Golf

Florida State’s Lottie Woad leads a crowded field in today’s NCAA women’s golf selection show

Women’s golf is having a moment, and the NCAA is adding to the momentum with today’s 2 p.m. ET national championship selection show on the Golf Channel.

April 24, 2024

Leading the way at the Williams Cup and the Stephens Cup

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The leaves are changing, the Halloween costumes are out for delivery, and college golf’s fall season is racing towards hibernation.

October 11, 2023

The weekend winners from the college links

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Team Europe’s Ryder Cup win wasn’t the only big golf victory this week — the college kids have also been throwing down on the links.

October 04, 2023

What's happening on the links at the NCAA's fall golf season?

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Although technically a spring sport, the first half of golf’s split season is already two weeks in, so check out our Summer School explainer to catch up on your course work, then let’s hit the links.

September 20, 2023

How does college golf work?

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NCAA golfers run a split season, meaning they start in the fall, chill out when the cold sets in, and link(s) back up in the spring.

June 28, 2023

Florida's Fred Biondi win men's golf individual national championship

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The men’s individual title was awarded Monday, but there’s still one last match-play round left before we pack the putters away for the summer.

May 31, 2023

Stanford's Rose Zhang makes history with back-to-back individual national titles

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The women’s natty concludes with today’s match-play final round, but one national title has already been snatched — in extraordinary fashion, no less.

May 24, 2023

College

One step closer to naming champions in college tennis and golf

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May 19, 2023

By this time next week, three new national champions will have claimed their crowns, so here’s the (iced) tea on everything you need to know.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #520

Banned for accepting tuition money: Diving into the complicated NCAA sports landscape

January 06, 2026

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Banned for accepting tuition money: Diving into the complicated NCAA sports landscape

The college sports landscape is a wonky place.

And that’s an understatement. Between NIL rules, the transfer portal, and constantly changing eligibility requirements, it’s tough to keep up with what is and isn’t allowed.

That’s why we’re taking today’s episode of The GIST of It to directly compare two college athletes: Baylor men’s basketball center James Nnaji and Augsburg University runner Mohammed Bati. Nnaji was drafted to the NBA in 2023 but is now competing as a college athlete, while Bati has been banned from competing after accepting $6K in donations to pay his tuition. Make it make sense.