Spring camp is always a time of change and growth around a college football program.

But that was certainly taken to the extreme this spring at Florida State.

With over 30 new players on the roster, six new coaches on the staff and new schemes to learn on both sides of the ball, it was a time of sweeping transformation and great learning for the Seminoles ahead of the 2025 season.

While the media access policy to practice changed, leaving us with far less access to practice, there was still plenty to learn from the one scrimmage we watched, what the coaches said and what we heard in conversations with people.

There's still plenty of uncertain things surrounding the program exiting spring. But there are also quite a few facets of the team to feel better about based on what we saw and heard over the last six weeks.

Here's a look at three FSU position groups we feel better about coming out of spring.

Tight Ends
FSU's tight end room certainly had a lot to prove this spring after a severely underwhelming 2024 season.

The four most-veteran tight ends from last year's team are all gone after combining for 152 yards and no touchdowns. The two most consistent tight ends on last year's team were true freshmen in Landen Thomas and Amaree Williams, the latter of whom was working on the defensive line this spring.

To build out the depth of that room, FSU brought in two transfers in former commit/UCF transfer Randy Pittman and former Seminole/Arizona State transfer Markeston Douglas. The Seminoles also managed to hold onto their high-school tight end commit, Chase Loftin, over heavy interest from midwestern schools closer to his Nebraska roots.

Pittman, who was productive in two seasons at UCF, has carried that over to FSU, making plays in the passing game during the scrimmage we watched and throughout spring while also impressing as a blocker.

Loftin was one of the surprises of spring for how much praise was heaped onto him by Mike Norvell. As the No. 14 tight end in the 2025 class according to Rivals and with plenty of more experienced players ahead of him, he didn't seem like a candidate for an immediate role. But by the midway point of spring, the FSU head coach was saying Loftin would have a real chance to get on the field as a true freshman.

That emergence of Loftin may have played a role in Douglas re-entering the portal on Saturday after spending spring back at FSU. The room being a bit deeper than he expected it to be and playing time being harder to come by is a leading theory as his second departure from FSU.

The loss of Douglas leaves FSU with a non-traditional tight end room in terms of size. If the right player presents himself in the final portal window, FSU could stand to add a block-first tight end who can comfortably hold down an in-line role.

However, the emergences of Pittman and Loftin in addition to what should be some progress made from Thomas coming off a promising true freshman season means the tight end room has a chance to be a real strength for the Seminoles in 2024 even with Douglas' departure.

Linebackers

Linebacker is another position group that was a question mark of sorts entering the offseason.

The position group contributed to the defense's problems at times in 2024 with missed tackles, improper run fits and coverage struggles. Veteran DJ Lundy was out of eligibility. It was unclear if the likes of Justin Cryer, Omar Graham Jr. and Blake Nichelson were ready to step into larger roles.

Oh, and there was also going to be a pretty serious shift in responsibilities for the players in the move to Tony White's 3-3-5 base defense.

However, White said during the spring that he considered the linebacker room he inherited most fit for the shift to his defense of any of the position groups on FSU's defense. He then added three linebacker transfers to build out the depth of the unit for new position coach John Papuchis, who moved from defensive ends to linebackers this offseason.

Memphis transfer Elijah Herring made a highlight-reel play in each of FSU's two scrimmages. Stefon Thompson was praised for how invaluable his experience in White's defense at Nebraska and Syracuse was for the rest of the players learning the scheme.

Unfortunately, UNC transfer Caleb LaVallee missed much of spring with an injury. However, a few returning players like Cryer and Graham made up for that absence by having impactful performances in the scrimmage we watched.

All across the linebacker room, it seems the transition to White's scheme has been a success. Is there a world where more-defined roles in the three-linebacker defense help that position group grow more confident? It's a distinct possibility coming out of spring.

Defensive Line

Another place where FSU made some sweeping transformations this offseason was on the defensive line. FSU lost three starters there -- two to the portal and one to the NFL Draft -- and needed quite a bit of help.

Enter four players from the transfer portal who the Seminoles added in January in James Williams (Nebraska), Deante McCray (Western Kentucky), Deamontae Diggs (Coastal Carolina) and Jayson Jenkins (Tennessee) to replenish that depth and provide some much-needed experience at the FBS level.

