The Gallery Golf Club in Marana is not Arizona’s home course, but the Wildcats are treating it like one they play on every day.
The UA shot a school-record 24-under-par in the second round of the NCAA Regionals on Tuesday, all but locking up a spot in the NCAA Championships with one round to go. Arizona is at -35 after 36 holes, up 10 shots on second-place Oklahoma State and 23 strokes above the current cut line between 5th and 6th place.
The previous best 18-hole score for Arizona was -21, at the
2019 Arizona Intercollegiate, and the Wildcats’ best single round in the postseason was -19 in the 2000 NCAA Championships. The school record for an entire tourney is -50, set in 2014, and its best in regionals is -37 in 2006.
Senior Zach Pollo shot a 9-under-par 63, tied for the second-best single round in school history. He had 10 birdies, including six of the first seven holes, with one bogey, and at -9 through two rounds is in 4th place.
Senior Filip Jakubcik is in 3rd place at -10, two shots behind co-leaders William Jennings of Alabama and Eric Lee of Oklahoma State, while sophomore Taishi Moto is 5th at -8. Jakbucik, Moto and junior Tianyi Xiong all shot 5-under 67s on Tuesday, with freshman Williams Wistrand’s 1-under 71 not counting toward the team score.
The top five teams after Wednesday’s final round will advance to the NCAA Championships May 29-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Arizona last made the championships in 2024, finishing 15th.
