ORLANDO – UCF's Luis Carrera and Johnny Travale are set to compete in the NCAA Men's Golf Salem Regional, which starts Monday, May 15 and concludes on Wednesday, May 17 at the Cliffs at Keowee Falls Golf Course in Salem, South Carolina.
The duo will play 54 holes in the three-day event, with 18 each day. Travale will tee off at 10:12 a.m. Monday morning and Carrera will begin at 10:23 a.m. and both players will start on hole No. 1. They will be paired with No. 13 seed LIU and No. 14 Longwood.
North Carolina is the top seed in the regional, followed by No. 2 Georgia Tech, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 San Diego State, No. 5 Georgia Southern, No. 6 Arkansas, No. 7 Purdue, No. 8 New Mexico, No. 9 Clemson (host), No. 10 Furman, No. 11 Middle Tennessee State and No. 12 Northern Illinois, in addition to LIU and Longwood.
Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted May 15-17. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The top five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.
Team and individual medalist titles will be decided May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Arizona State and The Thunderbirds are the hosts for the 2023 NCAA National Championships.
Carrera leads the Knights with a 71.30 scoring average and has finished among the top 15 in six tournaments this season. He opened the season by winning the individual title at the Hartford Hawks Invitational with a 16-under-par 200, which tied the program record for the lowest 54-hole score by an individual.
The Mexico City, Mexico, native tallied 16 rounds under par for the season, headlined by a 63 (-9) in the second round of the Hartford Hawks Invitational to tie the program record. Carrera was a unanimous American Athletic All-Conference Selection.
Travale will compete as an individual in the NCAA Regionals for the second time in his career, as he was also selected to compete in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2021. He shot a three-round 211 (-5) to finish in 13th place.
This season, he owns a 71.36 scoring average and has finished among the top 12 in five tournaments. He carded his best finish of the season at the Hartford Hawks Invitational, tying for second with an 11-under-par 205. Travale also recorded a top-five finish at the prestigious Blessings Intercollegiate with a 54-hole score of 214 (-2).
Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Travale became only the third UCF golfer to claim three consecutive American Athletic All-Conference honors joining Bobby Bai and Manuel Elvira.
All three rounds of the Salem regional will consist of live stats found on golfstat.com.
The Cliffs at Keowee Falls – Salem, South Carolina
Hosted by Clemson University
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. North Carolina
2. Georgia Tech
3. Texas A&M
4. San Diego State
5. Georgia Southern
6. Arkansas
7. Purdue
8. New Mexico
9. Clemson
10. Furman
11. Middle Tennessee
12. Northern Illinois University
13. Long Island University
14. Longwood
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Kieron van Wyk, College of Charleston
2. Luis Carrera, UCF
3. Johnny Travale, UCF
4. Seth Taylor, Coastal Carolina
5. Bryce Corbett, Radford
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