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2025 NCAA Tourney thread- MEN'S GOLF (Regionals in Bremerton, WA 3/12-14; Finals (If they advance) 5/23-28 in Carlsbad, CA)

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Earlier this week it was announced CU Men's Golf, currently #32 in the rankings (https://scoreboard.clippd.com/ranki...nder=Men&division=NCAA+Division+I&season=2025 ), had been selected to be one of 72 teams participating in one of six 2025 NCAA Championship Regionals, with them scheduled to compete at the Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington. The regionals consist of 3 18 hole rounds of golf being held Monday, May 12th through Wednesday, May 14th.

As noted below, the five teams with the lowest scores at each regional, along with the lowest individual scorer not on an advancing school, will advance to the Championships finals, which are being held this year From May 23rd - May 28th in Carlsbad, CA at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. (13-14 teams are competing in each regional (13 in Bremerton), with between 5-10 individuals also named from teams not qualifying trying to be the 1 individual to advance to the finals.)

Congrats to the team and GO BUFFS!!!
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Article after their selection - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/4/30/mens-golf-golfers-headed-to-ncaa-northwest-washington-regional
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Golfers Headed To NCAA Northwest/Washington Regional​

Buffaloes Earn A No. 6 Seed, Matching Their Best In History

By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian
BOULDER — The University of Colorado men's golf team is one of a record 11 Big 12 Conference teams to earn berths in one of six NCAA Championship Regionals, as the Buffaloes will participate in the Northwest/Bremerton, Wash. Regional which begins Monday, May 12, off the Sinclair Inlet about 15 miles west of Seattle.

Colorado, ranked No. 32 in the nation in the Clippd/Scoreboard rankings is the No. 6 seed in the regional, in which No. 5 Arizona State is the top seed. The No. 6 seed matches the highest a Buffalo team has ever been seeded in the history of the regionals, along with the 2016-17 team. The regional will take place at Gold Mountain Golf Club on its Olympic Course which features a 7,167-yard, par-72 layout with a 74.9 rating with a slope of 148. The University of Washington is serving as the host institution.

"Obviously we are quite excited about being selected to the NCAA Championships and the regional in Washington," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "We've had a great year so far and are looking forward to continue working and getting better over the next few weeks. The team is hungry and motivated. It's a great regional site as Gold Mountain is one of the best championship courses in college golf. It will be a great test and will reward five worthy teams.'

The Big 12 is sending the second-most members into the postseason behind the Southeastern Conference (14), with the Atlantic Coast (10), the Big 10 (7) and Mountain West (4) sending the next-most schools; the five conferences account for 46 teams in all. (Cincinnati, Iowa State and West Virginia had an individual selected, thus 14 of the 16 schools from the league have participants). As usual, the regionals have a distinct warmer, southern flavor with only 18 of the 81 team participants located north of the 37th parallel (not including Stanford; think the Colorado-New Mexico border).

Colorado has enjoyed arguably one of – if not its —best seasons in its 101-year history, with one win, six runner-up efforts, a third and a record-tying nine top five finishes. CU is fresh off a sixth place finish in the Big 12 Championship, claimed by Oklahoma State over Arizona State, but a logjam followed. The Buffaloes have a 162-26-2 record against Division I competition, the most wins of any school in the nation and the .858 winning percentage in the NCAA's fourth-best.

Edwards has finalized his squad for the regional, and the starting lineup will feature three seniors, Justin Biwer, Jack Holland and Dylan McDermott, junior Hunter Swanson and sophomores Ty Holbrook and Brandon Knight. Starting eight years ago, the NCAA adopted a format where a team can enter six players, with five designated scorers and the sixth utilized as alternate in the event that a player suffers an injury, illness or is struggling in play. At the recent Big 12 Championships, Biwer tied for 14th, McDermott tied for 17th, Swanson tied for 34th and Holbrook tied for 43rd; Knight "came off the bench" and provided a key pair of 2-over 72's, while Holland did not participate.

Biwer leads the team in stroke average with a 69.50 figure, with McDermott right behind at 69.65; those numbers rank 1-2 in the Big 12 but are also the seventh- and 10th-best in the nation. Swanson has the league's 11th-best average (70.63), with Knight 20th (71.04) and Holbrook (71.33); Holland owns a 71.72 norm, but is just three rounds shy of the minimum number needed to make the list (he has 18).

