Results for November 2008
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Mid-season awards: Top players, coach
We're finally down to the brass tacks ... here's a look at the best of the best from the fall semester: COACH OF THE (MID)YEARMEN Mike Small, IllinoisFor as talented a player as Small is (he has four Illinois Open...
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Mid-season awards: Top freshmen
Freshmen having an immediate impact on a lineup has become a recurring storyline in recent years. (See: Arizona State's Louise Stahle, 2005; Duke's Amanda Blumenherst, 2006; USC's Jamie Lovemark, 2007; Oklahoma State's Rickie Fowler in 2008). With that, here's a...
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Mid-season awards: Unsung players/question marks
Time to identify some of the hidden gems who surfaced this fall: BEST PLAYER YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OFMEN Matt Hill, N.C. StateThe 20-year-old from Brights Grove, Ontario, went largely unnoticed as a freshman despite posting a 71.4 average...
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Mid-season awards: Disappointing player/team
From performances that were fab, today we explore those that were, well, drab. Some college golfers and teams surprised this fall because of how much they exceeded expectations. Others turned heads because they came up short in meeting them. Quick...
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Mid-season awards: Surprise player/team
The first half of the 2008-09 campaign has come and gone. With roughly eight weeks to catch their breathe before beginning the spring march to the NCAA Championship, players and programs must assess where they stand overall and consider how...
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Q-school success for UNLV's Han (again)
If you're a recent college player trying to learn the secret of how to advance to the final stage of PGA Tour qualifying school--or even a journeyman pro for that matter--you could do worse than get five minutes of Seung-Su...
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UNC's Austin stepping down in May
It's a shame Sally Austin has decided to step down after 16 seasons as North Carolina's women's coach at the end of the school year next May. Austin, a former LPGA Tour player and UNC alum, cited the desire...
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Final fall polls: Behind the numbers
The final fall coaches' polls came out today with Georgia atop the Golf World/Nike Golf men's ranking and UCLA taking the No. 1 spot in the Golf World/NGCA women's poll. If you click through to the polls, we broke down...
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Good 'Futures' for some collegians
The fourth and final round of the Duramed Futures Tour's Qualifying School ended yesterday with nine current college players, all playing as amateurs, finishing in the top 25 (see below). Unlike the LPGA Tour and its rules regarding qualifying school,...
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This week's syllabus: Nov. 7-13
THE FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right nowMEN 1. Georgia (Last week: 1)Fall results: 4 starts; 2 wins (Brickyard Collegiate; Isleworth/UCF Collegiate), 3 top-5s, 4 top-10sJust think how dominant this team could be if...
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