Jenkins suffered an injury before spring that kept him sidelined for all of camp, although he says he expects to be back in time for preseason. The other three, however, were near the top of the list of most-praised players by Norvell this spring.

Williams, who brings familiarity in White's defense from his time with the Cornhuskers, was tasked with becoming a leader as well as an every-down player this spring. By all accounts, he's risen to those challenges in a big way.

McCray, who played in a 3-3-5 defense at WKU, had a few sacks in the scrimmage we watched and looks the part of a well-rounded defensive lineman who understands the defense and can make plays as a pass-rusher as well as a run-stopper.

While Diggs was a somewhat unproven commodity as an FCS transfer who had spent just one season at the FBS level before coming to Tallahassee, he was also praised this spring for the strides he was making.

Add that trio onto the return of Darrell Jackson and a few emergences from the likes of KJ Sampson and Daniel Lyons (before he got hurt) and you see that position group rounding into form well as summer nears and the 2025 season creeps ever closer.

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The No.21/NR Florida State track and field teams recorded four top 10 program performances at the LSU Alumni Gold Invite led by Madison McGloin, Kaelyaah Liburd, Tyra Wilson and Micahi Danzy.

McGloin competed in the women’s hammer throw, placing eighth with the eighth-farthest throw in FSU history at 52.87m (173-05).

Liburd placed second in the women’s 400, clocking a career best and the fifth-fastest time in FSU history at 51.95.

Wilson lowered her personal best in the women’s 400 hurdles, placing second with the second fastest time in FSU history at 55.39.

Suus Altorf opened her season in the women’s 1,500-meters, crossing the line with a winning time of 4:17.83.

Azharia Jones collected her first collegiate win in the women’s long jump, with a winning jump of 6.09m (19-11.75).

Danzy led the men’s sprints in the 400, placing second with a lifetime performance and the eighth-fastest time in school history at 45.41.

The Noles will close out the regular season at the East Coast Relays on May 2-3, which is hosted by UNF at the Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium.

-Women’s hammer:
Madison McGloin | 8th | 52.87m (173-05)
Zianna Curtis | 10th | 49.72m (163-01)

-Men’s hammer throw:  
Austin Kleinman | 3rd | 59.97m (196-09)
Cooper Crowell | 8th | 54.34m (178-03)

-Women’s long jump: 
Azharia Jones | 1st | 6.09m (19-11.75)

-Men’s long jump: 
Kyvon Tatham | 4th | 7.67m (25-02)
Jaiden Rollins | 8th | 7.28m (23-10.75)
Curtis Williams | 10th | 7.21m (23-08)

-Men’s discus throw: 
Ahmari Avin | 8th| 50.02m (164-01; PB)

-Women’s 4x100-meter relay: 
4th | Lucy May Sleeman, Shenese Walker, Liana Tyson, Joella Lloyd | 43.50

-Men’s 4x100-meter relay: 
2nd | Jaiden Rollins, Neo Mosebi, Micahi Dnazy, Durian Moss | 39.15

-Women’s 1,500-meter: 
Suus Altorf | 1st | 4:17.83
Nicole Dinan | 2nd | 4:19.91
Lauren Mahan | 12th | 4:36.89
Lindy White | 20th | 4:45.35
Ella Menke | 23rd | 4:51.72
Lilly Moore | 24th | 4:57.23

-Men’s 110-meter hurdles: 
Andre Korbmacher | 4th| 13.65
Tyson Williams | 5th| 13.88

-Women’s 400-meter: 
Kaelyaah Liburd | 5th | 51.95 (PB)
Alyia Green | 10th | 52.78
Takiyah Ferguson | 17th | 54.38

-Men’s 400-meter: 
Micahi Danzy | 2nd | 45.41 (PB)

-Women’s 100-meter: 
Shenese Walker | 5th| 11.20
Joella Lloyd | 9th | 11.45
Lucy May Sleeman | 15th | 11.61
Liana Tyson | 20th | 11.76
Oluwadara Soremi | 11.87

-Men’s 100-meter: 
Neo Mosebi | 3rd | 10.34
Amare Williams | 23rd | 10.82
Jaiden Rollins | 29th | 10.90
Denver Tucker | 34th | 11.04

-Women’s 800-meters: 
Regan Morrall | 8th | 2.17.22
Lauren Mahan | 11th | 2:20.89

