Chris Schenkel was the first broadcaster to cover #themasters on tv in 1956. In 1971, a #collegegolf tournament was created by @GaSouthernGolf in his honor

The latest 5Count4 newsletter has a decidedly historic theme highlighting recent atypical 🏆s
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Quick 9: Atypical Trophies VII Spring 2025

After a bit of a hiatus to work on the date side of things, we're back in a big way with two Spring 2025 #collegegolf Atypical Trophies post!
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Valspar was supposed to be Luke Clanton's first Tour start. He tees it up as a soon-to-be member instead Luke Clanton's first Tour start was supposed to be this week's Valspar Championship. He'll instead tee it up with a Tour card in hand.

It has been almost a year since Luke Clanton earned his exemption into the Valspar Championship. He thought it was going to be his first PGA Tour start.

Instead, he'll tee at the Copperhead as a soon-to-be Tour member golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Historic Tournaments: The Amer Ari AMER ARI INVITATIONAL

The Amer Ari is one of the top regular season #collegegolf tournaments, annually bringing several of the top men's teams to Hawaii. Get to know more about the history (which includes a rare Tiger Woods lost playoff) & Mikkel's first-hand account on what makes this event so unique
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How these 2 amateurs could have PGA Tour cards by the end of the Farmers Insurance Open Not one, but two amateurs could earn their PGA Tour cards by the end of the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday. Here's how.

The top-two amateurs in WAGR are in the field this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, and they could both earn their PGA Tour card by the end of the week.

Here's how: golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...

College Golf Museum: 1995 ASU Autographs Collection of autographs from the 1994-95 Arizona State women's golf team who would go on to three-peat as NCAA champions

This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest seasons in college golf history when the Arizona State women capped off an undefeated season with their NCAA team title three-peat

This signed newspaper article makes for a cool museum piece with a great story!
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The Amer Ari is one of those #collegegolf events you have likely heard of but might not know too much about besides the fact it's played in Hawaii. There's lots of cool history from 30+ years of playing this tournament which we highlighted for Scoreboard
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The 1978 #collegegolf men's championship marked the official changeover from aggregate (end the end) to daily 5count4 scoring. We explore the history of this change and What-If the old scoring method had been used

Would love for you to read
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It's been a busy but extremely rewarding year writing for the 5count4 substack, MikkelGolf substack, and the Clippd Scoreboard site

Wanted to do one last 2024 post to reflect on the year w/ links to everything. I hope these posts have been addictive to the #collegegolf community
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You might not know the name OD Vincent, however the former Washington/UCLA/Duke hall of fame men's #collegegolf coach had an interesting long-term impact on not only those programs but also Charlotte and (eventually) UNC
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The Fall #collegegolf season is over but that just means there's time to catch up on seeing the new trophy case additions!

Went for a Quick9️⃣ today and saw some "destination" event hardware as well as more 🏆 honoring some special people
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You could say that about college golf in general! It really is an incredible revelation for me that the deeper I go on this topic, the closer I get to the land and course architecture enlightenment

a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in his hand in front of a sign that says `` more '' . ALT: a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in his hand in front of a sign that says `` more '' .

Please do have that hour+ conversation on college courses and be sure to record it

Golf Architecture Mailbag: College Courses, Value Golf Trips, & More | The Fried Egg Golf Podcast YouTube video by Fried Egg Golf

Today's Fried Egg Golf pod starts with an extended discussion of college golf course (s/o @lwethekam.bsky.social for the question), then delves into value golf trips, the poa invasion at Bandon, the worst holes on great courses, and more. Always enjoy a mailbag! youtu.be/5DmSt_mdtwU?...

What does the NCAA, USGA, GCAA, and a majority of college golf have in common? They don't seem to know anything about these men's championship 🏆🏆 that predate every other award in the sport

Come read more about the hunt for these lost treasures
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The LPGA has announced the Elite Amateur Pathway program, a program providing top amateur female golfers a new path to LPGA Tour Membership starting in 2025

Better late than never!

Texas A&M senior Adela Cernousek, the reigning NCAA individual champion, is turning pro.

Big loss for the Aggies, but what an amateur career for Cernousek

What is the Belichick-coaching-tree of golf architecture?

Maybe it will happen by 2034 since something about anniversaries motivates people (in this case 100 years since their first of consecutive pre-NCAAchampionships) 🤷🏼‍♂️ I'd officially like to petition that "Western Vandals" gets put on a plaque or something

What a great question!

Mikkel and I teamed up to take a look at one of the uniquely challenging #collegegolf tournaments of the Fall season. Would love for you to check out the interesting history and data of this cool Pebble Beach event!

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LPGA set to unveil new way for superstar amateurs to bypass Q-School The LPGA informed players of the changes during The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican.

This is GREAT news for women’s college golf and the LPGA golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/11/15/l...

Mikkel and I teamed up to take a look at one of the uniquely challenging #collegegolf tournaments of the Fall season. Would love for you to check out the interesting history and data of this cool Pebble Beach event!

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Maybe we could get on this list as well?

Hello world, with a bit of a twist...

Tiger Woods was an incredibly successful #collegegolf player, but is the record book incorrect 🤔
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