Men's Golf Regional Preview

NORMAN, Okla. -- The University of Oklahoma men's golf team will compete in the 2004 NCAA Central Golf Regional this Thursday through Saturday (May 20-22) in West LaFayette, Ind.

The regional will be held at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Course and is being hosted by Purdue University. Oklahoma is the No. 5 seed. There are 27 teams in the regional including nine Big 12 schools, all seeded in the top-15. The Big 12 and the SEC led the nation with nine teams selected each for regionals.

Oklahoma concluded the regular season with two tournaments. The Sooners recorded a second place showing at the Big 12 Conference Championships in Hutchinson, Kan. Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Anthony Kim was named to the All-Tournament Team along with senior golfer Blake Martin.

Oklahoma wrapped up the regular season at the Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate in Ardmore, Okla., with three golfers finishing in the top-15, including senior Doug Manor's third-place finish.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The 54-hole tournament begins on Thursday morning, continues Friday, and concludes on Saturday morning with the final 18-holes. The top 10 teams will advance along with the top two individuals to the NCAA Golf Championships in Homestead, Va., June 1-4.

OU's Lineup
Freshman Anthony Kim, freshman Carlos Del Moral, senior Martin Flores, senior Doug Manor, and senior Blake Martin

2004 Central Regional Golf Seedings

1. Oklahoma State	10. Colorado	19. Purdue
2. Texas	11. SMU	20. Kent State
3. TCU	12. Texas Tech	21. Witchita State
4. Minnesota	13. Kansas State	22. Indiana
5. Oklahoma	14. Baylor	23. Lamar
6. Kentucky	15. Texas A&M	24. Notre Dame
7. Arkansas	16. Xavier	25. Princeton
8. Kansas	17. Illinois	26. Western Illinois
9. Tulsa	18. Ohio State	27. Jackson State

Results: Live tournament results on www.golfstat.com.

Individual Results

Name	Rounds	Strokes	Low	Avg.
Anthony Kim	27	1,937	67	71.74
Carlos Del Moral	21	1,515	68	72.14
Martin Flores	33	2,415	66	73.18
Doug Manor	18	1,325	64	73.61
Blake Martin	24	1,785	67	74.38

Honors and Awards

Freshman Anthony Kim: Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, All-Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Team Member, All-tournament team, Big 12 Golfer of the Month for February, and recorded fourth lowest stroke average in the Big 12

Freshman Carlos Del Moral: Named All-Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Team Member

Senior Martin Flores: Named to the Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Academic First Tea.m

Senior Doug Manor: Named to the Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Academic First Team

Senior Blake Martin: Named Big 12 All Tournament Team, and Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Academic First Team

Player Information

Anthony Kim
Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and All-Big 12 Conference Team.
Currently owns a stroke average of 71.74 through nine tournaments this season.
Won WaikoloaTaylor Made Intercollegiate and placed second at the Big 12 Championships after shooting a career-low 67 three times in these two tournaments.
Named Big 12 Golfer of the Month for February.
Recorded all six finishes this spring in the top-12.

Carlos Del Moral
Named All-Big 12 Conference Team as a freshman.
Finished tied for fourth at the Hall of Fame Intercollegiate with a score of 210 (-6).
Shot a career-low 68 three times, most recently at Hall of Fame Invitational.

Martin Flores
Holds a stroke average of 73.22 for the season.
Placed third at the Inverness Intercollegiate.
Recorded a season-low 68in the second round of the Hall of Fame Invitational
Named Cleveland Golf All-American Scholars in 2003 and named Academic All-Big 12 two consecutive years.
Currently holds a stroke average of 72.14.

Doug Manor
Recorded a third place finish at The Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate, the best showing of his career.
Holds a 73.61 stroke average for the season.
Posted his career-low 64 in the second round of the Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate.
Named Verizon Academic All-American and Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar in 2003.
Named Academic-All Big 12 First Team for two consecutive years.

Blake Martin
Tied for sixth in the Big 12 Championships.
Holds a stroke average of 74.38 on the season.
Recorded a season-low 68 in the third round of the Taylor Made Waikoloa Intercollegiate
Shot a season-low three-round of 217 (+1) and tied for 15th in The Puerto Rico Classic.
Named Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar in 2003 and 2004 Academic All-Big 12 First team for the second consecutive year.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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