Illinois Golf 2022-23

#603      

Gunner23

Panama City, Florida
So far today, there are only two rounds under par for the tournament, the Illini and the Gators. That 273 shot by the Illini is an amazing round of golf compared to the rest of the field. Keep it up the next two rounds! :chief:
 
#604      
Florida with a great round. I don’t want to see them or either Georgia teams. The GT guy is just on fire. Only 2 rounds under par over 2 days so far and only 1-2 even
 
#606      
Illinois currently has a 14 stroke lead over the ninth place team, so they have an excellent chance to make the final 8 for match play. Of course, once match play starts, anything can happen.
Yep just gotta get to match play. If we play back to back rounds of 4-6 over I think we’re ok. But realistically I want to see close to even both rounds
 
#607      
Georgia had what some might call a rough back 9 today, totaling a team +16 on those 9 holes. That slips them from tied for 9th (with Illinois) to tied for 13th, making the cut at the line.

Top 15 advance to round 3, Illini 13 strokes clear of the match round cut going in.
 
#608      

JSpence

Evansville, IN
Kind of a bad news/good news day. Six double bogeys. ADdC came through with his regular strong round, but no one really burned up the course, yet they haven't really given up anything. Will end up around T9, one stroke off the Top 8 and with no team out of reach.
You know, I had an early morning and long day today. Loyalty brought me back to your comment, I guess it was where I left off. I didn't notice the timestamp, and it sounded like we somehow made up no ground despite aggressively feeling out the course yesterday. Disappointing, but I check the scoreboard and what do I see?

DOMINANT ERUPT!!!
 
#609      

JSpence

Evansville, IN
Yep just gotta get to match play. If we play back to back rounds of 4-6 over I think we’re ok. But realistically I want to see close to even both rounds
Yup. No matter how deep or steady or incredible a team is in this play, it won't win anything. The doubles were disappointing yesterday, but the Illinois had one of the most dynamic cards among the good teams. Vandy might look like the tortoise to our hare, but I trust in Mike Small.
 
#610      
Yep just gotta get to match play. If we play back to back rounds of 4-6 over I think we’re ok. But realistically I want to see close to even both rounds
The higher we finish in stroke play, the better our seed for match play. Why not just finish first and be the #1 seed?
 
#611      
The higher we finish in stroke play, the better our seed for match play. Why not just finish first and be the #1 seed?
At the end of the day all 8 teams in match play will be good and tough. It’s a shitshow and it all depends on who gets hot. You don’t really get an advantage if you’re the 1 seed or the 8. But yea overall you want to be a top seed for sure.
 
#612      
Illinois has same tee times tomorrow as they did today. Hole 1 start 6:10 for hunt to 6:54 for ADDC. Playing with Florida and unc
 
#613      
At the end of the day all 8 teams in match play will be good and tough. It’s a shitshow and it all depends on who gets hot. You don’t really get an advantage if you’re the 1 seed or the 8. But yea overall you want to be a top seed for sure.
In general I agree with this, but Vandy is kinda a different beast, I would like to avoid them. Also a team I could see stabilizing and sneaking in at 8 that I would not want to face in the first match play is Stanford.
 
#614      
In general I agree with this, but Vandy is kinda a different beast, I would like to avoid them. Also a team I could see stabilizing and sneaking in at 8 that I would not want to face in the first match play is Stanford.
Yea it’s good to avoid teams but it’s impossible to know where these teams will be in match play. Vandy could be the 8 seed
 
#619      

DeonThomas

South Carolina
Sunday Expectations:

Ceiling -- double our overall lead from 3 strokes to 6 strokes
Floor -- remain in the top 4 heading into Monday's final round; stay 7-8 strokes ahead of the 9th place team (currently a 14 stroke margin)
 
#622      
Perhaps this has been asked already, but is this televised or streamed anywhere? Im pretty late to the party, but have some time today to watch if its available.
 
#625      

WWWWRocU

Herndon, VA
Good for Golf Channel for televising this, but by the time they start, all of our guys will be off the course.