Sooners Struggle on First Day of Big 12s

	Team	1	2	3	Total
1.	Texas	287	285	-	572
2.	Texas Tech	286	291	-	577
T3.	Iowa State	292	300	-	592
T3.	TCU	299	293	-	592
5.	Oklahoma	297	296	-	593

	OU Players	1	2	3	Total
T6.	B. Titsworth	73	72	-	145
T13.	M. Gellerman	76	71	-	147
T13.	M. Schoolcraft	72	75	-	147
T36.	C. Saxon	76	78	-	154
T36.	M. McGreevy	76	78	-	154

Big 12 Championship
Day 1 Results

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TRINITY, Texas -- After two rounds at the Big 12 Championship, the 15th-ranked University of Oklahoma men's golf team sits in fifth place. The three-day, 72-hole tournament is being played at the par-72, 7,743-yard Whispering Pines Golf Club.

The Sooners struggled throughout the day, shooting a 17-over 593, 21 strokes off the lead. In the first round, OU recorded a 9-over 297, followed by a 296 (+8) for the second 18 holes.

Sitting atop the leaderboard is 18th-ranked Texas with a 572 (-4), while No. 39 Texas Tech is second with a 577 (+1). No. 47 Iowa State and No. 52 TCU are tied for third with 16-over 592s.

Leading the way for the Sooners was Beau Titsworth, who fired a 145 (+1) for the first 36 holes. The sophomore opened with a 1-over 73 before carding an even-par 72, placing him in a tie for sixth, five strokes behind leader Esteban Restrepo of Texas Tech.

In the first round, Titsworth stumbled early, shooting bogeys on two of his first three holes. However, he was able to recover with par-or-better scores on 13 of his last 15 holes, including three birdies in a row on holes No. 12, 13 and 14. For the second 18 holes, he offset two bogeys with two birdies.

Tied for 13th place with 3-over-par 147s are junior Michael Gellerman and senior Michael Schoolcraft. Gellerman posted the biggest improvement for the Sooners between the two rounds, shooting a bogey-free 1-under 71 in the afternoon to counter a 76 (+4) first-round total. Schoolcraft followed his first-round 72 (E) with a 3-over 75.

With scores of 154 (+10), junior Charlie Saxon and freshman Max McGreevy share 36th place. Both shot a 76 (+4) and 78 (+6) in the first and second rounds, respectively.

"We started poorly this morning, which set the tone all day, but I am happy that Beau had a nice day, and Gellerman played well this afternoon," OU head coach Ryan Hybl said. "We need a really solid day tomorrow."

The third round of the Big 12 Championship is slated to begin at 8 a.m. CT on Saturday. The Sooners will be paired with TCU and Oklahoma State and tee off from hole No. 1 at 8:50 a.m. Live stats will be available at GolfStat.com.