05-27-2017, 02:58 PM
(05-27-2017, 01:54 PM)Hulk01 link Wrote:I wouldn't bet on next year's team getting through its regional. McNeally is a of exceedingly large proportions loss.
Not playing like it this week, however.
Men's Golf at NCAA Championship
Not playing like it this week, however.
05-28-2017, 09:01 AM
We tee off at 9:07. We start the day at the cut line, do pretty tenuous. We have two days to make up about 12 strokes if we want to make it to match play.
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We tee off at 9:07. We start the day at the cut line, do pretty tenuous. We have two days to make up about 12 strokes if we want to make it to match play.
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05-28-2017, 01:04 PM
Turn out the lights, the parties over. Bogey, double bogey, double bogey, triple bogey. Not the way Maverick and Viraat wanted their college careers to end.
05-28-2017, 01:10 PM
(05-28-2017, 01:04 PM)Hulk01 link Wrote:Turn out the lights, the parties over. Bogey, double bogey, double bogey, triple bogey. Not the way Maverick and Viraat wanted their college careers to end.Still only one stroke off of the cut line even after that sequence.
05-28-2017, 01:29 PM
The 15 team cut line just gives you another day to play. The spot that matters is #8, and we have no chance to getting near it.
(05-28-2017, 01:29 PM)Hulk01 link Wrote:The 15 team cut line just gives you another day to play. The spot that matters is #8, and we have no chance to getting near it.I understand, and am pessimistic based on how the team has played, but it's not an impossibility with 27 holes x 5 golfers. Teams have overcome these deficits many times, the problem is that the team has given no indication that it's playing with confidence or comfortable on this course. I guess I'm just an optimist, I don't like to declare defeat until it's certain.
... of course Stanford keeps dropping strokes on every hole on the back nine and probably won't make the cut.
(05-28-2017, 01:29 PM)Hulk01 link Wrote:The 15 team cut line just gives you another day to play. The spot that matters is #8, and we have no chance to getting near it.I understand, and am pessimistic based on how the team has played, but it's not an impossibility with 27 holes x 5 golfers. Teams have overcome these deficits many times, the problem is that the team has given no indication that it's playing with confidence or comfortable on this course. I guess I'm just an optimist, I don't like to declare defeat until it's certain.
... of course Stanford keeps dropping strokes on every hole on the back nine and probably won't make the cut.
05-28-2017, 06:53 PM
I hope Maverick decides his future lies in engineering not golf. Three years in a row and all his low scores are when they are not of great significance. When Stanford needed their #1 to go low, it never happened. As he went, the team went. This is not meant as a put down to Maverick, it is that i think he would be better off not getting mired in the never make it group in the PGA.Â
As Hulk points out elsewhere there is a major difference between Men's golf recruiting and the Women's program. The performance of the Women's staff and the players has been very impressive. A tough group of ladies who played Rich Harvest.
As Hulk points out elsewhere there is a major difference between Men's golf recruiting and the Women's program. The performance of the Women's staff and the players has been very impressive. A tough group of ladies who played Rich Harvest.
I hope Maverick decides his future lies in engineering not golf. Three years in a row and all his low scores are when they are not of great significance. When Stanford needed their #1 to go low, it never happened. As he went, the team went. This is not meant as a put down to Maverick, it is that i think he would be better off not getting mired in the never make it group in the PGA.Â
As Hulk points out elsewhere there is a major difference between Men's golf recruiting and the Women's program. The performance of the Women's staff and the players has been very impressive. A tough group of ladies who played Rich Harvest.
As Hulk points out elsewhere there is a major difference between Men's golf recruiting and the Women's program. The performance of the Women's staff and the players has been very impressive. A tough group of ladies who played Rich Harvest.
05-28-2017, 08:11 PM
(05-28-2017, 06:53 PM)GK3 link Wrote:I hope Maverick decides his future lies in engineering not golf. Three years in a row and all his low scores are when they are not of great significance. When Stanford needed their #1 to go low, it never happened. As he went, the team went. This is not meant as a put down to Maverick, it is that i think he would be better off not getting mired in the never make it group in the PGA.Â
As Hulk points out elsewhere there is a major difference between Men's golf recruiting and the Women's program. The performance of the Women's staff and the players has been very impressive. A tough group of ladies who played Rich Harvest.
To continue the analogy, is Maverick capable of low scores, engineering-wise?
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(05-28-2017, 06:53 PM)GK3 link Wrote:I hope Maverick decides his future lies in engineering not golf. Three years in a row and all his low scores are when they are not of great significance. When Stanford needed their #1 to go low, it never happened. As he went, the team went. This is not meant as a put down to Maverick, it is that i think he would be better off not getting mired in the never make it group in the PGA.Â
As Hulk points out elsewhere there is a major difference between Men's golf recruiting and the Women's program. The performance of the Women's staff and the players has been very impressive. A tough group of ladies who played Rich Harvest.
