Oklahoma State Golf Ready to Take National Championship #51 at Karsten Creek
by Yachoffsmirnoff on Jun 1, 2011 2:00 AM CDT
in Oklahoma State Cowboys Golf
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When talking about our favorite sports teams, especially when they are on the precipice of success, we tend to try not to talk about that team winning until it actually comes to pass because of a fear of some kind of "jinx". We "knock on wood" to try and compensate for any slip of the tongue. Well, to hell with jinxes. This coming Sunday afternoon, Oklahoma State will win it's eleventh NCAA golf championship, and 51st team national championship overall.
On paper it is easy to laugh in the face of any superstition. OSU is the number one ranked team in the country and is playing this week at OSU's own Karsten Creek, the course that they practice on day in and day out. OSU has Peter Uihlein, the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world. So, we have these things going for us...which is nice.
OSU faces some competition from the likes of UCLA, defending champs Augusta State, Texas A&M, Georgia, and Georgia Tech. The thirty team field will play three rounds of stroke play (where shots are added or subtracted from zero, or "Even"), then will take the top eight stroke play teams and switch to three days of match play where individual golfers will earn their school a point for every hole they best their opponents. Although some think the equalizing match play has cost State the tournament the last two years, with Uihlein and Senior Cowboy golfer Kevin Tway, OSU has some of the most excellent college golfers to choose from for that round.
Stay tuned this week for more updates on the run to # 51...
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Rec'd for the Caddy Shack reference.
The Boys didn’t start of so hot in the first round finishing in 8th. So far in the second only Uihlein and Gooch looks like they came to play. Tway continues to slump pretty bad.
They’re going to have to turn this around fast if they want to have any momentum going into match play.
Ugh
Well OSU turned in another subpar performance today. Uihlein was the only one with any success on the course finising -3 for the day.
Gooch absolutely fell apart on the back 9 and finished +5.
Einhaus shit the bed more consistently and finished +8.
Overall, the Pokes are now on the outside looking in and are going to have to do some serious work tomorrow just to qualify for match play.
They're okay
Should have no problem finishing in the top 8…barring a total collapse or someone shooting their ass off tomorrow. And let us not forget that finishing 1st in the stroke play doesn’t mean jack shit…
Pokes finished Day 2 in sixth place.
Forgive my minor freakout. I agree that finishing first after troke play means nothing. I think I am more concerned with our players not playing at their best—or at least not in the first two rounds.
Hopefully their games peak when match play comes around.
Oh I totally agree...
I was scoreboard watching all day at work yesterday and was having a minor freakout myself as the day was unfolding.
On the bright side, they can’t play much worse so hopefully they’ll kick it into gear today
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