Xavier Golf News

[paulxu]

OK, one of you golf guys tell me what this means.

Garrett Woods (Xavier sophomore) won the individual BE men's golf title.
The team finished 7th.

Junior Mikalya Fitzpatrick also won the women's title, as well as it seems the team won the BE title.

https://goxavier.com/news/2019/4/28/garrett-wood-wins-individual-title-at-big-east-mens-golf-championship.asp

He is going on to the NCAA championships later in May.

Are there also team NCAA championship rounds to be played? And if so, how does a person (like Mikalya) on a team play in both individual matches and team matches?

Thanks.

[bleedXblue]

Its simple, there is an individual champion crowned and a team champion crowned.

The team championship is simply stroke play and I think they take the top 4-5 scores for each team. The team with the lowest combined score wins.

[paulxu]

I'm still lost.
When they go to the NCAA regionals, the Xavier team will not be going. But Garrett will go to play in individual competition.
There should be some BE team there representing the BE, and teams from other conferences.
If they play team matches, and there is a guy on a team who also qualified for individual honors (say someone from the ACC)...how does he also play individual matches against people like Garrett, who is there by himself.

I may have a blind spot about these and just can't see what you're saying.

[bleedXblue]

I'm still lost.
When they go to the NCAA regionals, the Xavier team will not be going. But Garrett will go to play in individual competition.
There should be some BE team there representing the BE, and teams from other conferences.
If they play team matches, and there is a guy on a team who also qualified for individual honors (say someone from the ACC)...how does he also play individual matches against people like Garrett, who is there by himself.

I may have a blind spot about these and just can't see what you're saying.

Pretty sure this isnt match play.

Its all players playing their own ball and if you are there as a team, they combine the individual scores to make a "team" score.

[Masterofreality]

As a former Xavier Golf Team Captain (many moons ago) but still connected to the Xavier Golf Family, we are all incredibly proud of Garrett's accomplishment! Amazingly enough, he's only been playing golf for 5 years- since his Sophomore year in High School. He also steeled a 20 foot birdie putt on the 18th & final hole to win outright by 1 shot. It is great to see that the program is on the rebound under Brian McCants. The Maketewah facility that many of us helped fund is a huge boon to the program.

As to how this works- there are actually 2 different National NCAA Tournaments. One is a 72 hole individual for 4 days then a match play for 2 days- but to get to the final tournament, you have to get through regional qualifying first. There are 6 regional sites with stroke play only. The Top 5 teams at each regional, with the lowest aggregate 5 player stroke total qualify for the Nationals plus the lowest 6 individuals whose team didn't qualify for the Nationals as a group.

Marquette won the Big East Team title. Garrett will only be competing in the individual Tournament. The women will play in the 72 hole qualifier, and if they make the Nationals, Mikalya will play in the individual tournament first from Friday to Monday with the rest of the Xavier team, then if they can finish with one of the low 8 Team aggregate scores, they then qualify for the two day team Match Play Tournament that starts on Tuesday.

Lots of golf potentially.

[GoMuskies]

Pretty sure this isnt match play.

Its all players playing their own ball and if you are there as a team, they combine the individual scores to make a "team" score.

Yeah, pretty sure that's it. All the players just compete in stroke play, and at the end they also make a team score for the schools that are competing in the team portion of the event. If your team isn't in it, then the only difference for you is that your score isn't included in anyone's team score.

[Masterofreality]

Pretty sure this isnt match play.

Its all players playing their own ball and if you are there as a team, they combine the individual scores to make a "team" score.

It's Team Match Play when & if the Women's team get one of the lowest 8 team aggregate scores in the preceding individual National tournament, but they have to get through the regional stroke play first as one of the 5 lowest aggregate team totals in the Regionals.

[murray87]

Congrats Garrett and Mikayla!

[Final4]

As a former Xavier Golf Team Captain (many moons ago) but still connected to the Xavier Golf Family, we are all incredibly proud of Garrett's accomplishment! Amazingly enough, he's only been playing golf for 5 years- since his Sophomore year in High School. He also steeled a 20 foot birdie putt on the 18th & final hole to win outright by 1 shot. It is great to see that the program is on the rebound under Brian McCants. The Maketewah facility that many of us helped fund is a huge boon to the program.

As to how this works- there are actually 2 different National NCAA Tournaments. One is a 72 hole individual for 4 days then a match play for 2 days- but to get to the final tournament, you have to get through regional qualifying first. There are 6 regional sites with stroke play only. The Top 5 teams at each regional, with the lowest aggregate 5 player stroke total qualify for the Nationals plus the lowest 6 individuals whose team didn't qualify for the Nationals as a group.

Marquette won the Big East Team title. Garrett will only be competing in the individual Tournament. The women will play in the 72 hole qualifier, and if they make the Nationals, Mikalya will play in the individual tournament first from Friday to Monday with the rest of the Xavier team, then if they can finish with one of the low 8 Team aggregate scores, they then qualify for the two day team Match Play Tournament that starts on Tuesday.

Lots of golf potentially.