This is the 24th time that Colorado has been selected as a team to play in the regionals, which were created in 1989 with the help of CU's head coach at the time and NCAA Golf Committee chairman, the late Mark Simpson. CU individuals have been invited to compete on seven other occasions. This is just the third time that three seniors will represent the Buffaloes, previously done in 2002 (with two juniors) and 2018 (with two sophomores).

The remainder of the field, in seeded order, includes No. 8 Florida, No. 17 Utah, No. 20 South Carolina, No. 29 South Florida, No. 41 Charlotte, No. 44 Kansas, No. 54 Colorado State, No. 57 Kansas State, No. 68 Elon, No. 85 Coastal Carolina, No. 130 Oral Roberts and No. 140 Seattle.

The Buffs have lined up this year 19 times against seven teams in the Northwest Regional, going 14-5 with a 34-22-5 mark in individual rounds. CU has been in tournaments with Kansas (3-0), Kansas State (2-0), Oral Roberts (1-0), Seattle (1-0), Utah (4-1), CSU (3-2) and Arizona State (0-2).

There are six regional sites and those competing will play 54 holes with the top five teams along with the top individual who is not a member of those squads earning the right to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals. Those are scheduled for May 23-28 at the Omni La Costa Resort Champions Course in Carlsbad, Calif.

The teams will play a shotgun practice round at 11 a.m. MDT on Sunday, May 11, and the regional will begin at 9 a.m. mountain time on all three competition days. The Buffaloes will be paired with No. 4-seed Utah and No. 5-seed South Carolina and will start on the 10th tee in their bid to return to the NCAA Finals for the second time in three years.
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NCAA's official release of the tourney field - https://www.ncaa.com/news/golf-men/...-2025-ncaa-division-i-mens-golf-championships

NCAA's general release on championships' format and dates and past winners - https://www.ncaa.com/news/golf-men/...s-golf-championship-qualifiers-schedule-dates

Bremerton regional leaderboard - https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236556/scoring/team Edit - https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236552/scoring/team

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For the Championships final (in Carlsbad CA):

NCAA's official release of the tourney field - https://www.ncaa.com/news/golf-men/...ens-golf-championships-participants-announced

Video - Per https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/...ay-march-3-with-darius-rucker-intercollegiate , looks like the Golf Channel will be covering the Championships starting Monday the 26th, when the matchplay portion of the Championships begin. From the link coverage times (all Eastern Time) are:
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DatesLive Coverage1st Encore
Monday, May 266-10 p.m.12-4 a.m.
Tuesday, May 271-3:30/6-10 p.m.11 p.m.-3 a.m.
Wednesday, May 286-10 p.m.11 p.m.-3 a.m.
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Leaderboard - https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238377/scoring/team Edit - https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236552/scoring/team
 
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Not NCAA- related, but congrats and best wishes to 3 Buffs who advanced to the next stage of U.S. Open qualifying at a Broadlands tourney that ended today, led by medalist and CU junior Hunter Swanson. Meanwhile, sophomore Brandon Knight and #ForeverBuff and current CU asst. coach Derek Tolan advanced in a playoff.

 
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I missed that, in addition to the 3 Buffs I mentioned in the last post, CU sophomore Ty Holbrook also advanced to the final U.S. Open Qualifying stage after winning his initial qualifier a couple days ago in Fort Collins.

Congrats and best wishes to him also!

 
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Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/5/12/...n-third-at-ncaa-northwest-washington-regional

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Golfers Open In Third At NCAA Northwest/Washington Regional​

McDermott Scores Two Eagles; Four Buffs In Top 25

By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian

BREMERTON, Wash. — The University of Colorado men's golf team had a strong opening round here Monday and stand in third place after the first round of the NCAA's Northwest/Washington Regional.

The top five teams out of 14 competing here will advance to the NCAA Finals later this month.

