I players usually dominate the statistical categories, especially when you look at scoring average. The Golfstat Cup, which is given to the college player with the lowest scoring average, has always been won by a Division I player. The finest stroke play events for collegiate players are the NCAA Championships and the World Amateur Team Championships, a biennial event conducted by the World Amateur Golf Council. The WATC format is very similar to college golf where one score is dropped each day. In all my years of attending and scoring college golf tournaments I have found some consistent patterns in the pace of play.
First rounds seem to take forever.
Second rounds feel quicker even though they aren't, and final rounds do speed up, but not by that much. Such was the case again this week as I was at the Ironwood Intercollegiate in Greenville, North Carolina where we unveiled and tested some new live scoring software specifically designed for college golf. While there are some solutions to promote speedier play, I think the perception of what that pace should be is more of a problem. There was a lot of talk this week about the possibility that bad weather predictions contained a bit of hype. But bad weather has certainly been the early winner in college golf this spring.