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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Big Ten champion Illinois surges to team crown in NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional


   Maybe the Big Ten was underrated. I’m almost certain Illinois, the Big Ten champion, was underrated at No. 23 in the latest Golfstat rankings. Or maybe playing the conference championship in tough conditions at the A.W. Tillinghast gem that is Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course was the perfect preparation for the cauldron of an NCAA regional.
   The Fighting Illini finished up with a 16-under-par 272 at TPC of Myrtle Beach Wednesday to earn a five-shot victory over Big Ten rival Ohio State, ranked 46th, and claim their fifth regional team title in the last seven years in Murrels Inlet, S.C.
   Illinois was seeded fourth and, along with No. 20 Texas A&M, which claimed top honors in the Pullman Regional, was the lowest-seeded team to claim a regional team crown. Seeded eighth, Ohio State was one of the lowest seeds to get out of the regionals to the NCAA Championship, which tees off May 24 at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
   The Fighting Illini were led by Michael Feagles, a junior from Scottsdale, Ariz. who fired a 7-under 65 over the 6,950-yard, par-72 TPC of Myrtle Beach layout to capture the individual regional crown with a 15-under 201 total.
   Feagles helped Illinois end up with a 25-under 839 total as the Fighting Illini went wire-to-wire. Ohio State closed with an 8-under 279 to earn runnerup honors with a 20-under 844 total.
   No. 3 Wake Forest, the top seed out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was another five shots behind Ohio State in third place at 15-under 849 after posting a final round of 6-under 282.
   A couple of teams from the West, No. 10 California, the second seed, and No. 34 UNLV, seeded sixth, grabbed the final two tickets to The Blessings, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. The Golden Bears finished strong with a 10-under 276 to end up a shot behind Wake Forest at 14-under 850. The Rebels closed with a 4-under 284 to end up six shots behind California at 8-under 856.
   Adrien Dumont de Chassart, a freshman from Belgium and the Big Ten co-champion at the Cricket Club, backed up Feagles as he finished up with a 4-under 68 to share fourth place in the individual standings with Ohio State’s Caleb Ramirez, a senior from Blythe, Calif. at 9-under 207.
   Tommy Kuhl, a freshman from Morton, Ill., came up huge for the Illini, carding a 2-under 70 to join the group tied for 20th place at even-par 216. Varun Chopra, a sophomore home boy from Champaign, Ill., also contributed a clutch 3-under 69 in the final round to join the group tied for 27th at 1-over 217.
   Rounding out the Illinois lineup was Giovanni Tadiotto, a junior from Belgium who carded a 4-over 76 in the final round to land among the group tied for 60th at 226.
   Oregon’s Edwin Yi, a senior from Beaumont, Texas, fired a 6-under 66 to finish second, a shot behind Feagles at 14-under 202 and earn the one individual ticket that goes to the top finisher from a non-advancing team.
   Florida State’s Jamie Li, a junior from England, matched the 7-under 65 posted by Feagles to finish alone in third at 11-under 205, three shots behind Yi.
   Ohio State’s Ramirez closed with a 2-under 70 to join Illinois’ de Chassart in the tie for fourth at 9-under 207.
   In the Louisville Regional, Oklahoma State showed why it’s been ranked No. 1 all season, why the Cowboys have to be favored to repeat as the national champion at The Blessings.
   Oklahoma State, the Big 12 champion, fired a final round of 7-under 277 in the final round at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Ky. to roar past No. 12 Auburn, the second seed, and win an NCAA regional for the 14th time and for the fourth year in a row.
   Auburn finished up with a 5-over 289 over the 7,217-yard, par-71 University of Louisville layout to end up four shots behind the Cowboys in second place with a 10-under 842 total.
No. 25 Baylor, the fifth seed, matched Oklahoma State’s final round of 7-under 277 to finish three shots behind Auburn in third place at 7-under 845. It was another 14 shots back to host Louisville, ranked 21st and seeded fourth, in fourth place at 7-over 859.
   The final ticket to The Blessings went to the least heralded great golf program in the country, No. 13 North Florida, the third seed that closed with a 1-under 283 to finish a shot behind Louisville in fifth place at 8-over 860.
