Best of the Weekend: Oklahoma State wins The Maxwell and more
17 Apr 2017
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
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(April 17, 2017) - In the men's college game
there
was time for some final tuneups this weekend. At
The Maxwell
Oklahoma State won their fourth event of the
year
while NC State won their own
Wolfpack Spring
Open.
While the men wrapped up the regular
season
the women got postseason play underway and it
was the ACC that was the first of the five power
conferences to take the stage. Playing at The
Reserve Golf Club of Pawleys Island, Duke took
home
their 20th conference title in program history.
Award season began last Friday with
Stanford
senior Maverick McNealy winning the Byron
Nelson Award.
While top-ranked USC awaits the beginning
of
postseason play star freshman Cheng Jin got a
chance to play
in the PGA Tour's RBC Heritage.
As mentioned above everything is set for the
full rollout of postseason play so don't miss our
look
at the complete Power Five Conference schedule.
ADDITIONAL NEWS
-Wright Waddell of Columbus, playing at his
home club, defeats Mark Nickerson of Roswell, 3
and
2, to win the
Georgia
Senior Match Play Championship
-
Rounds of 66-69 and a 9-under finish have
propelled
Cole Ponich to the title at the
Future Champions Golf Las Vegas
Championship-Despite shooting
a
3-over 74 on the second day of stroke play
qualifying at the West of Ireland Open Amateur
Conor O'Rourke was able to finish
atop
the
standings