To continue the analogy, is Maverick capable of low scores, engineering-wise?
Audaces fortuna iuvat
05-28-2017, 09:02 PM
(05-28-2017, 06:53 PM)GK3 link Wrote:I hope Maverick decides his future lies in engineering not golf. Three years in a row and all his low scores are when they are not of great significance. When Stanford needed their #1 to go low, it never happened.
This strikes me as an overreaction, and unfair to Maverick. Indeed he has posted poor results at the NCAA championships. But in the regionals the last three years he finished 3rd, 2nd and 1st, so his performances were significant in getting the team to the championship in the first place. He also won 11 college tournaments, which are pretty meaningful unless you consider the championship to be the only one that counts.
Golf is strange, sometimes certain golfers - even champions - don't perform as well on certain courses or in certain conditions. I don't think Maverick is a choker, besides actually winning tournaments he was 3-1 in match play when the U.S. won the Palmer Cup.
As for his future he was the #1 ranked amateur in the world and swept the collegiate awards, so you can't assume that he will fail as a pro simply because he didn't perform in the NCAA championship, but if he does bypass the tour he surely has a bright future in the business world.
(05-28-2017, 06:53 PM)GK3 link Wrote:I hope Maverick decides his future lies in engineering not golf. Three years in a row and all his low scores are when they are not of great significance. When Stanford needed their #1 to go low, it never happened.
This strikes me as an overreaction, and unfair to Maverick. Indeed he has posted poor results at the NCAA championships. But in the regionals the last three years he finished 3rd, 2nd and 1st, so his performances were significant in getting the team to the championship in the first place. He also won 11 college tournaments, which are pretty meaningful unless you consider the championship to be the only one that counts.
Golf is strange, sometimes certain golfers - even champions - don't perform as well on certain courses or in certain conditions. I don't think Maverick is a choker, besides actually winning tournaments he was 3-1 in match play when the U.S. won the Palmer Cup.
As for his future he was the #1 ranked amateur in the world and swept the collegiate awards, so you can't assume that he will fail as a pro simply because he didn't perform in the NCAA championship, but if he does bypass the tour he surely has a bright future in the business world.
05-28-2017, 10:45 PM
Jon Rahm is the guy who is going to break Nicklaus record. Perhaps has more physical ability than anybody ever. Needs to control himself but he'll learn.
05-29-2017, 03:11 AM
I hope that whichever path McNealy chooses, it makes him happy.
I think the criticism of his performance this past week as some harbinger of the future is unwarranted. Some courses match some players better than others. I think the greatest achievement in the PGA is the career grand slam - and the list of names is short (6) and familiar. Each of the different championships is a different test of your game. Maybe McNealy's game isn't well-suited to one or more of those, but it's probably very well-suited to others.
I think the criticism of his performance this past week as some harbinger of the future is unwarranted. Some courses match some players better than others. I think the greatest achievement in the PGA is the career grand slam - and the list of names is short (6) and familiar. Each of the different championships is a different test of your game. Maybe McNealy's game isn't well-suited to one or more of those, but it's probably very well-suited to others.
I hope that whichever path McNealy chooses, it makes him happy.
I think the criticism of his performance this past week as some harbinger of the future is unwarranted. Some courses match some players better than others. I think the greatest achievement in the PGA is the career grand slam - and the list of names is short (6) and familiar. Each of the different championships is a different test of your game. Maybe McNealy's game isn't well-suited to one or more of those, but it's probably very well-suited to others.
I think the criticism of his performance this past week as some harbinger of the future is unwarranted. Some courses match some players better than others. I think the greatest achievement in the PGA is the career grand slam - and the list of names is short (6) and familiar. Each of the different championships is a different test of your game. Maybe McNealy's game isn't well-suited to one or more of those, but it's probably very well-suited to others.
Maverick compiled a remarkable record--other than at the NCAA's. His record 65-68-68-61 to win the 2015 Pac 12 may outlast us all. The teams' failures to qualify for the last three match play championships were team efforts.Â
Until we return to recruiting the top juniors, we won't have the top players.
Until we return to recruiting the top juniors, we won't have the top players.
Maverick compiled a remarkable record--other than at the NCAA's. His record 65-68-68-61 to win the 2015 Pac 12 may outlast us all. The teams' failures to qualify for the last three match play championships were team efforts.Â
Until we return to recruiting the top juniors, we won't have the top players.
Until we return to recruiting the top juniors, we won't have the top players.
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