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USA Today
3 days ago
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- USA Today
This college golf star made an albatross in winning the Missouri Amateur qualifier
This college golf star made an albatross in winning the Missouri Amateur qualifier As far as days on the course go, Missouri men's golfer Veikka Viskari's round on Thursday may be hard to beat. Not only did the Mizzou sophomore from Espoo, Finland, record the best score of the day in his Missouri Amateur Qualifier with a 7-under 64 at The Falls Golf Club in O'Fallon, Missouri, and book his place in the Missouri Amateur Championship field, but Viskari recorded one of the rarest scores in the sport in the process. Viskari made an albatross at the par-five sixth hole, which measures 524 yards from the back tees. An albatross is three strokes under the designated par for the hole, which means he holed his second shot. The feat is more rare than a hole-in-one on a par 3, according to an article from the PGA of America, which places the average player's odds of making an ace at approximately 12,500-1 and the odds of an albatross — a hole-in-one on a par 4 or a 2 on a par 5 — at 6 million-1. Viskari was even par for his round stepping onto the sixth tee after recording two birdies and two bogeys in his opening five holes. He closed his outward nine with a bogey at the eighth and birdie at the ninth to turn in 3-under 33 before firing a bogey-free, 4-under 31 on the back nine with four birdies to win the qualifier. His albatross helped him stave off Fenton's David Strickland, who posted 65 to finish one shot off the top spot. Viskari was one of 33 qualifiers from the O'Fallon site to book their spot in the Missouri Amateur Championship, which will take place at MU's home course, The Club at Old Hawthorne, from June 24-29. The Missouri Amateur Championship is a 144-player event that includes two rounds of stroke play with a 64-player cut. At that point, the advancing players compete in match play — one-on-one knockouts — until a winner is determined. Viskari is one of two Mizzou players currently qualified for the event, as sophomore Brock Snyder finished tied for third in his qualifier at Paradise Pointe Golf Course in Smithville, Missouri, with a 2-under 70. Tolton grad and Columbia local Andrew Fallis, a current Missouri State player, also qualified for the event, posting an even-par 72 to tie for fifth at a qualifier at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, Missouri. More: Border War date: Day announced for Missouri basketball vs Kansas in Kansas City More: Harrison Mevis set to play in UFL playoffs. How former Missouri football kicker has performed Viskari recently wrapped up his sophomore season, which was his first in Columbia after transferring from VCU. He had a 73.58 scoring average over 12 tournaments for head coach Glen Millican's team.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kansas vs Mizzou Rematch Set as KU Announces Non-Conference Hoops Schedule
Kansas vs Mizzou Rematch Set as KU Announces Non-Conference Hoops Schedule originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Kansas basketball dropped its nonconference schedule headed into the 2025-26 season and Missouri made its fourth consecutive appearance, this time around, on a Sunday at T-Mobile Stadium in Kansas City. Advertisement The Tigers come into this contest after a historical victory over the Jayhawks on Dec. 8, 2024, when the team defeated No. 1 Kansas in Mizzou Arena for its first top-ranked victory since 1997. Tigers guard Aidan Shaw (23) celebrates with fans after defeating the Kansas Jayhawks at Mizzou Arena.© Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Tamar Bates exploded for Mizzou, dropping a season and career high 29 points; while Mark Mitchell and Anthony Robinson II added 17 and 11 points, respectively. Mitchell added three blocks and Robinson added five steals, pressing top-ranked Kansas every chance they got. The meeting marks the 273rd time the teams have faced off and the meeting marks the teams second-to-last matchup of its current agreement — an agreement that was renewed in 2019 for six years. The first and last matchups are hold at T-Mobile Center — which was Sprint Center at the time — while the four meetings in between alternated between Missouri and Kansas taking the home court. In 2026-27, the series is adding an extra game due to no matchup being played in 2020. Mizzou hadn't defeated Kansas since 2012 prior to its 2024 victory but with the rivalry running so deep, the Tigers have a 96-175 record against the Jayhawks dating back to the two teams first matchup on March 11, 1907. Advertisement The Tigers will take on the Jayhawks on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Center in a perfect 'meet me in the middle' location for the two schools. Missouri also has three other confirmed dates for non-conference games. Missouri begins its season in Washington D.C. facing off against Howard on Nov. 3. The team will host Virginia Military Institute on Nov. 9 and will host Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14. The Tigers will also play Minnesota in early November, Illinois in late December — for the two teams annual Border War — and Mizzou will also face off against an Atlantic Coast Conference team in the annual ACC/SEC Challenge. With their historic upset still fresh and the teams nearing the final chapter of the current rivalry agreement set, Missouri will look to build momentum in its Dec. 7 showdown against Kansas. Advertisement Related: Early Ranking Signals High Hopes for Mizzou Basketball This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Sportsbook sets win total at 7.5 for Mizzou Football in 2025
