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2023 NCAA Championships thread - MEN's GOLF (Qualified for Finals @ Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale, AZ; 5/26-31)

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A couple days ago, men's golf heard, per the Golf Channel televised selection show, that they have earned a bid to the NCAA Championships, which for them will begin as the #9 regional seed at the Norman Oklahoma regional. (All regionals are scheduled to be competed from Monday- Wednesday, May 15th - 17th.)

Congrats and best wishes to this YOUNG*** team!

(***For those that don't follow the team, the 6 who competed at the recent Pac 12 Championships consisted of 1 freshman, 4 sophomores and (only) 1 senior.)



Article on their selection, and how teams (and individuals) advance to the Championships finals - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/3/mens-golf-golfers-earn-invitation-to-ncaa-championships.aspx

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BOULDER — The University of Colorado men's golf team on Wednesday is returning to the NCAA Championships, as the Buffaloes will participate in the Central/Norman Regional which begins Monday, May 15, in Norman, Okla.

Colorado, ranked No. 52 in the nation (GolfStat; No. 66 Golfweek) is the No. 9 seed in the regional, in which No. 5 Texas Tech is the top seed. Host and No. 9 Oklahoma, the Big 12 champion, is the second seed with No. 17 Alabama the third see. The regional will take place at OU's home course, the 7,452-yard, par-72 Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, which also features a 77.9 rating with a slope of 142.

The Buffaloes are one of eight Pac-12 teams to earn regional bids, tied for the second-most with the ACC behind the SEC (10); individuals from three other Pac-12 schools also were invited. Colorado is coming off one of – if not its —bets performance of the season, tying for third in the Pac-12 Championship. The Buffs were tied for the lead heading into the final round and held a small lead for a few holes until host Stanford eventually pulled away from the field.

Edwards has finalized his squad for the regional, and the starting lineup will feature four sophomores, Justin Biwer, Tucker Clark, Jack Holland and Dylan McDermott and a true freshman, Hunter Swanson. Senior Jack Hughes will also be on trip at the substitute alternate, new to the NCAA's from six years ago. All competed in the Pac-12's at Stanford, where McDermott finished second with a 13-under 267 score, two strokes behind the Cardinal's Michael Thorbjornsen. Swanson tied for 20th, Biwer tied for 26th, Clark tied 34th and Holland tied for 47th.

"It feels great to be selected to the NCAA Tournament and Norman Regional," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "In 2019 and 2021 we were right there in the mix to get a bid and came up a bit short. The 2020 team had a great chance to get in until the season got canceled so it was nice to have our name called again. We actually have an experienced group headed to Norman, with Justin Biwer competing there last year and Tucker Clark being an NCAA participant in 2021. All of our guys have played at the highest levels of amateur golf so there won't be any surprises for anyone."

"Dylan and Justin have had outstanding years,' he added. "We knew Tucker would be a great addition and he has been great for us. Hunter has had one of the best freshman years in CU history. Jack Holland has really developed from his freshman year to now. Jack Hughes will start as our sub and he will ready to go if we need him, as he has all year."

This is the 23rd time that Colorado has been selected as a team to play in the regionals, which were created in 1989 with the help of CU's head coach at the time, the late Mark Simpson. CU individuals were invited to compete on six other occasions.

The remainder of the field, in seeded order, includes No. 20 Mississippi, No. 29 Wake Forest, No. 32 Duke, No. 41 LSU, No. 44 North Florida, CU, No. 56 Kansas, No. 77 North Carolina-Wilmington, No. 131 Louisiana, No. 182 Princeton and No. 269 Arkansas Pine Bluff (the latter four were their conference champions).

The Buffs have lined up this year nine times against teams in the West Regional, going 5-2-2 with a 10-14-2 mark in individual rounds. CU has been in tournaments with Oklahoma (0-2), Ole Miss (1-0), LSU (1-0), North Florida (1-0), Kansas (2-0-1) and Louisiana (0-0-1).

McDermott leads the team in stroke average with a 69.76 figure, which is also good for third in the Pac-12, while Biwer is next at 70.85, which is 10th. McDermott is having an All-America caliber season, and leads the conference in subpar rounds (25), rounds in the 60s (20), and in top five, 10 and 20 finishes (five, eight and nine, respectively).

Five individuals from schools that did not advance as a team will also compete in Norman, thus 75 total players will be in the field. Nationally, 81 teams and 45 individuals qualified for the postseason; schools must have a .500 record or better to qualify for the postseason. Colorado was a superb 127-52-5 in the regular season.

There are six regional sites and those competing will play 54 holes with the top five teams and top individual who is not a member of those squads earning the right to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals. Those are scheduled for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Arizona State is serving as the host institution).

Edwards, a Kansas golf letterman who coached the Buffaloes in their final five years in the Big 12, is very familiar with the golf course the Buffaloes will be playing.

"It's a really good course for us and sets up well, fair but tough," Edwards said. "Jimmie Austin is one of the most historic courses in college golf. We have a motivated group and look forward to getting to 'The Jimmie' to play and compete."

The teams will play a shotgun practice round at 9 a.m. MDT on Sunday, May 14, and the regional will begin at 7 a.m. mountain time on all three competition days. The Buffaloes will be paired with No. 7-seed LSU and No. 8-seed North Florida in their bid to return to the NCAA Finals for the first time since the 2001-02 season.
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Live leaderboard - https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=27707
 
Congrats to sophomore Dylan McDermott who, after his 2nd place individual finish at the Pac 12 Championships, was named 1st team all-conference!




Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/4/mens-golf-mcdermott-named-first-team-all-pac-12.aspx

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BOULDER — University of Colorado sophomore golfer Dylan McDermott has been named to the first-team All-Pac-12 Conference, the league announced Thursday afternoon.

McDermott, who hails from Granite Bay, Calif., is currently ranked as the No. 25 golfer in the nation by GolfStat and is ranked 241st in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) after his second place finish in the Pac-12 Championship last Sunday at Stanford.