Second-seeded No. 8-ranked Florida created some mild separation after one round, building a seven-shot lead with a 9-under 279 team score. Those same seven strokes then separate the next six teams, with top seed (and No. 5) Arizona State second with a 2-under 286, followed the No. 32 and sixth-seeded Buffaloes at 1-over 289. No. 57 Kansas State and No. 29 South Florida, the fourth- and ninth-seeds, are tied for fourth at 2-over 290. The third- and fourth seeds, No. 17 Utah and No. 20 South Carolina are right behind with 3-over 291 and 5-over 293 totals

After all five Buffs finished the 515-yard, par-5 14th holes – when CU logged an eagle and three birdies – Colorado leapfrogged temporarily into lead for about half an hour, first at 4-under par and two up on Florida and topping out at 5-under at one point. But the four players who scored for CU on Monday were fairly steady, avoiding big numbers as they totaled two eagles, 14 birdies, 37 pars and 19 bogeys overall.

Senior Dylan McDermott is leading the CU attack, as he is tied for seventh with a 2-under par 70, one of just 13 subpar rounds Monday on the 7,167-yard, par-72 Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club. ....
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"The guys did a great job battling today, "head coach Roy Edwards said. "A big goal we had set going in was to really focus on the shot and task at hand, and I thought they did that really well. We had a rough patch on our second nine on some hard holes, but we managed it really well. We just need to keep doing the same thing tomorrow.'

Florida's Luke Poulter and Kansas State's Cooper Schultz are atop the leaderboard after the first round with a 4-under 68's, with four others one back with 3-under 69's.

The second round is set for Tuesday; Colorado will be paired with Florida and Arizona State and will tee off in 11-minute intervals on No. 1 beginning at 9 a.m. MDT. The third and final round will be played Wednesday.
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TEAM STANDINGS
1.Florida 279
2.Arizona State 286
3.COLORADO 289
T4.Kansas State 290
T4.South Florida 290
6.Utah 291
7.South Carolina 293
8.Colorado State 295
9.Kansas 297
10.Charlotte 298
11.Seattle 303
12.Oral Roberts 307
13.Elon 309
14.Coastal Carolina 311
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Obviously still a lot of work to do in tomorrow's final round, but looks like it was another solid 18 holes today and CU sits in 4th. That finish represents a 1 spot drop (from 3rd) in the leaderboard from yesterday, but they did extend their lead over the 6th*** place team to 6 strokes (after being only 2 up from 6th after the 1st round). (***As stated previously, it's the top 5 finishing teams at regionals that advance to the Championships finals.)





Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/5/13/...through-two-rounds-of-ncaa-northwest-regional

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Buffaloes In Fourth Through Two Rounds Of NCAA Northwest Regional​

Top Five Advance to NCAA Finals; Swanson Fires 4-under 68

By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian

BREMERTON, Wash. — The University of Colorado men's golf team, thanks to a late rally, moved down just one notch into fourth place after the second round was completed here Tuesday in the NCAA's Northwest/Washington Regional.

Second-seeded and No. 8-ranked Florida continued to hold the lead, expanding it to nine strokes over top seed and No. 5 Arizona State, as the two separated from the other 12 teams in the field. The Gators posted the best team round of the event – a 16-under 272 – to stand at 25-under par 551 through 36 holes. The Sun Devils hung in a with a 14-under 274 for a 16-under 560. But then 14 strokes separate the two from the remainder of the field. No. 20 South Carolina, the fourth seed, moved into third, at 2-under 574 the only other school under par. The Buffaloes turned in an even-par round (288) for a 1-over 577 score, with Kansas State – the ninth-seed – in fifth with a 582 total.

The top five teams out of 14 competing here will advance to the NCAA Finals later this month. Lurking in sixth in Charlotte (583), with South Florida and Utah, tied for seventh (584) likely the only others at this stage within striking distance of the top 5,

After landing in third place after the first round (with a 1-over 289 team score), the Buffs got off to a slow start, dipping at times as low as seventh in the logjam that had formed between second and seventh. CU's score rose as high as 5-over, but dropped back down to even midway through the round before another rough patch ballooned the total to 5-over again.

