re: NCAA Men's Golf Championship - Pokes beat the top 3 SEC teams

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Why did BYU even go to the tournament? Play two rounds and then pray for a wash-out of Sunday's round?

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There is a special tab in the link that shows BYU round 3 score. It is +24. I assume they shot this at some other time, like the day before the tournament started, or perhaps they played their 3rd round yesterday evening after everyone else had played.

I am so ashamed of the inconsistency

Looks like the Top 12 are set and there are 8 teams battling for the 13-15 spots.

1. Duke (-10)
2. Oklahoma State (-7)
3. Texas Tech (-3)
4. Vanderbilt (+2)
5. Oklahoma (+4)
6. Auburn (+6)
7. Texas A&M (+7)
8. Kent State (+8)
9. Alabama (+10)
10. Texas (+11)
11. Arkansas (+12)
12. Clemson (+14)

Currently
13. Arizona State (+16) (F)
T14. Iowa State (+17) (8-10th)
T14. Florida (+17) (11-15th)
T14. Illinois (+17) (F)
T17. Northwestern (+18) (11-15th)
T17. North Carolina (+18) (F)
T19. Stanford (+20) (11-15th)
T19. Kentucky (+20) (10-14th)

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I don't follow college golf, anyone care to explain the tournament format now that there are 15 teams left?

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Finals play consists of three days of stroke play on Friday, May 25 through Sunday, May 27 (54 holes) after which the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined.

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This is what just concluded

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That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play on Monday, May 28 to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion.

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This is what happens tomorrow

Then, they have a 8 team match (5 for each team vs 5 from the other team one vs one) play tournament to determine the champion.


So basically it goes

- 30 teams advance to NCAA Championships (3 rounds)
- 15 teams advance to 1 day stroke play (cumulative total including first 3 rounds) (4 rounds of scores in total)
- 8 teams advance to a bracket of match play

Basically, today was like a PGA tour cut. Trimmed the field in half, keeping cumulative scores.
Top 8 move to match play rounds, playing 1 v. 8, 2 v. 7, 3 v. 6, 4 v. 5.
Looking at how Arizona just won the women's as an 8 seed, IMO, it doesn't matter your seeding, just make the top 8.

Fla and UK are out. Good luck for the other 5 teams.

Pretty simple for Bama. Have a good round and you are in. Something around even par definitely gets you in.

Starts at 11:30am. Also the individual NCAA Champ will be crowned after today's round.

Current Leaderboard
Bryson Nimmer Clemson -9
Brandon Mancheno Auburn -7
Doug Ghim Texas -6
Ivan Ramirez Texas Tech -6
Broc Everett Augusta -6
Scottie Scheffler Texas -5
Viktor Hovland Oklahoma State -4
Doc Redman Clemson -4
Chandler Eaton Duke -4
John Augenstein Vanderbilt -4
Alex Smalley Duke -3
Matthew Wolff Oklahoma State -3
Austin Eckroat Oklahoma State -3
Brad Dalke Oklahoma -2
Jovan Rebula Auburn -2
Chase Johnson Kent State -2
Brandon Smith Texas A&M -2
Dylan Meyer Illinois -2
Joshua Martin North Carolina -2
Blaine Hale Oklahoma -2
Phillip Knowles North Florida -2
Theo Humphrey Vanderbilt -1
Hurly Long Texas Tech -1
Adam Blomme Texas Tech -1
Isaiah Salinda Stanford -1
Norman Xiong Oregon -1
Chun An Yu Arizona State E
Andrew Paysse Texas A&M E
Cole Madey UCLA E

I doubt anyone over par has a chance. Probably will now that I said that. LOL

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There is a special tab in the link that shows BYU round 3 score. It is +24. I assume they shot this at some other time, like the day before the tournament started, [/quoteor perhaps they played their 3rd round yesterday evening after everyone else had played.

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Well hell!...there's the answer for why they were +24.They played their last round at night!

Bama better get hot or go to the beach