He currently leads the team in stroke average with a 69.67 figure; that is the third-best in the Pac-12 and 16th in the nation and is threatening CU's all-time record (70.24). He leads the conference with 20 rounds in the 60s and 24 subpar rounds, with 30 of his 34 rounds being par or better. He has nine top 20 finishes, which include five in the top five and eight in the top 10, and has been under par in a CU-record 10 tournaments. He was posted a 3-0 record in Wyoming's World Match Play to open the spring season, after opening the fall with medalist honors in Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Classic.

He has already set several school records this season and is threatening a handful of others; he became just the third player ever at CU to score all four rounds in the 60s when he posted a 66-66-67-68—267 scorecard in the Pac-12 meet, which tied the school mark in relation to par at 13-under, and his 199 total through three rounds also set a Buff best. McDermott has played in 21 tournaments in his young collegiate career, finishing under par in 14 of them; he has 28 of 65 rounds in the 60's, with 43 of par or better.

He has been named the conference's player of the week on two occasions, and last September, he was one of three finalists for the Ben Hogan National Golfer of the Month. McDermott joins Yannik Paul in 2018 as CU's first-team all-Pac-12 performers since the Buffs joined the conference in 2012. He also was selected as the Buffaloes' co-Male Athlete of the Year CU's annual CUSPY Awards (CU Sports Performers of the Year) last month.

"Dylan has had a phenomenal year," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "It has been as good as any player in the Pac-12 Conference and has established himself as one of the top players in the country. He continues to keep getting better and better and his play this season is evidence of that. Congrats to him on this great honor."

Inexplicably, the coaches did not recognize sophomore Justin Biwer on either the second or honorable mention teams. Owning the 10th-best scoring average (70.85) in the league, of the 23 golfers honored, he had more top 10 finishes than 14 of them (and equaled by four others) and more rounds in the 60's (9) than a dozen team members, among several stats that were as good or better than many.

Biwer was a second-team selection by the coaches as a freshman, and also made the All-Freshman team.

"Justin wasn't recognized on one of the All-Pac-12 teams but he had a season worthy of it," Edwards said. "He has had a season that is very similar, if not better than many of the players on the second-team. But he continues to take steps forward as one of the top players in the country. He and Dylan are an amazing one-two punch for us."

The Buffaloes will return to action in a little less than two weeks, set to participate in the NCAA Central/Norman Regional which begins Monday, May 15, in Norman, Okla.
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Go get the birdies (of both all 3 types) Buffs!
(From the leaderboard link in the OP, looks like the Buffs are scheduled (weather permitting) to begin teeing off at 11:55 AM Norman OK time (so 10:55 AM MT).)




 
(Note - the below tweet doesn't seem to reflect revised starting time due to weather delay.)

 
Just since I keep forgetting, from the article quoted in the original post -

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There are six regional sites and those competing will play 54 holes with the top five teams and top individual who is not a member of those squads earning the right to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals. Those are scheduled for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Arizona State is serving as the host institution).
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Another very nice round for the team moves them up to a 3rd place tie (from 5th after yesterday's round) after a -7 today that puts them at -11 overall. They are tied with #5 rated Texas Tech, and are 1 ahead of 5th place (and #44 rated) North Florida. They are also in range of possibly moving up the leaderboard, as they're only 2 behind 2nd place/ #9 rated (and host) Oklahoma, and 4 behind leader/ #17 rated Alabama.

Still need another strong round to finish off the regionals tomorrow, but at least they have put a LITTLE space between them and 6th place Duke, who is 3 strokes back. (As I quoted in my last post, it's the top 5 finishing schools from each region that earn spots at the Championships final tourney that begin in 10 days. 7th place LSU is then 4 strokes behind Duke.)

Edit - screenshot of the team leaderboard -NCAA regional leaderboard screenshot_2023-05-16.png
 
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Article after today's round - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/16/...or-third-at-ncaa-central-norman-regional.aspx

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Men's Golf May 16, 2023 David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Men's Golf SID

Golfers Move Into Tie For Third At NCAA Central/Norman Regional​

Biwer, Swanson tied for 12th; Clark records low round in the field


NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Colorado men's golf team used a strong opening effort here Tuesday, enabling the Buffaloes jump from fifth place into a tie for third after the second round of the NCAA Central/Norman Regional.

CU recorded the fourth-best team score in the second round, a 7-under par 281, giving the Buffaloes a 36-hole total of 11-under par 565. Combined with Monday's 4-under 284, it marked the first time in 23 regional events by Colorado that the Buffs recorded two subpar team scores.

It's a logjam at the top, as just seven strokes separate the top six teams. But only the top five will advance to the NCAA Championship Finals in two weeks in Scottdale, Ariz., along with the highest finishing individual not on one of those schools. If there any ties, a playoff will follow the completion of Wednesday's final round.

No. 17 and third-seeded Alabama took over the lead after tying with two others in posting the best single round Tuesday, an 8-under 280, as the Crimson Tide have a team score of 15-under par 561. Host, second-seed and No. 9 Oklahoma started out hot, 9-under through six holes, but eventually finished the round with a 284 score and a 13-under 563 overall. No. 5 and top seed Texas Tech slipped from first into a tie with the No. 52 (and ninth-seed) Buffaloes at 11-under 565, while No. 44 North Florida creeped up a spot into fifth (566). Lurking in sixth place, two strokes out of the coveted fifth spot is No. 32 Duke (568).

The Buffaloes arguably got off to one of, if not their best starts to a tournament this season, as the five players scorers collectively scored 10 birdies on their first 32 holes before the first bogey was recorded. A little over a third of the way through, and starting on the back nine which proved to be the tougher side on Monday, CU was 10-under par and had climbed from fifth into second before temporarily cooling off a bit – six bogeys and one birdie on the next 10 holes. That dropped CU down to 4-under, but the Buffs rallied to finish in the other direction on the front nine.

Colorado recorded five more birdies – 18 – than it did on Monday, moving into the middle of the pack from the 10th spot, but for the second straight day did a great job of avoiding big numbers. CU had just 13 holes worse than par in the second round (all bogeys), with its 23 bogeys and 26 holes worse than par both tied for the third-fewest through 36 holes. Only CU, Mississippi and Wake Forest had no player record a hole higher than a bogey Tuesday.

