[bbm233]

Terrific finish for our guys! Thanks to all of your for the helpful commentary and updates. And while UCLA is our chief competition this year for NCAA titles and likely for Directors Cup points, it always feels good to see the Toejams on the wrong side of the cut line!

The only hesitation I have is that Wu provided us with -14 by himself. Our other four players' final scores across three rounds were -1, +1, +1, and +2. If this is supposed to be an easy course, we should see lower scores than that. We're lucky Wu got and stayed as hot as he did over the three days.

The key to a good performance in this format is rounds in the 60s. Most players at this level are going to be somewhere between -2 and +4 each round. But the teams that win have one or two guys go -3 or better each round. We had 5 such rounds in this regional (out of 15 possibilities). Kansas, who beat us by a single stroke, also had 5 out of 15. Third place had 4 out of 15 in the 60s. It only takes one or two guys each round, and it doesn't matter who. That has been our downfall in the NCAA Championship the last few years - no rounds in the 60s (and no really bad rounds either). If you want to be in the hunt, one or two guys in the 60s each day...

[bbm233]

Terrific finish for our guys! Thanks to all of your for the helpful commentary and updates. And while UCLA is our chief competition this year for NCAA titles and likely for Directors Cup points, it always feels good to see the Toejams on the wrong side of the cut line!

The only hesitation I have is that Wu provided us with -14 by himself. Our other four players' final scores across three rounds were -1, +1, +1, and +2. If this is supposed to be an easy course, we should see lower scores than that. We're lucky Wu got and stayed as hot as he did over the three days.

The key to a good performance in this format is rounds in the 60s. Most players at this level are going to be somewhere between -2 and +4 each round. But the teams that win have one or two guys go -3 or better each round. We had 5 such rounds in this regional (out of 15 possibilities). Kansas, who beat us by a single stroke, also had 5 out of 15. Third place had 4 out of 15 in the 60s. It only takes one or two guys each round, and it doesn't matter who. That has been our downfall in the NCAA Championship the last few years - no rounds in the 60s (and no really bad rounds either). If you want to be in the hunt, one or two guys in the 60s each day...