As big time as college golf has become over the years, one thing the sport still seriously likes is a great crowd environment. That point was really hammered home over Labor Day weekend, as college football stadiums across the country were filled to the brim with rabid fans who create deafening noise for their opponents.
Of course, golf and football are two very different sports, but wouldn’t it be something if college golf squads had a swath of students come out and support them at their home course and create a little home-field advantage? One place this is already happening is Colgate, of all places.
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On Sunday at Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton, N.Y., the Colgate men’s golf team’s home course, the entire Colgate men’s lacrosse team showed up to cheer on their fellow Raiders. Former Golf Digest writer Gabby Herzig, who now writes for The Athletic, was on hand to watch her brother, Robbie, who plays for Colgate. At the ninth hole, Robbie Herzig had a putt for birdie, so Gabby made sure to whip her phone out and start filming. When the putt dropped, she panned the camera over to capture the Lax team’s epic celly (that’s what they would say, sorry), and it’s officially must-see stuff:
Drove up to Colgate to watch my little bro in his senior year home college golf tournament. Today the entire men’s lacrosse team showed up too 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/oe301hsinQ
— Gabby Herzig (@GabbyHerzig) September 1, 2024
This is what the phrase “Dudes rock” was created for. Dudes really do rock.
Incredibly, there was another angle of the video from the other side of the green, which is just as good if not better than the first angle. If you look closely, you can see one kid doing the worst version of “the worm” in the worm history:
Here’s another angle and it’s even better. https://t.co/x8pDbPxIU5 pic.twitter.com/oePg2wUIsW
— Gabby Herzig (@GabbyHerzig) September 2, 2024
So good. Not surprisingly, this was a huge putt for Herzig at the time. He began the day tied for the lead at the Lagowitz Memorial and got off to a rough start, but then made one of his three birdies on the day at No. 9, resulting in this celebration. He wound up finishing fourth out of 100 golfers on the individual leader board, while Colgate finished fifth as a team.
Apparently, this is an annual tradition at Colgate, and sometimes it’s the hockey team that comes out, too. We need way, way more of this in college golf. Golf’s version of “stadium pulse.” Straight to the veins, doc.
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