"Another good, solid day," head coach Roy Edwards said. "The guys were just ready from the start of the round, hitting good shots and making good decisions."
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'Really spectacular round by Tucker," Edwards noted. "He had a great comeback from yesterday. Hunter, Justin, and Jack were all really good as well. Dylan had an uncharacteristic day but I'm excited for what he's going to bring tomorrow.

"This is basically the exact same experience we had in the Pac-12 Championship (when the Buffs tied for third and led briefly in the final round), so the team is ready."

Just three strokes separate the top five golfers (and six between first and 17th), Texas Tech's Ludvig Aberg assumed the lead overall with a 67-68—135 scorecard (9-under par). Next were Monday's co-leaders, Oklahoma's Drew Goodman, who holds down second, one back at 136, with Alabama's Nick Dunlap in third, two behind at 137.

The third and final round will be Wednesday; the Buffaloes are set to be paired once again with North Florida (now for all three rounds) and Duke for the second day in a row; they will tee off on No. 10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. mountain time.
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Still over 1/2 of the final round remaining, but another great effort for the Buffs so far in their efforts to advance to the NCAA Championships final.


NCAA regional leaderboard screenshot_2023-05-17 1.png



Edit - tweet from before the round began -

 
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HUGE congrats to the team, as CU and all the teams around them on the leaderboard are showing finished with today's final round, and CU has finished 3rd at the regional and are heading to Scottsdale for the Championships finals!

Way to go Buffs!!!
 
Article after the team qualified yesterday for the Championships final - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/17/...l-norman-regional-advance-to-ncaa-finals.aspx

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NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Colorado men's golf team finished what it started here Wednesday but it wasn't without a few tense moments late as the Buffaloes finished third in the NCAA Central/Norman Regional and will advance to the NCAA Championship Finals in nine days.

The top five teams moved on to the Finals, with No. 17 Alabama emerging on top with a 28-under 836 team score, edging host and No. 9 Oklahoma (25-under 839). They were in the same threesome and the first to finish, along with No. 5 Texas Tech closing with an 842 total and were third at that time.

The next threesome had a classic regional battle, three teams vying for the last two spots – the Buffaloes, Duke and North Florida – and all were within a stroke of each other over the course of the final three holes of the round. The four scorers for CU played the last five holes at 6-under (seven birdies, one bogey), holding off a charging Duke while keeping UNF at bay.

Colorado sophomore Justin Biwer made a key birdie from two feet out on the 600-yard, par-5 8th hole that put the Buffs ahead by one on the scoreboard. Freshman Hunter Swanson then nailed a birdie on the 435-yard, par-4 9th to clinch a finals berth, help CU to a 12-under 276 third round score, its best round ever in a regional, and a 23-under 841 finally tally that enabled the Buffs to jump Texas Tech into third place.

And scoring well on No. 9 was no easy task, as it played the fifth-toughest here this week; the players that scored for CU made three pars along with Swanson's birdie, and CU's fifth-man, sophomore Tucker Clark, also birdied the hole.

It was enough to hold off Duke, as the Blue Devils claimed the fifth (843 score) and the final qualifying spot thanks to three birdies on No. 9, while North Florida could only muster a single birdie that was wiped out by a bogey and finished with an 844 count. All three had their players answer the final round challenge – CU's fifth score that didn't count was a 72, while Duke and UNF tossed out 73s.

"I'm incredibly proud of the team, especially since this was probably the closest regional from first to sixth place that I've ever seen," head coach Roy Edwards said. "I have so many positive and proud things I have to say about the team. We went to a southern golf course hosted by a southern school, with mostly southern teams. It says a lot about the team's overall competitiveness and their fight.

Less than a month ago, the Buffs finished a disappointing 11th in BYU's Cougar Classic. But since, CU spent all four rounds in the top three, including leading at several junctures, in the Pac-12 Championship before finishing third, and were never out of the top five here from the get-go.

"BYU was interesting because we didn't play well at all," Edwards recalled. "It wasn't because of a lack of effort, and everyone's attitudes were good. But the last six or seven weeks, everybody was dedicated to really working on their short games, and it paid off at Stanford and was really the difference this week. It was not a fluke that we beat some really good teams and nearly won the tournament."

CU for the most part avoided big numbers in both meets, something Edwards calls the "jumbo" stat – the percentage of holes over bogey compared to rounds played. Between the conference championship and regional, the Buffs had just 13 out of 702 holes worse than a bogey, with only four of those figuring in team scoring.

"That's an incredible stat and is a testament to the team's focus, course management and short game," Edwards noted."The three-team battle for the final two spots was nothing short of wild, Edwards said.

"Down the stretch was unbelievable, a lot of fireworks but a lot of great golf -- it was nuts – Duke and North Florida were chipping in and making long putts, but we were making putts too," he said.

Swanson recorded his second 3-under 69 here to go with his first round effort, and finished with a 6-under 210 total on the 7,452-yard, par-72 Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club course layout. He had four birdies and 13 pars Wednesday, and finished with the most subpar holes (12, including an eagle) by a Buffalo here this week. It was his second subpar tournament of his collegiate career and the first time he led CU in an event this season.

He also became the fourth freshman finish atop the CU leaderboard in an NCAA regional. He joined Knut Ekjord (1995), Matthew Zions (1999) and Jeremy Paul (2014). In tying for 11th, it is the highest finish by a CU freshman in a regional and his 6-under par effort is the first subpar score and bested Ekjord's previous low tally of 1-over 217. Ekjord also had the former highest finish when he tied for 14th.

"My round felt pretty good overall today," Swanson said. "I had a bad three-putt (on No. 3, his only bogey), but also made some very clutch par putts that felt good, especially on hole 11 and hole 4.

"But the feeling of that birdie on the last hole (No. 9) was unmatched," he continued. "Not only of how much it helped me and my team, but with what was at stake, I think that was the biggest putt I've made in my entire life. That was such a surreal experience, and it's hard to describe. It was just an unbelievable and excellent experience, and I'm so proud to be a part of this team. I'm so pumped and can't wait for the finals, especially only being a freshman."
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The NCAA Finals will take play at Grayhawk Golf Club due north of Scottsdale, Ariz., beginning May 26. Four days of stroke play will open the event, with the field cut to the low 15 teams after three rounds. The top eight will then advance into match play, with quarterfinals and semifinals set for May 30 and the championship match on May 31. Texas is the defending champion and qualified out of the fifth spot in the Bath, Mich., regional.

