Oklahoma Men's Golf Team Readies for NCAA Regional in California

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For the 13th consecutive season, Oklahoma men's golf is set to tee off in an NCAA Regional as the Sooners open the Rancho Santa Fe Regional at the Farms Gold Club on Monday, May 13. Play continues on Tuesday and Wednesday with 18 holes all three days in the 54-hole event.

Oklahoma enters the tournament with a different lineup than what it boasted at the Big 12 Championship. Drew Goodman takes the top bag, followed by freshman Ryder Cowan, Jase Summy, Ben Lorenz and Luke Kluver. Freshman PJ Maybank III will serve as OU's substitute if necessary.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the NCAA Regionals for the Sooners.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/5/10 ... a-regional

TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS
The Sooners tee off at 10 a.m. CT Monday with Arizona State and Washington. Pairings and tee times will be decided by the leaderboard for the second and third rounds.

There are selection capsules to watch the line scoring for the tournament in the article above.

Good luck to the Sooners this week.

Boomer Sooner!

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The Oklahoma Sooner Men's Golf Team played well enough Monday to be in 4th place after the first round of the NCAA Regional played at the Farms Gold Club in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The Sooners shot 4-over with a 284 team score for 4th place North Florida shot 3-under, 277, Oklahoma State shot 2-under, 278, and California shot Even, 280 to finish in the first three spots. San Diego, West Virginia was at 5-over with Arizona State at 6-over.

Individually, Sooners Ben Lorenz and Jace Summy both shot 1-under 69 in the first round to be in a tie for 6th place individually. Drew Goodman and Luke Kluver shot 3-over, 73s and Ryder Cowan shot a 74, 4-over for the Sooners.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the first day action for the Sooners!

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/5/13 ... a-regional

The top five teams in the Regional will move on to the NCAA Finals.

Good luck to the Sooners in round #2 on Tuesday. They starting their rounds within the last hour.

Boomer Sooner!

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The Oklahoma Sooners Men's Golf Team turned in another workman's like round as they shot another 4-over round on Tuesday to complete 36 holes at 8-over, at 568. Their 4-over round of 284 was tied for the second best round of the day. The Sooners sit in 5th place (the top five teams move on to the NCAA Finals) thru 36 holes.

The Top 5 teams will likely come from the Top 7 teams after 36 holes. Here are the Top 7 teams:

Top-7 Team Leaderboard
1. No. 34 North Florida (+3)
2. No. 22 California (+4)
3. No. 58 West Virginia (+5)
4. No. 26 Oklahoma State (+6)
5. No. 15 Oklahoma (+8)
6. No. 50 San Diego (+9)
7. No. 3 Arizona State (+11)

On Tuesday, the Sooners teed off on the back nine, which is the tougher nine holes. they do the same thing again today at 8:30 AM (10:30 AM CST). But they saved their round with good front nines yesterday. Ryder Cowan, keyed the 4-over score as he rallied in his round with 3 birdies over the final 6 holes he played to get to 2-over count a the 3rd team score for OU. Drew Goodman also shot 2-under in his last nine holes on the front nine.

Here were the Sooner scores on Tuesday:

Ben Lorenz -> 1-under 69 for a 2-day total of 2-under 138 and tied for 3rd place individually.
Drew Goodman -> Even par 70 for a 2-day total of 3-over par 143 and tied for 17th place.
Ryder Cowan -> 2-over 72 for a 2-day total of 6-over 146 and tied for 30th place.
Like Kluver -> 3-over 73 for a 2-day total of 6-over 146 and tied for 30th place.
Jace Summy -> 5-over 75 for a 2-day total of 4-over 144 and tied for 22nd place.

Here is the Sooners staff writers article about the Sooners round on Tuesday.
https://soonersports.com/news/2024/5/14 ... -regionals

Good luck to the Men today in the final round of the Regional. If the Sooners can manage the "other' scores today, they have an excellent chance to finish in the Top 5 and advance to the NCAA Finals. Ben Lorenz has a chance to finish in the Top 5 golfers also with a third solid round on Wednesday. Good luck to him. Drew Goodman is only 2 shots behind Lorenz and can move up quickly with a couple shot under par finish today.

Boomer Sooner!

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The Oklahoma Sooners Men' Team started hot on Wednesday and stayed hot as they shot a great 11-under par, 269, on Wednesday to run away with the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional at The Farms Golf Club to claim the team championship with a total score of 3-under par, 837 strokes. The Sooners won by a total of 6 shots over California who finished at 3-over 843, Oklahoma State and West Virginia who both finished in 3rd with a 5-over score of 845. North Florida was the fifth and final team to qualify for the NCAA Final with their 10-over score of 850.

The Sooners 11-under par was the best round of the tourney by 8 shots. The second best round was shot by North Florida in round one with their 3-under 277.

The Sooners hot start was lead by Ryder Cowan and Ben Lorenz who were both 2-under through the first five holes on the back nine 10-14 holes. The Sooners finished the back nine with a 4-under start to their round. They added 7 shots of under par golf on the back nine to finish at 11-under par. Ben Lorenz was bar far the best golfer on the course on Wednesday as he shot a sizzling 64, 6-under, round. Ryder Cowan was right behind Lorenz with a 4-under round of 66. Drew Goodman was the third golfer for the Sooners that was under par on Wednesday with a 2-under, 68. After carding a 'snowman-8' on his second hole of his round, Luke Kluver battled back to shoot a 1 -over par on Wednesday to be the fourth score for the Sooner team with his 71. He was 3-under on the next 16 holes to rebound very well after that quad-bogey on #11. Jase Summy shot a 3-over, 73 on Wednesday.

Ben Lorenz won the individual title for the Regional with his 8-under final score of 202. Drew Goodman finished in a tie for 9th at 1-over 211. Ryder Cowan finished at 2-over, 212 in a tie for 11th. Luke Kluver and Jase Summy both finished at 7-over, 217 to finish in a tie for 31st.

Wednesday for the Sooners was their best day and round of the season, when they needed it.

Head coach Ryan Hybl said after the win, "We've been waiting all year for a round like we had today. I'm just so proud of and happy for our guys, who have worked hard all year long. For them to see the fruits of their labor could not have come at a better time. We knew we'd need a big-time day and we got exactly that."

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the winning round shot by the Sooners on Wednesday.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/5/15 ... ampionship

With the win, the Sooners advance to the NCAA Finals at the Championship Course at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. that will be held on May 24-29. The championships will be contested at Omni La Costa for the first time, with teams playing 54 holes of stroke play before the 30-team field is cut to 15. The last 15 teams play one final round of stroke play before the top eight teams advance to match play. Oklahoma has won two national championships (1989 and 2017) and finished runner-up in 2021.

Congratulations to the Sooner Team on their great round on Wednesday and their Regional win. Oklahoma now has seven all-time wins at NCAA Regionals, and advance to the NCAA Finals for the 13th consecutive season.

Boomer Sooner!

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For Luke Kluver to shoot 1-over with an 8 on his card is really amazing. I've carded plenty of snowmen, and they always lead to further poor play. Truly impressive to overcome the mental nightmare of a quadruple bogie. Great win for the team! They will need to bring that game with them to the Finals.