The No. 2 Stanford men’s golf team begins its quest for a national title today at the Warren Golf Course at the University of Notre Dame in one of six NCAA Regional tournaments. The Cardinal has been tabbed as the top seed in the regional after a second-place finish in the Pac-10 Championship.

The top five finishers from each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships to be held June 1-6 at the Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The other teams in Stanford’s regional, in order of seeding, are Florida, Florida State, Duke, LSU, North Carolina State, Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Indiana, Virginia Tech, Murray State, Detroit and St. Francis.

Florida edged Stanford by two strokes at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational in October.

Head coach Conrad Ray selected the top five finishers from the Pac-10 Championship to play in the NCAA Regional. Senior Joseph Bramlett will be joined by juniors Steve Ziegler and Sihwan Kim, sophomore David Chung and freshman Andrew Yun. Bramlett led the Cardinal at the Pac-10 Championship with an 11-under 273 to finish tied for fourth.

The teams will play 54 holes over the course of three days, with the four best individual scores from each day counting toward the team score.

The Warren Golf Course is a challenging Ben Crenshaw layout with lots of bunkers and small greens.

“It’s definitely a ball striker’s course,” Ray said. “I think that plays to our guys’ advantage.”

Stanford last won the NCAA Championship in 2007 in Williamsburg, Va. Bramlett played in the tournament as a freshman and tied for 39th.

The forecast for the three-day tournament in South Bend is mostly clear with chances of rain on Friday.

Stanford tees off this morning at 5 a.m. PST with Florida and Florida State, the other top seeds.