NOTES: The eight strokes that separated first through sixth made this regional the most hotly contested; next tightest was the Morgan Hill (Calif.) event where 15 strokes separated the top six … Alabama had all five of its players finish under par (all in the top 28), while CU and Texas Tech had their quintets all finish par or better and in the top 39 … Thirteen of CU's 15 scores were between 67 and 73 … The 23-under 841 was easily CU's best score ever in a regional, topping a 2-under 862 in 2018, the only other subpar effort … The average score for all 225 rounds was 72.25, with the lowest average of 71.20 coming in Wednesday's final round when there were 21 rounds in the 60s (after just 26 the first two rounds), along with 46 subpar rounds overall and another eight even-par efforts … Colorado played the par-4's the second-best at 1-under (trailing only Alabama's 9-under), the par-3s at 4-over (tied for fifth) and the par-5s at 19-under (tied for sixth) … The Buffs led the field in pars with 183 ('Bama was next with 179), tied for third in eagles (2) and finished eighth in birdies (50, North Florida led with 67) … The Buffs also had the third-lowest bogeys (32, Alabama had 29 and Oklahoma 30), and with 35 holes worse than par overall, tailed only the Crimson Tide (31) … How much does Swanson love golf according to Edwards? After returning to Colorado tonight, he departs in the morning to play in the U.S. Four Ball this weekend in South Carolina) … McDermott remains CU's stroke average leader with a 69.95 mark for 37 rounds, with Biwer (70.81), Clark (72.08), Swanson (72.32) and Holland (72.85) joining him as the first Buff quintet to all have sub-73 averages this late in a season.

NOTES II: The Pac-12 placed eight teams in five different regionals this postseason and four have advanced to the finals: CU, Arizona State and Stanford finished 1-2 in the Las Vegas regional, and Oregon finished third in the Bath regional. Not advancing were Washington (sixth, Auburn regional), Cal and Arizona (sixth and eighth, Morgan Hill (Calif.) regional, and Oregon State (11th, Las Vegas).

NOTES III: This tied CU's second-best finish in a regional (third in 1989, the first year of the format); the only better finish was second in 1994 … Colorado, ranked No. 52, is the lowest ranked team of the 30 to make the finals; No. 54 Clemson came close, but lost to No. 14 Texas A&M in a playoff for the fifth spot in the Salem Regional … Edwards said CU will utilize the same line-up for the finals, with Hughes at present to be the sub … Though it has been 21 years since CU last qualified for the NCAA Finals (the 2001-02 season), two Buffs advanced out of regional play, Tolan (2008) and David Oraee (2015) … CU's best finish in the NCAA finals was a tie for eighth place in 1968 … Oraee and another Buff alum, Kevin Kring were in attendance for the final round.
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Buffs heading to AZ today, and schedule set for their practice round on Thursday and 1st 2 official rounds at the Championships -




 
Preview in front of the NCAA Championship final, which begins tomorrow morning, with the 1st CU golfer scheduled to tee off (from the 10th hole) at 9:00 AM MT - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/23/mens-golf-golfers-in-final-preparations-for-ncaa-finals.aspx

Go Buffs!!!

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Men's Golf May 23, 2023 David Plati, Associate AD/Sports Information

Golfers In Final Preparations For NCAA Finals​

Colorado Coming Off Third Place Finishes in Conference and Regional Action


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men's golf team arrived here Tuesday afternoon to begin its final preparations for the NCAA Championship Finals that begin later this week.

The Buffaloes, now ranked 48th in the nation by GolfStat, are one of four schools from the Pac-12 Conference in the 30-team field, joined by No. 4 Arizona State, No. 6 Stanford and No. 19 Oregon. The Buffs finished behind Stanford and ASU in last month's Pac-12 Championship, and last week claimed third outright in the NCAA Central/Norman Regional, just five strokes out of the lead.

The format since 2009 will be four rounds of stroke play beginning this Friday, May 26; after three rounds, the top 15 teams and nine unaffiliated individuals will qualify for the fourth round Monday. At that point, the top eight teams after 72 holes advance to match play on Tuesday (May 30, quarterfinals and semifinals) and Wednesday (May 31, championship).

"The NCAA finals is the goal for every team, every year, so we're right where we've been working toward all year," said head coach Roy Edwards, who is completing his 17th season at the reins of the program. "At different times during the year we played really well, so for a young team that keeps gaining experience and believing in themselves, we certainly expected to play how we know we were capable of (the last two outings), and we expect even more.

"It's really a credit to the team to keep working and believing, and the result was they performed at their best when their best was needed. We look forward for that to continue," he continued. "We've beaten many of the best teams in the country, so overall, I've been pretty pleased with the year. We've had a lot of good finishes in tournaments and individually some strong moments. Everyone on our roster is capable of some really low numbers."

Edwards and associate coach Derek Tolan have brought the spring's familiar line-up to Arizona. The starting lineup will feature four sophomores, Justin Biwer, Tucker Clark, Jack Holland and Dylan McDermott and a true freshman, Hunter Swanson. Senior Jack Hughes will also be on trip at the substitute alternate, new to the NCAA's from six years ago. All competed in the Pac-12's at Stanford and the five scorers in almost every tournament this spring.

"We're actually a lot more experienced team than it shows on paper," Edwards said. "All now have NCAA experience and understand what it takes to play well and to score well, and their course management the last two tournaments has been exceptional. These six have comprised our team the entire spring and have been through the fire. Obviously, the NCAA finals is the biggest stage for anyone to play in college golf, but I believe all have the right mindset and they're excited to continue what we've started in the conference meet and to play well."

McDermott leads the team in stroke average with a 69.95 figure, which is also good for fourth in the Pac-12 and 17th in the nation, while Biwer is next at 70.81. But all six of the aforementioned Buffs have contributed in a big way to CU's two bronze finishes, including 67s from Clark, Holland and Hughes and Swanson's 6-under effort in the regional that led the Buffs, all of who finished par or better.

