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Freshman Eddy Lai has five Top 20s on the season.
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Bruins Begin Regional Action on Monday in Texas
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BRYAN, TEXAS - The 26th-ranked Bruins are in the Lone Star State this week for the NCAA Bryan Regional, which will be played at the Traditions Club. The three-day, 54-hole tournament runs from Monday through Wednesday at the par-72, 7,121-yard layout.
The scoring fivesome for UCLA will be senior Tyler Collier, junior Cole Madey, sophomore Hidetoshi Yoshihara and freshmen Devon Bling and Eddy Lai. Live scoring will be available here. Monday's tee times will be off split tees, with the Bruins starting on the 10th hole at 8 a.m. CT/6 a.m. PT in the order of Lai, Bling, Collier, Yoshihara and Madey. Tuesday and Wednesday's tee times will be based on results from the following day and will start at 7:30 a.m. CT/5:30 a.m. PT.
Joining the Bruins and host and second-ranked Texas A&M in the 13-team field are No. 11 Baylor, No. 14 Clemson, No. 23 Kentucky, No. 34 Ole Miss, No. 38 South Carolina, No. 47 San Francisco, No. 50 Georgia, Mississippi State, UNC Wilmington, Northern Colorado and Bradley.
A total of 81 teams made the NCAA Regionals at six different sites in Bryan, Texas, Raleigh, N.C., Columbus, Ohio, Kissimmee, Fla., Norman, Okla. and Stockton, Calif. The top five teams from each Regional (54 holes of stroke play) will advance to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla. (May 25-30) at the Karsten Creek Golf Club.
The Bruins have finished inside the Top 5 in nine of their 12 tournaments this season, including a win at the Southwestern Invitational (Feb. 26-27, -8, 856). UCLA was second at both the Jackrabbit Invitational (March 9-10, -30, 834), the Marquette Intercollegiate (Oct. 1-3, +13, 877) and the El Macero Classic (April 13-15, +25, 889), tied for second at The Farms Invitational (Feb. 12-13, +8, 872), tied for third at the Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 18-19, -3, 565), fourth at both the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (Feb. 16-18, -16, 848) and the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational (Oct. 29-31, -37, 827) and tied for fourth at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 20-22, -18, 846). The Bruins are coming off a sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships (-10, 1,410, April 23-25), rebounding from a tough first round to shoot 16-under in their final three rounds, including the round of the day on April 25 (-10, 345). UCLA is a combined 58-under par on the season, including 49-under in their final rounds.
Madey, an All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team selection, is tied with Yoshihara for the team lead with a 71.8 scoring average, as each have recorded exactly 2,586 strokes on the season. Madey has five Top 10s, tying for 10th at the Pac-12 Championships. He was under par in all four rounds, opening with a pair of 3-under 68s, giving him 17 under-par rounds in his 36 this season. Madey has nine Top 20s in his 12 events, finishing fourth at the Southwestern Invitational (-1, 215, Feb. 26-27), seventh at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational (-14, 202, Oct. 29-31), T-7 at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (-8, 208, Feb. 16-18) and tied for ninth at the Inverness Intercollegiate (-3, 139, Sept. 18-19). Nine of Madey's rounds are in the 60s, including a season-low, 9-under 63 in the second round at Makai.
Yoshihara, who was also named All-Pac-12 Second Team, has five Top 10s and seven Top 20s. He has 14 under-par rounds and eight in the 60s. He tied for 16th at Pac-12s (-3, 281), closing with a 4-under 67. Yoshihara tied for second at The Farms Invitational (-3, 213, Feb. 12-13), was third at the Southwestern (-3, 213), tied for third at the Marquette Intercollegiate (-2, 214), tied for sixth at Inverness (-4, 138) and tied for seventh at the El Macero Classic (+6, 222, April 13-15). Yoshihara's best round of the year was a 7-under 65 to close the Wyoming Intercollegiate.
Collier has three Top 10s and six Top 20s on the season, recording 12 under-par rounds and four in the 60s. He tied for seventh at the El Macero (+7, 223) and tied for 11th at the Jackrabbit Invitational (-2, 214, March 9-10), closing with a pair of 1-under 71s. The senior has been in the Top 20 in five of his seven events of the spring, including a ninth at the Wyoming Desert (-7, 209) and a T-9 at the Southwestern (+1, 217). His final rounds have been outstanding, as Collier is a combined 17-under. He recorded his best round of the season (6-under 66) in his last trip at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. Collier was T-55 at Pac-12s (+7, 291).
Bling, who was named to the All-Pac-12 Freshman First Team, is third on the squad with a 72.4 scoring average and has finished in the Top 21 in four tournaments in a row, including a victory at the Jackrabbit (-15, 201). He is coming off a T-19 at the Pac-12s (-2, 282) and he also tied for fifth at El Macero (+5, 221) and T-21 at the 3M Augusta Invitational (-1, 215, March 31-April 1). Bling's third Top 10 on the season came at the Southwestern (T-5, E, 216). He has six Top 20s, and of his 15-under par rounds, 11 are in the 60s, including a pair to close out the Pac-12s. Bling's rounds of the season were 7-under 65s at the Makai Invite (round one) and the Jackrabbit (round three).
Lai's top finish of the season came at the Jackrabbit when he was solo fifth (-6, 210), closing with a 6-under 66, which was a season low. The freshman has five Top 20s, tying for 12th at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (-5, 211), tying for 16th at the Marquette (+5, 221), tying for 18th at the Southwestern (+6, 222) and tying for 20th at Inverness (E, 142). Lai has 13 under-par rounds with six in the 60s. He shot a 5-under 67 in his second round of the Makai Invite and four other 3-under rounds this season. Lai tied for 45th at Pac-12s (+4, 288).
The Bruins have won five Regional titles, including three under head coach Derek Freeman (2009, 2011 and 2013).
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