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The Oklahoma Sooner Men's Golf Team will be in Toledo, OH for the Inverness Intercollegiate Tourney at the famed Inverness Club. The Sooners will join a field of 14 teams with 9 teams that are ranked or at least received votes in pre-season fall polls. OU is ranked #3/#11/#12 in the rankings. The Sooners were ranked No. 3 by Golf Channel, 11th by Golfweek and 12th in the Bushnell/Golfweek D1 Coaches Poll. With consensus preseason All-Americans Drew Goodman and Jase Summy leading the way, OU is poised to compete among the nation's top collegiate golf teams in the 2024-25 campaign.

The Sooners will send six gofers to Ohio. Representing the Sooners will be Drew Goodman and Jase Summy, as well as 2024 freshman All-American Ryder Cowan. Junior Matthew Troutman will make his first lineup appearance since his freshman year, and true freshman Clark Van Gaalen will debut at Inverness. Senior Jaxon Dowell will play as an unattached individual.

Here is the pre-tourney article written by the OU Athletics Communications group.

https://soonersports.com/sports/mens-golf

The Sooners will play 36 holes on Monday, followed by 18 holes on Tuesday.

Monday's rounds will have featured hole coverage on Nos. 12 and 18 on YouTube, and Tuesday's final round will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

The pairings and are not available as of now. On Monday there will be shotgun start at 8:30 PM CST.

Good luck to the Sooners!

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Fall Pre-Season Accolades for the Sooner Men's Golf Team.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/9/4/ ... son-honors

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Here are the starting holes for the Oklahoma Sooners for the morning Monday round at the Inverness Intercollegiate.

The shotgun start is at 8:30 AM CST in Ohio.

Hole 4 - Drew Goodman
Hole 5A - Matthew Goodman
Hole 5B - Ryder Cowan
Hole 6 - Clark Van Gaalen
Hole 7B - Jace Summy
The Sooners are playing in 3-somes with Virginia and Louisville players.

Playing individually is Jaxon Dowell for Oklahoma. He starts on hole 15A. He is playing with the College of Charleston and Toledo players.

The Oklahoma Sooner Men's Golf Team played well on Monday through 36 holes and finished with a 2-over par total of 554 for the team. The Sooners are in 3rd place, 1-shot behind Texas Tech (1-over par, 555) and 6 shots behind Auburn (4-under par 548).

Individually, Drew Goodman is tied for second place at 3-under par, 135. He shot rounds of 66 and 69 on Monday. (Par at Inverness is 69.) Matthew Troutman is 1-over par at 139 and in a tie for 14th as he shot a 72, 67. Ryder Cowan is also at 1-over par also with his rounds of 71, 68. Clark Van Gaalen, a freshman in his first event for OU, is at 3-over par, 141, with rounds of 72, 69 and tied for 24th. Jase Summy is at 6 over par, 144 and is in a T for 44th spot with his rounds of 73, 71. Goodman, Troutman, Cowan and Van Gaalen had the 'counting scores' for the Sooners in both rounds on Monday.

Playing unattached for the Sooners is Jaxon Dowell. He shot rounds of 75 and 70 for a 7-over par total of 145. He is tied for 51st.

Here is the post-day article by the OU Athletics Communications about the Sooners day.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/9/9/ ... -inverness

With a few players unable to complete their rounds on Monday, the tee times are scheduled for 7:30 AM CST in another shotgun start. The pairings and starting holes are not released at this time. I will try to update as soon as they are posted.

Good luck to the Sooners today in the final 18 holes.

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The final round is not a shotgun start. Everyone is teeing off the 1st or the 10th hole. The OU Team tees off on the 1st hole. Here are the tee times.

9:10 AM CST - Jase Summy (T43, +6)
9:20 AM CST - Clark Van Gaalen (T21, +3)
9:30 AM CST - Matthew Troutman (T13, +1)
9:40 AM CST - Ryder Cowan (T13, +1)
9:50 AM CST - Drew Goodman (T2, -3)

Jaxon Dowell tees off on #10 at 9:43 AM CST.

The Oklahoma Sooners Men's Golf team made a strong bid to move up in the standings in the Inverness Intercollegiate in Toledo, OH but finished in a Tie for 3rd Place 5 shots behind the leader Virginia. Virginia finished at 2-under par, 826. Auburn finished in 2nd Place, 2-over par, 830. Oklahoma and Vanderbilt shared 3rd Place at 3-over par, 831. Texas Tech finished in 5th with a 5-over total of 833.

The Sooners were in very good shape through 14 holes on Monday as they were 1-under par for the round at that point. The Sooners finished at 1-over par as they played the final 4 holes in 2-over to finish their round with a 1-over par 277. The first five holes of the day were also troublesome for the Sooners as they played those 5 holes in 3-over par as a team.

But a Top 3 finish in a top tournament is a strong start to the Fall Season for the Sooners. The five ranked teams did finish the tourney in the Top-5 spots, just as the results should be. Here is the post-tourney recap by the OU Athletics Communications group.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/9/10 ... -in-top-20

Individually, the Sooners had 4 golfers finish in the Top 20 spots of the tourney and all-five team members finished in the Top 30.

Drew Goodman shot a 2-under total of 205 and shot rounds of 66, 69 and 70 for a Tie for 7th Place.
Ryder Cowan shot a 2-over total of 209 and shot rounds of 72, 67, 71 for a Tie for 14th Place.
Matthew Troutman shot a 3-over total of 210 and shot rounds of 72, 67, 71 for a Tie for 18th Place.
Jase Summy also shot a 3-over total of 210 and shot rounds of 73, 71, 66 for a Tie for 18th Place.
Clark Van Gaalen shot a 5-over total of 212 and shot rounds of 72, 69, 71 for a Tie for 28th Place.

As you can see, each of the Sooner team players shot at least one round in the 60s and no one shot over 73 (4-over). That is a solid tourney for the first tourney of the Fall. (OU was the only team in the field to have four players post at least eight birdies on the week. - from the article.)

Jaxon Dowell, playing independently, shot an 11-over par, 218 with rounds of 75, 70, 73 for a Tie for 63rd Place.

The Sooners will play in the Valero Texas Collegiate on Sept 21st-23rd in a 3-day tourney in 10 days.

Congrats to the Sooners for their 3rd Place finish.

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