Jonah Texeira of USC and Beau Hossler of Texas
With teams this good, anything can happen. We'll
leave it to college golf expert
Lance Ringler of Golfweek to
give you his picks for this afternoon's semi-final
matches at the NCAA Men's Division I
Championships at Eugene Country Club in Oregon.
No. 1 Texas vs. No. 4 USC
Some history here with USC knocking Texas out
in the opening round last year at The Concession
Golf Club.
Season series: Series is tied
at 2-2 (counting stroke play this week)
- Match 1: #1 Beau Hossler vs. #159 Andrew
Levitt
- Match 2: #85 Scottie Scheffler vs. #69 Sean
Crocker
- Match 3: #221 Taylor Funk vs. #13 Rico
Hoey
- Match 4: #14 Doug Ghim vs. #156 Justin
Suh
- Match 5: #18 Gavin Hall vs. #90 Jonah
Texeira
RINGLER’S PICK:
Before match play started, I had Texas
going to the finals; I will stick with that. The
Longhorns are favored in three of the five matches.
However, USC seems to be getting better and I
would not be surprised if the Trojans send the
Longhorns home again for the second consecutive
season.
No. 2 Illinois vs. No. 6 Oregon
Illinois has a tough draw in its semifinal match
as it faces the host Oregon Ducks. Green will
probably outnumber the orange in the crowds, but
Illinois has seemed to play its best golf lately when
its backs are against the wall.
Season series: Illinois leads
2-0 (counting stroke play this week)
- Match 1: #15 Thomas Detry vs. #125 Thomas
Lim
- Match 2: #254 Edoardo Lipparelli vs. #334
Edwin Yi
- Match 3: #74 Nick Hardy vs. #154 Zach
Foushee
- Match 4: #5 Charlie Danielson vs. #168
Sulman Raza
- Match 5: #46 Dylan Meyer vs. #7 Aaron
Wise
RINGLER’S PICK:
Illinois is favored in four of the five
matches and should have this one closed out before
Wise could even factor into the equation. Illinois
advances.
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ABOUT THE
NCAA Division I Championship
30 teams and 6 individuals not on a qualifying
team make up the field for the championship of
NCAA
Division I women's golf.
After 72 holes of stroke play, the individual
champion is crowned, and the low 8 teams advance
to
match play to determine the team champion.
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