May 31, 2011
NCAA Men's Golf Live Scoring/Results
STILLWATER, Okla. - Coastal Carolina sophomore Sebastian Soderberg carded an opening-round 77 (five-over par) to tie for 90th Tuesday at the 2011 NCAA Men's Golf Championship, played at Oklahoma State's 7,416-yard, par 72 Karsten Creek.
Also on Tuesday, Soderberg was named Division I PING All-East Region by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Soderberg becomes the third Chanticleer to earn GCAA/PING All-Region, joining Dustin Johnson (2006) and Zack Byrd (2007 and '08). Soderberg is a two-time All-Big South honoree and earned a berth to the NCAA Championships thanks to a tie for second finish at the NCAA East-Virginia Tech Regional.
As for Soderberg's opening round at the 2011 NCAA Championship, the Ojersjo, Sweden native started on hole 10 and opened with three straight pars before taking a bogey on the par four 13th. He bounced back with a par only to suffer four straight bogeys, including the difficult 17th.
Making the turn at four over par, Soderberg did not record a single par on his back nine, holes 1-9, rather getting four birdies and five bogeys for his one-over final nine holes and five-over for the day.
Georgia Tech's James White leads the field, shooting a five-under 67 on Tuesday.
There will be two more rounds (one Wednesday and one Thursday) to determine the 2011 NCAA Men's Individual medalist.
Division I GCAA/PING All-East Region
Evan Beck, Wake Forest
Lee Bedford, Wake Forest
Josh Brock, UNCW
Albin Choi, NC State
Will Collins, Virginia
Will Golden, Charlotte
Tim Gornik, Duke
J.T. Griffin, Georgia Tech
Paul Haley, Georgia Tech
Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga
Robert Karlsson, Liberty
Ben Kohles, Virginia
Michael McGowan, North Carolina
Payne McLeod, UNCW
Corbin Mills, Clemson
Brinson Paolini, Duke
Crawford Reeves, Clemson
Wes Roach, Duke
Kyle Scott, Georgia Tech
Sebastian Soderberg, Coastal Carolina
Julian Suri, Duke
Mitchell Sutton, NC State
Harold Varner, East Carolina
David Watkins, East Carolina
James White, Georgia Tech
