RUSTON – Louisiana Tech's James Swash tees off Monday morning as an individual to begin the 2023 NCAA Norman Regional at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Oklahoma.
 
EVENT INFORMATION
Dates/Times: Monday, May 15 (9:50 a.m.) | Tuesday, May 16 (TBA) | Wednesday, May 17 (TBA)
Location: Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club (Norman, Okla.)
Yardage/Par: 7,452 yards | par 72
Stroke Play: 3 rounds/54 holes (18 holes each day)
Teams/Individuals: 14/5
Stats: Golfstat.com
 
ABOUT JAMES SWASH
James Swash earned an automatic bid as an individual to the NCAA Regionals after being the individual medalist at the 2023 Conference USA Men's Golf Championship at Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Arkansas.
 
The fifth-year senior was three shots back going into the final round and ended up shooting a championship-best 68 to win by two strokes.  In doing so, he became the first LA Tech golfer since 1980 to become a conference individual champion.
 
It was one of his four top-20 finishes during the 2022-23 season and one of his two top-10 finishes (tied for eighth at the Border Olympics.  He finished in the top 35 individually in eight of his 10 tournaments.
 
He joins LA Tech golfers Victor Lange (2014, 2015) and Sam Murphy (2022) as the only Bulldogs in program history to receive a bid to compete at the NCAA Regionals as an individual.
 
THE FIELD (teams)
#1 Texas Tech
#2 Oklahoma
#3 Alabama
#4 Ole Miss
#5 Wake Forest
#6 Duke
#7 LSU
#8 North Florida
#9 Colorado
#10 Kansas
#11 UNC Wilmington
#12 UL-Lafayette
#13 Princeton
#14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
 
THE FIELD (individuals)
#1 Luke Gutschewski, Iowa State
#2 Nathan Petronzio, SMU
#3 Bret Gray, Sam Houston
#4 Vincente Marzilio, North Texas
#5 James Swash, Louisiana Tech
 
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