After college football, my second-favorite sport to watch is golf, so I'll take any chance to throw it a little love. In this case, it's well-deserved.
The year is young, but UNT remains perfect in men's and women's golf after the ladies won the Rose City Collegiate on Tuesday in Portland, Ore., by three strokes over Oregon State (889-892). UNT's Kelsey Kipp outdueled OSU's Whitney French in a 12-hole playoff. Kipp, who shot a 1-under 215 over three days, shot a 2-under 70 to force the playoff with French, who had a 72. Their final round eventually lasted about three hours.
UNT's women are 2-0 after winning their own tournament a few weeks back at Champions Circle next to TMS. The men, after winning the UT-Arlington/Waterchase Invitational that week in Fort Worth, are headed to an event this week in Albuquerque, N.M., presumably confident they can post low scores and return with another good team result.
Congrats to both golf teams on the hot start. As for any rankings out there, UNT's women actually fell 10 spots to 36th in Division I in the Golfstat computer rankings, despite winning. Go figure. The men are 10th in Golfstat. A new Golf World/Nike Coaches poll hasn't been released since the Sept. 1 preseason poll that saw UNT's men get one vote. In the latest Golfweek men's rankings, UNT is 28th. Golfweek hasn't released an updated women's list.
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