-Men’s 800-meters: 
Zach Trotter | 5th | 1:50.53
Anthony Herrera | 11th | 1:53.13

-Men’s triple jump: 
LaQuan Ellis | 3rd | 14.81m (48-07.25)
Jayden Louis-Charles | 10th| 14.05m (46-01.25)

-Women’s triple jump: 
Kayla Pinkard | 3rd | 12.64m (41-05.75)
Oluwadara Soremi | 8th| 12.34m (40-6.00)

-Women’s 400-meter hurdles: 
Tyra Wilson | 1st | 55.39

-Women’s 200-meters: 
Oludoyin Soremi | 20th | 24.23 (PB)

The spring transfer window opens up Wednesday and we are seeing some FSU players announce their intentions to enter the portal. We are not expecting a huge amount of movement in comparison to the fall window so all departures and arrivals will be tracked in this thread and will be updated over time.

Intending to enter portal:
QB Trever Jackson
OT Jaylen Early (announced his commitment to Missouri on April 22)
WR Jordan Scott
WR Hykeem Williams
WR Jalen Brown (dismissed)
DE Aaron Hester
OL TJ Ferguson
DT D'Nas White
LB Timir Hickman-Collins
TE Markeston Douglas

That is all.

A source has told the Osceola this morning that FSU Director of Football Recruiting Operations Maddy McCormack will be leaving the program and that today, Friday, is expected to be her last official day with the program. McCormack has been with the program since the 2022 offseason. She came to FSU from the University of Arizona where she held a similar role.

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The Florida State Indoor track and field teams placed a program record of 22 athletes on the All-ACC Indoor Track and Field Academic Team, the league office announced on Tuesday.

Academic requirements for selection are a 3.0-grade cumulative GPA or greater and must have participated in either the ACC Championships and or the NCAA Championships.

2025 Women’s All-ACC Academic Team
**Bieke Schipperen-Media Communications
**Suus Altorf- Exercise Physiology
Brooke Mullins- Sport Management
Nicole Dinan- Exploratory
Emily Brown- Athletic Coaching-Masters
Zianna Curtis- Communication Disorders
**Jaden Francis- Exercise Physiology
**Kayla Pinkard-Criminology
Ava Povich- Exercise Physiology
Lucy May Sleeman- Economics
Oluwadara Soremi-Computational Biology
**Liana Tyson- Public Health
Kaelyaah Liburd- Computer Programming

2025 Men’s All-ACC Academic Team
Curtis Bain- Media/Communications Studies
Zach Leachman-Athletic Coaching Graduate Certificate
**Zachary Cloud- Sport Science
Micahi Danzy- Exploratory
Austin Kleinman-Sport Management- Masters
**Andre Korbmacher-Entrepreneurship
**Neo Mosebi- Political Science
Durian Moss- Psychology
Joseph Farley- Interdisciplinary Social Studies

*Denotes number of All-ACC Academic Team honors

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2026 OL prospect George Haseotes who recently scheduled an official visit to FSU committed to Vanderbilt this morning. It remains to be seen whether or not he will follow through with his OV which has been set for June 6 with FSU. He also has offers from ND, GT and others. Haseotes had taken multiple unofficial visits to FSU since January.

My read on this is that the kid was ready to commit somewhere but FSU wasn't ready to commit to him.

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FSU OL coach Herb Hand was in Arizona on Wednesday to make an in-school visit with four-star OT prospect Aaron Thomas. Thomas who is rated as the 40th-best OT prospect was offered by Hand while on his visit to Mountain Pointe HS. He has an offer from Minnesota and an OV set with the Gophers in May. Other offers include Ohio State, Kansas, Washington, TAMU, K-State, BYU, Cal, Arizona State, Iowa State and Oregon State among others.

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"I’m excited to add Jaylen into our program and our quarterback room,” FSU coach Mike Norvell said in a statement. “He has great size, ability and potential that we look forward to seeing develop in the years ahead. Having played his first two years in college, he has the opportunity to compete and grow in a talented room with the possibility to redshirt as he continues to develop."

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The No. 19 Florida State men’s tennis team has been selected to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship for the 26th time in the program's history. The Seminoles will travel to Columbia, S.C., for the first and second rounds of the tournament.

