{"id":685289,"date":"2026-05-21T14:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685289\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:10:08","slug":"memphis-advances-to-ncaa-mens-golf-championship-morneau-finishes-as-regional-runner-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685289\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Advances to NCAA Men&#8217;s Golf Championship; Morneau Finishes as Regional Runner-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    COLUMBUS, Ohio\u2013 In a historic performance, the Memphis Tigers men\u2019s golf team punched its ticket to the NCAA Men\u2019s Golf Championship after finishing third at the NCAA Columbus Regional at the OSU Golf Club-Scarlet Course on Wednesday in Columbus.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis will mark Memphis\u2019 first trip to the NCAA Championships since 2012. The top five teams from the regional advanced to the NCAA Championships, which will be held May 29-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort &amp; Spa in Carlsbad.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSophomore Christian Morneau led the Tigers with a runner-up finish, carding a 1-over 214 across the three-day tournament. Cian O\u2019Connor also turned in a strong performance, tying for 11th at 6-over 219.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nYixiang Wang and Diego Lourenco, the 2026 American Men\u2019s Golf Championship individual champion, each finished tied for 27th after posting 10-over 223. Tobey Kim rounded out the Memphis lineup with an 18-over 231.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNCAA Men\u2019s Golf Columbus Regional<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIndividual Results<br \/>\nT2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christian Morneau\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 214 (71-69-74, +1)<br \/>\nT11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cian O\u2019Connor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 219 (71-74-74, +6)<br \/>\nT27.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yixiang Wang\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 223 (74-72-77, +10)<br \/>\nT27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diego Lourenco\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 223 (73-73-77, +10)<br \/>\nT62\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tobey Kim\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 231 (77-79-75, +18)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTeam Standings<br \/>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Florida\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 852 (277-284-291, E)<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanford\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 876 (290-291-295, +24)<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Memphis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 877 (289-288-300, +25)<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arizona State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 882 (294-289-299, +30)<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Florida State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 883 (290-299-294, +31)<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; COLUMBUS, Ohio\u2013 In a historic performance, the Memphis Tigers men\u2019s golf team punched its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-685289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}