College Golf | Wei Under Par

May

26

2016

Washington Huskies capture national championship for first time!

By Stephanie Wei under College Golf

If you missed Golf Channel’s excellent coverage of the NCAA Women’s Championship finals, then hopefully you can catch the replay, but that still won’t be the same, especially since you’ll know the outcome. So, let me rephrase. If you didn’t watch the Washington Huskies duel the Stanford Cardinals on Wednesday evening at Eugene Country Club, then you should be ashamed of yourself as a golf fan.

The action was as thrilling as it gets, with the girls hitting clutch, pressure-packed shots down the stretch. Two matches went into overtime, with Washington needing to win one of them for the title and Stanford needing to claim victory in both to successfully defend. Stanford’s Mariah Stackhouse defeated Washington’s hero in the semifinals Sarah Rhee, a freshman from Seattle, in 20 holes. Then Julianne Alvarez, a freshman from New Zealand, won on the second extra hole to clinch the deciding point in a 3-2 victory over Stanford for Washington’s first national championship.

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Apr

18

2016

Casey Martin shares crazy story about him and Tiger Woods from ’95 NCAA Regionals

By Stephanie Wei under College Golf

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On Monday, Golf Channel hosted a media day previewing next month’s NCAA Golf Championships at Eugene Country Club, which included a teleconference with Stanford alums and members of the 1994 NCAA national championship team Notah Begay, Conrad Ray and Casey Martin.

One of the main topics discussed was the stresses and pressure of competing in the NCAA Regional Championships (and I can tell you from my personal experiences, it really was the worst, especially since it always coincided with finals for us). Martin recalled an insightful anecdote from the 1995 Regionals, when he and fellow Stanford teammate Tiger Woods both got food poisoning. It’s a great story and just another example of what a fierce competitor Woods was.

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#Bryson DeChambeau, #Jason Enloe, #Josh Gregory, #NCAA, #SMU men's golf

Nov

13

2014

Phil to fly (interim) coach to ASU

By Stephanie Wei under College Golf

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Phil Mickelson has found a way to spend part of his offseason. Mickelson has been named the interim assistant golf coach to Arizona State University. The connection is that he’s obviously a former Sun Devil, where he won three individual NCAA titles, but also, his brother Tim is the head coach of the men’s golf team.

Golfweek, which first reported the arrangement, says Phil’s role isn’t expected to be long-term.

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May

28

2014

Two-peat for the Alabama Crimson Tide

By Bernie D'Amato under College Golf

Roll Tide

Senior Trey Mullinax rolled in an eagle putt on the 17^th hole to clinch the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championships for the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Oklahoma State Cowboys were a formidable opponent, but Alabama defeated the Cowboys 4-1 to win their second consecutive national championship.

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May

28

2014

NCAA Men’s Final preview: Oklahoma State-Alabama showdown at Prairie Dunes

By Bernie D'Amato under College Golf

Time to earn a ring

The Oklahoma State Cowboys took down the number one seeded Stanford Cardinals 3-2 in the semifinals, and they will have an opportunity to dethrone the defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide in the NCAA Finals at Prairie Dunes.

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May

31

2013

Slow play penalty prevents Texas A&M from advancing at NCAAs

By Stephanie Wei under College Golf

Texas A&M head coach J. T. Higgins consoles Drew Evans after his team lost in a playoff

The threesome of Texas A&M’s Ty Dunlap, UCF’s Greg Eason and Arizona State’s Jon Rahm faced a one-stroke slow-play penalty when they were cited for two bad times in the third round of stroke-play qualifying at the NCAA Men’s Championship. After a long deliberation, it was determined that Dunlap and Eason were the guilty parties, while Rahm was absolved, keeping ASU’s match play hopes alive.

The extra stroke proved costly for Texas A&M, pushing them out of solo sixth and into a four-way tie for eighth. The top eight teams advance to match play, so Texas A&M found themselves in a 4-for-3 playoff with New Mexico, UNLV and Arizona State, where A&M was the lone team to be eliminated, according to GolfChannel.com’s Ryan Lavner.

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