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NCAA Men’s Individual recap: Michal La Sasso steps up; watch for ASU in match play | Golf Central
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ACTUAL BRACKETS. THIS IS WHAT STANDS IN THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE THE EIGHT TEAMS MOVING ON. ALL RIGHT, STEVE AND BRENTLEY HAVE BEEN ON-SITE FOR US THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY’RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB, AS WELL. SO, GENTS, WE HAVE ANOTHER OCCASION TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE THIS NEW INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPION, WHILE WE’RE ALSO LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD NOT THAT FAR AT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE BRACKETS. >> YEAH, A LOT TO DIGEST AFTER THIS MONDAY HERE AT LA COSTA, MATT. WE’LL START WITH THE INDIVIDUAL RACE. MICHAEL LA SASSO, THE JUNIOR FOR THE OLE MISS REBELS. SECOND REBEL TO WIN AN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP. HE HAD SOME MOMENTS WHERE IT WAS — OKAY, IS ANOTHER SPEED BUMP GOING TO POP UP, BRENTLEY, IN A CAREER, AT LEAST, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, HE’S HAD PLENTY OF THINGS TO DEAL WITH, OFF THE COURSE, THAT MAYBE HARDENED HIM FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS. >> YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A HUGE ED ADVANTAGE TEEING OFF EARLIER THE BACK NINE, GET THROUGH THAT TOUGH STRETCH EARLY, BUT YOU’RE RIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT TO ALL THE ADVERSITY THAT HE’S BATTLED THROUGH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PLUG LIES THAT HE GOT ON 15 AND 17, DOUBLE BOGEYED BOTH HOLES, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO LAST YEAR AT THE S.E.C. CHAMPIONSHIP, A STOMACH VIRUS TOOK HIM OUT, NOT ONLY THAT WEEK, BUT HE DIDN’T COUNT AT REGIONALS, HE HAD A TERRIBLE SUMMER. AND I GO BACK TO A MOMENT ON THE PUTTING GREEN AT OLE MISS, FIRST DAY OF THE FALL, HE’S SITTING THERE, LIKE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? HE HAD NO CONFIDENCE. AND EMERSON NEWMAN CAME UP TO HIM AND SAID, SNAP OUT OF IT. LIKE, COME ON. YOU GOT TO GO. LO AND BEHOLD, HE HAS AN ALL-AMERICAN SEASON, AND TURNS, YOU KNOW, TURNS THE BOOSTERS ON ON THAT FINAL NINE, AND WINS THE NCAA VAGUE TITLE. >> YOU THINK ABOUT BRADEN THORNBERRY DOING THE SAME THING, 2017, OUTLASTING SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AT RICH HARVEST FARMS. THEY HAVE A BOND AND A CONNECTION THAT BRADEN SORT OF SHOWED THE WAY FOR MICHAEL TO DO IT HERE THIS WEEK AT LA COSTA. >> YEAH, ANY TIME YOU CAN LEAN ON SOMEONE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS BRADEN THORNBERRY, BUT I THINK BRADEN HAS A PERSPECTIVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T. HE WAS THE LAST MEMBER OF THAT 2017 U.S. WALKER CUP TEAM TO MAKE IT TO THE PGA TOUR. FOR YEARS, HE WAS GRINDING ON THE MINI TOURS, THINKING, AM I EVER GOING TO GET THERE? YOU COULD DRAW A PARALLEL BETWEEN HIM AND MICHAEL LA SAYS SOAP. SASSO. AM I EVER GOING TO GET TO THAT LEVEL? THAT’S WHY HE TRANSFERRED FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE TO OLE MISS, IS TO GET INTO THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS M AND I WAS TALKING TO CHRIS MALLOY EARLIER, HE SAID, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, IS WHEN MICHAEL LA SASSO TURNED INTO A PLAYER WHO IS READY FOR THIS MOMENT, WHO WON’T GET DOWN ON HIMSELF WHEN THINGS GO HAYWIRE. AND HE’S GOING TO PLAY IN