[terry]

Stanford begins the 4th round tomorrow at 11:38 am pacific. Rachel Heck leads the individual competition by 5 shots. Going back to 1982, the first year for NCAA women's golf, no Stanford player has ever been an NCAA individual champion.

The surprise result so far was the play of USC. They beat Stanford by 5 shots to win Pac 12s, were ranked in the top 10 and have a ton of NCAA experience. But they finished 23rd out of 24 teams, 61(!) shots behind Stanford. Needless to say, they missed the cut for the final round. This year will break the Trojans' streak of qualifying for match play every year. The only other school to qualify for match play every year - Stanford.

A report on today's round - https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/23...chel-heck/

The other surprise was the other USC.  The #1 ranked team in the country eeked into the cut after finishing the first day in last place.  They start the day six strokes out of match play.

BC

That's not a good thing, is it?
Don't the golf cognoscenti think that South Carolina has the horses/talent to beat Stanford in match play setting?
I was hoping they would not make it, or if they did, that Stanford would not have to play them out of the gate.

South Carolina is not gaining any ground today. They are currently 13th, 11 strokes behind the 8th place team. Their chances of making the match play round don't look good at the moment.

[terry]

Stanford begins the 4th round tomorrow at 11:38 am pacific. Rachel Heck leads the individual competition by 5 shots. Going back to 1982, the first year for NCAA women's golf, no Stanford player has ever been an NCAA individual champion.

The surprise result so far was the play of USC. They beat Stanford by 5 shots to win Pac 12s, were ranked in the top 10 and have a ton of NCAA experience. But they finished 23rd out of 24 teams, 61(!) shots behind Stanford. Needless to say, they missed the cut for the final round. This year will break the Trojans' streak of qualifying for match play every year. The only other school to qualify for match play every year - Stanford.

A report on today's round - https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/23...chel-heck/

The other surprise was the other USC.  The #1 ranked team in the country eeked into the cut after finishing the first day in last place.  They start the day six strokes out of match play.

BC

That's not a good thing, is it?
Don't the golf cognoscenti think that South Carolina has the horses/talent to beat Stanford in match play setting?
I was hoping they would not make it, or if they did, that Stanford would not have to play them out of the gate.

South Carolina is not gaining any ground today. They are currently 13th, 11 strokes behind the 8th place team. Their chances of making the match play round don't look good at the moment.