FSU will play in the Columbia Regional with No. 13 South Carolina, Samford, and VCU beginning on Friday, May 2. Florida State will meet Southern Conference champion Samford in the first round, while South Carolina will square off against Atlantic 10 champion VCU. The winners of the Friday matches will meet on Saturday to advance to the Third Round.

Florida State finished the regular season with an 18-8 record, marking four straight seasons with 15+ wins. The Seminoles accumulated nine wins in the expanded conference schedule and achieved a perfect 7-0 record at home in ACC play. FSU defeated Louisville 4-3 in the second round of the ACC Championship before falling 4-3 to eventual champion, No. 5 Stanford.

Head coach Dwayne Hultquist has led the Seminoles to their 21st appearance in the tournament in the past 22 completed seasons. Last season, FSU reached the Third Round after a first round sweep over North Florida and 4-1 win at home against UCF. The Seminoles have reached the second round in six consecutive seasons and advanced to the third round of play in two of the last three seasons.

Live video and stats from the championship will be available on Seminoles.com.

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On Monday's edition of the Osceola's Seminole Sidelines, Patrick Burnham, Nick Carlisle and Bob Ferrante discuss a busy few days in the transfer portal — the arrival of cornerback Jeremiah Wilson as well as quarterback Jaylen King — coupled with some departures like tight end Markeston Douglas.

What does it all mean for the respective position groups as FSU pushes forward toward 2025? How does the coaching staff continue to evaluate the groups.

We also discuss AZ Thomas' selection by the NY Jets and Josh Farmer's selection by the New England Patriots. Which free agent pickups have the chance to find success in the NFL? We weigh in on the signees.

And what should we make of the FSU baseball series loss at Louisville as well as the regional hosting outlook for the Seminoles.

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The No. 8 Florida State beach volleyball team split the opening day of the CCSA Tournament in Baton Rouge, La., on Friday. The Seminoles topped No. 11 LSU 3-1 in the first round before falling to No. 7 Texas 3-0 in the winner’s bracket.

FSU opened the day with a strong 3-1 win over LSU. The Seminoles jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead as Gella Andrew/Maddie Trusty and Makenna Wolfe/Myriah Massey earned three-set victories on courts two and four. LSU responded with a win on court five, but Carra Sassack and Bailey Higgins clinched the dual for the Noles on court three, 21-16, 21-17.

In their second match, the Seminoles fell 3-0 to Texas in the winner’s bracket. The Longhorns took early control with wins on courts two and four. FSU battled on court five, but Texas held on to complete the sweep and advance in the CCSA Championship.

FSU will be back in action Saturday against LSU at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The winner will play Texas in the CCSA championship at 2:00 p.m. Live stats will be available on Seminoles.com.

#8 Florida State 3, #11 LSU 1

1. Alexis Durish/Audrey Koenig (FSU) vs. Parker Bracken/Gabi Bailey (LSU) unfinished
2. Gella Andrew/Maddie Trusty (FSU) def. Aubrey O’Gorman/Camryn Chatellier (LSU) 21-18, 17-21, 15-8
3. Carra Sassack/Bailey Higgins (FSU) def. Elle Evers/Julia Sprecher (LSU) 21-16, 21-17
4. Makenna Wolfe/Myriah Massey (FSU) def. Tatum Finlason/Kate Baker (LSU) 21-23, 21-16, 17-15
5. Emily Meyer/Skylar Martin (LSU) def. Jordan Boulware/Kenzie Hultquist (FSU) 24-22, 21-15

#7 Texas 3, #8 Florida State 0

1. Alexis Durish/Audrey Koenig (FSU) vs. Chloe Charles/Eva Liisa Kuivonen (UT) 21-16, 10-10 unfinished
2. Emma Grace Robertson/Katie Hashman (UT) def. Gella Andrew/Maddie Trusty (FSU) 21-17, 21-16
3. Carra Sassack/Bailey Higgins (FSU) vs. Karin Zolnercikova/Maddison Parmelly (UT) 13-21, 16-17 unfinished
4. Noa Sonneville/Macey Butler (UT) def. Makenna Wolfe/Myriah Massey (FSU) 21-15, 21-18
5. Ava Patton/Vivian Johnson (UT) def. Jordan Boulware/Kenzie Hultquist (FSU) 23-21, 21-14

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Florida State fans are invited to Bowden's in CollegeTown on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for Inside Seminole Athletics featuring softball head coach Lonni Alameda, women’s golf head coach Amy Bond, first-year head men’s and women’s track and field coach Matt Kane, and Sara Tisdale – the head coach of Florida State’s exciting new sport, women’s lacrosse.

