2016 Illini Golf - Road to the Championship

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#226      
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.
 
#227      
cmore
FeelYourPaign said:
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.
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I think we can get to T5
 
#229      
danielb927
The back 9 seems to be playing tougher than the front, and most of the teams ahead of us started on the front.
 
#230      
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.
 
#231      
danielb927
JSpence said:
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.
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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.
 
#234      
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.
 
#235      
cmore
Poor start. Detry has bogeyed the first 3 holes.
 
#237      
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.
 
#239      
danielb927
Detry eagles the 4th! Back to +5 and a six-way tie for 9th (4 of those teams haven't teed off yet).
 
#240      
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.
 
#241      
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.
 
#242      
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!
 
#243      
danielb927
Detry just triple-bogeyed, +8 now.
 
#245      
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.
 
#247      
GetAWin
How are ties resolved? Illini currently tied for 15th place with 2 other teams.
 
#248      
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.
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#249      
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.
 
#250      
cmore
danielb927 said:
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.
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I would bet that we would as well, but you never know...
 
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