TOLEDO, Ohio — Senior Barend Botha will make his second-straight appearance in NCAA play next week when he represents the University of Toledo men's golf program at the NCAA West Lafayette Regional hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The tournament will be held Monday-Wednesday, May 13-15 at the par-72, 7,465-yard Kampen-Cosler Course.
Botha enters the regional with momentum after winning his second-straight Mid-American Conference individual title in dominating fashion on April 28 with a 54-hole total of 11-under par 205 at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, Ind. He finished three strokes ahead of his nearest competitor and birdied 18 holes to tie runner-up Bryce Reed of Kent State for the most in the tournament.