INDIANAPOLIS – Cal was selected to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships on Wednesday during an announcement made live on GOLF Channel. The Golden Bears will be the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional hosted by Coastal Carolina and the Myrtle Beach Regional Sports Alliance at TPC Myrtle Beach in Murrelss Inlet, S.C.

 "It's an exciting opportunity for these guys to show what they are capable of doing," Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Walter Chun said. "Last year we got sent to North Carolina and that was a tough draw, but I think that experience should bode well for us and give our guys a little more experience on what's ahead of them, in the sense that it's not going to be easy to make it to the NCAA Championships. But they should be ready and they should be well-prepared from last year's disappointment to help motivate them to get to the NCAA Championships."

A total of 81 teams and 45 individuals not on those teams will play May 13-15 at six 54-hole NCAA Regionals. The other five NCAA Regional sites are Simpsonville, Ky. (University of Louisville Golf Club; Host – Louisville); Stanford, Calif. (Stanford Golf Course; Host – Stanford); Athens, Ga. (University of Georgia Golf Course; Host – Georgia); Pullman, Wash. (Palouse Ridge Golf Club; Host – Washington State); and Austin, Tex. (University of Texas Golf Club; Host – Texas).

A top-five finish at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional would put Cal in the final field of 30 at the NCAA Championships for the seventh time in the last 10 seasons but the first time since 2016. Cal has advanced to the NCAA Championships on a total of 11 occasions (1995, '98, '99, 2000, '04, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '16) including a school-record five straight years from 2010-14.

Wake Forest (No. 3 Golfstat) is the top-seeded squad in the 14-team NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional followed by Cal (No. 10), Texas Tech (No. 15), Illinois (No. 23), Florida State (No. 27), UNLV (No. 34), Oregon (No. 39), Ohio State (No. 46), Northwestern (No. 50), Oregon State (No. 57), Cal State Fullerton (No. 68), Middle Tennessee (No. 115), VCU (No. 137) and Robert Morris (No. 247).

Fourteen teams and five individuals not on those teams will also compete at the NCAA Texas and Pullman Regionals while 13 teams and 10 individuals not on those teams are playing at the NCAA Georgia, Louisville and Stanford Regionals.

The top five teams and the top individual not on the five qualifying teams at each NCAA Regional will advance to a field of 30 teams and an additional six individuals at the 2019 NCAA Championships to be played May 24-29 at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
 
Cal Notes

• Cal has won two stroke-play events in 2018-19 with victories at the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational and The Farms Invitational. The Golden Bears have also finished second three times (Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Southwestern Invitational, Western Intercollegiate Presented By Top Golf); third on two occasions (OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational, Pac-12 Championships); and fourth (The Goodwin), fifth (Southern Highlands Collegiate), eighth (Tavistock Collegiate Invitational), and 11th (Carpet Capital Collegiate) once each. In addition, the Cal teamed with its women's squad for a victory over Stanford in the inaugural Big Match last fall.
• Collin Morikawa (The Farms Invitational, Pac-12 Championships) and Sebastian Crampton (Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational) have been Cal's individual winners in 2018-19.
• Cal has won two NCAA Regionals with the victories coming in back-to-back seasons in 2012 at the NCAA Stanford Regional and 2013 at the NCAA Pullman Regional. The Bears are playing as a team in NCAA Regional action for the 12th time in the last 13 seasons and the 23rd occasion overall. Cal reached an NCAA Regional for a school-record 10 consecutive seasons from 2007-16 before the streak was snapped in 2017.
• Cal individuals have played in two additional NCAA Regionals with neither advancing to the NCAA Championships. Collin Morikawa tied for 12th overall at the 2017 NCAA Stanford Regional while Jeff Hood finished 80th at the 2005 NCAA Stanford Regional.
• Cal was 10th in its most recent appearance at an NCAA Regional at the NCAA Raleigh Regional in 2018 and last advanced to the final field of 30 at the NCAA Championships from an NCAA Regional in 2016 when Cal was fourth at the NCAA Tucson Regional before finishing 10th at the NCAA Championships in Eugene.
• Cal won its lone national title in 2004 in Hot Springs, Va.