NCCGA Madness Results and Recap

Hello college golfers! Hopefully your final few weeks of the school year aren't being so busy that they're keeping you off the course.

Before I get to the results, I want to say congratulations to the NCCGA National Championship qualifiers that get the opportunity to travel to New Jersey next weekend. The #RoadtoJersey is coming to a close... Who's gonna take home the trophy?

As you all know, the Connecticut Huskies prevailed in this year's NCAA basketball championship game... Both the men and the women!

Despite Wisconsin finally getting knocked out of the tournament in the final four by Kentucky, the Badger contingent of NCCGA Madness should be happy to know they captured the team title of our competition by a wide margin. Here are the FINAL team standings:

1 Wisconsin

4060

2 Ohio State

3750

3 Baylor

3590

4 Missouri

3400

5 Virginia

3360

6 Iowa State

3340

7 Boston College

3240

8 Central Washington

3180

9 NCCGA Leadership

3080

10 Pittsburgh

3040

 

The top three teams not only did well in NCCGA Madness, they also qualified for the National Championship in New Jersey. Think they'll finish in the same order there??

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As for the individuals, here is the FINAL leaderboard:

1 Eric Prince Kentucky

980

2 Ron Koth Illinois State

920

3 Dominic Ricasoli Duquesne

900

4 Ben Leon Georgia

860

5 Brad Buchberger Central Washington

850

6 Tyler Piddington Wisconsin

830

6 Tom Cox Wisconsin

830

8 Dave Pytel Baylor

820

8 Kris Cummings Ohio State

820

10 Zack Dhionis New Hampshire

810

10 Aaron Krueger Wisconsin

810

10 Bill Donovan Missouri

810

 

So while Kentucky ended up losing to UCONN in the championship game, Eric Prince's faith in his Wildcats to get as far as they did helped propel him to the top of the field in the first-ever NCCGA Madness. Congratulations Mr. Prince! You'll be taking home a sweet prize pack including a dozen Srixon Z-Star balls, a Srixon hat, and a NextGenGolf/NCCGA #PLAYER T-shirt. Be sure to contact Mike Belkin at mike@nextgengolf.org to collect your prizes.

Overall, the first ever NCCGA Madness event was a success. 192 people competed this year, but with the rate golf is growing these days, I expect many more to sign up next year!

**Kevin Fitzpatrick is a junior at Iowa State University. Follow him on twitter @KFitzy87