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Next week, Ryan Nelson was planning to head to Wichita for the Web.com Tour Monday qualifier. But for the second time in three years, Nelson will get promoted to the big tour, if only for a week. He once again earned co-medalist honors at Hawks Ridge Golf Club, finishing the 36-hole qualifier at 11-under 133.
Grayson Murray will have to sit out a year after transferring from two schools in the past nine months. A memorable week at Merion could make that wait a bit more bearable, however.
Michael Kim had little time to dwell on Cals gut-wrenching loss Saturday in the NCAA Championship.
T.J. Vogel, who last week completed his college career at Florida, turned pro before Mondays 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifier at Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, Ga.
Matt Kuchar joined Tiger Woods as the only multiple winner on the 2013 PGA Tour. Hes also drawing closer to Woods in the Official World Golf Ranking.
In his final college tournament, Illinois junior Thomas Pieters flashed the type of potential that has many observers salivating at his pro prospects.
Alabama lost the NCAAs in gut-wrenching fashion in ’12. With Sunday’s win in Georgia, the Crimson Tide’s legacy is born.
With Illinois’ unexpected appearance in the NCAA men’s Championship on Sunday, coach Mike Small will have to decide whether he wants to deal with more stress and play in the U.S. Open sectional qualifier on Monday in St. Louis.
Cal’s coach feared this might happen; his No. 1 Bears were shocked in match play in the NCAA Men’s semifinals.
Its not the dream matchup we all expected, but on Sunday morning No. 2 Alabama will square off against No. 26 Illinois for the NCAA men’s Championship.
The Texas Longhorns won’t go back-to-back this year, but they’re not going away anytime soon.
The final four is set at the NCAA Championship.
No. 1 Cal suddenly looks beatable at the NCAAs, where it squeaked by a determined Arizona St. squad on Friday.
Georgia Tech just won its quarterfinal match in dramatic fashion, in extra holes, in front of its home fans. Next year, Tech would have to turn around in the next 30 minutes and play another match.
Cal senior Max Homa, who won the NCAA Championship by three strokes on Thursday, led the group of 11 Ping First-Team All-Americans.
Texas A&M sophomore Ty Dunlap was assessed a one-stroke penalty for slow play that forced the Aggies into a 4-for-3 playoff to advance to the match-play portion of the NCAA men’s Championship. Texas A&M was eliminated in the playoff.
Here is the schedule for Friday’s NCAAs quarterfinals matches at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course.
With a closing, bogey-free 66 Thursday, Cal’s Max Homa won the individual title at the NCAA men’s Championship. He finished at 9-under 201, three shots clear of six players.
Clutching the yellow NCAA playoff schedule in his right hand, Glen Millican left the scoring area behind the 18th green and glanced at the treetops, which were gently swaying in the breeze.
The top eight teams after Thursday advance to the eight-team match-play portion of the NCAA Championship. Everyone else heads to the airport.
This Texas team hardly resembles last year’s NCAA Championship squad, not least because the Longhorns’ head coach, John Fields, has lost 75 pounds.
For college coaches, Round 3 is the ultimate stress-fest as they constantly update live scoring to see if their team is safely inside the top eight in the standings after the final day of stroke-play qualifying.
Max Homa endured a cruel finish to his second round Wednesday at the NCAA Championship.
The NCAAs could be undergoing some changes that would make a good amateur event even more interesting.