But the four scorers for the Buffs Tuesday closed with six birdies with just one birdie on the last four holes, which enabled Colorado to finish with an even par round of 288, and thus, it's 1-over 577 total. In fact, CU's 5-under effort on Nos. 15- through 18 was better than the three teams ahead of it: Florida was 4-under, ASU 3-under and South Carolina 1-over.

Colorado has four players in the top 30 (actually the top 29) though 36 holes, matched by Arizona State (its four in top 13), Florida (four in top 16) and South Carolina (four in top 29).
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"Incredibly proud of the team," head coach Roy Edwards said. "They really fought through some tough golf and squeezed out a great finish and ended up having a pretty good round, which is not what it was looking like midway through. Hunter played spectacularly, while Ty and Brandon had big comebacks. Dylan and Justin both played better than they scored. We are all looking forward to tomorrow. The guys know the stakes and it's vital to just focus on each of themselves and their own games."

Florida golfers own the top two spots in the individual race, with Matthew Kress tying the course record with a 7-under 65 to land at 10-under 134, while first round co-leader Luke Poulter shot a 67 Tuesday and is one back at 9-under 135. Utah's Braxton Watts is tied for third (6-under 138), but tops the field of those individuals not affiliated with a team in the top five, as that player will also advance to the NCAA Finals.

The third and final round is set for Wednesday; Colorado will be paired with Kansas State and Charlotte and will tee off in 11-minute intervals on No. 10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. MDT.

NOTES: The weather conditions were about the same, a tad warmer when play started – 54 degrees – again with partly cloudy skies when the Buffs teed off at 8 a.m. local time … .
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TEAM STANDINGS
1.Florida279-272—551
2.Arizona State286-274—560
3.South Carolina293-281—574
4.COLORADO 289-288—577
5.Kansas State290-292—582
---Projected Third Round Cut---
6.Charlotte298-285—583
T7.South Florida290-294—584
T7.Utah291-293—584
9.Colorado State295-296—591
10.Kansas297-295—592
11.Seattle303-297—600
12.Elon309-294—603
13.Coastal Carolina311-293—604
14.Oral Roberts307-300—607

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If they can keep it under 290, Cocks & KSU will have to have good days and someone outside would have to catch fire for our Buffs to not advance.Over 290 opens the door.
 
It's onto the Championship finals in Carlsbad as the team shoots it's lowest round of the tourney (-5) and ends up in 3rd place at -4 overall. (As noted before, the top 5 teams advance.)

Way to go Buffs!




 
Article after the team advanced today - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/5/14/...h-third-in-ncaa-northwest-washington-regional

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Golfers Finish Third In NCAA Northwest/Washington Regional​

Colorado Advances To NCAA Championship Finals For Second Time In Three Years

By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian

BREMERTON, Wash. — The University of Colorado men's golf team, with a better start than most and then a quick hot stretch on the back nine, finished third here Wednesday in the NCAA's Northwest/Washington Regional, earning the Buffaloes the right to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals

The top five teams in each of six regionals qualified for the Finals, which begin May 23 in Carlsbad, Calif. The third place effort tied CU's second-highest finish in a regional since its inception in 1989, matching efforts that inaugural year in McKinney, Texas, and two seasons ago in Norman, Okla., bested only by a runner-up effort in Oklahoma City in 1994.

Second-seeded and No. 8-ranked Florida led from wire-to-wire, though Big 12 champion, the top seed and No. 5 Arizona State, get chiseling away at the Gators' lead. But in the end, Florida claimed the regional crown with a 28-under par 836 team score, with ASU just three strokes back at 839.

The Buffaloes were focused the from Wednesday's start, never falling out of the top five and at one time were 9-under for the round before finishing with a 5-under 283. That pushed CU's overall team total to the "happy" side of par to 4-under 860, its third-best score in 24 regionals as a team; the 283 was the sixth-best in relation to par (-5) as well in NCAA action, be it regional or finals action. Starting on No. 10, Colorado was briefly 3-over while a light rain persisted, but then righted the ship quickly with an eight-birdie flurry over four holes (Nos. 13-16). Three birdies on the 563-yard, par-5 6th hole cemented the Buffs into third.