There are still three months before the Missouri Tigers open the season at Faurot Field against Central Arkansas, yet oddsmakers are always looking ahead. This week, FanDuel Sportsbook released its updated SEC win totals for the 2025 season. The Tigers' total was set at 7.5 wins, a two-win decrease from the consensus line for the Tigers in 2024, and 2.5 wins behind their final total of 10. Advertisement Mizzou's total is tied for seventh among SEC schools, with the Auburn Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies and South Carolina Gamecocks. The Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs were all tied for the highest win total at 9.5 wins. The Mississippi State Bulldogs had the lowest at just 3.5 wins. The drop in Vegas' expected win total was something that most Mizzou fans could see coming. The Tigers lost a lot of production from key players who helped them to the 2023 Cotton Bowl and produced two of their best seasons in over a decade. Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks to a reporter© Denny Medley-Imagn Images Just a few of the key pieces lost by Missouri on the offensive side of the ball included quarterbacks Brady Cook and Drew Pyne, running back Nate Noel, wide receiver Luther Burden III and offensive tackle Armand Membou. Advertisement Missouri's 2025 schedule includes conference games against South Carolina, Alabama, Texas A&M and Mississippi State at home and matchups with Auburn, the Vanderbilt Commodores, Oklahoma Sooners and Arkansas Razorbacks on the road. The campaign also includes the highly anticipated rekindling of the Border War against the Kansas Jayhawks, which is set for Week 2 in Columbia. With brand new pieces in key spots, it will be interesting to see if the Tigers will fall short of their projected win total or burst through into the upper echelon of the SEC and college football as a whole. Related: Mizzou Football Omitted from Another Post-Spring Ranking
Fox Sports
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Five college football rivalries that should be played annually
There was some pretty awesome college football news last week. Clemson and Notre Dame announced a 12-year scheduling agreement starting in 2027. That's big for Notre Dame because it locks in one marquee opponent for years to come, which it needs as an independent in order to continue to generate revenue. From Clemson's perspective, you might be thinking that it already plays Notre Dame thanks to the ACC's scheduling arrangement with the Fighting Irish. But if Clemson didn't set up this agreement with Notre Dame, the two schools would've only faced each other five times during that 12-year stretch. Clemson is using its leverage as a big-time program to get ahead of the new revenue structure in the ACC, locking in arguably the biggest possible TV draw to earn the rewards of a system that will benefit teams that draw ratings. This is a really cool thing that these two programs decided to do. I'm still not sure if it's a good thing for these two programs and the ACC, though, because the more we allow teams to make individual decisions, the more we're going to get away from a universal scheduling model. However, there are more games like Clemson-Notre Dame that need to be scheduled on an annual basis in college football. Other programs should take their lead to lock in games we want to see that drive value, particularly on a regional basis, that we might have lost in recent years due to conference realignment. So, here are the five rivalry games that we've lost that I want see played on an annual basis again. 5. Notre Dame vs. USC Did you know that there aren't any Notre Dame-USC games scheduled after 2026? This has been a series since 1926, so we've had this rivalry for 100 years. USC coach Lincoln Riley admitted there was some uncertainty about the future of this rivalry last year, saying that there should still be a way to lock this game in as an annual rivalry. This is definitely one of the games we need to have on our annual college football slate. 4. Kansas vs. Missouri This game is actually one of the most historic in the sport. In fact, prior to Missouri's move to the SEC in 2012, this game had been played more than any other rivalry game in the country. I know this might not be the first game that comes to mind when people think of dream matchups, but this matchup represents the fabric of college football. I want to see the "Border War" get played on an annual basis again. The good news is that there is a home-and-home scheduled between the two programs for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, but they won't play again after that until 2031. 