That is the mindset that players and fans should have about the season that just concluded on Sunday. Illinois shot a three-round total of +51 which put them in the bottom three of the NCAA Championship and nearly 20 strokes from getting to Monday. But, while the NCAA Championships didn’t go as planned, that doesn’t mean the entire Illini Nation isn’t proud of these kids.
Coming into the season, Illinois was trying to figure out who was going to replace two of the greatest golfers to every come through the program. Dylan Meyer and Nick Hardy graduated and left two massive holes in the team.