No. 29 South Florida claimed fourth (2-under 862), with No. 20 South Carolina the fifth and final spot (an even 864), holding off late charges by No. 17 Utah (865) and No. 57 Kansas State (867).
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"I was talking to some of the guys about it, and in my eyes, our season boils down to this moment," he said. "Everyone has to show up at a regional if you want to make nationals, so I'm wanting to do good, not only for myself, but for the team as well. All of us are carrying the weight of the team on our shoulders. I really want to be a big part of this team and contribute everything I can to its success because we definitely deserve it. We all feel we have been a little disrespected this year in the rankings, not only as individuals a but as a team, too."

Case in point: the 32nd-ranked Buffaloes advanced to the NCAA Finals, 10 teams ranked ahead of them are staying home, as are 22 individuals in front of CU's highest ranked player, senior Justin Biwer (69th).

Swanson pointed to something that occurred to him in the second round of the Big 12 Championship, after he opened with a disappointing 6-over 76.

"I wasn't too happy with myself after starting with a 76, feeling like I let myself and my teammates down," he said. "But then I had this random realization and found the proper mindset and it was mostly about being calm, putting the past behind you. You just have to worry about the shot you have at hand. I was getting very scared about missing putts, thinking a little too much, especially when things can go bad on the golf course – and they're going to at times. There was nothing mechanically wrong that stuck out to me, but I just had to get into a really good mindset over all my shots. That's when I started to feel very calm, confident and focused with my putting."
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"Everyone is obviously incredibly excited to punch our ticket to the NCAA Finals," head coach Roy Edwards said. "It can be hard to even make the NCAA regionals nowadays, and to make the Finals is a special accomplishment. We go into the Finals leading the nation in wins. There is no doubt we expect to go there and be highly competitive.

"The guys came out and were very determined from the start to have a good day," he continued. "We let a few strokes slip away at the end, but they erased all doubt with a few holes left by how they played to that point. Hunter had a great week. Justin was really struggling during the practice round and he found a way to compete despite not having his best. Brandon battled the entire tournament and seemingly was in a hole to start each round, managing to post solid numbers the last two days. Dylan didn't have his best the last two days, but he competed really well and was pivotal to us advancing," Edwards continued. "Ty was the same. He had some huge moments."
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The NCAA Championship Finals are scheduled for May 23-28 in Carlsbad, Calif.; the University of Texas will host at Omni La Costa Resort Champions Course. It will be Colorado's 17th appearance in the finals dating back to 1947, the sixth time the Buffaloes have advanced out of regional play.
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TEAM STANDINGS
1.Florida 279-272-285—836
2.Arizona State 286-274-279—839
3.COLORADO 289-288-283—860
4.South Florida 290-294-278—862
5.South Carolina 293-281-290—864
---------------Did Not Make Cut---------
6.Utah 291-293-281—865
7.Kansas State 290-292-285—867
8.Charlotte 298-285-294—877
9.Colorado State 295-296-290—881
T10.Kansas 297-295-293—885
T10.Oral Roberts 307-300-278—885
12.Elon 309-294-287—890
T13.Seattle 303-297-298—898
T13.Coastal Carolina 311-293-294—898
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The team is I assume getting its last practice in before the Championships begin tomorrow.
(Edit - Did want to add I've added links to info on the Championships (teams and individuals participating, video available, leaderboard, etc.) near the bottom of the original post.)

#SkoBuffs!

Preview article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/5/21/mens-golf-golfers-aiming-high-at-ncaa-championship-finals

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Golfers Aiming High At NCAA Championship Finals​

Tournament starts Friday in Carlsbad, Calif.

By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The University of Colorado men's golf team is here and is excited about the 127th Annual NCAA Championship Finals, as the Buffaloes are coming off a third place finish in the Northwest Regional last week, which has continued one of, if not the best seasons to date in school history.

The third place finish was CU's 10th top five effort of the season – topping the previously best of nine – the Buffs have one win, six runner-up's, two thirds and a fifth. And with is being Colorado's 17th appearance in the NCAA Finals dating back to its first in 1947, its highest finish ever was eighth in 1968, and if this year's team can match or top that, it would advance to the match play portion of the championship.

