LOS ANGELES One of the biggest surprises of this amateur season was that Braden Thornberry decided to return to Ole Miss in the fall.After all, there seemed to be little to gain. He had already won a NCAA individual title. He had already earned the Haskins Award as the nations top player. And hed already showed that he was good enough to compete on the PGA Tour, tying for fourth at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June.But thats not how Thornberry saw it.After only briefly flirting with the idea of leaving early, the 20-year-old is headed back to Oxford for his junior season.Im still working on some consistency, said Thornberry, who lost in the Round of 32 here at the U.S. Amateur at Riviera. Coach [Chris] Malloy, he has really groomed me, and Ive gotten better every single semester. I think it would kind of be a dumb decision for me to leave early while Im still in that environment and Im still getting in tournaments for free and can have a great practice facility.Thornberry said he only thought about turning pro a little bit, but conversations with Ollie Schniederjans and Maverick McNealy two accomplished players who recently completed all four years helped convince him that he was making the right decision.You can only make a bad decision leaving early, he said. No one ever thinks its a horrible decision staying. So its just playing, staying in the moment, and going from there.
Thornberry, a sophomore at Ole Miss, shot a final round 1-under 71 in absolutely brutal conditions to reach -11 for the week and take the title by four strokes. Bullets. The 30 Best: 30-teams make up the annual Championship Field. Long Absence: The Ole Miss squad made the NCAA Championships for the first time in 16 years.
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