I'd be startled to see Oklahoma State lose,
but Cal's 2013 team has prepared me for it.
That year, Cal has four players who averaged
under 71 strokes per round;
those four ranked first, 11th, 12th, and 13th in the country.
The team won 13 of its fifteen tournaments.
And didn't make the match play finals.
Lost 3-2 in the semis to Illinois,
who in turn lost 4-1 to Alabama in the final.
Getting this out of the way:
If we play the way we played yesterday, we’re done,.
That aside:
Based on the player’s World Amateur rankings:
Fitzpatrick (113) over Henry Shimp (285)
David Snyder (280) over Detmer (440)
Chacarra (21) over Isaiah Salinda (25)
Brandon Wu (11) over Bae (267)
Young (32) over Daulet (UR)
Based on College Golf rankings
Fitzpatrick (65) over Shimp (UR)
Snyder (33) over Detmer (UR)
Salinda (14) over Chacarra (67)
Wu (12) over Bae (37)
Young (16) over Daulet (UR)
Based on final NCAA stroke score
Fitzpatrick over Shimp, +4 over +7
Detmer over Snyder, —2 over +20 (three rounds)
Salinda over Chacarra, even over +9
Wu over Bae, +15 over +21
Young over Daulet, +16 over +18 (three rounds)
Not as hostile to Stanford as we might have feared,
Conrad got the matchup I wanted,
pitting Daulet against Wake’s #1.
Likely to see some ugly holes.
Warm and windy—16 miles per hour this afternoon.
Who knows?
but Cal's 2013 team has prepared me for it.
That year, Cal has four players who averaged
under 71 strokes per round;
those four ranked first, 11th, 12th, and 13th in the country.
The team won 13 of its fifteen tournaments.
And didn't make the match play finals.
Lost 3-2 in the semis to Illinois,
who in turn lost 4-1 to Alabama in the final.
Getting this out of the way:
If we play the way we played yesterday, we’re done,.
That aside:
Based on the player’s World Amateur rankings:
Fitzpatrick (113) over Henry Shimp (285)
David Snyder (280) over Detmer (440)
Chacarra (21) over Isaiah Salinda (25)
Brandon Wu (11) over Bae (267)
Young (32) over Daulet (UR)
Based on College Golf rankings
Fitzpatrick (65) over Shimp (UR)
Snyder (33) over Detmer (UR)
Salinda (14) over Chacarra (67)
Wu (12) over Bae (37)
Young (16) over Daulet (UR)
Based on final NCAA stroke score
Fitzpatrick over Shimp, +4 over +7
Detmer over Snyder, —2 over +20 (three rounds)
Salinda over Chacarra, even over +9
Wu over Bae, +15 over +21
Young over Daulet, +16 over +18 (three rounds)
Not as hostile to Stanford as we might have feared,
Conrad got the matchup I wanted,
pitting Daulet against Wake’s #1.
Likely to see some ugly holes.
Warm and windy—16 miles per hour this afternoon.
Who knows?