Tuesday’s show will be hosted by Jeff Culhane, the voice of the Seminoles. Coaches Alameda, Bond and Kane will share their thoughts as their programs begin preparations for their respective NCAA championship seasons. Tisdale will offer insights on starting FSU’s newest program, which will play its first intercollegiate game in February of 2026.

Fans can watch the show on the Seminoles Unconquered App, the Florida State Seminoles Facebook page and on the Florida State softball, golf, track and field, and lacrosse X accounts. Fans in Tallahassee can listen to the show on 96.5 FM The Spear as well as Seminoles.com and the Florida State Gameday App.

Alameda has led the softball team to a 42-7 record and 16-2 mark in ACC play which is the best mark in the conference standings. The Seminoles are ranked in the top 10 in all major polls and are No. 3 in the RPI, putting them in great position to become a Top 8 national seed come May. FSU has one regular season series remaining at No. 14 Virginia Tech and begins postseason play at the ACC Tournament hosted by Boston College in Brighton, Mass. (May 7-10).

Bond led the Seminoles to the first ACC women’s golf championship in school history on April 19 with an exciting 3-2 match play victory over Wake Forest. Florida State’s win at the ACC Championship marked the school-record tying sixth team victory of the season. Bond will also discuss the first No. 1 regional seed in NCAA regional play in school history and how she has successfully managed coaching Lottie Woad and Mirabel Ting – the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked golfers in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

Kane, who is enjoying a record setting year in his first season as the head coach of the track and field program, will be on hand to discuss the Seminoles’ recent success at the Penn Relays, the ongoing outdoor season and the upcoming ACC championships, NCAA regionals and NCAA championship meets. Kane and his squads have one more regular season meet at the North Florida Invitational (May 2-3) before beginning postseason competition at the ACC Championships in Winston-Salem (May 15-17).

Tisdale, who has been assembling her first Seminole team for over one year, will talk about all things Florida State lacrosse as she prepares for her first competitive season. She’ll touch on the players who are already on campus, practice in preparation for the inaugural season, and recruiting top-notch student-athletes to play at one of the nation’s premier universities.

The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is the lone team event on the PGA TOUR schedule and once again features plenty of the game’s best playing in a unique format.
This is the eighth year the Zurich Classic has been played as a team event. Each duo starts the week playing Four-ball (best ball) before switching to Foursomes (alternate shot) for the second round. Saturday’s third round will once again be Four-ball before returning to Foursomes for the final round.
Up and down the field you’ll find Ryder Cup heroes, Presidents Cup pairs, countrymen, fan favorites and even two sets of twin brothers. Given the format and the teams, it’s set to be a special week.

