2016 Illini Golf - Road to the Championship

[FeelYourPaign]

I predict that we end today T9.
Kentucky should go below us, but I think that the rest stay ahead.
Not bad, though, coming back from 15th to T9.
Sunday is moving day for this event.

 

[cmore]

I predict that we end today T9.
Kentucky should go below us, but I think that the rest stay ahead.
Not bad, though, coming back from 15th to T9.
Sunday is moving day for this event.

I think we can get to T5

 

[illinoisportsfan]

I'm changing my prediction to T9. It seems like the course it playing much easier in the afternoon.

 

[danielb927]

The back 9 seems to be playing tougher than the front, and most of the teams ahead of us started on the front.

 

[JSpence]

USC's position most of the way through yesterday looked pretty good when considering who was in front of them, and for a team not in the lead, they are as close to being in the driver's seat as a you can be.

Then again... match play is ahead. Gotta love this format.

 

[danielb927]

USC's position most of the way through yesterday looked pretty good when considering who was in front of them, and for a team not in the lead, they are as close to being in the driver's seat as a you can be.

Then again... match play is ahead. Gotta love this format.

It's great, and we seem to have a good approach figured out. It really doesn't matter where in stroke play you finish as long as it's in the top 8. You could get the 1 seed in match play but easily draw a red hot top seeded team that just made the cut after struggling the first couple of rounds. Or you could sneak in as a 5-8 and get a lesser team whose momentum is fading after 4 rounds in 4 days.

 

[icengineer]

Looks like 7th it is! Good position. Do some work tomorrow!

 

[illinoisportsfan]

One interesting note: Illinois and Purdue are the only cold-weather teams in the tournament and Purdue is in dead last right now.

 

[danielb927]

Illini tee off early tomorrow - 7 AM local time. Paired with Texas and Arizona State, which sets up a really cool pairing of Beau Hossler, Jon Rahm, and Charlie Danielson, the 2, 3 and 4 individual seeds.

 

[cmore]

Poor start. Detry has bogeyed the first 3 holes.

 

[cmore]

+5 on the day.

 

[Illininer]

+3 now, but they started on the back 9, which has given everyone troubles.

If they stay around +3 going into the front 9, I expect them to finish about even or maybe even under par.

 

[cmore]

+7. not good

 

[danielb927]

Detry eagles the 4th! Back to +5 and a six-way tie for 9th (4 of those teams haven't teed off yet).

 

[danielb927]

Extremely tight field right now - 15 teams or so within 5 strokes of each other, which is almost nothing with 4 scores added together per team. Two more birdies, and we'd be alone in 6th place with several teams ahead just getting to the back nine.

 

[brillinian]

Par 3's on this course must be a doozie playing from longer distance. Our top 4 again today, +5. That hurts. I don't remember the gals having that much trouble with them.

 

[danielb927]

Back to +7 for the day, +17 overall. It'd be so much nicer to finish the round ahead of the big clump at +15, although in all likelihood a few of those teams will shoot over par today too.

Edit: Charlie birdied the last par 5 of the day to put us back at +6 (+16). Illinois is -17 on par 5s this tournament, which gives you an idea how tough the rest of the course must be!

 

[danielb927]

Detry just triple-bogeyed, +8 now.

 

[cmore]

+9

 

[danielb927]

Lipparelli and Hardy in at +3. Meyer's score will probably be dropped. Would be nice to have a strong finish from our top 2 guys here.

Nice work by Edoardo to post his best round of the tourney today. That could wind up being what lets us play tomorrow.

 

[cmore]

Anyone know the tie-breaker rules?

 

[GetAWin]

How are ties resolved? Illini currently tied for 15th place with 2 other teams.

 

[danielb927]

Per the rulebook from a few years back:

Team ties shall be broken by a sudden-death playoff counting the low four scores relative to par on each hole. Play shall continue with new scoring on each successive hole until a winner is determined. The games committee will determine the starting holes. If a playoff involves more than two teams, a shotgun format shall be used.

 

[danielb927]

Very few teams are under par today and a lot of teams just ahead of us have just started their rounds, so it's still very possible we make the cut outright.

 

[cmore]

Very few teams are under par today and a lot of teams just ahead of us have just started their rounds, so it's still very possible we make the cut outright.

I would bet that we would as well, but you never know...