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5/4/2009 - MEN'S GOLF
ETSU, Campbell, Mercer's Jones Earn Regional Spots
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INDIANAPOLIS - For the sixth time in seven years, two Atlantic Sun Men's Golf schools earned spots to the NCAA Regionals while Mercer's Bill Jones III became first individual in school history to claim an at-large spot.
Campbell, the conference champion, earned an automatic spot for the first time in school history and will play at the Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Florida. Among those joining the Camels includes the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs, one of four other conference champions sent to play in Florida, along with UCF, Charlotte and Loyola (Md.). Jones III will also tee it up at Red Tail Golf Club on Thursday, May 14. Jones is just the seventh A-Sun individual to claim an at-large berth, and the first since a quartet made the field in 2007 (Jacksonville's Russell Knox and Duncan Stewart, Campbell's Fredric Sundberg and UNF's Jeff Dennis).
For the second straight year, ETSU received an at-large spot to the Regional field, earning the sixth seed playing out of The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The regional appearance marks the 18th the program history for the Buccaneers. Seven conference champions, led by the top-seeded Washington Huskies will make up the 14-team field.
Live scoring from the regionals will be available on Golfstat.com.
