Sooners in Third Place in Las Vegas

	Team	1	2	3	Total
1.	Georgia Tech	283	--	--	283
2.	Stanford	284	--	--	284
3.	Oklahoma	287	--	--	287
T4.	California	288	--	--	288
T4	Texas Tech	288	--	--	288
T4.	UNLV	288	--	--	288

	OU Players	1	2	3	Total
T8.	Q. Cummins	71	--	--	71
T8.	G. Reband	71	--	--	71
T19.	P. Welch	72	--	--	72
T24.	T. Johnson	73	--	--	73
T69..	R. Casey	78	--	--	78

NORMAN — The No. 6 Oklahoma men's golf team holds third place at the end of the first round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate. The three-day, 54-hole event is taking place at the par-72, 7,374-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas.

OU shot 287 (-1) on Sunday against an elite 15-team field that features eight teams in the top 25 of the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, including five in the top 10.

No. 4 Georgia Tech sits atop the team leaderboard at 283 (-5), followed by Stanford one stroke back in second place at 284 (-4). No. 9 California, No. 22 Texas Tech and host UNLV all share fourth place at even-par 288, one stroke behind the Sooners.

Juniors Quade Cummins and Garett Reband paced the Sooners and are tied for eighth place individually after 18 holes at 71 (-1). Cummins recorded a pair of birdies on Sunday. Reband opened the round with three birdies on the front nine.

Freshman Patrick Welch totaled an even-par 72 during the first round. Welch is tied for 19th place and carded four birdies during his round.

Redshirt junior Thomas Johnson carded a 73 (+1) and holds a share of 24th place after the opening round. The redshirt junior picked up a pair of birdies during his first round of the season competing in OU's lineup.

Junior Riley Casey recorded a 78 (+6) and is tied for 69th place through 18 holes.

The second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate is scheduled for Monday. The Sooners will tee off from hole No. 1 at 12:40 p.m. CT. OU will be paired with Georgia Tech and Stanford during Monday's round.

Live scoring will be available at Golfstat.com.

The second and third rounds of the Southern Highlands Collegiate will be streamed by Golfweek and the USA Today Network. Fans can watch here.