A year ago was a different story for this Ole Miss men's golf team, who made it through a regional in Austin, Texas and all the way to the stroke play portion of the national championship for the first time since 2001, highlighted by Braden Thornberry torching the field and winning the individual national title.
There was a newness there. The program was in rare air, at a place it hadn't been in 16 years.
This year? There's a calm sense of confidence amongst this battle-tested group. It starts with Thornberry, who's gotten used to being the hunted at every event he tees up at.