CU is the No. 22 seed here, ranked 29th in the country ahead of the event, which begins with four days of stroke play on Friday, with the field cut to 15 teams after three rounds and then to eight for match play next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Believe it or not, despite this season's success, head coach Roy Edwards and associate head coach Derek Tolan feel that this team has yet to play its best golf.

"We are going to Carlsbad knowing and expecting to be highly-competitive, but also knowing that we haven't played our best golf yet," Edwards said. "Our focus is primarily on ourselves and preparing, but we know and fully expect to be in the mix if we do our jobs well."

As with the regional, each team is allowed six players, the sixth as an alternate: CU's starting lineup has two seniors, Justin Biwer and Dylan McDermott, junior Hunter Swanson and sophomores Ty Holbrook and Brandon Knight; senior Jack Holland will again serve as the alternate and can be activated for any of the last three rounds in the event that a player suffers an injury, illness or is struggling in play. Edwards noted how well Holland literally served as a third "coach." Swanson led the Buffaloes in the regional with a seventh place finish (5-under 211) with Biwer next in a tie for 12th (214, -2). McDermott tied for 33rd (220, +4) and both Holbrook and Knight tied for 43rd (222, +6).

Though this is practically the same make-up of the team that finished 21st two years ago, the experiences that those players had in Scottsdale in 2023 probably isn't much of factor, outside of seeing larger galleries and all the hoopla with the finals. Biwer, McDermott, Swanson and Holland all competed two springs ago, with McDermott advancing individually to the final round.

"Every team is different," Edwards noted. "This team very much expected to advance to the Finals without any doubt. And we very much expect to go to California and to be highly-competitive. There aren't any surprises for the four guys who are going that went in 2023, and I expect them to help Ty and Brandon. At the end of the day it is just golf."

But he has confidence in this team and what they can still accomplish.

"The six guys on the NCAA team are once again all ready to go," Edwards said. "Lots of talent, a lot of experience, and they understand how to play the game. Derek and I felt very comfortable taking this group to Washington and now to California. We have played really nice golf all year but we still believe we haven't played our 'best' yet and I expect us to get there. We had a good tournament at the regional despite our top two guys not playing as good as they felt they could have at times."

That was in reference to Biwer and McDermott, the one-two leaders in stroke average in the Big 12 this seasons (69.65 and 69.95, respectively), and a duo that has rewritten much of the CU record book in their four years in Boulder.

"Justin had a great final round (5-under 67) and I was really impressed with how he handled a tough practice round and feeling uncomfortable during it," Edwards recalled. "Dylan played well the first round (2-und 70) and did better than his scores showed in the second and third rounds. He is for sure very motivated to play well, and I'm sure if he goes out and trusts himself he will."

After the smoke cleared after regional play, the field includes 21 of the nation's top 25 ranked schools as of Wednesday, including the top seven. Schools from the south and west coast dominate the 30-team field as usual, as the Buffaloes are joined by No. 10 Virginia, No. 12 Illinois, No. 19 BYU and No. 36 Purdue as the only "northern" schools to advance out of regional play.

The North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa is in its second of three years as the site for the NCAA Championship Finals. Originally designed by Dick Wilson, the course (called Champions at the onset) opened the same day the resort did – July 10, 1965. It has undergone several renovations and tweaks in its 60-year history, major ones in 2011 (involving Steve Pate among others) and most recently last year by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. It will play to 7,528-yards and to par-72 for the finals; it has a slope of 149 and a rating of 81.4 with the traditional par-72 configuration of 10 par-4 holes, four par-3s and four par-5s. It should be a treat for the participants – the guest green fees are $389

"I have heard very positive things about the re-design from Gil Hanse," Edwards said. "Last year it was very new so it was incredibly firm. It will be interesting to see how it plays this year because the course is very long. It will challenge every aspect of your game, which is what you expect from a championship course."

After an early practice round at 7 a.m. at La Costa on Thursday, the Buffs will tee off on No. 10 in 11-minute intervals beginning at 7:25 a.m. (PDT, 8:25 a.m. MDT) on Friday and off No. 1 at 12:45 p.m. PDT Saturday. CU will be paired with the 23rd and 24th seeds, No. 31 UNLV and No. 36 Purdue for each round. Live scoring can be found on-line at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236552/scoring/team. The Golf Channel will provide several hours of coverage of the final round on Monday and the match play competition that follows.

