A new rule that would allow substitutions in college golf was not approved by the NCAA oversight committee.
Substitutions have been a hot-button issue for years, but the issue received even more attention after Texas star Beau Hossler suffered an injury in the NCAA semifinals and was unable to compete in the championship match.
“While the oversight committee received some support for the substitution concept in match-play competition,” the NCAA said in a release Oct. 12, “it didn’t support substitutions in the stroke-play portion of the championships.”
The men’s golf committee will have an opportunity to submit a revised proposal early next year, and the rule, if passed, could take effect at this year’s NCAAs.