The event will take place at Grayhawk Golf Club, which was also the site of this year's women's NCAA Finals, completed on Wednesday. For the men's event, it will play at 7,289-yard with a par-70 configuration (just two par-5s). Edwards has played it a few times and is fairly familiar with it. The Buffs will tee off on No. 10 at 9:00 a.m. (MST) on Friday and off No. 1 at 2:20 p.m. Saturday; CU will be paired with Chattanooga and New Mexico both days.

"It's a really solid, challenging golf course, what you'd expect for the finals," he said. "It plays a lot different in the morning than in the afternoon, when it gets really firm and fast. Being patient off the tee is a must, and it's important to hit as many greens as possible. It's a rye grass Bermuda combo, so they will be firm, fast greens. The course sits on a kind of a down slope toward downtown Phoenix."

NOTES: Colorado was scheduled to play a practice round Wednesday at Desert Forest Golf Club in Scottsdale and were to be joined by alum Yannik Paul ('18), who is a fast-rising star on the DP World Tour (he's currently ranked 13th; Rory McIlroy is first) … Swanson teamed with longtime friend and fellow Colorado Mines freshman Maxwell Lange this past weekend in the USGA's Four Ball Championship in South Carolina; the pair tied for 27th in stroke play (9-under 133) and then won two matches over duos seeded fifth and 12th before falling 1-up to the 13th seed in the quarterfinals on Monday … Hughes graduated on May 11 with Business degrees in Real Estate and Marketing … Eight conferences make up the 2023 champions field: Southeastern (eight teams), Atlantic Coast (five), Pac-12 (four), Big 12 (four), West Coast (three), Mountain West (two) and Southern (two) … This will be the 16th NCAA Finals that CU will be participating in; just the second time in-state rival Colorado State is also in the same field (the other year was 1999; neither advanced into the final 15, but CU edged the Rams by one stroke in the 36 hole qualifier) … Colorado is 6-21-1 this season against 16 of the other 29 teams that qualified (23-62-2 in rounds head-to-head).
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CU Championships notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/5/23/CU_GOLF__2022-23_NCAA_Finals_Notes_.pdf

Video coverage (On the Golf Channel and Peacock streaming service. Looks to start with Monday's final (cut) day of stroke play before match play determines the final winner on Tuesday and Wednesday.) - https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2023/05/19/nbc-sports-presents-2023-ncaa-womens-and-mens-golf-championships-over-next-two-weeks-on-peacock-and-golf-channel/#:~:text=The 2023 NCAA Men's Individual,on Peacock and GOLF Channel.

Leaderboard - https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=26002
 
Article after yesterday's 1st round -




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/26/...tie-for-23rd-at-ncaa-championship-finals.aspx

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men's golf team opened the first round of the NCAA Championship Finals here Friday in a tie for 23rd place, but the Buffaloes are in decent position since all but team finished the day over par.

No. 11 Georgia Tech was that team, though it turned in an even-par 280. No. 8 Pepperdine and No. 28 Arkansas are tied for second, one back at 281, with a three-way tie between No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 5 Texas Tech for fourth at 2-over 282. Defending national champion and No. 17 Texas opened with a 15-over 295 to stand in 27th.

Colorado, ranked No. 48, landed in a tie for 23rd with Pac-12 rival Oregon with 12-over 292 scores. The top 15 teams after Sunday's third round will advance into the fourth and final one on Monday; currently there are two teams tied for that position with 9-over 289's.

"It's a challenging golf course, and amplified even more so when the winds pick up," head coach Roy Edwards said. At times the wind gusted up to 15 miles per hour but died down by the end of the first round.

All five Buffaloes got off to "safe" starts, parring the 390-yard, par-4 10th hole on the 7,289-yard, par-70 Grayhawk Golf Club course design; half the field (15 teams) started in the morning wave. The Buffs at one point were in second place at 1-over par when the team was five-to-seven holes in, but then hit a rough stretch. CU closed out the back nine from that point on with one birdie, nine pars, five bogeys and two double bogeys to make the turn at 9-over.

The four players who eventually had their scores apply to the team total settled down a bit, recording five birdies (and 22 pars) against nine bogeys. Colorado eventually finished 11th out of the morning pool, and was in 26th as the afternoon rounds commenced. The 292 team score still tied the fourth-best gross score for a single round by a CU team in the finals.

Colorado's top player, sophomore Dylan McDermott, led the Buffaloes Friday with a 1-over 71; that has him tied for 31st. After a slow start with two bogeys in his first four holes (Nos. 11 and 13), he birdied No. 14 before reeling off eight straight pars. After scoring his last bogey of the round on No. 5, he parred the next two holes before birdying the 188-yard, par-3 8th hole to get back to just 1-over.

He was of just a few players designated in the No. 1 position to lead their teams in the opening round, as only 10 of the 30 did so. And including the six individuals who qualified here, the stroke average for the 36 was well above par at 72.9 (72.2 for the 30 team representatives).

Freshman Hunter Swanson carded a 2-over 72, which has him tied for 47th; he had a team-high four birdies opposite four bogeys and a double, mixed in with nine pars. He birdied Nos. 13 and 14 that got him to 1-under at that point, the latest a CU player would be under par in the round.

Sophomore Justin Biwer is tied for 70th after fashioning a 3-over 73, as he had three birdies and five bogeys with 10 pars. He scored CU's first birdie on the day, scoring a 4 on the 650-yard, par-5 11th. He closed the round with a birdie on the par-3 8th, that McDermott would follow with another birdie, just the second hole (with No. 14) that two Buffs birdied together on Friday. When he birdied No. 11, he joined Swanson as the only Buffalo to be on the proverbial "happy side of par" at any point in the first round.

Sophomore Jack Holland shot a 6-over 76 that has him tied for 115th, as he had a birdie and seven bogeys to start here. He shot 38 on each nine, with his birdie coming on No. 7, one of just 17 on the day on the hole, which played the second-toughest in the first round.

