High Point's Fred Roberts IV to Play in NCAA Men's Golf Chapel Hill Regional
By High Point Athletics
HIGH POINT, N.C. — High Point University men's golfer and Big South Men's Golf Medalist Fred Roberts IV learned his fate Wednesday afternoon when the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee announced the teams and individuals to participate in the regional rounds of the 2024 Division I Men's Golf Championships on the Golf Channel.
Roberts IV was selected to the Chapel Hill Regional, hosted by the University of North Carolina, which is set to begin Monday, May 13 through Wednesday May 15 for the three-day, 54-hole tournament at Finley Golf Club. The top five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.
The graduate student, a native of Richmond, Ga., took home the Big South Conference medalist spot after a shootoff with Winthrop's Nick Mayfield, earning him an automatic spot in the NCAA Regional Tournament. He saw a stellar performance during the conference tournament as he finished stroke play with a 9-under 204 score (69-63-72). He tied the Big South Men's Golf Championship record for the lowest 18-hole score with his second-round 63, rolled in a Championship-best 19 birdies, and was second on the High Point roster with a 74.67 stroke average before the Conference Championship.
Following Roberts' first-place finish, he was named the first Big South Men's Golf Newcomer of the Year, which recognizes the top non-freshman transfer playing in the Big South for the first time.
Finley Golf Club – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Hosted by North Carolina | Complete Field
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. North Carolina [Atlantic Coast Conference]
2. Alabama
3. Georgia Tech
4. East Tennessee State [Southern Conference]
5. Northwestern [Big Ten Conference]
6. Baylor
7. VCU [Atlantic 10 Conference]
8. LMU
9. Long Beach State [Big West Conference]
10. Clemson
11. Michigan State
12. Ball State [Mid-American Conference]
13. Howard [Northeast Conference]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Tobias Jonsson, Mercer
2. Walker Isley, UNCW
3. Nick Mathews, NC State
4. Conor Gough, Charlotte
5. Will Davis, Davidson
6. Spencer Oxendine, NC State
7. Erik Johansson, Campbell
8. Claes Borregaard, Kennesaw State
9. Justin LaRue, Longwood
10. Fred Roberts IV, High Point