   While Viktor Hovland, a junior from Norway and the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), was the highest finisher for Oklahoma State, landing among a group of four players tied for second at 6-under 207, some of his teammates came to life in the final round. Four of the five Cowboys in the lineup are ranked in the top 50 in the WAGR.
   Hovland, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion and low amateur in last month’s Masters, closed with a solid 2-under 70 to finish a shot behind individual champion Tripp Kinney, a junior at Iowa State from Waukee, Iowa.
   Austin Eckroat, a sophomore from Edmond, Okla. and No. 47 in the WAGR, fired a 4-under 67 to finish among the group tied for sixth at 4-under 209. Zach Bachou, a senior from Forest, Va. and No. 18 in the WAGR, carded a solid 3-under 69 to land in the group tied for 12th at 2-under 211.
   Matthew Wolff, a sophomore from Agoura Hills, Calif. and No. 4 in the WAGR, bettered par with a 1-under 71 to finish among the group tied for 18th at 1-under 212. Rounding out the Oklahoma State lineup was Hayden Wood, a senior from Edmond, Okla. who finished in the group tied for 35th at 5-over 218 after closing with a 2-over 74.
   Kinney, who had surged into the lead on the strength of a 6-under 65 in Tuesday’s second round, closed with a 1-over 72 to claim individual honors with a 7-under 206 total. He also earned the one individual ticket to The Blessings that goes to the lowest finisher among the non-advancing teams.
Joining Oklahoma State’s Hovland in the foursome tied for second at 6-under 207 were host Louisville’s Matthias Schmid, a sophomore from Germany, Arizona’s Trevor Werbylo, a sophomore from Tucson, Ariz., and Connecticut’s Jimmy Hervol, a senior from Hopkinton, Mass. competing as an individual.
   Schmid and Werbylo each matched par in the final round with a 71 and Hervol closed with a 1-under 70.
   In the Athens Regional, No. 16 Georgia, the third seed, completed a wire-to-wire victory on its home course, the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga., with its second consecutive 4-under 280 for a seven-shot victory over No. 9 Duke, the second seed.
   The Bulldogs, out of the tough Southeastern Conference, were led by individual champion Davis Thompson, a sophomore from Auburn, Ala. who fired a final round of 4-under 67 over the 7,253-yard, par-71 University of Georgia layout for an 8-under 205 total that was two shots clear of the field.
   Duke closed with a 2-over 286 to finish second with a 1-under 851 total. Another SEC power, No. 4 Vanderbilt, the top seed, finished up with a 1-under 283 to end up two shots behind Duke in third place at 1-over 853.
   No. 60 SMU outperformed its No. 10 seeding as the Mustangs earned a ticket to the NCAA Championship. They closed with a 1-under 283 to finish 15 shots behind Vanderbilt in fourth place at 16-over 568. SMU and Georgia Southern in the Stanford Regional shared the honor as the lowest seeded teams to advance as Georgia Southern was also seeded 10th.
   No. 22 Liberty, the fourth seed, earned the final ticket to the NCAA Championship out of the Athens Regional with a final round of 4-over 288 that left it in fifth place with a 12-over 870 total, two shots behind SMU.
   Georgia's Spencer Ralston, a junior from Gainesville, Ga., had shared the individual lead with his teammate Thompson, but slipped back with an even-par 71 that left him alone in third place at 4-under 209.
   Freshman Trent Phillips, the younger of Georgia’s Phillips brothers from Inman, S.C. and No. 43 in the WAGR, closed with a 2-under 69 to land among the group tied for 10th at 1-over 214. Will Kahlstorf, a freshman from Watkinsville, Ga., struggled in the final round with a throw-out 81, but finished among the group tied for 46th at 11-over 224.
   Junior Trevor Phillips, the older of the Phillips brothers, picked up Kahlstorf, posting a solid 2-over 73 to finish alone in 56th place at 226.
   Vanderbilt’s Will Gordon, a senior from Davidson, N.C. and No. 16 in the WAGR, fired a final round of 3-under 68 to earn runnerup honors in the individual chase, two shots behind Thompson at 6-under 207.
   Western Kentucky’s Billy Tom Sargent, a redshirt senior from Georgetown, Ky. competing as individual, earned the individual ticket to The Blessings after finishing in a tie for fourth with Nevada’s Stephen Osborne, a junior from Reno, Nev., at 3-under 210.
