By Herb Page
Head Coach
We are at Rich Harvest Farms for the start of the NCAA Sugar Grove Regional. This is a beautiful private course about an hour west of Chicago, and of course it is the same course where we won the Mid-American Conference Championship in 2012.
It was pretty cool during our practice round with a high only in the mid-50’s, so we were wearing stocking caps and bundled up for most of the round, which is too bad for mid-May. It is going to be cold and rainy again this morning when we start the first round.
In fact, the temperature is not supposed to get to 60 for the entire tournament. With it being so cool, the ball may not go as far this week.
Even with the weather, the course is immaculate. It is also very difficult. The greens are running at about 12 on the Stimpmeter. It will be a very good test of golf.
There are seven or eight holes out here where, if you are not careful, you can make some very big numbers. The 18th is a good example. Yesterday it was playing 460 yards into the wind with a hazard left and a hazard right. On holes like that, you have to be very patient. We hope it doesn’t happen, but our guys have to accept it when they hit a bad shot, stay patient and accept a bogey. Our goal is to stay away from those big numbers and understand that if you can make a par on some of these tough holes, it may feel like a birdie.
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