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(1) I changed Connor’s setup to stand closer to the ball and keep his weight off his toes, which allows him to (2) start transferring weight to his right foot, causing his arms to extend on the takeaway. (3) At the top of the backswing, he is more towards the right side, allowing him to be behind the ball. Without sliding his weight forward, Connor begins a downswing (4) with his arms as the only things moving down, creating good impact position (5). Connor fully extends his right arm (6) on the through-swing and finishes (7) facing the target with all of his weight transferred to the left side.

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Rising Rams

This is all you need to know about the strength of the CSU Rams entering the 2023 spring schedule: Connor Jones never even won a team qualifier in fall 2022, rounds which typically rotate between two very different golf courses, old-school Fort Collins Country Club and sod-bunkered TPC Colorado. “There are eight guys, and we can all beat each other,” Jones says. “Everyone has to qualify, no one is exempt. It’s the closest you can get to tournament golf.”

The ascending Rams qualified for the NCAA regionals in spring 2022, then won three of four tournaments in the fall season, ranking 21st nationally per Golfstat as they prepared for the first spring event, The Prestige in La Quinta, Calif., Feb. 20-22. Jones, Bryant and big-hitting Bleier form the core, but Jay Pabin, Rasmus Hjelm, and Mathew Wilkinson are just a step behind, with Gavin Hagstrom and Jordan Jennings also pressing forward.

In an unusually mature outlook for a 21-year-old, Connor Jones’ focus is not at all on himself. “To help the team win conference, that’s my goal,” he says. Beyond the Mountain West, there is the quest to be among the 81 teams who qualify for the NCAA Regionals, and then the 30 who advance to the NCAA Finals at Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale in late May. From there, the field is winnowed to eight teams for match play, and Jones thinks the Rams can be there.

For now, Jones is taking it dayby-day, shot-by-shot. He loves hanging out with teammates and travelling with them to play great golf courses (all expenses paid). “College golf is a really good gig,” he smiles, adding that he will take advantage of his extra Covid eligibility to play a fifth season in 2023-24. After that? “I absolutely want to play golf for a living.”