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This weekly podcast brings you news, notes, and highlights around the world of college golf. Tune in for in-depth Golfstat Rankings discussions as well as interviews with notable names in college golf.
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The band gets back together for what could be the last time to recap both D1 Men's and Women's Championships. They discuss the championship win from Wake Forest, Rose Zhang's case to be The Goat, a little match play format talk, and Florida's heroics on their way to both individual and team championships. Then, to end the show, Marcus shares a bit of news as the Golfstat crew signs off for what could be the final episode.
Ian joins Marcus on this week's episode to wrap up championship events. Ian gives his first hand account of the controversy at D3 Women as well as his thoughts on DBU winning the D2 Women's National Champion. They also discuss a wild finish for the individual title at the D3 Men's Championship. Stick around in the second half of the episode for Men's D1 Preview filled with storylines to watch and of course their picks for the week.
On this week's episode, Marcus is joined by Jordan Perez to discuss the latest regional results as well as what to look for in the upcoming national championship. They discuss if LSU barely making it was actually a win, home course advantages at regionals, and Stanford's record setting performance. They then look forward and make picks for team and individual medalists, teams that make it to match play, national champion, and much much more.
On this episode, Marcus sits down with Alex Price, the #1 player in men's D3 golf. Alex talks about his current season, his experience competing in the U.S. Am, as well as a look ahead to the D3 Championship coming up at Keene Trace. Alex also shares some hockey knowledge and how they may have helped him in his golf game.
The crew is all on the road this week but found a bit of time to go through each D1 regional. Favorites, sleepers, and other storylines as all 6 regionals get started. We also spend some time highlighting events we are traveling to as well as Ian's aversion to eggs.
In anticipation of NCAA selections season, Marcus is joined by NCAA D1 Men's Committee Chair, Jimmy Bass. In this informative discussion, Jimmy provides insight into who the committee is and how they become committee members, what criteria is used to select teams for post-season play, using the Golfstat Rankings vs. subjective criteria, and much more. Ian then joins Marcus on the back half of this episode to recap a few conference championships. A few upsets, disappointments, and teams making final statements make for a lively discussion as we get closer and closer to NCAA Championships.
On this episode, Marcus goes solo as the Golfstat crew hits busy season. Marcus first discusses the conversation around whether or not live scoring is good for college golf. Does it hurt player performance? Does it add the popularity of college golf? Marcus also does a preview of some D1 women's conference championships as conference championships are officially upon us. Marcus then wraps up the show with some quick thoughts from Lewis Chetingwa, Mason Rudolph, The Aggie Invitational, and The Western Intercollegiate.
On this week's episode we discuss teams that are peaking as we head to conference championships. Florida, Tennessee, and Northwestern women get big wins. UNC also gets a big win as a few other notable teams stumble which brings up questions. The Golfstat crew also hits the road this week so we wrap with a few previews of where we will be this week!
On this week's episode, the crew highlights the action from around the country including Northwestern women winning in Phoenix, Ole Miss and Auburn women rounding into form with wins, North Carolina's comeback win, and other action around the country. Marcus puts Carolyn and Ian on the spot again to update our list of National Title contenders as spring season rolls on. Lastly, the episode closes with nominations for team of the week!
This week the crew gets back together to go rapid fire around the past week's events. They recap an impressive win for Arizona at the N.I.T., record breaking performances at Mountainview, and Vanderbilt may be mortal after all. They then wrap up some impressive wins in D2 women's golf as well as the happens at Jekyll Island for D3. Team of the week makes a comeback this week and the show ends with a few event previews as some D1 women's teams play their final few events before conference championships.
Marcus is joined this week by Lee University senior Beck Burnette, winner of 3 tournaments in a row. Topics include Beck's recent results, what it's like to play D2 golf, plans after his college career, and much more. Stick around after the interview as Carolyn and Ian are back to discuss the week in college golf and pick a few bracket busters for NCAA post season.
The crew takes a short break this week as work and life got busy. Marcus goes through notable tournament highlights from the past week as well as a few key movements in rankings. Then, let's revisit episode 1 of our Rankings Talk series to go over, once again, what the purpose of a our ranking is.
This week's episode starts with a heated discussion after Illinois takes the win at Southern Highlands. The crew also breaks down all the action from the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate such as the crowd sizes and local support, uninspiring performances from Wake Forest and Oregon, and LSU's claim as a national title contender. Finally, the show ends with a discussion on the recent news of the .500 rule coming to d1 women's golf.
On this week's episode, Marcus sits down with Ian Gilligan from Long Beach State. Ian describes what it's been like in his breakout season, the moment he became the #1 player in the Golfstat ranking, and overcoming lymphoma as a junior golfer.
The whole squad is here as Carolyn shares her excitement and outlook going forward after an impressive Oregon Ducks win. We also get team of the week going again, Marcus vents about the differences between a collegiate player ranking and their WAGR ranking, and The Big Cat is back in action this week!
Join the crew as they recap the latest college events. Vanderbilt moves to #1, Wake Forest battles for a win at the UCF Challenge, and a little bit of everything in Mexico. Also, tournament previews don't go quite as planned and Lebron James is your all-time leading scorer in NBA History.
Marcus sits down with Florida Gator Men's Golf Coach J.C. Deacon to recap the win at The Seabest Invitational. They also discuss managing expectations with this year's team, the emergence of their star players, and the message for the team building towards Grayhawk. J.C. is also tasked with building the perfect player by describing "elite" qualities from each of the guys on his roster. Stick around on the backend of this episode as Marcus, Carolyn, and Ian recap a few other events that finished this week as well.
We're back (or at least Marcus is)! College golf is underway with a short slate of events with big implications for the spring season. Follow along as Marcus goes solo on this episode and provides insights into the things to watch this spring season from teams in trouble with the .500 rule, championship contenders for all three divisions, and the short list of Annika and Haskins awards hopefuls.
In the final episode of the Rankings Talk Series, the Golfstat crew discusses a few common examples of questions from this year. Why is my team not ranked? Why is one team behind another even though they have more tournament wins? What to make of the first fall ranking? All this and a little more is explained this week.
This week's episode details the importance of common opponents. The differences between high level common opponents, opponents from different conferences/regions, and their impact on division 1, 2, and 3 golf are discussed. Tune in as Marcus and Carolyn recap the conversation with Lance Ringler from last week as well as bounce around their ideas and questions about this week's topic.
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