SOME BIG EVENTS COMING UP IN THE U.S. OPEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LIKELY INVITE TO THE MASTERS NEXT SPRING. >> THAT’S THE INDIVIDUAL PORTION OF THIS MONDAY, NOW, THE TEAMS MOVING ONTO MATCH PLAY STARTING TUESDAY MORNING. VIRGINIA, THE MEN, DID WHAT THE WOMEN DID A WEEK AGO. THEY POSTED, THEY WAITED, WERE THEY ABLE TO DO ENOUGH? THEY DID. THE OLE MISS REBELS ALSO MOVING ON, BUT IT MIGHT BE FLORIDA STATE, THE STORY THAT FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, EVERYONE THOUGHT THE SEMINOLES WOULD BE PLAYING TOMORROW. THAT’S NOT THE CASE. >> LOOK, THEY’VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY DEVASTATING SITUATIONS HERE AT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO TWO YEARS AGO AT GRAY HAWK WITH FLORIDA UPENDING THEM IN THE SEMIFINALS. LAST YEAR, AUBURN GETTING THEM ON THE 17th HOLE. LUKE LOSING TO J.M. BUTLER IN THE DECIDING MATCH. ALL THE SUCCESS THAT LUKE HAD, HE’S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE ON THE PGA TOUR THIS SUMMER COURTESY OF THE PGA TOUR UNIVERSITY ACCELERATED PROGRAM, BUT ANY TIME HE TALKED TO MEDIA AT THE TOUR EVENTS, HE TALKED ABOUT GETTING BACK HERE, GETTING THAT REVENGE. JUST UNFORTUNATE. HE SHOOTS 76 TODAY, AND IT’S REALLY HARD TO OVERCOME YOUR BEST PLAYER PLAYING LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS A YOUNG TEAM OTHERWISE. WE KNOW THEY’LL BOUNCE BACK. THEY’LL GET BACK HERE, THEY’LL GET ANOTHER SHOT. AND WE KNOW LUKE, ALL THE TALENT IN THE WORLD. I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF THIS INSPIRES HIM TO MAKE A RUN. PERHAPS WE’LL SEE HIM AT BETHPAGE LATER THIS YEAR. >> TOMORROW, A QUICK TURNAROUND TO THE QUARTERFINALS, ABOUT 12 HOURS OR SO FROM NOW. WHAT JUMPS OFF THE PAGE TO YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE FOUR MATCH-UPS OF WHAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE HERE EARLY IN THE MORNING? >> WELL, WE ALL KNOW THE TOP SEED IN MATCH PLAY ALMOST NEVER WINS. OKLAHOMA STATE IN 2018, THE ONLY TEAM TO DO THAT. BUT I CAN’T HELP BUT HIGHLIGHT ARIZONA STATE. A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE A TOP SEED AT REGIONALS, DIDN’T GET THROUGH. AND MATT THURMOND SAID, LOOK, WE JUST GOT CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED. WELL GOT CAUGHT COMPLACENT. AND WHEN YOU WIN A LOT AND EXPERIENCE A LOT OF SUCCESS, THAT CAN BE THE WORST THING FOR YOU. SO, THIS IS A TEAM THAT I THINK REALLY STAYED GROUNDED THIS YEAR. THEY’VE WON JUST — THEY WON THREE TIMES, JUST LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR, BUT THEY’VE — THEY’VE ALMOST SPACED IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. I THINK THEY’VE CONTENDED, THEY’VE GOTTEN IT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. CONNOR WILLIAMS, SAN DIEGO NATIVE, HAS STEPPED UP WHEN PRESTON SUMMERHAYS HASN’T, THEY’VE HAM AND EGGED IT REALLY WELL. I REALLY LIKE THIS TEAM COMING OFF WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, TO REALLY MAKE A RUN — WE EXPECT IT AT GRAY HAWK, IT DOESN’T, MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN HERE. >> ALL BURN AND VIRGINIA. AND THEN MATT, BEDLAM. ANY TIME OKLAHOMA AND OKLAHOMA STATE CAN PLAY A GAME, YOU KNOW THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT ON THE LINE. WE CAN’T WAIT TO BRING IT ALL TO YOU TOMORROW. >> LOVE THE INSIGHTS AND THE EMOTION BEHIND IT. CANNOT WAIT. THANKS, AGAIN, FOR EVERYTHING. A REMINDER, YOU JUST HEARD STEVE SAYING THAT IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY QUICK PIVOT. WELL, OUR COVERAGE OF THE
