It comes down to three teams at Landfall
The NCAA Women’s Championship gets underway Tuesday at the Country Club of Landfall. Twenty-four teams from around the country are here to try to win the championship . . . well, actually there are a bunch of teams here to play golf and only a few that will compete for the trophy.
Men’s regional selections: A tough gig
ighty-one teams had to be invited to the NCAA Men’s Regionals to fill out the the six sites. However, 69 or 70 teams were at-large invites, while the remaining were automatic qualifiers as conference championship winners.
Men’s regional selection day primer
It’s men’s regional selection day and the Magic Number falls at 70 . . . or 69.
West: Arizona’s super spring continues
Watch out for those Wildcats. Arizona rolled to a nine-shot victory over top-ranked UCLA on Saturday at the NCAA West Regional, adding yet another exclamation point to an already impressive spring season. Lance Ringler reports.
Enjoy today – it could be historic
In my many years around the women’s game, I can say without hesitation that today’s final rounds in regional play could have more twists and turns than a country road in Vermont.
West: Iowa State looking to make history
Having never been to an NCAA Championship, the Iowa State Cyclones will enter the final round of the NCAA West Regional in the eighth and final qualifying spot. As Lance Ringler reports, they are ready to make history.
West: Rebels’ surge hits speed bump
Sophomore Kristen Schelling and the UNLV women’s golf team sprinted out to an early lead Thursday in the NCAA West Regional. Then came an unexpected speed bump, writes Lance Ringler.
Colorado’s Talley: Statistically snubbed
Golf is a predominantly individual sport, however, college golf has probably done the best job of any such sport of placing the emphasis on team.
And Lance Ringler’s Magic 8-Ball says . . . ?
Lance Ringler has been shaking his Magic 8-Ball for seven seasons of college golf. What does the ball predict for the NCAA Women’s Regionals?
Year-end awards should go to one person only
It all boils down to philosophy when determining end-of-the-year awards. When it comes to coach and player of the year, there are many schools of thought.
Men’s magic number could still change
With more than a week until selection day for men’s regionals, the picture is becoming more clear on who may be in and who may be out.With more than a week until selection day for men’s regionals, the picture is becoming more clear on who may be in and who may be out.
Men’s magic number update
There haven’t been many upsets yet in men’s conference championship play. Yes, Georetown’s victory was an upset, but the Big East Conference was down this year, so the Hoyas did not take a spot away from the at-large pool.
Harvard, Minnesota sent packing by NCAA
The wait is over, and now it’s time to make your travel plans. The NCAA announced Monday the field for women’s regional action.
Reasons why the women’s game is changing
The NCAA Women’s Golf Committee will announce Monday the 72 teams that will be invited to postseason play and to which regional site each team will be sent.
Could final conferences move the magic number?
Just seven league titles are left to be determined on the women’s side, and the magic number remains at 62.
ASU forced to DQ from Pac-10s due to illness
Seven women’s conference championships ended Tuesday and there was nothing that happened out of the ordinary when it came to which teams won. There was one extraordinary event that took place, however.
Underdog Georgetown on storybook run
Georgetown victory at the Big East Conference did nothing to the magic number. There were no Big East teams ranked better than 70th, which is what the magic number currently is. Louisville was ranked 80th and the favorite to win, and Notre Dame was 84th.
Upsets in conference play already stirring pot
Two men's conference championships wrapped up play this weekend and they certainly turned a few heads.
What will it take to make it to postseason?
What will it take to get into men’s NCAA Regional play? Well, we know that teams will have to have a winning head-to-head won-loss record. Besides that, winning conference or having a better national ranking than the magic number will do the trick.
Upsets shake up postseason bids
Charleston Southern and Stetson pulled off upset victories in the opening week of conference championship play Wednesday and certainly took away one at-large spot from the women’s postseason field and possibly two.
Masters invite would add interest to NCAAs
I have never spoken with anyone on the The Masters Committee, and I don’t know if there has ever been any serious thought to inviting the NCAA champ to Augusta each year, but I do know that I am constantly hearing college golf coaches say they need a way to bring more attention to their national championship.
How did Sihwan Kim finish dead-last?
A lot of attention was directed to this past weekend's ASU Thunderbird Invitational - for good reason.
History says ‘.500’ rule could be awhile
I have always made the statement that the women’s game is at least 10-15 years behind the men’s game.
