A Sea Of Red

Lets hear it for the LU Golf Team!
LU Just won their opening tournament for 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. Flames finished -21 under and outpaced some big programs: Oklahoma State, Florida, Florida State, Virginia and a bunch of Florida programs (11 in all).
Why our golf team is big for LU sports and the school? It brings a different set of eyes on LU. College golf attracts the more "intellectual crowd" and that is an area the media is constantly trying to throw shade at.

It is awesome to see nearly every LU program climbing to the highest levels of competition!

http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=21889

More...Florida is ranked #15 and OSU #23. The Flames will be ranked after this week.

Great team! Year after year, they always play from behind by not scoring well in first round. If they could figure out how to get off to a good start in the first round they would be competing for national championships.

We are in 2nd place out of 12 teams on the back 9 of the final round of the Sea Best Invitational. Trailing ASUN rival N Florida, who are basically playing on their home course.

Ended up tied for 2nd with Duke. What is really exciting is that our 5th player, playing as an individual scored low enough so that if we could have swapped out his score with our 4th place guy we would have won the tournament. Great depth that will help in ncaa tournament.

LUDad wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2021, 8:37 pm Ended up tied for 2nd with Duke. What is really exciting is that our 5th player, playing as an individual scored low enough so that if we could have swapped out his score with our 4th place guy we would have won the tournament. Great depth that will help in ncaa tournament.

Edit: If LU gets out of regionals into national finals the 5th player's score counts when narrowing down field to 15 teams and finally to 8 teams. Used to be only 4 scores counted. LU has the depth to make a run...

LUDad wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2021, 6:52 pm

LUDad wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2021, 8:37 pm Ended up tied for 2nd with Duke. What is really exciting is that our 5th player, playing as an individual scored low enough so that if we could have swapped out his score with our 4th place guy we would have won the tournament. Great depth that will help in ncaa tournament.

Edit: If LU gets out of regionals into national finals the 5th player's score counts when narrowing down field to 15 teams and finally to 8 teams. Used to be only 4 scores counted. LU has the depth to make a run...

Maybe so, but I'm afraid I need to fact check you. Our 5th player, who competed unattached, was Zach Barbin. Zach finished at +13, which was in fact our 5th best score by a stroke. Swapping would not have changed anything. N Florida won by 12 strokes.

https://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/global ... 02-21).pdf

Click on page 2 for player leaderboard

LU is continuing to something this year they have lacked in the past. That is the ability to play well in the first round of tournament. LU leading a deep field early in first round at 8 under par.

http://results.golfstat.com//public/lea ... &tid=21525

We end up 5th in Gainesville, 9 strokes behind the Gators, playing on their home course. All 4 teams ahead of us were SEC. Perhaps more important was that we beat ASUN rivals N Florida by 11 strokes and J'ville by 19.

http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=21525

Great showing!

http://golfstat.com/index.cfm?event=pub ... g&gender=M

LU Golf ranked #21 in nation

Hot start for the LU golf squad this week. Sole 2nd place after 1 round. -7 and 4 strokes behind the host team Florida State. Ahead of: Oklahoma State, Oklahoma FGCU, NC State...13 others
http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=21603

Alexandre Fuchs is leading the individual after firing a 65. 2 strokes ahead of the pack.

Guys keep hanging with the nation's elite tournament after tournament.

Only weakness in this tournament is play of Simmoms in 5th slot. With his 14 over par, he is virtuality eliminated from having his score used if someone else falters. The 5th player from the other contenders are still competitive and are able to pick up the slack if another player in their rotation has a bad round. No safety net available for us.

We end up second, just 2 strokes back of Home course FSU, who almost choked away a big lead down the stretch. Finished 4 strokes ahead of #1 ranked Oklahoma! All this was made possible primarily by an amazing tournament from Alexandre Fuchs who was -14, to win individual honors by 6 strokes. The rest of the squad was a combined -1.

http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=21603

It’s a 3 day/round event. They tee it up again tomorrow. Regardless, this is a huge showing for the dimpled Flames!

jmclaughlin wrote: ↑February 20th, 2021, 7:07 pm It’s a 3 day/round event. They tee it up again tomorrow. Regardless, this is a huge showing for the dimpled Flames!

I've made that same mistake before. The box scores are somewhat misleading IMHO. The only indication there is a 3rd round is the dates.

I'm going to look at the glass as half full and say that means we can still win it!

Finishing ahead of Oklahoma would be a nice boost for our ranking. Hopefully we can finish strong.

We end up 4th, just one stroke behind #1 ranked Oklahoma. Fuchs held on to be individual medalist by a stroke.

http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=21603

olldflame wrote: ↑February 21st, 2021, 7:14 pm We end up 4th, just one stroke behind #1 ranked Oklahoma. Fuchs held on to be individual medalist by a stroke.

http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=21603

And that was with him recording a 9 on a par 5 in the last round!

LU Golf now # 16 in Nation!

http://golfstat.com/index.cfm?event=pub ... g&gender=M

LU has early lead in The Hayt in Flordia at 9 under. 15th ranked LU is ahead of #1 Flordia State, #3 Wake Forest and #14 Clemson.

http://results.golfstat.com//public/lea ... &tid=21888

LUDad wrote: ↑March 28th, 2021, 12:20 pm LU has early lead in The Hayt in Flordia at 9 under. 15th ranked LU is ahead of #1 Flordia State, #3 Wake Forest and #14 Clemson.

http://results.golfstat.com//public/lea ... &tid=21888

Also doing it without Chang in the lineup.

ASUN champs.
http://results.golfstat.com/public/lead ... &tid=22689

Talk about balance. Our 5th best scorer on the tournament finished in a tie for 12th overall.

Great to see Ervin Chang, who has not had a great season after being a bullwork of the program for years, finish strong, tying for best score in the field in the final round.

Great to see us competing at such an elite level! Won the 'chip going away, without a dominate individual performance. That is not typical in these individual / team tournaments. Depth is what wins National titles in golf, since it comes down to individual match play. If we can get past regionals, this team has a decent chance to make it into individual play.