1 5 7 74.1 Bobby Gates and Martin Piller. 2008-09 20 215 67 7 - - - - 74.9 2009-10 37 208 66 12 - 2 4 6 72.8 2010-11 28 207 66 9 - 2 5 8 72.1 AGGIE LINEUP: A CLOSER LOOK Totals 116 204 66 38 1 5 14 21 73.3 ALL JOHN Nacho Elvira (Sr., Santander, Spain) An All-Big 12 honoree ... has appeared in 9 tournaments, finishing top-20 or better in 8 ... stroke average of 72.1 is second- HURLEY best on squad and would rank fourth all-time on school charts ... recorded 5 top-10 finishes and 2 top-five showings ... 15 of 28 rounds were par or better, with a low of 66 ... 26 of 28 rounds (93 percent) counted towards team total ... turned in six sub- 70 rounds ... three straight seventh-place showings entering NCAA play, coming at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (211, -2) outside Charleston, S.C.; the Aggie Invitational (217, +1) at Traditions Club in Bryan; and the Big 12 Championship (289, +9) at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan. ... top finish was a third-place showing among American collegians at the season-opening CAREER STATISTICS Topy Cup of Japan (220, +4) ... placed fifth at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (+3, 219) in February in California ... finished Season Rds Lo54 LoRd Trny W T5 T10 T20 Avg 16th at the PING/Golfweek Preview (223, +7) in September in Stillwater ... opened spring with a 17th-place showing at the 2006-07 9 226 71 3 - - - - 75.9 Burns Intercollegiate in O'ahu (213, -3) ... went 2-1-1 at the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship in March, defeating 2007-08 redshirted - did not play UCLA's Mario Clemens (2 and 1) and Georgia Tech's Kyle Scott (2 and 1) while halving a match against Pacific's Alex Edfort ... 2008-09 26 213 67 9 - 1 1 4 74.0 lone loss came to Illinois' Chris DeForest (1 up) on final hole ... missed team's final few fall tournaments while representing 2009-10 29 206 64 10 1 2 3 3 74.3 Spain at the 2010 World Amateur Team Championships, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina ... selected to the European team for 2010-11 24 206 67 8 1 2 2 4 73.4 the 2011 Palmer Cup, to be played this June in Connecticut ... earned a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award. Totals 88 206 64 30 2 5 6 11 74.1 CAMERON John Hurley (Sr., O'Neill, Neb.) A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... has appeared in 8 tournaments, posting a career-best stroke average of 73.4 PECK ... recorded 4 top-20 finishes, 2 top-10 and 2 top-five ... 10 of 24 rounds were par or better, with a season-low of 67 ..