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Winflop, the Golfweek story on today's round said that Heck was wearing an ankle brace. She said that she injured it playing basketball over Xmas. Did you notice if she was wearing an ankle brace at the P12s or the regionals? Did not seem to affect her play today.

Apologies for the delayed reply and lack of updates. I'm on vacation for mrs winflop's birthday - slumming it at Pebble Beach where I was duly humbled.

I had not seen an ankle brace on Heck, but if she injured it five months ago and has won FIVE individual titles since then, I'm thinking it's more of a precaution given that this is a 6-day event instead of the usual 3-day event.

I continue to be in awe of Heck's play in particular but I think earlier comments about her "carrying" the team are misplaced. College golf requires depth because your team score is the sum of the best four of your five rounds each day.. Stanford not only has Heck in the lead but the other four players are all in the top 25 out of 128 players. No other team has all five of their players that high on the leaderboard. If you dropped Heck completely and counted the other four players, we would be at +7, tied for fourth.

Depth is also what wins match play. Watch for Krauter in particular on Tue/Wed. She's the defending British Amateur champion. You don't win titles like that without being really, REALLY good at match play. If we get to the finals, it wouldn't surprise me if she were at least 2-1 if not 3-0.

Looking beyond the coming week, I really wonder how long Heck is going to stick around before going pro. Unlike Krauter, she has sufficient length to play on the LPGA today. Krauter doesn't hit it much farther than I do. My guess is she will get to test the waters beyond the US Women's Open with sponsors exemptions over the summer.

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/19...air-force/

Mom: "Stacy says there’s zero chance that Rachel leaves Stanford early."

[akiddoc]

Winflop, the Golfweek story on today's round said that Heck was wearing an ankle brace. She said that she injured it playing basketball over Xmas. Did you notice if she was wearing an ankle brace at the P12s or the regionals? Did not seem to affect her play today.

Apologies for the delayed reply and lack of updates. I'm on vacation for mrs winflop's birthday - slumming it at Pebble Beach where I was duly humbled.

I had not seen an ankle brace on Heck, but if she injured it five months ago and has won FIVE individual titles since then, I'm thinking it's more of a precaution given that this is a 6-day event instead of the usual 3-day event.

I continue to be in awe of Heck's play in particular but I think earlier comments about her "carrying" the team are misplaced. College golf requires depth because your team score is the sum of the best four of your five rounds each day.. Stanford not only has Heck in the lead but the other four players are all in the top 25 out of 128 players. No other team has all five of their players that high on the leaderboard. If you dropped Heck completely and counted the other four players, we would be at +7, tied for fourth.

Depth is also what wins match play. Watch for Krauter in particular on Tue/Wed. She's the defending British Amateur champion. You don't win titles like that without being really, REALLY good at match play. If we get to the finals, it wouldn't surprise me if she were at least 2-1 if not 3-0.

Looking beyond the coming week, I really wonder how long Heck is going to stick around before going pro. Unlike Krauter, she has sufficient length to play on the LPGA today. Krauter doesn't hit it much farther than I do. My guess is she will get to test the waters beyond the US Women's Open with sponsors exemptions over the summer.

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/19...air-force/

Mom: "Stacy says there’s zero chance that Rachel leaves Stanford early."