With the RBC Heritage now in the rear-view mirror, it’s also a valuable time to earn key FedExCup points as we inch closer to the Truist Championship, as golfers are jockeying for position in the Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 to earn a spot in the field in Philadelphia.
Here’s everything else you need to know as the TOUR returns to New Orleans.
FIELD NOTES: Fresh off his Masters victory – a major triumph that completed the career grand slam – Rory McIlroy will once again team up with friend-of-20-years Shane Lowry to defend their title in New Orleans. Last year marked McIlroy’s debut at the event, with the thought to play together stemming from a … celebratory … lunch between the two Ryder Cup teammates. McIlroy has won three times already this season on the PGA TOUR while Lowry has had a steady 2025 campaign with six top 25s in nine starts, including a runner up to McIlroy at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. … Collin Morikawa is the other top-10 ranked golfer in the field in New Orleans and will be teaming up with Kurt Kitayama after the duo finished T23 a year ago. Morikawa has three top-10 finishes so far this season while Kitayama has never missed the cut in New Orleans. … There are three sets of brothers teeing it up, including two sets of twins: Yannik and Jeremy Paul along with Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard. Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick (who finished T11 last year) is the other sibling duo, … There are always plenty of fun pairings this week in New Orleans including countrymen (Canada’s Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin, France’s Matthieu Pavon/Victor Perez, South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen/Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune/Takumi Kanaya), neighbors (J.T. Poston/Keith Mitchell, Greyson Sigg/Kevin Kisner, Camilo Villegas/Luke Donald), same-college alums (Adam Schenk/Tyler Duncan, Quade Cummins/Chris Gotterup, Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn), or just long-time pals (Joel Dahmen/Harry Higgs, Nick Hardy/Davis Riley – who won in 2023, Mark Hubbard/Ryan Brehm). … Garrick Higgo and Ryan Fox will be paired together as Higgo looks to continue his momentum from his return to the PGA TOUR winner’s circle last week at the Corales Puntacana Championship. … After his playoff loss to Justin Thomas at the RBC Heritage, Andrew Novak is right back in action alongside Ben Griffin. Novak finished T23 in 2024.
SIGNATURE EVENT STORYLINES: The next Signature Event on the PGA TOUR schedule is the Truist Championship. … The top 10 FedExCup points earners through the THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson will earn spots in the Truist Championship via the Aon Next 10. Maverick McNealy leads the Aon Next 10 list after Sunday at the RBC Heritage with Novak, who fell in a playoff to Justin Thomas at Harbour Town, sitting No. 4. … The top five FedExCup points earners in the Corales Puntacana Championship, Zurich Classic of New Orleans and THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson will earn spots in the Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5. With his win in Punta Cana, Higgo sits atop the Aon Swing 5 after one event. … There was a five-way tie for second at the Puntacana Resort with Alejandro Tosti, Keith Mitchell, Jeremy Paul, Joel Dahmen and former PGA TOUR University No. 1 Michael Thorbjornsen all earning 95 points towards the Aon Swing 5 standings.
COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: With his win at the Signature Event RBC Heritage, Justin Thomas jumps back inside the TOUR TOP 10 standings from No. 11 all the way up to No. 2. Thomas’ victory at Hilton Head was his fifth top 10 of the season, matching Corey Conners for the lead on TOUR so far in 2025. … McNealy also jumped into the TOUR TOP 10, from No. 14 to No. 8 after finishing T3 at the RBC Heritage. … Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley both moved up one spot in the standings from No. 4 to No. 3 and No. 5 to No. 4, respectively. … Sepp Straka, Ludvig Åberg, Morikawa and J.J. Spaun round out the rest of the TOUR TOP 10. … With his T3 at Harbour Town, Brian Harman made a tidy leap from No. 22 to No. 12 and is just 70 points outside the TOUR TOP 10.
FEDEXCUP: Winners receives 400 FedExCup points.
COURSE: TPC Louisiana, par 72, 7,425 yards. Water hazards are featured prominently on the course, but the Pete Dye design (which featured Steve Elkington/Kelly Gibson as consultants) is one of the TOUR’s most scoreable layouts. It stretches over 250 acres of wetlands, features 100 bunkers and is located just 15 minutes from bustling downtown New Orleans.
72-HOLE RECORD: 258, Nick Hardy/Davis Riley (2023)
ALTERNATE SHOT RECORD: 63, Hadwin/Taylor (Round 4, 2023), Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele (Round 2, 2023), Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer (Round 4, 2024)
BEST BALL RECORD: 59, Cantlay/Schauffele (Round 1, 2022).
LAST TIME: Long-time pals and Ryder Cup teammates McIlroy and Lowry defeated Ramey and Trainer in a playoff to top the field in New Orleans last year. It was McIlroy’s tournament debut. Ramey and Trainer shot a tournament-record tying 63 in the Foursomes format in the final round to zip 25 spots up the leaderboard after making five birdies in a row after making the turn. They went 2-under for their final three holes to finish at 25-under 263 and then waited as McIlroy and Lowry went birdie-bogey-birdie to end up tied. Trainer pushed a 6-foot par attempt on the first playoff hole to the right, and the team of McIlroy/Lowry, who had known each other for about 20 years, was the winner. It was McIlroy’s 25th PGA TOUR title and Lowry’s third. The team of Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard nearly made it into the playoff as well, with Brehm’s birdie try on the 72nd hole hanging on the right-side lip. Patrick Fishburn and Zac Blair were tied for the lead heading to the 71st hole but made double bogey to end up in a four-way tie for fourth.