Sophomore Tucker Clark recorded a 10-over 80 and is tied for 153rd. He started strong, parring his first seven holes, but then would only par two others; he played his final 10 holes at the 10-over, with eight bogeys and a double.

"I thought we were a little nervy early but settled in," Edwards said. "We had a tough stretch on holes 15 through 17, and then 18 was just brutal. As we have done all year, the guys kept battling and hung in there really well. Justin made a great putt on 8, Dylan chipped one in and Hunter closed with a birdie. We have to just stay patient and play our games. Tomorrow afternoon will be tough conditions, but I expect us to play well."

The 18th hole, a 520-yard, par-4, played the toughest of all the holes Friday, though was a bit easier for the 15 afternoon teams. CU's quintet had a par, two bogeys and two doubles; in the end, the field had just 13 birdies, with 76 pars, 49 bogeys, 16 doubles and two triples. Texas Tech was the only team to not have a player score over par on the hole, while Duke was the only one with three birdies, but was even overall with a bogey and a double by its other duo.

Georgia Tech's Ross Steelman is the individual leader through 18 holes, as he carded a 6-under 64; he had six birdies and 12 pars, one of just two players not to have a bogey or worse all round. He leads three players by two strokes.

The second round is set for Saturday; Colorado will again be paired with Chattanooga and New Mexico and will tee off on No. 1 beginning at 1:20 p.m. local time. After Sunday's third round, the field will be cut to the low 15 teams and nine unaffiliated individuals. The top eight teams will then advance into match play, with quarterfinals and semifinals set for May 30 and the championship match on May 31.
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Less than 2 hours until the team is scheduled to begin its 2nd round.
(As the schools that had morning tee times get at least halfway through (and in some cases are finishing) their rounds, looks like the course is a challenging one again today, with only 1 school (the #3 rated Illini at -7) under par so far today, and one other (the #4 rated Arizona Wildcats) at par.

 
Solid round today sees the team move up 6 places and puts them in a tie for 17th place and within 3 strokes of 3 teams currently in a tie for 13th. (As described in more detail in the quoted article posted below, the top 15 after tomorrow's round make the cut and get to play in Monday's final round of the stroke play portion of the Championships.)

.https://twitter.com/CUBuffsMGolf/status/1662669339328143360


Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/27/...tie-for-17th-at-ncaa-championship-finals.aspx

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men's golf team moved up six spots into a tie for 17th place here Saturday, as the NCAA Championship Finals reached its midway point.

The Buffaloes are very much in contention to make the 15-team cut into Monday's fourth and final round, as CU is just three strokes back of three teams tied for 13th (and eight out of eighth place, which is the cutline for match play that begins Monday).

Third-ranked Illinois grabbed the lead at the 36-hole mark, due to the Fighting Illini posting the best single round score of the 60 over two days – a 7-under 273 for 2-under 558 score overall. No. 9 Florida moved into second place with a 1-over 561 total, as the Gators were the only other team to break par in the second (2-under 278). No. 2 North Carolina and No. 11 Georgia Tech, the first round leader, are tied for third (566), with No. 8 Pepperdine rounding out the top five (568).

Colorado, ranked No. 48, moved into a tie for 17th with San Francisco with 19-over 579 totals. After the morning round was complete, the Buffaloes had moved up from a tie for 23rd into a tie for 15th, but 10 of those teams were also playing in the afternoon; 12 teams that finished had higher scores in relation to CU's 12-over at the time. Colorado's 7-over 287 score in the afternoon round tied for the fourth-best, behind Florida's 278 and Auburn's and Georgia Tech's 286.

While the Buffaloes haven't been a birdie machine, what's kept them in the hunt is the fact that it only has two holes worse than bogey through two rounds (180 holes) – none on Saturday, the only team of the 30 that could make that claim. Yet a small flurry of birdies Saturday – four over the last five holes, pulled the Buffs closer to making the cut.

CU's story of the second round was sophomore Tucker Clark, who hails from nearby Paradise Valley, rebounding from an opening 80 to card a 3-under 67, the second lowest score of the second round, which jumped him 69 spots in the standings into a tie for 84th. The 13- stroke improvement was the largest in the field, as well as a Colorado best in its NCAA Finals history. In 1964, Bob Bahan opened with an 85 and shot a 75, that 10-shot improvement holding as the best for 59 years until Saturday.
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"We knew the opening stretch of holes were going to be very challenging, and relative to the field, we started well," head coach Roy Edwards said. "I was really impressed with Tucker's round, a phenomenal comeback from yesterday; he was spectacular the whole day.

"The team did what we always do, just stayed in the round by staying calm and believing in ourselves, and that led to a really good finish," Edwards noted. "The team as a whole has been very dedicated to picking the proper lines off tees and into greens and have executed things very well."

Georgia Tech's Ross Steelman maintained his lead in the race for medalist honors, as he turned in a 1-under 69 for a 7-under 133 total which grew his lead from two to three strokes; Texas A&M's Daniel Rodrigues and Illinois' ADumont de Chassart are tied for second at 4-under 136.

The third round is set for Sunday, with Colorado to be paired with No. 5 Texas Tech and No. 40 San Francisco; they will tee off on No. 1 beginning at 11:20 MST. After the round, the field will be cut to the low 15 teams and nine unaffiliated individuals. The top eight teams will then advance into match play, with quarterfinals and semifinals set for May 30 and the championship match on May 31.

As to what the Buffs need to do to advance into the final 15, Edwards essentially said stick to the game plan.