3. Miami (Fla.) vs. Florida Two of the top programs in the state of Florida will play again in 2025, with the Gators taking on the Hurricanes in Miami in Week 4. But after that, there isn't anything on the books between these two teams. They played each other on an annual basis from 1938-1987, with a few ranked matchups between the two schools occurring in the '80s. More recently, this rivalry has reemerged in spurts, with their matchup this upcoming season being the second year of a two-year scheduling agreement. They also met up in the 2001 Sugar Bowl. But the kids who go to Florida and Miami play each other their entire lives and then they go to these schools and don't play each other again. 2. Colorado vs. Nebraska Sure, there might be some bias of proximity and personal bias, but Colorado and Nebraska have to play each other every year. I grew up on this rivalry and it really made me fall in love with college football. If you looked from the mid-1980s through roughly 2005, this matchup determined either the Big Eight champion or the Big 12 North division winner. Of course, there were a few years when Kansas State outmatched those two, but the stakes were high in this rivalry for a long time. The two programs have tried to bring it back here and there ever since they stopped playing in the same conference in 2011. They played each other in a home-and-home in the 2023 and 2024 seasons, but there aren't any games scheduled in the foreseeable future. 1. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State I want Bedlam back! You talk about no love lost, this rivalry has that. Sadly, there aren't any games between these two in-state rivals scheduled. Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said that it won't be well into the 2030s that we could see this game happen again as well. That's a bummer, and we should be better than that in college football. It's a shame that we aren't playing games that represent the true fabric of college football, and Bedlam is definitely one of those games. Honorable mentions Penn State vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia ("Backyard Brawl") Washington vs. Washington State ("Apple Cup") Oregon vs. Oregon State ("Civil War") Oklahoma vs. Nebraska Texas vs. Texas Tech Joel Klatt is FOX Sports' lead college football game analyst and the host of the podcast " The Joel Klatt Show. " Follow him at @joelklatt and subscribe to the "Joel Klatt Show" on YouTube . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily. recommended Get more from College Football Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
Yahoo
16-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Building a Dream Big 12 Football Road Trip for 2025
Spring practice and the ongoing battle over the House settlement in the courtroom grabbed most of the headlines in the world of college football this week. However, even with over 100 days until kickoff, the intrigue and early previews for the 2025 season never stops. The Big 12's '24 title chase featured four teams at 7-2 in league play, with three finishing a step behind at 6-3. With another close conference title race expected in '25, the Big 12 should have another entertaining battle on tap. To preview early storylines and teams to watch for '25, on this week's episode of 'Athlon U: The College Football Podcast,' Braden Gall and Steven Lassan discuss a dream road trip for the 2025 Big 12 schedule. Advertisement Rules of the Big 12 Dream Road Trip for 2025 (10:00) Why the Week 0 showdown in Ireland for Kansas State and Iowa State looms large for 2025 (12:10) What's at stake for Colorado's opener against Georgia Tech (13:30) Intrigue with Auburn visiting Baylor in Week 1 (14:30) The Border War returns! (15:20) Where the Big 12 has room to improve on its schedule (20:30) Is Oklahoma State's home game versus Baylor a must-win for coach Mike Gundy? (22:40) Arizona State's tough '25 road slate (31:00) The Holy War tops the list of must-see matchups (33:00) Is Kansas State at Kansas one of the Big 12's biggest games of 2025? (34:00) Why Texas Tech's stock is on the rise in 2025 (36:00) What's at stake in the Big 12 Conference Championship rematch between Arizona State and Iowa State (36:50) Is Texas Tech at Kansas State a Big 12 title game preview? (37:30) Why BYU at Texas Tech could be one of the biggest games in November (39:40) Is TCU at Houston a trap game for the Horned Frogs? (44:20) Could Colorado-Kansas State in Week 14 decide a spot in the Big 12 title game? (46:05) Arizona at Arizona State likely to be the best Big 12 rivalry matchup in Week 14 (47:30) Why the Big 12 is likely to be difficult to predict once again in '25 (49:00) Related: Big 12 Football: Predicting the Best Game Every Week in the 2025 Season Related: Big 12 Football: Way-Too-Early 2025 QB Rankings Related: Ranking the Big 12 Football Schedules for 2025
