05-21-2025, 08:35 AM
(05-21-2025, 08:16 AM)martyup Wrote: I know that match play is exciting and is the tradition, but I don't like the fact that the overwhelmingly best team in stroke play is not named the National Champion. Stroke play over 4 rounds clearly establishes who is the best golf team. Match play is a crap shoot that doesn't always result in the best team winning the NC.Not sure it is a crapshoot, but it is much different. In stroke play a bad hole or two can be made up if you can string a few birdies together, in match play, a bad hole is a lost hole. Players can at times take shots they probably would never take in stroke play. How your opponent plays each shot can dictate what you try to hit on your shot. Stanford did indeed prove itself the best stroke play team, now they have to prove they are the best match play team. A lot of pressure on the individual players and the coaches