"We need to just continue to focus on ourselves, no one else," he said. "Even though the course will be firmer and it'll be a little warmer, it's an advantage to play in the afternoon. You know exactly here you stand and we can see what holes have been troublesome for the others ahead of us."
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TEAM STANDINGS
1.Illinois285-273—558
2.Florida283-278—561
3.North Carolina282-284—566
3.Georgia Tech280-286—566
5.Pepperdine281-287—568
6.Vanderbilt282-288—570
7 .Florida State284-287—571
7.Virginia290-281—571
9.Arizona State291-281—572
9.Alabama290-282—572
11.Auburn288-286—574
11.Texas A&M289-285—574
13.Georgia285-291—576
13.Stanford290-286—576
13.Brigham Young289-287—576
16.Texas Tech282-295—577
17. COLORADO 292-287—579
17.San Francisco285-294—579
19.Oklahoma287-293—580
20.Arkansas281-301—582
20.Ohio State287-295—582
22.Oregon292-291—583
23.Mississippi State291-295—586
24.Texas295-292—587
25.New Mexico293-296—589
26.Duke290-300—590
27.Chattanooga294-300—594
28.Colorado State296-299—595
29.East Tennessee State302-298—600
30.Baylor304-297—601
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The team didn't have its best round yesterday, so their season is over. (As noted in the 2nd tweet below, Dylan McDermott has earned the right to play, in the individual part of the championships, at minimum another hole or two today, and possibly a full round.)

Still, 21st is a VERY good result for a VERY young (again, 4 sophomores and a freshman) team, consistently outplaying their ranking this whole post-season, starting with the Pac 12's.




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/28/mens-golf-golfers-finish-21st-at-ncaa-championship-finals.aspx

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men's golf team was cruising along for much of Sunday's third round of the NCAA Championship Finals, but struggled down the stretch and wound up finishing 21st out of 30 teams.

The top 15 teams advanced into Monday's final round. Colorado, ranked No. 48, hung around the cut line for its first 11 holes of the day, ranging from a tie for 13th to a tie for 16th; but the tougher back nine that had baked all day in the sun started to catch up with the Buffs, as well as most of the teams that had the afternoon tee times. Just 3-over par as a team through 11, the four scorers finished 12-over on the last seven holes, with just two birdies, eight bogeys and three double bogeys down the stretch, including 5-over alone on No. 18, the toughest hole of the day and tournament.

No. 3 Illinois maintained its lead, as the Fighting Illini turned in a second straight subpar team round of 4-under 276 to end three rounds of play at 6-under 834. No. 8 Pepperdine moved up three spots into second after the Waves shot the round of the tournament, an 11-under 269 Sunday for an overall score of 3-under 837. No. 3 Florida (839), No. 4 North Carolina (841) and No. 5 Georgia Tech (842) round out the top five.

Ohio State and Texas Tech tied for the 15th and final spot, which has implications for the nine individuals who also can advance into the final round; one of those is CU sophomore Dylan McDermott.

McDermott carded a second-straight 2-over 72 which tied him for 44th with a 5-over 215; that placed him either in the fourth round as an individual or in a playoff with two others for one of the nine individuals unaffiliated with an advancing team to play in Monday. If Texas Tech wins the team playoff, then there will be no playoff for individuals as one Ohio State player will advance; if Ohio State wins, two Tech players advance and McDermott will be in a three-man playoff for the last two spots.

For the second straight round, the recently named PING-All West Region performer had two birdies and 12 pars with four bogeys, and over the three days he had six birds, a team-high 37 pars and 11 bogeys. He played the par-4s at just 1-over, tied for 13th best in the 156-man field.

"We won't know until after either the team playoff or an individual one in the morning Dylan is in the mix for the final round, which if he makes it will be a great way to cap off an outstanding year for him,' CU head coach Roy Edwards said.

Sophomore Justin Biwer fashioned a 3-over 73 to conclude things, totaling a 10-over 220 that tied him for 81st. He had one birdie and 13 pars with four bogeys Sunday; his birdie came on No. 3 that had him 1-under at that point, the only time all day a Buff was in a red (subpar) number. He was hanging around par until closing with bogeys.

Sophomore Tucker Clark also finished with a 3-over 73 for a 10-over 220 and a tie for 81st. He had a team-high four birdies with eight pars, against five bogeys and a double; his eight birdies were also a team-best for the tournament. Clark, who is from nearby Paradise Valley about 20 miles north of Phoenix, recorded CU's low round of the event with a 3-under 67, which was the second-best round of tht second round and the third-best score in an NCAA Finals by a Buffalo.

Freshman Hunter Swanson wrapped things with a 7-over 77, which gave him an overall 13-over 223 performance that landed him in a tie for 111th. A rough stretch of bogey-bogey-double on holes 13 through 15 and finished with a double on 18 that inflated his score. Just the seventh Buff freshman to compete in the NCAA Finals, his 13-over in relation to par was the best for a 54- or 72-hole tournament.

Sophomore Jack Holland could never get much going, as he posted a second straight 9-over 79 for a 24-over 234 total, which placed him 150th. He had 11 pars on Sunday, his best in the three rounds, but had five bogeys and two doubles. He had just one birdie that came in the first round.

"A tough day today, obviously," Edwards said. "We were hanging in there most of the round, but our short game was off today and that probably was the difference. But I'm really proud of the team's fight. We were right there and were expecting to make the cut and then go on to make the match play, so right now we're disappointed.

"Definitely very happy with the season overall, finishing 21st in the country is always a positive," Edwards added. "This is a really special group of players on the team, and we're very excited about what the future holds for this group. I look forward to seeing how much better they get over the summer."

Georgia Tech's Ross Steelman has now led after all three rounds, and after a 2-under 68 on Sunday, he expanded his lead to four strokes. At 9-under par 201, he leads North Carolina's Dylan Menante and Ohio State's Neil Shipley, who both carded 67s and are in at 5-under through 54 holes; three others are at 4-under 206.

The two-team playoff will commence at 9 a.m. MST, followed by the individual playoff if necessary; the fourth round at present is slated to start at 11 a.m. MST. The top eight teams will then advance into match play, with quarterfinals and semifinals set for May 30 and the championship match on May 31.
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NOTES II: Of the four Pac-12 schools that made it to the NCAA Finals, No. 8 Stanford and No. 4 Arizona State advanced, finished the third round in sixth and seventh place, respectively. Colorado was 21st and No. 19 Oregon was 27th.

NOTES III: Brigham Young isn't allowed to compete on Sundays; the NCAA allowed them to play after the practice rounds on Thursday, with markers policing their play; the Cougars 23-over round of 303 was applied to Sunday, and BYU dropped from a tie for 13th into a tie for 23rd.
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Mr. McDermott did have to go into a playoff, and does advance to get to play another round today. (His +5 found him in a tie for 44th after 3 rounds, be fun to see how much he can (hopefully) rise on the leaderboard today.)