NOTES: Colorado played a practice round Wednesday at La Jolla Country Club, and were joined by former Buff Michael Feuerstein, who is from La Jolla, and PGA/LIV Tour star Phil Mickelson … The weather forecast calls for the high temperature each day to hover around 70 degrees with partly cloudy skies, minimal winds and no precipitation expected … The NCAA started adopting the sixth-man format eight years ago where teams can enter six players, with five designated scorers and the sixth utilized as a substitute or the preferred word, "alternate" … All five Buff seniors – Biwer, Holland, McDermott, Tucker Clark and Freddy Eisenbeis – graduated on May 8, keeping a perfect 100 percent graduate rate for all 42 players Edwards has had on his rosters in his 19 seasons … Colorado owns a 173-28-2 record against Division I competition thus far this season, fourth-best in the nation with an 85.7 winning percentage, but is first in overall wins … Biwer, because he earned regional berths twice as an individual has played the fourth-most rounds in NCAA tournaments in school history – 15 – and will tie or pass Matt Zions for the most; Zions played 18 rounds combined in four regionals and two finals; Biwer is already just the eight Buff to play in the NCAA's all four years while at CU … The highest CU has been ranked this season was 27th back in March (though were ranked 25th in the Golf Channel's preseason poll); a reminder that 308 teams play in Division I … This will be the fifth time CU will play as a team in an NCAA event in the state of California (two finals in 1968 and 1981 – both in Palo Alto – and regionals in 2009 in Daly City and 2018 in Stockton) ... CU is one of five Big 12 Conference schools that advanced to the finals – the last league school to win the NCAA's was former member Texas in 2022 (3-2 over Arizona State); the last current member to emerge as champion was Oklahoma State in 2018 (5-0 over Alabama, who was the last repeat champion in 2013 & 2014).

2024 NCAA FINALS RECAP: It appears par was a good score a year ago at La Costa, as only one of the eight teams that advanced to match play was under par: Illinois at 6-under. The Illini bested runner-up Vanderbilt by 16 strokes, with the final qualifier, Georgia Tech at 25-over par. Tech's Hiroshi Tai was the medalist, one of 10 players under par in winning by a stroke (73-73-69-71—285, -3). The average score for the designated scorer for the eight advancing teams was 72.8. Auburn won the national title, defeating Florida State 3-2 in the match play final; the Tigers and Tai both return in an attempt to defend their titles.

GEOGRAPHY SNAPSHOT: The North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., about 25 miles due north of San Diego, roughly two miles from the Pacific Ocean. The average elevation of Carlsbad (52 feet) bodes well for the Buffaloes – in four events this season that Colorado has competed in this season where the elevation has been under 100 feet, CU has finished second three times: Hawaii's Ka'anapali Classic (3-10'), San Diego's Lamkin (72') and Stanford's "The Goodwin" (30'), and third in the Northwest/Bremerton Regional (39').
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Looks like a solid start to the Championships as the #29 Buffs have ended the 1st round tied with #49 Cal for the top score (+1) in the morning wave of teams.

Note - It does look it's all the higher ranked teams in the afternoon wave, so it will be interesting to see where the Buffs stand in the leaderboard at the end of the day.
 
At the end of the day, CU's +1 finds them in a 3 way tie for 8th with BYU and Cal after round 1. After being in the morning wave today, they'll be in the afternoon tomorrow, with the 1st Buff scheduled to tee off at 1:45 PM (assume that's Pacific time?). CU was paced by Justin Biwer, whose -4 puts him in a MANY player tie for 4th.
(Re BYU, with their prohibition against playing on Sunday's, they were allowed to play what the NCAA is calling their 3rd round alone yesterday, where it looks like they shot another +1. That +1 doesn't count or show on the main leaderboard yet, and assume it may not appear until everyone else is playing their 3rd round on Sunday.)







Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/5/23/...in-tie-for-eighth-at-ncaa-championship-finals

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Golfers Open In Tie For Eighth At NCAA Championship Finals​

Senior Biwer Leading The Way With a 4-under par 68; Tied For Fourth

By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The University of Colorado men's golf team opened play here in the 127th Annual NCAA Championship Finals in a tie for eighth place, the Buffaloes second-best ever start in 17 appearances in the event.

