05-13-2022, 04:29 PM
(05-13-2022, 02:33 PM)winflop Wrote: Men's Golf begins their quest for a national championship in earnest starting Monday at the Preserve at Spanos Park in Stockton. I've not yet seen an official liineup but I expect it to be this (Golfstat ranking): Michael Thorbjornsen (20), Karl Vilips (63), Barclay Brown (157), Henry Shimp (235), Alex Yang or Ethan Ng, Alternate: Ng or Yang
Stanford is the #3 seed in the regional among 14 teams, including four automatic qualifiers from winning their conference championship tournament. Five teams and one individual not on those top five teams will move on to play at nationals at Grayhawk GC in Scottsdale, AZ May 27-Jun 1
Teams at the regional in order of seed and their ranking in Golfstat
As you say the Big Three need to be the Big Three and we need another round at or around par. Interesting that several guys who played in the Match Play Championship in 2019 are still around but rarely see the tee box. Tough Game.
Also of interest Stanford had 4 guys make the cut at the Byron Nelson. Maverick is close enough now to be in the hunt. Between he and Rodgers they eagled 5 of the par 5's today. Bramlett and Wu are tied further down the list. McNealy has been playing well until Sunday then the wheels have often come off the cart. Hope this weekend is different for him.
#4 Arizona St, #9 Washington, #16 Stanford, #21 LSU, #28 Oregon, #32 Nevada, #38 Liberty, #46 BYU, #54 UAB, #59 Houston, #63 UC Davis, Denver, Abilene Christian, Weber State
This regional is relatively weak, but Stanford will need their trio of Thorbjornsen, Vilips, and Brown to play well and for the rest to not fall apart. Not making the cut for nationals would be a significant setback for the program.
Follow the scoring at https://results.golfstat.com/public/lead...&tid=25465