RESULTS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State Men’s Golf team simply got the job done in Monday’s decisive final stroke-play round at the NCAA Championship.
Shooting a 7-over 287 on Memorial Day, the Seminoles secured one of the coveted eight spots to reach the NCAA Championship Match Play Quarterfinals held on Tuesday at Grayhawk Golf Club. Based on the stroke-play finish, FSU will be the 6 seed facing No. 3 seed Pepperdine at 9:20 a.m. ET.
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FSU looked to its four-year leader for the big shots down the stretch in order to hold on to a Top eight finish. Clinging to an eighth-place spot through the first nine holes, John Pak carded a critical two-hole stretch where he recorded an eagle on the par-5 11th followed by a birdie on the par-4 12th.
Pak wound up shooting a 69 on Monday and finishe
The 15 players in the inaugural PGA TOUR University class have been set, and Florida State’s John Pak maintained the spot he’s held all season and finished No. 1 in the final ranking. He is joined in the top-five by Davis Thompson (Georgia), Austin Eckroat (Oklahoma State), Chun An Yu (Arizona St.
Oklahoma is back in familiar territory.
The Sooners finished fourth in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ, and advance to their fifth consecutive match play round.
OU (10-over par) is the only team in the nation to make every match play championship since 2016.
“(Tuesday) we ll start a completely different golf tournament with match play, head coach
Ryan Hybl said in a press release. “We re excited to be in this position like we have been for the last five years, it s really special for our program. If we want to avoid going home (Tuesday) then we ll have to come out and play great golf and execute.”
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Seminoles.com) – Florida State Men’s Golf senior John Pak has been crowned as the Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel winner given to the top player in men’s collegiate golf, announced on Tuesday on the GOLF Channel in conjunction with the Fred Haskins Commission. The 2021 Haskins Award featured the highest voting turnout by players and coaches combined in the award’s 50-year history. Pak becomes the first Seminole ever to win The Haskins Award, which is decided based on the combined vote of players, coaches and selected media. Pak is the ninth winner from the ACC and the first since NC State’s Matt Hill won in 2009.