05-15-2018, 04:03 PM
Very tightly clustered teams in Stockton. All of the top 10 teams posted similar scores today. Alabama posted -8 to move into a tie for the lead. TCU shot -2 to drop a bit. All of the other 8 teams shot -4, -5 or -6 which made it really tough to make a big move and create separation. Tomorrow will be incredibly pressured for all of the top 10 teams. No team is safe and none of them are really out of it either, though U.SC has the faintest chance.
Any team that struggles could find that the herd passes it quickly. And no lead will seem safe until the team finishes the brutal 17th hole which has produced some big numbers on both days.
Stanford's team has been here before. Huang is playing in his 4th regional. Wu and Swegle are in their 3rd. Salinda is in his 2nd. We can hope that that experience will serve them well in responding to the pressure.
News from other regionals:
C.al looks like they will miss the cut in Raleigh. They are in 11th place, 12 shots behind the 5th place team. This would be a major surprise. They were playing fantastic golf earlier in the spring. Maybe the greens in Florida have been too big an adjustment for them. They could be the highest ranked team to miss the NCAAs.
BYU currently sits in the 5th spot in Norman. It creates a major headache for the NCAA when BYU's men or women make the NCAA tournament because they do not play on Sundays. The BYU team would have to play by themselves on Thursday, before the rest of the field begins its Round 1 on Friday. The course setup on Thursday would have to match the Sunday setup so that BYU plays the same course as the other teams. Everyone on the NCAA tournament committee will be silently rooting for the teams behind BYU tomorrow.
Weather has delayed play both days in Kissimmee. If the bad weather continues tomorrow and they are not able to complete the round, the results after 36 holes will stand which would mean a playoff between Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Colorado State for the final spot.
In case you cannot tell, I love this event!!
Any team that struggles could find that the herd passes it quickly. And no lead will seem safe until the team finishes the brutal 17th hole which has produced some big numbers on both days.
Stanford's team has been here before. Huang is playing in his 4th regional. Wu and Swegle are in their 3rd. Salinda is in his 2nd. We can hope that that experience will serve them well in responding to the pressure.
News from other regionals:
C.al looks like they will miss the cut in Raleigh. They are in 11th place, 12 shots behind the 5th place team. This would be a major surprise. They were playing fantastic golf earlier in the spring. Maybe the greens in Florida have been too big an adjustment for them. They could be the highest ranked team to miss the NCAAs.
BYU currently sits in the 5th spot in Norman. It creates a major headache for the NCAA when BYU's men or women make the NCAA tournament because they do not play on Sundays. The BYU team would have to play by themselves on Thursday, before the rest of the field begins its Round 1 on Friday. The course setup on Thursday would have to match the Sunday setup so that BYU plays the same course as the other teams. Everyone on the NCAA tournament committee will be silently rooting for the teams behind BYU tomorrow.
Weather has delayed play both days in Kissimmee. If the bad weather continues tomorrow and they are not able to complete the round, the results after 36 holes will stand which would mean a playoff between Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Colorado State for the final spot.
In case you cannot tell, I love this event!!
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-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000