SUGAR GROVE — Bill Small made the short drive to Rich Harvest Farms on Sunday with Champaign friends Richard Racioppi and Gary Winder to see their favorite golf team. It was well worth it.
“Never a doubt,” Small said.
Illinois, coached by Small’s son Mike, finished third in the stroke play part of the NCAA Championships. The team will be back on the course this morning at 7 a.m. to play Southern Cal in a quarterfinal match.
It marks the fifth consecutive year the Illini have reached the match play round.
Bill Small plans to be there.