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Charlie Bull to Open NCAA Columbus Regional on Thursday
May 15 | Men's Golf
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AKRON, Ohio – The NCAA Regionals take place this weekend and The University of Akron's Charlie Bull will look to earn a spot in the 2013 NCAA Championship when he takes part in the NCAA Columbus Regional beginning Thursday at the par 71, 7,286-yard Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
Bull is one of 75 players, including 13 teams and 10 individuals, taking part in the event, which is scheduled for three rounds. The first round will begin on Thursday with tee times starting at 8 a.m. ET. Rounds two and three will take place on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The event is open to the public. Zips' fans not able to make it down to Columbus can follow the action live online via Golfstat Live Scoring.
This is the second-consecutive regional appearance for Bull, who finished tied for 19th place with a three-round tally of even-par 213 at the Ann Arbor regional last year, including a career-low tying round of 66 on the final day.
Earlier this month, Bull posted the third-highest finish in a MAC Championship by an Akron player. He used a round of 2-over 74 to close out the event in third place with a four-round score of 2-over 290. His third-place finish trails only Greg Boyette (1998) and Brad Wright (2007) who posted second-place finishes.
Following the championship event, Bull was named First-Team All-MAC and was named to the MAC All-Tournament team for the second-consecutive season. He is the first two-time First-Team selection since Blake Sattler (2005, 2007) and the first to earn consecutive First-Team honors since Boyette was named First-Team All-MAC in three-consecutive seasons (1996-98).
Bull finished the regular season, through the MAC Championship, with a 73.07 scoring average, including nine top-25 finishes in 11 events. Last October, he won his first collegiate at the Kenny Perry Invitational (Oct. 14-16) and has eight top-15 finishes. He has posted 13 rounds at par or better this season, tied for fifth-most in a single season in program history.
The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships, which are slated for May 28-June 2, at The Capital City Club, Crabapple Course in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Tech is the host institution for this year's championships.
Click here for more information on the Columbus Regional.
NCAA Columbus Regional Field
1. New Mexico (Mountain West)
2. Stanford
3. Auburn
4. South Carolina
5. Missouri
6. UNLV
7. Texas Tech
8. Chattanooga (Southern)
9. Georgia Southern
10. San Francisco
11. Virginia
12. Charlotte (Atlantic 10)
13. Valparaiso (Horizon League)
Individuals
1. Scott Fernandez, Iowa State
2. Robin Sciot Siegrist, Louisville
3. Chris Selfridge, Toledo
4. Charlie Bull, Akron
5. Adam Schenk, Purdue
6. Matthew Moseley, Michigan State
7. Nathan Kerns, Marshall
8. Erik Van Rooyen, Minnesota
9. Korey Ward, Xavier
10. Davie Tepe, Cincinnati
Players Mentioned
