May 16, 2006

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico men's golf team will head to Tucson, Arizona, for the NCAA West Regional. The Lobos will look to finish in the top-10 to advance to the NCAA Championship in Bend, Oregon. The NCAA West Regional is 54-holes with 18-holes played each day. Tee times begin at 8:00 a.m. (MDT) Thursday-Saturday, with UNM going off at 1:35 p.m. (MDT) on Thursday. Traveling to the NCAA West Regional along with Coach Glen Millican will be seniors Jay Choi and Mark Anderson, junior Charlie Beljan and freshmen Steve Saunders and Nick Geyer.

THE COURSE: The NCAA West Regional will be played at the 7,200 yard par-72 OMNI Tucson National Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona.

RESULTS: The results can be found on the University of New Mexico website at www.golobos.com or live stats will be available at www.golfstatresults.com.

THE FIELD: The field for the NCAA West Regional is made up of 27 teams. The complete list of teams in order of seeding in the regional is as follows: Florida, Arizona State, BYU, East Tennessee State, Baylor, Alabama, Arizona, San Diego State, North Carolina State, Washington, New Mexico, Stanford, Houston, Pepperdine, Louisville, Denver, Santa Clara, New Mexico State, Fresno State, UC-Irvine, Nevada, San Diego, Cal Poly, Western Kentucky, Loyola Marymount, Jackson State and Bucknell.

CHOI LEADS LOBOS: Senior Jay Choi is currently ranked 36th by the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Choi this season has a 72.87 stroke average and has finished in the top-20 in nine of 10 tournaments, including medalist honors at the National Invitational and MWC Championships. Choi also went 2-1 in match play at the Hooters Match Play Championship, losing to the number one player Pablo Martin 4 and 2.