 
"Par" often seems one of the more boring/ mundane words in sports (at least for good golfers), but the details often belie that - looks like Mr. McDermott made a great sand save to qualify for today's 4th round!

 



Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/29/...ies-for-48th-in-ncaa-championship-finals.aspx

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Men's Golf May 29, 2023 David Plati, Associate AD/Sports Information

McDermott Ties For 48th In NCAA Championship Finals​

Puts A Bow On Fantastic Sophomore Season


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — University of Colorado sophomore golfer Dylan McDermott advanced out of a playoff here early Monday and then went on to finish tied for 48th as the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship Finals came to a conclusion.

McDermott wrapped things here with a 2-over 72, giving him a 7-over 287 total. He had three birdies and 10 pars with five bogeys in the hot Arizona sun, in a round that took 5 hours and 15 minutes to complete. The 287 gross score is the fourth-best by a Buffalo in 72 holes in an NCAA, behind three 286 performances including Hale Irwin's win in the 1967 event.

He started and finished his round with birdies on the 7,289-yard, par-70 Grayhawk Golf Club course design. He began the day on the 390-yard, par-4 10th hole and opened with a birdie, but bogeyed No. 12, a 468-yard, par-4; he then made six straight pars to finish the back nine even. That included parring the toughest hole of the tournament, the 520-yard, par-4 18th hole, which No. 1 Vanderbilt went through before him and its five players were collectively 9-over par. It was the second time McDermott parred it Monday, as it was also the playoff hole he played earlier in the day.

He ran into a stretch of trouble on the front side; after parring No. 1, he scored consecutive bogeys on Nos. 2, 3 and 4 to climb to 3-over. After scoring a 3 on the par-3 5th, he birdied the short par-4 No. 6 (348 yards), but then bogeyed No. 7 (a 502-yard par-4). No. 8 was a par 3 which he scored par, and then he closed the round and the championship with a birdie on the 468-yard, par-4 9th hole, which his approach shot landed to within eight feet. It was one of just 11 birdies on the hole Monday.

"Obviously his par in the playoff was a spectacular one, exciting and a great way to get the day started," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "He played solid for the most part, just had a stretch where he struggled a bit with the three bogeys in a row, but he really had a good finish. He had a great save on 5 from the bunker, and he nearly holed his second shot on 6 and had a tap-in birdie. He bogeyed 7 which a lot guys do, got his par on 8 and the nice birdie on 9."

"He had a spectacular year, finishing 48th out of 156 players in the best amateur tournament in the world is a nice accomplishment. We expect him to be on an All-America team."

"First of all, I'm really happy we were able to make it as a team and show that Colorado is a force to be reckoned with, so I'm super pleased about that," McDermott said. "My game overall this week was just a little off from the beginning. I drove it well, but my approaches were a little off and it made me rely on my short game a more than I wanted. Other than that, I'm happy with the finish despite thinking I had a lot left in me."

On his run of bogeys, he attributed it to more of a mental lapse than anything mechanical or the heat.

"I got frustrated a little bit after I was in the middle of the fairway on number 2 and then bogeyed," he said. "That got into my head a little bit and it stayed with me for a few holes. But I'll take the bookend birdies (to open and close the round).

McDermott had a long day, first having to emerge from a playoff at 9 a.m. local time; in a three-man for two positions playoff, the trio started on No. 18. Nine individuals advanced with the top 15 teams to the final round, and McDermott was one of three players at 5-over 215 through 54 holes tied for the last two spots. It would be just a one-hole playoff, as McDermott and Arkansas' Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira made par while Texas Tech's Matthew Comegys bogeyed it. That was after Tech and Ohio State began a playoff an hour earlier for the final team spot that advanced to the final round which Ohio State won. Then McDermott had to wait nearly three hours to begin his final round.

McDermott concluded his spectacular sophomore year finishing as the leader in a school record 35 statistical categories (*—indicates school record): rounds (41), *stroke average (70.12), stroke count in relation to par (minus-37), spring average (70.48), *fall average (69.67), team top finisher (9), wins (1), top five finishes (5), top 10 finishes (8), top 20 finishes (9), rounds in the 60s (20), subpar rounds (25), low 36-hole score (132), *low 54-hole score (199), eagles (4), birdies (149), pars (475), subpar hole percentage (20.7), par or better hole percentage (85.1), jumbo percentage (.244), consecutive holes of par or better (30), bogey-free rounds (1), fewest holes worse than par, tournament (4), *rounds with fewest holes worse than bogey (35), first round average (70.46), middle round average (70.40), final round average (69.46), par-4 scoring (1-over), par-5 scoring (57-under), *most consecutive rounds under par (10), *most consecutive rounds of par or better (13), *most tournaments under par (10), *most consecutive tournaments under par (7), *most tournaments of par or better (11) and *most consecutive tournaments of par or better (7). Those include 10 school records.

"I feel like I played well for the most par this season, but I'm not too satisfied with some of the finishes I had down the stretch," McDermott lamented. "Hopefully I can make some changes over the summer that will improve my overall game and come back even stronger next year."

Florida's Fred Biondi rallied to claim medalist honors, firing a 3-under 67 for a 7-under 273. That bested Georgia Tech's Ross Steelman by one shot; Steelman had led after each of the first three rounds but bogeyed the last three holes to finish in a second-place tie with Illinois' Jackson Buchanan.

The top eight teams advanced into match play, with the quarterfinals and semifinals Tuesday and the championship match on Wednesday. North Carolina claimed the stroke play competition, but the official champion will come out of match play; the quarterfinal match-ups are: No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 8 Arizona State; No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Virginia; No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 6 Florida State; and No. 4 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech.

NOTES: Next up for McDermott is U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying this Monday (June 5) at Tacoma Country & Golf Club, in Lakewood, Wash. … He was named to the PING All-West Region team over the weekend, the second Buff on the current roster to earn the nod, joining Justin Biwer who made the team in 2021-22 as a freshman …
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