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(05-17-2014 04:11 PM)joepa66 Wrote:  Unfortunately for the Flashes, even though they shot the best final round of today in their own regional, they finished T7th and do not move on to the Ncaa Championship round. Their 2nd round did them in with a 309 and today they shot a 292 (+4)!

Kudos to Taylor Pendrith who finished T3rd in his region and shot under par in the opening and final rounds with identical cards of -2. Just as unfortunate, despite his stellar play, he will not make the Championships as an individual. My understanding is that they take the 40 lowest scores and I checked the Columbia regional alone and there are 34 players with lower scores than he has. Congrats to Taylor along with fellow seniors Kyle Kmiecik and Corey Conners for great careers.

Taylor did qualify. They take the low individual from the regional that wasn't on a qualifying team.

(05-17-2014 06:38 PM)dannyb73 Wrote:  Taylor did qualify. The take the low individual from the regional that wasn't on a qualifying team.

I stand corrected and congratulate Taylor and wish him luck!

Pendrith Will Represent Kent State At NCAA Finals
5/17/2014 5:05m

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – Taylor Pendrith earned the right to represent Kent State in next week's men's golf national championship at Prairie Dunes in Kansas after finishing in a tie for third place individually on Saturday at the NCAA Sugar Grove Regional.
The Golden Flashes senior shot a 2-under-par 70 at Rich Harvest Farms to complete an 11-spot climb up the leaderboard during the final round. At 2-over-par for the tournament, Pendrith (70-78-70–218) earned a spot in next week's NCAA Championship field as the low player at the regional not on a qualifying team.
Kent State just missed advancing to a fifth straight trip to the finals by four shots despite mounting the final round's most significant charge. The Flashes began the round an imposing 14 shots behind the top-five cutline, but fired a 4-over-par 292 that was the low total for the day posted by the 14 teams on the 7,151-yard, par-72 private course located 50 miles west of Chicago.
Illinois finished at 16-over to win the regional championship while Alabama-Birmingham (18-over), Purdue (30-over), USC (32-over) and California (32-over) earned the other four NCAA qualifying spots. Clemson was sixth at 34-over followed by seventh-seeded Kent State (299-309-292–900) at 36-over.
"I'm very proud of how we fought back," said Kent State head coach Herb Page. "With two or three holes to go, we had the number we needed to get in, but we made just a couple of mistakes at the end. It was really tight. This may end a great run of four years in a row in the NCAA Championships, but people don't understand how hard it is to get out of a regional championship like this with so many great teams.
"I'm disappointed for our team, but it's not a disappointing day. Taylor Pendrith had a great final round with seven birdies and he will get to chase a dream next week at Prairie Dunes."
Kent State began the day on the front nine at Rich Harvest Farms. Pendrith caught fire in the middle of his round, getting birdies at 17 and 18 to turn in 2-under-par 34, then added his third and fourth birdie in a row at holes 1 and 2.
Brian Campbell finished as the Sugar Grove Regional's individual champion at 5-under followed by USC's Anthony Paolucci at 1-under and Pendrith and UAB's Paul Dunne both at 2-over. The closest individuals not on a qualifying team were Pablo Torres of Jacksonville State and Carson Young of Clemson, both at 4-over.
Kent State's final-round charge was also led by sophomore Kody Fry, who mounted a comeback of his own by shooting an even-par 72 just one day after carding an 89 in round two. Fry's day included an eagle-three at the 532-yard seventh hole and three birdies.
Another return to form was completed by senior Kyle Kmiecik, who rebounded from rounds of 84 on Thursday and 79 on Friday to shoot 74 in his final round for the Flashes.
Senior Corey Conners also closed out his brilliant Kent State career, shooting a final-round 76 to finish in 17th place on the individual leaderboard at 8-over for the tournament.
"Kody Fry made a very nice comeback and I'm happy for Kyle Kmiecik with the way he played in his last round," said Page. "That has always been a trait of this team. They are a very resilient group. They all never gave up. We put up a fight, but we just didn't quite finish it off."

Follow Taylor's progress here: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/st..._5096.html

As of this post he was +2 through the first five holes......Good Luck Taylor!

Pendrith finished his first round at +1 and due to the weather delayed first round which was supposed to be played on Friday, he is currently in the second round and is Even through his first five holes! The 40th ranked player is currently T60th!

He's one over after two but a lot of guys still haven't finished. More weather delays. The tournament has been shortened from 4 rounds to 3.

Penrith is T40 after the 2nd of 3 rounds. He is only 3 strokes from a top ten finish though. So if he gets hot tomorrow he can really move up.

Looks like Taylor will finish T69th after a round of 4 over par today. He didn't start well as he made a triple bogey and two double bogeys over the first nine holes to go along with an eagle. The back nine was much better as he managed three birdies in his last five holes, while making a three on the par four 18th hole.

Caught a glimpse of him on the 14th, a hole that he birdied and they even mentioned his name but they never showed him in action. Associate head coach Rob Wakeling was also in the shot.