DURHAM – The Duke men's golf team has been selected to participate in the 2022 NCAA Championship, earning the program's 27th NCAA postseason berth. The Blue Devils, who are in the postseason for a seventh consecutive time, are headed to the Columbus Regional in Columbus, Ohio.
The 54-hole event will be contested May 15-18 at the Ohio State University GC, with the low five teams from each of the six regional sites advancing to the NCAA Championship. Other teams competing in the Columbus Regional are top-seeded Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Clemson, East Tennessee State, Ohio State, Northwestern, Florida Gulf Coast, San Francisco, Kentucky, Wright State, and Southern Illinois.
The NCAA Championship is set for May 27 through June 1 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Duke has finished third or better in three of the last four regionals and in four of its last six appearances, including a third-place finish in 2015 at the Lubbock Regional, a tied-second at the Baton Rouge Regional in 2017, a second-place finish at the Raleigh Regional in 2018 as Duke shot 22-under par – the program's record for an NCAA Regional competition -- and a second-place finish at the Athens Regional in 2019. The 2020 NCAA Championship was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Duke sophomore
Ian Siebers leads the Blue Devils this season with his 71.07 stroke average with a top five and six top 10 finishes this season. Senior
Quinn Riley, who was the medalist at the Stitch Intercollegiate, owns a 72.24 average this season with two top five finishes and three top 10s.
The Ohio State GC is a Dr. Alister MacKenzie design playing to 7,455 yards and a par of 72 and is the home course of the Buckeyes.
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