I saw on another thread that you graduated in '72. I was there in the early 70's and routinely took the beer money from a handful of XU golfers. Would meet at Avon Fields after classes and play until leagues started. Never knew their full/real names but one guy was nicknamed "Minnow", another was simply Joe (I believe from Indianapolis), and a J.R. Green(something) from Kentucky. You wouldn't happen to be one of those guys would you?

[Masterofreality]

I saw on another thread that you graduated in '72. I was there in the early 70's and routinely took the beer money from a handful of XU golfers. Would meet at Avon Fields after classes and play until leagues started. Never knew their full/real names but one guy was nicknamed "Minnow", another was simply Joe (I believe from Indianapolis), and a J.R. Green(something) from Kentucky. You wouldn't happen to be one of those guys would you?

Oh, yeah. I know all those guys!! "Minnow" was Ted Minorini- a year ahead of me. Joe was a year behind me and is still my good friend Joe Ford, who I play with in the AFO Golf Outing every year, and J.R. is J.R. Greenwell. I don't know if these other names ring a bell but they were two of our better players at the time- Don Roettker and Dick McPhail. Dick actually qualified for a US open and a few US Amateurs. I know that Don & Dick still carry mid single digit handicaps like me. Haven't heard from J.R. and Ted for a while, but Don & Dick are still in touch besides Joe.

If you took beer money from Joe and J.R. you should have come out for the team!!

[GoMuskies]

Xavier's women are in last (10th) in the East Lansing Regional after day 1, but they're only 5 shots behind sixth place Campbell (top 6 advance). The ladies will need a big day today to stay in the hunt. Final round on Wednesday.

[Xville]

Xavier's women are in last (10th) in the East Lansing Regional after day 1, but they're only 5 shots behind sixth place Campbell (top 6 advance). The ladies will need a big day today to stay in the hunt. Final round on Wednesday.

Are you sure 10th is last? I could have sworn there were 18 teams in the regional.

[GoMuskies]

Are you sure 10th is last? I could have sworn there were 18 teams in the regional.

That's possible. I just looked at the link below and they only listed 10 teams. Perhaps they excluded 8 teams they deem out of it.

https://www.golfchannel.com/news/ncaa-womens-regionals-usc-kent-state-shine-day-1

[GoMuskies]

You were right. Here is the leaderboard with all teams.

https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/ncaa/2019/east-lansing-regional-team

[Xville]

How many teams move on from regionals?

Nevermind just saw that you said top 6..

[GoMuskies]

Presumably there will be live stats at the link below starting at 2:45.

http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16071

[GoMuskies]

Here's a question the answer to which should become obvious as the day goes on, but for now is a mystery to me: Xavier has 5 players in this event. Clearly, the top 4 scores count, because the five ladies were E, +1, +4, +6 and +11, respectively, yesterday. However, are those cumulative top 4 scores or daily top 4 scores? Say Morgan Tinsley turns in an even par round today after yesterday's +11. Is that a separate score for today that will count as part of Xavier's round two score, or will her score only start to count if, say, Lyndsay Hunnell shoots another +6 to get to +12 for the two days?

[94GRAD]

Here's a question the answer to which should become obvious as the day goes on, but for now is a mystery to me: Xavier has 5 players in this event. Clearly, the top 4 scores count, because the five ladies were E, +1, +4, +6 and +11, respectively, yesterday. However, are those cumulative top 4 scores or daily top 4 scores? Say Morgan Tinsley turns in an even par round today after yesterday's +11. Is that a separate score for today that will count as part of Xavier's round two score, or will her score only start to count if, say, Lyndsay Hunnell shoots another +6 to get to +12 for the two days?

Each round starts the new quest for the top 4 scores

[GoMuskies]

Thanks! Good to know. Certainly makes it more interesting for a player like Tinsley who had a high score yesterday. If you stopped play right now, Xavier wouldn't advance, but they would finish in a tie with fourth ranked Stanford.

[GoMuskies]

Team didn't do so good, but Mikayla Fitzpatrick finished at even par for the three days, in 6th place. One assumes she qualified for the NCAA finals. Finished STRONG with three straight birdies for a 33 on the back and -1 overall on the day.

[Masterofreality]

Team didn't do so good, but Mikayla Fitzpatrick finished at even par for the three days, in 6th place. One assumes she qualified for the NCAA finals. Finished STRONG with three straight birdies for a 33 on the back and -1 overall on the day.

That's a damn good finish on that course. We played at Michigan State's Forest Akers Invitational when I was at XU. You could mess your round up there with a bad finish. They were playing the West Course too, which is much tougher than the East Course. I don't know how the women's tees compare to the mens but there is a lot of rolling topography on that course and elevated greens that made you fly the ball to the flag, so it plays longer even than the scorecard says. Congrats to Mikayla!!

[muskiefan82]

The next best Xavier finisher is also named Mikayla? What are the odds of that?

[94GRAD]

The next best Xavier finisher is also named Mikayla? What are the odds of that?

100%

[GoMuskies]

It looks like Xavier's lone male golfer in the NCAA Tournament will fail to advance. Garrett Wood went 77-74 the first two days in Louisville and is tied for 60th with one round to go. Looks like he's a sophomore (and the Big East individual champ), so we should hear more from him the next two years.