Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the Sept. 7 issue of Golfweek.
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Some things simply make no sense. Exhibit A in college golf: Match play determines the national team champion, yet the format is nearly nonexistent during the regular season.
Fewer than half of the teams that advanced to match play in the 2015 NCAAs at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla., had competed in match play during the regular season. Most of those teams experienced in the format did so in just two events: Liz Murphey (women) and ACC/SEC Challenge (men).