Postseason schedule limits media coverage
This year’s postseason schedule has left the Golfweek college gang scrambling for a plan. You see, the NCAA Women’s Championship and the NCAA Men’s regionals are on the same date.
A win-win for Nationwide Tour, junior golfers
I was recently introduced to a great idea for a community to stir up some local interest for a Nationwide Tour event or even an LPGA event.
Match play a different animal in college golf
In a recent Lance & Asher podcast, Asher said Washington can’t even win a match play event.
Bold decision pays off for Terps’ Rodenhaver
a “strategic” decision Maryland women’s coach Jason Rodenhaver made before the Terrapins’ first spring event, at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in late February.
No stroke-play qualifying at Collegiate Match Play
On Sunday the Callaway Collegiate Match Play tournament will begin. This is a desired event by many of the nation’s top programs because it can give a squad a glimpse of what it might be like if it were to play its way into the top eight after 54 holes at the national championship.
LeBlanc DQ’d for unsportsmanlike conduct
There is not a lot of Monday morning arm–chair quarterbacking going on when it comes to college golf.
Could men’s college golf get any more bizarre?
The college golf world right now is certainly in Bizzaro Land!
UNLV, UCLA share Southern Highlands title
Once again, UNLV ended this year’s version of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters at the top of the leaderboard. But this time they had to share the spotlight with UCLA.
Wind contributing to unusual team standings
There are two things that make a golf tournament, dare I say, ridiculous: constant, gusting wind and a putting contest.
Pro tours need to give more college perks
We have seen the NCAA champion receive exemptions to various events, but none of those was guaranteed.
Welcome to the ‘Bubble Buster Invite’
here is a reason the annual get together in early March at Boulder Creek Golf Club is known as the “Bubble Buster Invite.” Simply look at what’s a stake entering the final round. (Note: The Magic Number predicted is 61)
Women’s golf and the magic number
In the sports world, early March and bubble talk go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Can’t say enough about Oregon’s victory
Three words come to mind when thinking about Oregon’s performance at the USC Collegiate Invitational.
Swine flu, a new No. 1 and the .500 rule
The final round of the Brickyard Collegiate Championship got rained out last fall, which made Georgia two days short of the maximum 24 days of competition and gave head coach Chris Haack the chance to look for a two-day event this spring.
Kerr new No. 1 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings
With Tiger Woods absent from the PGA Tour, there soon will be debate over the best men’s player in the world. We can start that talk right now in the women’s game.
Henley, Clanton hit top of college rankings
It was easy to give the nod during winter break to Oklahoma State’s Peter Uihlein and Southern Cal’s Jennifer Song as the leaders in the Player of the Year race.
Winter weather in sunshine states
A few years back it seemed like every event I attended and most I heard about had issues with rough weather. My memory was jogged when I heard Monday about some of the issues at several tournaments.
Inside the Match Play numbers
For the seventh time in the past nine years, the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index was a better predictor than the Official World Golf Ranking of who won each match.
Comparing rankings at the Match Play
The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is underway and it’s always fun for me to look at some of the players that found a way into the field based on their Official World Ranking and compare the Golfweek/Sagarin numbers to the OWR numbers.
College-Am a reminder of team bonding
It dawned on me yesterday after the first hole of the Battle at the Beach College-Am, that in all of my years around college golf I had never teed it up in a college-am.
College golf should stick to a single format
In college basketball, they call it March Madness. The country is quick to jump on the bandwagon for Princeton, George Mason or Gonzaga as soon as the team strings together a couple of wins in tournament play.
Cauley overtakes Uihlein as top college player
I don’t know about you, but it just seems a bit early in the year for me to be shifting into fifth gear with college golf.
College golf’s best conference: Pac-10 or SEC?
Which conference is truly the best? Is is the Pac-10 or the SEC?
Introducing... Recruiting Extra
Over the past decade, considering what the Web has done to sports information, I have seen the business of recruiting news explode within the worlds of college football and basketball.
Picking the Mount Rushmore of college golf
I want to hear what you, the college golf fan, thinks about our sport. Whom would you put on your Mount Rushmore? Pick four teams.
Coaching carousel heating up
January is usually a quiet month in college golf. Just two players left school and turned pro (Jane Rah and Amelia Lewis) and one transfered (Taylor Travis). That’s about it. But January is now heating up.
