[BigEasyCard]

winflop, you and Spiny_Norman can duke it out to see whose explanation of match pairings is actually the truth lol.  

Can't wait to see the team play it out this afternoon.  What a chance, what a culmination of a season's work for these student-athletes :)

From the 2021 tournament rules, page 13:

"The Division I Women’s Golf Committee will determine match-play lineups using the same method employed at the Presidents Cup matches. The higher-seeded team (as determined through the 72-hole stroke-play portion), “Team 1”, will have the first choice of putting a player on the board for Match #1. The opposing team, “Team 2”, will then name its player for Match #1. Team 2 will then name its player for Match #2, and Team 1 will name its player for Match #2. The process will continue in an “S” curve until the players for all five matches are named. However, Team 1 may defer in the selection process and permit Team 2 to begin the overall selection process."

2020-21D1WGO_PrechampsManual.pdf (ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com)

Not sure if this has changed for the current competition.

In any event,

Geaux Cardinal!

Wow that's new, and cool

New since 2012 and the women have always done it this way. https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2012/04/08...atch-play/

Thanks for the link which notes that the prior method was to match the players in order of Golfstat ranking.

As a side note, it looks like the author lifted the entire description of the new method without quotation marks:

This year lineups will be determined using the same method employed at the President’s Cup matches. The better seeded team (Team 1) – determined through the 54-hole stroke-play portion of the championship – will have the first choice of putting a player on the board for Match No. 1. The opposing team (Team 2) will then name its player for Match No. 1. Team 2 will then name its player for Match No. 2 and Team 1 will name its player for Match No. 2. The process will continue in an “S” curve until the players for all five matches are named. However, Team 1 may defer in the selection process and permit Team 2 to begin the overall selection process.

That's sloppy journalism in my opinion, but at least it's accurate.

Geaux Cardinal!

[BigEasyCard]

winflop, you and Spiny_Norman can duke it out to see whose explanation of match pairings is actually the truth lol.  

Can't wait to see the team play it out this afternoon.  What a chance, what a culmination of a season's work for these student-athletes :)

From the 2021 tournament rules, page 13:

"The Division I Women’s Golf Committee will determine match-play lineups using the same method employed at the Presidents Cup matches. The higher-seeded team (as determined through the 72-hole stroke-play portion), “Team 1”, will have the first choice of putting a player on the board for Match #1. The opposing team, “Team 2”, will then name its player for Match #1. Team 2 will then name its player for Match #2, and Team 1 will name its player for Match #2. The process will continue in an “S” curve until the players for all five matches are named. However, Team 1 may defer in the selection process and permit Team 2 to begin the overall selection process."

2020-21D1WGO_PrechampsManual.pdf (ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com)

Not sure if this has changed for the current competition.

In any event,

Geaux Cardinal!

Wow that's new, and cool

New since 2012 and the women have always done it this way. https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2012/04/08...atch-play/

Thanks for the link which notes that the prior method was to match the players in order of Golfstat ranking.

As a side note, it looks like the author lifted the entire description of the new method without quotation marks:

This year lineups will be determined using the same method employed at the President’s Cup matches. The better seeded team (Team 1) – determined through the 54-hole stroke-play portion of the championship – will have the first choice of putting a player on the board for Match No. 1. The opposing team (Team 2) will then name its player for Match No. 1. Team 2 will then name its player for Match No. 2 and Team 1 will name its player for Match No. 2. The process will continue in an “S” curve until the players for all five matches are named. However, Team 1 may defer in the selection process and permit Team 2 to begin the overall selection process.

That's sloppy journalism in my opinion, but at least it's accurate.

Geaux Cardinal!