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CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M Buffaloes enter the 2026 NCAA South Central/West Regional Championships with high hopes as they compete at The Reserve at Spanos Park (Par 72 – 7,082 Yards) in Stockton, California.
 
The Buffs enter the tournament as the top seed in the South Central Region for the first time in program history following a run to the Lone Star Conference medal match play semifinals. David Vega Gerstel became the first men's golfer in school history to win the Lone Star Conference Individual Championship back on April 21^st in Rockwall with rounds of 71, 71 and 75 for a 217 (+1).
 
South Central Participating Teams (10): West Texas A&M, CSU Pueblo, Colorado Mesa, St. Mary's, UT Permian Basin, Dallas Baptist, Cameron, UT Tyler, Colorado Christian, Midwestern State
 
West Participating Teams (10): Western Washington, Chico State, Cal State East Bay, Hawaii Hilo, Cal State San Bernardino, Simon Fraser, Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal State San Marcos, Dominican, Vanguard
 
Individuals (8): Traejan Andrews (Fort Lewis), Juan Monckeberg (Texas A&M International), Liam Allan (Colorado School of Mines), Lukas Taggart (Colorado School of Mines), Kyle Krupp (Hawaii Pacific), Rasmus Tamker (Saint Martin's), Jacobus Brakkee (Jessup), Troy Song (Cal State Dominguez Hills)
 
At a minimum, the top three teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional will advance to the finals, May 18–22 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada. 
 
The remaining eight team berths will be allocated based on the regions represented in the prior year's head-to-head medal play portion of the championships, with the maximum number of teams from a given region capped at seven. The finals will be hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
 
The Reserve at Spanos Park is a links-style course, which opened in 1999 and was designed by Andy Ragaust.  The course features fast-breaking bent-grass greens with water from seven lakes coming into play on 12 of the 18 holes. The 7,132-yard championship layout has rye-grass fairways defended by 58 bunkers.
 
The weather forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures all three days with winds from the north at 10-15 mph.
 
The Buffs will be paired with Western Washington and Colorado State-Pueblo during the opening round on Thursday morning.
 
Round 1 Pairings (Listed as Central Time)
9:30 a.m. – Hole 1 - Jack Lankford (WT), Peter Dionne-Yahr (WWU), Paraic McGrath (CSUP)
9:40 a.m. – Hole 1 – Victor Estas (WT), Nick Ennis (WWU), Agustin Pizzorno (CSUP)
9:50 a.m. – Hole 1 – David Vega Gerstel (WT), Conrad Brown (WWU), Kyle Leydon (CSUP)
10:00 a.m. – Hole 1 – Santiago Caride (WT), Christopher Zamani (WWU), Archie Wyatt (CSUP)
10:10 a.m. – Hole 1 – Luis Palomo (WT), Rex Wilson (WWU), Marius Dosiere (CSUP)