   Sargent, who had closed with a final round of 1-under 70, outlasted Osborne on the third hole of a playoff when he sank a 20-foot par putt. Osborne matched par in the final round with a 71.
   Kansas State junior Roland Massimino, the 2014 PIAA Class AA runnerup as a senior at New Hope-Solebury, competed as in individual and finished in the group tied for 46th at 224 after a final round of 2-over 73, hist best round of the week.
   In the Austin Regional, Texas, like Georgia, went wire-to-wire on its home course, The University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas, in a dominating 20-shot victory over Big 12 rival TCU. The No. 6 Longhorns were the top seed in Austin and the Horned Frogs, ranked 30th, were seeded fifth.
   Texas accounted for two of the three individual co-champions as Steven Chervony, a senior from Boca Raton, Fla., and freshman phenom Cole Hammer of Houston landed on 9-under 204 along with TCU’s Stefano Mazzoli, a senior from Italy.
   Chervony and Hammer each carded a 5-under 66 over the 7,355-yard, par-71 University of Texas layout while Mazzoli lit it up to the tune of a 7-under 64 in the final round.
   The hot rounds by Chervony and Hammer helped Texas post a 9-under 275 in the final round for a 25-under 827 total. TCU matched the Longhorns’ 275 in the final round, but it was only good enough to earn runnerup honors for the Horned Frogs at 5-under 847.
   ACC power Clemson, ranked 16th and  seeded fourth, took third place, the Tigers closing with a 1-under 283 to finish four shots behind TCU at 1-under 851.
   West Coast Conference champion Pepperdine, ranked 18th and seeded third, carded its second straight 6-over 290 to finish seven shots behind Clemson in fourth place 6-over 858.
   No. 7 Southern California, the second seed, grabbed the final ticket to the NCAA Championship as the Trojans closed with a 2-under 282 for an 8-over 860 total, two shots behind Pepperdine.
   The heroic bid by SEC champion Arkansas, ranked 31st and seeded sixth, to advance to an NCAA Championship being played on its home course came up five shots short as the Razorbacks finished sixth at 13-over 865 after a final round of 8-over 292.
   Texas’ freshmen Coody twins out of Plano, Texas, Pierceson and Parker, backed up Chervony and Hammer as Pierceson Coody carded a 2-over 73 to land among the group tied for eighth at 2-under 211 and Parker Coody posted a 2-under 70 to finish in the group tied for 11th a 1-under 212.
   Rounding out the Texas lineup was Spencer Soosman, a junior from Westlake Village, Calif. who closed with a 3-over 74 to finish in the group tied for 20th at 4-over 217.
   Pepperdine’s Joe Highsmith, a freshman from Lakewood, Wash., was hanging around the top of the leaderboard all week and finished alone in fourth place at 6-under 207, three shots behind the top three, after a final round of 2-under 69.
   Sam Kim, a junior from Irvine, Calif., sparked the late surge by Southern Cal as he carded a final round of 2-under 69 to finish alone in fifth place at 4-uneder 209.
   The home folks in Fayetteville will have one player to root for as Arkansas' Julian Perico, a freshman from Peru, nabbed the individual ticket to The Blessings. The hero of the Razorbacks’ stunning run to the SEC title, Perico finished in a tie for sixth at 3-under 210 after matching par in the final round with a 71.
   In the Pullman Regional, Texas A&M, seeded fourth, outlasted No. 32 and sixth-seeded Brigham Young by two shots in a wild shootout at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Wash.
   The Aggies closed with a solid 10-under 270 over the 7,232-yard, par-70 Palouse Ridge layout for a 33-under 807 total. It was the third regional team title in the history of the Texas A&M program, but the second in a row. Brigham Young, behind individual champion Rhett Rasmussen, a junior from Draper, Utah, fired a scorching 14-under 266 in the final round for a 31-under 209 total.
   No. 5 Oklahoma, the top seed, carded its third straight 10-under 270 to finish a shot behind Brigham Young in third at 30-under 810. ACC champion Georgia Tech, ranked eighth and seeded second, also closed with a 10-under 270 to finish fourth at 22-under 818, eight shots behind Oklahoma.
   In the only playoff for a final ticket to the NCAA Championship, No. 17 South Carolina, the third seed, finished fifth after defeating upstart Colorado State, ranked 41st and seeded seventh. The Gamecocks closed with a scintillating 13-under 267 to catch Colorado State at 21-under 819. Colorado State finished up with a 9-under 271.
