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Originally Posted by stadler
obviously a disappointing result today. when i left the course i felt like i played poorly but went back and looked at some of the scores for other matches and how they played out relative to par. there were some absolute pillow fights with guys shooting +6 to +9 and winning, think i saw a guy win 4&3 at roughly +6. scores were high cause it was pretty windy. greg was E, I was +3, he played really well and was scrambling like crazy...there wouldn't have been any real variation from what the MP scorecard showed based on how things played out. i hit it average, chipped average, putted average and if one of those was better maybe its a close match, and if i do two of them better today i felt i would have won.
even if i advanced today i had a tough one coming next playing dale/rodgers. greg and i were both 1st team all-americans this year along with rodgers...dale was second team so definitely a tough draw for my part of the bracket. unfortunately thats the nature of match play.
regarding walker cup, ill find out this weekend or early next week. there are certain scenarios that help my chances, mainly a foreigner winning this week. so i will have to wait and see. i feel like i have played well enough but it is hard to predict how the usga will select because results are only part of the process.
thanks for the support guys. wish i could have made a sick run again, but thats golf.
Hey thanks for your assessment. Shows how deep the amateur field is that a guy who made the cut at the US Open could play average and lose by 3 in the first round.
Really hope you make the Walker Cup. Would love to hear a comparison of the pressure in that versus the Masters given how the pros hype up the pressure in the team events.