No. 8 ranked and sixth-seed Oklahoma has built a five-stroke lead after the first round, as three Sooners recorded subpar scores contributing to an 8-under par 280 team score. Three are tied for second with 3-under 285 tallies: No. 4 Texas, No. 7 Florida and No. 9 Florida State (the fourth, seventh- and ninth-seeds). Then three more are tied for fifth with 2-under 286 totals: No. 1 Auburn, No. 5 Florida State and No. 12 Illinois (the top, fifth- and 11th-seeds).

Colorado, ranked 29th but is the 22nd seed, hung around even par all round, ranging for the most part between 2-under and 2-over before finishing with a 1-over 289 score, tying the Buffs for eighth with BYU and California. CU and Cal were the "leaders in the clubhouse" after the morning round, though with the staggered starting times of the afternoon schools starting before their rounds were complete, neither actually was ever leading the tournament.
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"'Overall a very good start to the tournament," head coach Roy Edwards said. "Justin had a really strong round and was very consistent all day. Dylan hung in there and Brandon's round of even was very good as well. Ty was off his game but really hung in there at the end and did a nice job. Hunter didn't play his best but this is a good course for him and he will have a good rest of the week.

"We will likely end up in the top 10, but there is almost always a big advantage to playing in the morning," he added. "We play in the afternoon tomorrow, when the wind has a tendency to pick up, so we just have to do what we've done all season, and that's staying in the proper mindset. The team's main goal all week is just to be consistent in that mindset and attitude, and our competitiveness today was indicative of that."
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The second round will be Saturday; the Buffaloes will this time start on the No. 1 and will again be paired with UNLV and Purdue starting in 11-minute intervals at 1:45 p.m. MDT. The third round is Sunday, when after which the field will be cut to 15 teams and nine individuals not associated with those advancing, with the fourth round on Monday (Memorial Day) with the top eight teams qualifying for the match play portion (quarter- and semifinals Tuesday, finals Wednesday).
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TEAM STANDINGS
1.Oklahoma280
2.Florida285
2.Texas285
2.Florida State285
5.Arizona State286
5,Auburn286
5.Illinois286
T8.COLORADO 289
T8.California289
T8.BYU289
11.Georgia291
T12.Troy292
T12.Texas Tech292
T14.Georgia Tech293
T14.Mississippi293
T14.Oklahoma State293
T14.Pepperdine293
T14.South Florida293
T19.San Diego294
T19.Vanderbilt294
21.Augusta295
22.Wake Forest296
T23.New Mexico297
T23.Texas A&M297
T25.Nevada-Las Vegas299
T25.Virginia299
T27.UCLA301
28.South Carolina302
29.Tennessee304
30.Purdue307

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Since it kind of gets buried in the articles, here's where you can follow the live scoreboard:

SCOREBOARD

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ASU's now in the lead after a scorching (-9) front 9.
 
The team had a tougher round today, shooting +10, so now sit at +11 overall. They are now in a 3 way tie for 12th, and more importantly 7 strokes out of 8th*** heading into tomorrow's final round. 7 strokes isn't insurmountable, but of course with the great general qualify of the field it will be a big challenge.
(***For those not following closely, it's the top 8 after tomorrow's 3rd round who advance to the match play final portion of the Championships that begin on Monday.)

 
I was, as often happens, nearly totally off on how the Championships is formatted. Today is actually a cut day where the top 15 teams will advance to a final round of stroke play tomorrow, after which the top 8 finishers will advance to the match play portion which begins on Tuesday.

The Buffs have just teed off today and are showing as the 1st team below the cut line, but look to be in a 3 way tie for 14th at +12, so are right in it if they can put together 4 solid rounds today.
 
Unfortunately a tough day for the team as they tied for the high round of the day with a +21 which equals them finishing the Championships in a tie for 23rd at +33. I'm sure they were looking for a lot more today, but 23rd in the country is still one of the best finishes of ANY Buff team this academic year, and half of the team in Carlsbad this week will be returning next season.

 
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