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They cut to 15 after three rounds and to 8 after four rounds
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They cut to 15 after three rounds and to 8 after four rounds
Illini not finishing the second round well.
+5 on 16 & 17 to drop all the way down to 18th place from 7th.
+5 on 16 & 17 to drop all the way down to 18th place from 7th.
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It's not looking good at this point.
If teams tie for the 15th spot, I think the best three rounds of non-counting scores break the tie. Correct?
If that's case, how's O'Reilly doing? Couldn't find it on Golfstat.
O'Reilly is not playing. Tadiotto is the 5th golfer.
If you look at how bunched up the teams are right now, Illinois is only two shots out of 6th place.
To put that into perspective, at one point on the back nine Illinois was 9 shots ahead of Texas. Now they are tied.
They just have to play a good round tomorrow and slowly work their way up.
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What was I thinking? But the tie-breaker is based on non-counting scores, right?
Not saying Illini are out of it. I agree they've got work to do tomorrow. GO.
The fifth score each day doesn't count. Yesterday, it was Tadiotto. Today, Tadiotto and Baumgarten tied for the high score.
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Tadiotto is the fifth Illinois player, or fifth seed on his team. His scores are not counted, as I understand it.
If you add all five Illini scores you get 631 after two rounds. But if you deduct Gio's 151, you get 580 which is where Illinois as a team stands, according to Golfstat.
But Gio's 3rd round score or total for 3 rounds may count in the event the Illini tie for 15th.
I think it's the total for three rounds.
A bit confusing.
Further, if teams tie for 8th of 15 at the end of stroke play, they go to an actual playoff - as Arizona women did last week and got the eighth spot in a two-hole playoff. It must be the same for the men.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
P.S. I certainly hope we don't have to worry about no stinking tiebreakers. Nick and Dylan, keep leading the way!
If you add all five Illini scores you get 631 after two rounds. But if you deduct Gio's 151, you get 580 which is where Illinois as a team stands, according to Golfstat.
But Gio's 3rd round score or total for 3 rounds may count in the event the Illini tie for 15th.
I think it's the total for three rounds.
A bit confusing.
Further, if teams tie for 8th of 15 at the end of stroke play, they go to an actual playoff - as Arizona women did last week and got the eighth spot in a two-hole playoff. It must be the same for the men.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
P.S. I certainly hope we don't have to worry about no stinking tiebreakers. Nick and Dylan, keep leading the way!
It is the uncounted score from each round, regardless of which player it is
Each teams total for the round is the 4 lowest scores, whoever posts them, not just seed 1-4. Teams could have their number 1 seed player shoot the worst and not have to count it, just like Texas Tech did today. Their "number 1 seed player" shot +11 today but they didn't have to count his score.
I know it doesn't matter for the point you were making, but I believe that Texas Tech's "#1" player is actually their #6. He's subbing for their regular #1 who is injured.
They choked big time today.
Kind of weird to see a team shoot the best round out of 30 teams one day and the absolute worst round the next.
Illini finish 2nd round in a 3-way tie for 9th, but only two shots out of 4th.
They are in pretty good position to advance. They just need everyone to play a steady round.
They are in pretty good position to advance. They just need everyone to play a steady round.
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I hadn't noticed this before, but to me these small things about today's golf are interesting.
They send the teams out in score order for the most part, with the leaders going out first. Nice if you're Illinois, as you know pretty well what you need to move on. Even nicer if you are around the cut mark, trying to make the final 15 teams for Monday. But the opposite of the PGA, where the low scores go out last.
I also thought that BYU did not play on Sundays? They have the last tee time, but it is clearly a Sunday time, so I must have that wrong.
Don't think either point is very important, just thought it was a little bit interesting.
By the way, the back 9 is overall about a half stroke harder than the front 9. And Illinois went out on the front, so closing strong is a little harder, although 18 is a comparatively easy hole
They send the teams out in score order for the most part, with the leaders going out first. Nice if you're Illinois, as you know pretty well what you need to move on. Even nicer if you are around the cut mark, trying to make the final 15 teams for Monday. But the opposite of the PGA, where the low scores go out last.
I also thought that BYU did not play on Sundays? They have the last tee time, but it is clearly a Sunday time, so I must have that wrong.
Don't think either point is very important, just thought it was a little bit interesting.
By the way, the back 9 is overall about a half stroke harder than the front 9. And Illinois went out on the front, so closing strong is a little harder, although 18 is a comparatively easy hole
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It's usually an advantage to go out early, as the greens tend to get faster as the day goes on.
Baumgarten and Tadiotto both off to bad starts. At least one of them needs to get their act together or the Illini could be in trouble. Can't afford to count a really big score today.
We are going to need a lot of help from other teams to make it
with the start we've had today
with the start we've had today
Yep, small advantage to go early score wise: http://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2014/09/uspga-golf-the-impact-of-tee-times/
Though they don't really establish that it isn't course-dependent.
As for BYU, I believe they already played their Sunday round on Thursday. It did not go well. There was weather issues, playing solo is generally rough, they got Sunday pins on Thursday... I think they posted a +24.
Though they don't really establish that it isn't course-dependent.
As for BYU, I believe they already played their Sunday round on Thursday. It did not go well. There was weather issues, playing solo is generally rough, they got Sunday pins on Thursday... I think they posted a +24.
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Illini sitting T14 right now and just generally struggling. Gio and Feagles especially having trouble. Gotta get it back together
I think we need to make up at least 2 shots today to have a chance
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Duke is shooting lights out today. -15 on the day so far. Impressive
we're going to need some teams ahead of us that are just teeing off to blow up today like we did
https://www.deseretnews.com/article...tion-2-weather-ends-up-being-a-nightmare.html
I don't know when golf stat will post it. I would guess when they "tee off" at 1:50. No idea if they will post it all at once, or just score it along at the pace that Kansas and Augusta go at.
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Now below the line. Gio and Feagles both at +5 and I'm just guessing that Gio is in trouble on 17. Well, someone in his group is in trouble. They've been on that hole a long time. Hope it's the other guys. Need to get one or two strokes back to feel good