Bunch of damn Johnny Millers, thinking every bad shot, hole, round, etc. is because of nerves.
The team didn't do shit on the final 11 holes, but it seems crazy to say Davis Womble who shot 77-72-70 choked on Sunday. Same for Danny Guise who shot 75-77-72, but he was -3 at one point in his round Sunday, so he clearly choked! Waugh looks like the guy who struggled the most; considering he was 2nd in the individual race heading into Sunday, it's possible he tightened up after his eagle on #4.
I am more likely to believe the guys were treeing on the 1st 6-7 holes and fell down to earth after that. As a team, we were 11 shots worse on the back 9 than front 9. GT shot the best round of the entire tournament Sunday to win the tournament by 6 shots. They were 9 shots worse on the back 9.
Never having seen any of these golfers hit a shot, I am going to hold off saying they choked.
IMO, kind of hard to call it a choke when WF was seeded 6th and finished 6th. GT was the top ranked team in the ACC, and they won. BTW, WF had played in mulitple tournaments going back to the Fall against GT, Clemson, UVA and VT, and never finished ahead of any of them in any tournament. This really makes it hard to claim that losing to the same teams again was a choke.
Alos, WF was playing ahead of the GT groups; so, while WF technically held the "lead" it was a function of WF having played more holes than GT as the winning score was going to be substantially under par. I understand that WF had a bad final 9 holes, but based upon the final results, that was as much of function of a team performing back to the norm as opposed to choking.
Perceive a choke when a favored team loses to a less talented team. Not when teams that have beaten you all year continue to beat you.
I mean, 3 of our 5 players had their worst 9's for the entire 3 round tournament on the back 9 the last day. Another had his 2nd worst 9 instead. I think people must have different definitions of choking than I do. If you start out with 3 straight birdies and then 5-putt 18 to shoot even, it's still choking, even if even is a good score.
Womble was the only player who showed up on the back 9 on Sunday. They have tons of potential, but no real way to sugarcoat this one. Our other 4 were +10 on the final 9 alone. Combine their previous 6 back 9's in the first 2 rounds and they were -4.
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I have been tough on our previous performances but these kids shouldn't bear the blame for all the years of futility.
I am betting those who label the entire team a bunch of chokes (a) weren't there to see any of the golf and (b) haven't played in anything more serious than a member guest.
Well except for the fact that wake isn't actually 21st after day one. Wake will be fine. Were only two shots behind Clemson who is a top 15 team and there are two days left. Get top 8 and get out of dodge
But that is the classic definition of a choke.