Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Jerry birdied #4 - back to +1 today
2021-22 Illini Men's Golf
Jerry birdied his first hole of the tournament as I said this so thats a good sign!
It seems looking at the scores that the beginning of the back nine is harder than the front. Maybe that is good for the team and they can go low on their second 9. With some of the hotter teams today falling off when they reach the turn.
The teams they are playing with are -3 and -2. Illinois is +2. Long ways to go but need to get some red on the cards. Setting up to be a very stressful day tomorrow at minimum.
Just playing horrible. Need to turn it around fast. No one is showing up today
Homecoming 2019
- Chicago
Next stretch of holes are big time scoring holes, got to go low over the next 6 or so.
No birdies on 16... This is not good.
Jerry is starting to settle in- he is E through 10. Piercen is struggling today.
Seton Hall is on fire but thankfully NF and GS are struggling a bit. We just need to beat 1 or two of them and Virginia which I think we can. UNC/TTU/WF are all incredibly strong teams and playing well and showing that this course can be played well and you can have good stretches of lots of birdies. We just need to do that. Thankfully we have tomorrow and the front 9 but we need to pick it up. Just gotta survive and advance in 4th/5th since 1st-3rd is not going to happen most likely.
2 birdies and 3 bogies on holes 15-18 aren't good enough when UNC has 7 birdies 1 bogie and 2 eagles on the same holes. Just really poor play so far. Need a huge front 9.
Holes 1-3 are pretty easy and can get you some birdies but we are just getting more and more pars or worse. Unless we have a fantastic day tomorrow it's not going to happen this year. Very sad but at least Tommy and ADDC are back next year. And hopefully we get a healthy and back on track Jerry.
Homecoming 2019
- Chicago
Need ADC to step up now, get this team back on track, and into striking distance for tomorrow.
The only good news is everyone else we need to beat is struggling too now. So we're in striking distance. But we won't go anywhere if we don't make any birdies.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
7 strokes out of 5th. Yikes, not used to this from our golf team. Hopefully, they pick up a couple on the way in and have a great day tomorrow.
Will head into the final round at -5. Hopefully teams still on the course drop a few strokes
Homecoming 2019
- Chicago
I'm just hoping they don't gain any, they have the easiest stretch left. Within 7 strokes of 3 teams in the top 5 is perfectly doable. See UNC going from 5th to first today, gaining 16 strokes on us.
We just have to beat one of TTU/Georgia Southern/UNF. TTU is one of the best teams in the field but GS/UNF are ranked lower then us. We just need a great day tomorrow and we should be ok. Good to see ADDC and Tommy have good days. Need bounce backs from the young guys and Jerry. UCF/Virginia/Seton hall might finish slightly above us but they don't really matter. All rests on if we can beat one of those teams in 3rd/4th/5th by 6-7+ strokes tomorrow. Doable for sure.
Good that they will be playing with a couple of the teams they have to catch. Have to think that Georgia Southern or North Florida may be due for an off day but you hate to count on that. You’re asking each guy to beat their opponent by two shots. Tall order but anything can happen in stroke play.
And I am not! Go O&B!!