   Texas A&M was led by Walker Lee, a sophomore from Houston who closed with a 3-under 67 to finish alone in sixth place in the individual standings at 10-under 200. Chandler Phillips, a senior from Huntsville, Texas and No. 10 in the WAGR, also fired a final-round 67 to land among the group tied for seventh at 9-under 201.
   Sam Bennett, a freshman from Madisonville, Texas, delivered a third 3-under 67 in the final round that helped him climb into a tie for 12th at 7-under 203. Brandon Smith, a junior from Frisco, Texas, gave the Aggies a third sub-70 round as his 1-under 69 enabled him to join Bennett in the group tied for 12th at 203.
   Texas A&M inserted Josh Gilege, a junior from Eagle, Idaho, into the lineup for the final round, replacing Dan Erickson, a junior from Whittier, Calif., and Gilege posted a 2-over 72.
   Rasmussen fired a second straight 7-under 63 to claim the individual title with a 15-under 195 total.
UC-Santa Barbara’s Zach Smith, a senior from Pleasanton, Calif. competing as an individual, was the runnerup, two shots behind Rasmussen at 13-under 197 after a final round of 5-under 65. Smith earned the lone individual berth to the NCAA Championship for a player from a non-advancing team.
   South Carolina’s Scott Stevens, a senior from Chattanooga, Tenn., Oklahoma’s Blaine Hale, a senior from Dallas, and San Francisco’s Tim Widing, a junior from Sweden competing as an individual, finished in a tie for third at 12-under 198, a shot behind Smith.
   Stevens closed strong with a sparkling 5-under 65, Hale, who had jumped into the lead with a scintillating 8-under 62 in Tuesday’s second round, cooled off with a 2-under 68 and Widing also finished strong, posting a 4-under 66.
   In the Stanford Regional, it was another case of the host team, No. 17 Stanford, the second seed, going wire-to-wire on its home course, the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif., to capture the team title by 12 shots over Pac-12 rival Arizona State, ranked second and seeded first, and No. 26 North Carolina, the fifth seed.
   The Cardinal, behind individual champion Isaiah Salinda, a senior from South San Francisco, Calif. and No. 29 in the WAGR, closed with an 8-under 272 over the 6,727-yard, par-70 Stanford layout for a 23-under 817 total.
   Arizona State and North Carolina posted matching 6-under 274s to share second place at 11-under 829. Georgia Southern, ranked 58th and seeded 10th, punched its ticket to the NCAA Championship with a final round of 2-under 278 that left it in fourth place at 6-under 834, five shots behind the Sun Devils and the Tar Heels.
   No. 14 LSU was eight shots behind Georgia Southern in fifth place as the Tigers grabbed the final ticket to the NCAA Championship with a 2-over 842 total after a final round of 2-over 282.
Salinda, a U.S. Amateur semifinalist last summer at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, fired a second consecutive 3-under 67 for a 10-under 200 total that gave him the individual title by three shots over a quartet of players tied for second at 7-under 203 that included Stanford’s David Snyder, a junior from McAllen, Texas.
   Snyder posted a second straight 2-under 68 to end up at 7-under. Brandon Wu, a senior from Deerfield, Mass., closed with a 1-under 69 to land among the group tied for sixth at 6-under 204.
   Henry Shimp, a junior from Charlotte, N.C., contributed a 2-under 68 in the final round to finish among the group tied for 43rd at 6-over 216. One of the players joining Shimp at that figure was teammate Daulet Tuleubayev, a freshman from Khazakhstan who finished up with a 3-over 74.
   A pair of Arizona State players, Cameron Sisk, a freshman from San Diego, and Chun An Yu, a junior from Taiwan, were in the group tied for second at 7-under 203. Sisk got it going in the final round with a 5-under 65 while Yu closed with a solid 3-under 67.
   Rounding out that foursome at 203 was North Carolina’s Ryan Burnett, a freshman from Lafayette, Calif. who closed with a sparkling 7-under  63.
   Utah’s Kyler Dunkle, a senior from Lankspur, Colo. competing as an individual, carded a 2-under 68 to finish among the group tied for sixth to earn a trip to The Blessings as the low individual from a non-advancing team.






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