MOCS MEN'S GOLF NOTEBOOK
NCAA Championship | Prairie Dunes C.C. | Hutchinson, Kan. | Round 1 | May 23, 2014
HOLE-BY-HOLE WITH CHRIS ROBB
3/No. 10/Par 3, 185 yds: Hit approach 25' below hole, 2-putt par.
4/No. 11/Par 4, 535 yds: Drive left-side fairway. Hit right-side green. 2-putt par.
4/No. 12/Par 4, 390 yds: Drive right-center fairway. Approach center/right green. 2-putt par.
4/No. 13/Par 4, 445 yds: Misses fairway left. Short of the green with approach. Chip up & makes par.
3/No. 14/Par 4, 405 yds: Hits fairway and knocks it in to 6-8' on his approach. Drops putt for 1st birdie.
3/No. 15/Par 3, 203 yds: Misses green just off the fringe. Two putts for par.
4/No. 16/Par 4, 426 yds: Fairway & green in regulation. Two-putt par.
5/No. 17/Par 5, 523 yds: Missed the fairway, but reached green in regulation. Two-putt par.
5/No. 18/Par 4, 390 yds: Good drive, but approach went right of green. Good chip, but par effort missed.
4/No. 1/Par 4, 452 yds: Fairway then green & two putts for par.
2/No. 2/Par 3, 165 yds: Nice tee shot leads to second birdie of the day.
5/No. 3/Par 4, 355 yds: Yet another fairway and green, but three-putted for bogey.
3/No. 4/Par 3, 171 yds: Green in regulation, two-putt par.
4/No. 5/Par 4, 477 yds: Solid ball-striking continues with fairway & green. Another par.
4/No. 6/Par 4, 387 yds: Just missed fairway, but found the green. Birdie effort just missed.
4/No. 7/Par 5, 512 yds: Missed fairway but was just over green in two. Up-and-down for birdie.
4/No. 8/Par 4, 468 yds: Fairway & green with treacherous birdie putt. Well struck leading to tap-in par.
4/No. 9/Par 4, 452 yds: Right-side of the fairway and then right & below the hole. Two-putt par.
PLAYING PARTNERS
Robb is paired with the same duo for the opening two rounds with one coming from another Tennessee school. Austin Peay's Marco Iten and Wake Forest's Cyrus Stewart joined him on the 10th tee today at 10 a.m., Eastern time. They join together again Saturday at 3:20 p.m., heading off No. 1. Both rounds, they serve as the final group of their wave. Iten turned in a 72 while Stewart carded 76.
QUICK HITS
- -10 over his last 162 holes (9 rounds).
- 69 is his best round in NCAA Championship play…low NCAA postseason score is 67 at last week's Eugene Regional…
- Nailed 15 of 18 greens in regulation including his last nine and 11 of the final 12.
- Hit 10 of 14 fairways, a must on this course. All four misses were not by much.
- Totaled 32 putts.
- Seventh round in the 60's for the season, 16th for his career…3rd in NCAA postseason.
- 14 par or better cards in 2013-14, 41 for his career…6th in NCAA postseason.
- Three birdies today leaves him two shy of 100 for the season…the 98 are a career best…previous high was 92 in 2011-12…looking to become the 15th Moc to accomplish 100 or more birdies in a season.
- 13 pars on the round…his four on the par four 16th was the 400th of his career…now has 407…needs 20 more for 1500 in his career.