Is Ohio State, and Midwest, golf doomed due to weather?

Photo by Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images OSU’s Jaclyn Lee competes in 2018 NCAA championships.Watching the Open golf tournament, from Sandwich, England, a couple of weeks ago got me thinking about collegiate golf and Ohio State golf in particular. The announcers would give the American university affiliations of the top U.S. (and many international) players: Collin Morikawa, Cal; Jordan Spieth, Texas; Jon Rahm, Arizona State; Brooks Koepka, Florida State. Etc., etc. They all went to southern universities or to ones on the west coast. Where’s the Big Ten? When I looked up the top 30, or so, ranked golfers, only Matthew Fitzpatrick had attended a school outside the south or west coast. He went to Northwestern — and left after one semester to turn pro.

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