EUGENE, Ore. — Mike Small is in the running for another national Coach of the Year honor, the Dave Williams Award. His team’s work Saturday at the NCAA men’s golf championships showed why.
After struggling to a 10-over-par opening round the day before, Illinois bounced back with an even-par round at Eugene Country Club.
“It was a solid round,” Small said. “We had a couple hiccups during the first nine, but we persevered through it and played OK.”
The round moved the Illini into the top 10 on the team leaderboard and within range of qualifying for match play.