The inaugural Blessings Collegiate Invitational is pretty unique.
Like many college tournaments, it’s a 54-hole event where teams of five count their four best scores. So what makes it unique?
For starters, it’s a conference-only event featuring all 14 schools in the SEC. On top of that, men’s and women’s teams are competing on the same course at the same time. Here’s where it gets interesting. Due to the pandemic, instead of being paired with other schools, teams are playing together, with all five golfers per team competing on the same hole – women first, then the men.
I watched this tournament and what happened to Goff and Wolcott.
Goff was leading by 4 strokes after finishing 17th hole, then hit the wrong ball out of the fairway bunker on the final hole with 2 stroke penalty. In the meantime Wolcott made a birdie on 17th hole.
Wolcott had 3 feet putt to tie Goff and win according to the prespecified rule that unties and awards the win by the player whose score is lower on the final day.
Wolcott missed the putt by lip out.
Goff was carrying his best golfing buddy's golf bag instead of his own bag in memory of his friend
who died recently of osteosarcoma at age 20.
Such is golf. Such is life.
Sometimes it is impossible to separate one from the other.
You should watch the interview at the end and see Goff being unable to stop crying talking about his late great friend.
The inaugural Blessings Collegiate Invitational is pretty unique.
Like many college tournaments, it’s a 54-hole event where teams of five count their four best scores. So what makes it unique?
For starters, it’s a conference-only event featuring all 14 schools in the SEC. On top of that, men’s and women’s teams are competing on the same course at the same time. Here’s where it gets interesting. Due to the pandemic, instead of being paired with other schools, teams are playing together, with all five golfers per team competing on the same hole – women first, then the men.
I watched this tournament and what happened to Goff and Wolcott.
Goff was leading by 4 strokes after finishing 17th hole, then hit the wrong ball out of the fairway bunker on the final hole with 2 stroke penalty. In the meantime Wolcott made a birdie on 17th hole.
Wolcott had 3 feet putt to tie Goff and win according to the prespecified rule that unties and awards the win by the player whose score is lower on the final day.
Wolcott missed the putt by lip out.
Goff was carrying his best golfing buddy's golf bag instead of his own bag in memory of his friend
who died recently of osteosarcoma at age 20.
Such is golf. Such is life.
Sometimes it is impossible to separate one from the other.
You should watch the interview at the end and see Goff being unable to stop crying talking about his late great friend.
This is a moving story indeed.