How to follow (all times ET):​

Television:

• Thursday-Friday: 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
• Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

PGA TOUR LIVE:
PGA TOUR LIVE is available exclusively on ESPN+

• Main feed: Primary tournament coverage featuring the best action from across the course.
• Marquee group: New “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group.
• Featured groups: Traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups.
• Featured holes: Combination of par 3s and iconic or pivotal holes.

PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and free at PGATOUR.com/liveaudio:

• Thursday-Friday: noon-6 p.m.
• Saturday-Sunday: 1-6 p.m.

Congratulations again to last week's winner @FSUdawg , 2nd win in a row


We have changes at the top of the leaderboard.

With another strong finish, @DFSNOLE has taken the overall lead with @FSUdawg moving into the top 3 after two strong weeks



Good Luck to everyone this week

Allowing five runs in the first and seven in the seventh, No. 4 FSU baseball was handed a lopsided 14-2 loss at No. 19 Louisville in Sunday's rubber match.

The Noles are 31-9 (12-6 in ACC) entering next weekend's huge series at home vs. Clemson.

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The No. 10 Florida State men’s golf team fell to No. 8 North Carolina 3-1 in the semifinal of the 2025 ACC Championship at the Olde Stone Club on Sunday.

The third point was decided in a playoff after Jack Bigham and Luke Clanton finished their matches tied after 18 holes. Clanton won three straight holes to force a playoff, but Bigham conceded the 19th hole.

Playing for the first time in the tournament, Patrick McCann picked up his second win on the day after winning his match 4&2. McCann took the lead at the fourth hole and carried it through the match to even the score 1-1.

Gray Albright battled the top-ranked collegiate player in the nation, but fell 2&1.

The Seminoles started the day defeating sixth-seeded California 3-1 in the quarterfinal.

McCann faced an early 1-0 deficit, but tied the match on 13 before pulling ahead on the next hole. McCann built the lead to three and gave the Seminoles the first point of the day behind a 2&1 victory.

Tyler Weaver quickly added another point after leading from start to finish, 4&3.

Clanton sealed the win after a 2-up victory, also leading from start to finish. Bigham was tied whenever the match was called.

Florida State will host the 2025 NCAA Tallahassee Regional from May 12-14 at Seminole Legacy.

Florida State (3) 3 def. California (6) 1

McCann (FSU) def. Cong (Cal) 2&1

Clanton (FSU) def. Zhou (Cal) 2UP

Heo (Cal) def. Brewer (FSU) 5&4

Bigham (FSU) tied Xie (Cal)

Weaver (FSU) def. Chen (Cal) 4&3

North Carolina (2) 3 def. Florida State (3) 1

Sandhu (UNC) def. Weaver (FSU) 2&1

D. Ford (UNC) def. Albright (FSU) 2&1

McCann (FSU) def. Paschal (UNC) 4&2

Vo (UNC) def. Bigham (FSU) 19 holes

M. Ford (UNC) tied Clanton (FSU)

Bummer to see FSU lose like that, but check out the second paragraph

FSU sports information:

The No. 7 Florida State Softball team (42-7, 16-2 ACC) fell to Louisville (24-23, 7-14), 2-0, on Sunday night at Ulmer Stadium in Louisville, Ky.

FSU still sits on top of the ACC standings with three games to play and will need to just one win next weekend at No. 14 Virginia Tech to secure the program's 15th ACC regular season championship and earn the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament on May 7-10.

Louisville got on the board in the first as they hit a fly ball that was lost in the sun to put a runner on third with one out. The Cards executed a squeeze bunt to put a run on the board. Louisville added an unearned run in the fourth to extend its lead to two.

The Seminoles had a good opportunity to put a run on the board in the second inning as Katie Dack singled, and she beat out the throw to second on a fielder's choice to put runners on first and second with no outs. The Noles were unable to capitalize, stranding a runner on third.

Makenna Reid got the start for the Seminoles and gave up one run on one hit in two innings of work while striking out two. Ashtyn Danley came in and was terrific, going four innings and allowing just two hits while striking out five.

The Seminoles will be back in action next week at No. 14 Virginia Tech. Game one on Friday is set for 6 p.m.