Shellberg Set for NCAA Regionals

THIS WEEK
University of Iowa sophomore Ryan Shellberg is set to compete as an individual in the NCAA Columbus Regional, May 18–20, at Ohio State Golf Club (Scarlet Course) in Columbus, Ohio.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
The 54-hole tournament begins Monday, May 18, with the first round starting at 6:30 a.m. (CT) off No. 1 and 7:00 a.m. (CT) off No. 10. The second round is set for Tuesday, May 19, followed by the final round on Wednesday, May 20.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live scoring for all NCAA Regionals will be available on Scoreboard Clipped. Links can also be found on the Iowa men’s golf schedule page at hawkeyesports.com.

WIN AND ADVANCE
Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted to determine the 30 qualifying teams and six individuals not on those teams who will advance to the NCAA Championships. At each regional, the top five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance to the finals.

Shellberg is the first Hawkeye to qualify for the NCAA Championships since Mac McClear did in 2023. 

THE FIELD
The Columbus Regional features 13 teams: Florida, Arizona State, Stanford, Long Beach State, Florida State, Utah, South Carolina, California, South Florida, Memphis, Oregon, Illinois State and Wright State.

The individual field, in seed order, includes Riccardo Fantinelli (Princeton), Ryan Shellberg (Iowa), Paul Beauvy (Iowa State), Chun-Ta Wu (Minnesota), Caleb Bond (Michigan State), Ashton McCulloch (Michigan State), Lucas Politano (Rutgers), Carter Maneth (Middle Tennessee), Zachary May (Iowa State), and Arjun Singh Bhatia (LIU).

Shellberg will compete in a group with Fantinelli, Beauvy, Wu, and May during the opening round.

THE COURSE
Ohio State Golf Club’s Scarlet Course is a par-71 layout measuring 7,422 yards and is regarded as one of the top collegiate courses in the country.

B1G HONORS
Shellberg earned Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors on April 9 after a runner-up finish at the Calusa Cup where he posted rounds of 68 (-4), 71 (-1), and 69 (-3). His 208 total in Naples stands as the best 54-hole score by a Hawkeye in tournament history.

ON THE LINKS
Shellberg posted a standout spring season highlighted by a victory at the Hawkeye Invitational on April 21. The Prosper, Texas, native captured individual medalist honors with a 10-under-par 206, marking the program’s 17th Hawkeye Invitational champion and the first since 2023. His performance included a second-round 65 (-7), tied for the 10th-lowest round in program history, and his 54-hole total ranks tied for 11th all-time.

Throughout the spring season, Shellberg recorded top 25 finishes in all four regular season tournaments. He tied for 18th at the Duck Invitational and opened the Colleton River Collegiate with back-to-back rounds of 68 (-4) and 69 (-3) to lead the field through 36 holes and finished in 19th.

LOOKING AHEAD
The NCAA Championships will be held May 29–June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.