AUGUSTA STATE v GEORGIA FOR NCAA TITLE ON SUNDAY
Title-holders Augusta State University will play Georgia University in an all-Georgia final at the NCAA men's championship over the Karsten Creek course, Stillwater in Oklahoma.
In today's semi-finals, Augusta State bt Oklahoma State 3-2 while Georgia downed Duke 3-2.
Georgia's Carter Newman birdied the 19th to beat Oklahoma State's Sean Einhaus in the decisive match.
Newman had holed clutch putts on both the 17th and 18th greens.
In today's semi-finals, Augusta State bt Oklahoma State 3-2 while Georgia downed Duke 3-2.
Georgia's Carter Newman birdied the 19th to beat Oklahoma State's Sean Einhaus in the decisive match.
Newman had holed clutch putts on both the 17th and 18th greens.
The Jaguars will face Georgia in Sunday's championship. The Bulldogs beat Duke 3-2 with wins by Harris English, Russell Henley and Bryden MacPherson.
The final will pit Augusta State's Patrick Reed -- who hammered US Amateur champion Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State) 8 and 7 -- against his former school. He played for Georgia as a freshman before transferring to Augusta State.Augusta State also got a 3 and 1 win by Henrik Norlander against Kevin Tway, a Ben Hogan Award finalist and the son of PGA golfer Bob Tway.
English beat Brinson Paolini 5 and 4, MacPherson beat Austin Cody 2 and 1, and Henley closed the match out by beating Tim Gornik 3 and 2. Julian Suri and Wes Roach won matches for Duke.
English beat Brinson Paolini 5 and 4, MacPherson beat Austin Cody 2 and 1, and Henley closed the match out by beating Tim Gornik 3 and 2. Julian Suri and Wes Roach won matches for Duke.
Talor Gooch beat Olle Bengtsson 7 and 5, and Morgan Hoffman beat Mitchell Krywulycz by one hole for Oklahoma State's two wins.
With the other four matches seemingly decided, it took a strong finish from Newman to put Augusta State back in the finals. He appeared set to go one down at the 17th until he sank a par putt from 25 feet. He then watched Einhaus get up and down from a bunker before holing from 7ft at the 18th.
That put them down the 19th
Newman got his chance to close it out from about 5 feet after Einhaus hit his drive into the rough and ended up with a far more difficult birdie putt.
That put them down the 19th
Newman got his chance to close it out from about 5 feet after Einhaus hit his drive into the rough and ended up with a far more difficult birdie putt.
"What's so ironic is he (Newman) struggled through his career with his putting and just recently switched to a long putter midway through the spring, and it has completely changed his putting and his approach to the game," coach Gregory said. "He's Captain Clutch."
The stunner for Oklahoma State was how Uihlein, who'll be playing in the U.S. Open in two weeks, and Tway crumbled against the Jaguars for the second straight year.
Reed won the first three holes with a birdie on No. 1 and then back-to-back pars while Uihlein made consecutive bogeys. Then he closed it out by winning six straight holes -- with birdies on Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11. He even won the 10th with a bogey when Uihlein made double.
"He hit it close and then whenever I actually had a chance to maybe hit one inside of him, I hit a bad shot. I just had no momentum. Nothing really just kind of went my way today. Obviously, I'm disappointed but we'll be a little better next year."
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