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Georgia Southwestern and Arkansas Tech are out on the treacherous, tough Champion course at PGA National playing for the 2021 DII national championship.

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• Arkansas Tech earned its spot in the finals with a win over West Florida. Georgia Southwestern made it to the finals when Simon Estrada rolled in this clutch birdie on the 18th hole to square the match with the University of Indianapolis and force a tiebreaker: 

This is the putt that sent to the 2021 ɬ�﷬��������ַ Division II National Championship!

Needing a birdie on the 18th hole to force a tie in his match & send the semifinal result to a tiebreaker decision, Simon Estrada calmly drained THIS putt.

Are you kidding me?!🧊🥶

— GSW Athletics (@GSWAthletics)

Arkansas Tech Athletics

The national championship match is set after a busy Thursday.

Georgia Southwestern will play Arkansas Tech for a national title on Friday, May 21 at the Champion Course at PGA National.  in the semifinals.

Click or tap here to watch a brief recap of the semifinals.

In the first semifinal, GSW got by top seed UIndy thanks to a second tiebreaker — winning the first match behind to Saksit Jairak. The two teams went 2-2-1, tying on the fourth match. In medal match play, each match is scored by the cumulative number of strokes won by rather than the number of holes won.

GSW's Simon Estrada rebounded from a 7 on 17 to win hole No. 18 by a shot and grab the tie that would help eventually be the difference.

Not only that, but the teams were even in cumulative strokes, each team winning by a total of 11 in their two wins:

In the second semifinal, Arkansas Tech won 3-1-1, including impressive wins by Austin Gean (10 strokes) and Andre Jacobs (5 strokes).

Thursday's play started with the quarterfinals. You can check out those scores, hole by hole, here:

UIndy Athletics

After 54 holes of stroke play, UIndy earned the No. 1 spot in medal match play, drawing a first-round opponent of No. 8 Lee on Thursday. UIndy had recently crowned individual national champion Keegan Bronnenberg on its side, yet three of Lee's five players won the first hole against their respective UIndy opponents and led for most of the round.

In medal match play, each match is scored by the cumulative number of strokes won by, rather than the number of holes won.

Bronnenberg trailed Lee's Oliver Lewis-Perkins by three strokes through nine holes, then Bronnenberg recorded a double-bogey seven on the 10th hole, as Lewis-Perkins' lead climbed to six strokes with just eight holes to play. Bronnenberg responded with a birdie on the 11th hole, cutting the deficit by one to five strokes, then he made up three more strokes on the 16th hole. He shot a birdied, while Lewis-Perkins finished with a double-bogey six, as Bronnenberg cut the deficit to two strokes. On the par-5 18th hole, Bronnenberg won by three strokes, making up a two-stroke deficit to win by one stroke.

Bronnenberg's teammate Erik Edwards trailed Lee's Evan Spencer for the first seven holes and didn't lead until after the 10th hole. He won his match by two strokes.

UIndy's Oliver Mast led Beck Burnette by one stroke after the first hole, but then found himself trailing by one after the third hole and he didn't regain the lead until after the 16th hole. Entering the 18th hole with his individual match tied, he won by one stroke.

To view the scorecards from the match, .

UIndy Athletics

After 54 holes of stroke play concluded Wednesday, medal match play starts Thursday. UIndy, led by individual national champion Keegan Bronnenberg, who finished stroke play at four-over, earned the top spot.

In medal match play, each match is scored by the cumulative number of strokes won by, rather than the number of holes won. "Up 3" would mean a player is up by three strokes, not up by three holes, and the player who is up by the most strokes after 18 holes wins the match.

Here's the schedule for the start of medal match play:

• No. 1 UIndy vs. No. 8 Lee
• No. 4 Georgia Southwestern vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce
• No. 2 Arkansas Tech vs. No. 7 Central Missouri
• No. 3 West Florida vs. No. 6 Davis & Elkins College

The last tee times of the first round of medal match play are scheduled for 9 a.m. ET. The winners of the first round of medal match play will advance to the semifinals. Medal match play will conclude Friday, May 21.

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UIndy Athletics

Thirty-six holes of stroke play are in the books and 18 remain. Wednesday, May 19, marks the third and final day of stroke play in the 2021 ɬ�﷬��������ַ DII Men's Golf Championship. Indianapolis (+11) enters Wednesday with a 16-stroke lead over second-place West Florida (+27), with Arkansas Tech (+28) in third. Those three teams are scheduled to tee off at 12:05 p.m. EDT Wednesday at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Two players are tied for first on the individual leaderboard – Indianapolis' Keegan Bronnenberg and Lee University's Oliver Lewis-Perkins at one-over. Lewis-Peerkins tees off at 10:59 a.m. ET Wednesday, with Bronnenberg starting his round at 12:49 p.m. ET. Bronnenberg shot a three-under 69 on Tuesday to bounce back after an opening-round 76. Three players are two strokes back of the leaders at three-over.

After stroke play ends Wednesday, match play will run from Thursday, May 20, to Friday, May 21. 

The leaderboards can be found below.

Team leaderboard

to view the full team leaderboard.

Individual leaderboard

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UIndy Athletics

The second round of the 2021 DII men's golf championship is finished. UIndy is in first place at +11 after 36 holes of stroke play. Two players are tied for first at +1: Keegan Bronnenburg of UIndy and Oliver Lewis-Perkins of Lee (TN). 

The 2021 championship is being played at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. After 54 holes, stroke play will conclude on Wednesday, May 19. Match play will run from Thursday, May 20, to Friday, May 21. 

The leaderboards after Day 2 can be found below.

Team leaderboard

to view the full team leaderboard.

Individual leaderboard

to view the complete individual leaderboard.

Arkansas Tech Athletics

The first round of the 2021 DII men's golf championship is complete. Arkansas Tech is in first place at +7 after the opening round. Two players are tied for first at 1-under: Santiago De La Fuente of Arkansas Tech and Ian Trebilcock of Washburn.

The 2021 championship is being played at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. After 54 holes, stroke play will conclude on Wednesday, May 19. Match play will run from Thursday, May 20, to Friday, May 21. 

The leaderboards after Day 1 can be found below.

Team leaderboard

for the complete team leaderboard. 

Individual leaderboard

to view the full individual leaderboard.  

Washburn Athletics

On Monday, DII Men's Golf Championship play kicked off for 16 teams and 84 total individuals. Monday's opening round is already underway and the final tee times of the day are scheduled for 12:49 p.m. EDT.

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The DII Men's Golf Championship will conclude Friday, May 21, with stroke play concluding Wednesday, May 19, prior to the start of medal/match play.

On Friday, the ɬ�﷬��������ַ announced the field of 64 teams and 24 student-athletes competing as individuals that have been selected to participate in regional competition of the 2021 DII men's golf championships.

Regional play will be conducted May 6-8. The finals are scheduled for May 17-21 at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 

Click or tap here to view the selections.