OU Set For Big 12 Match Play Championship

Big 12 Match Play Championship

Oct. 11-13 / Match Play / Hockley, Texas / The Golf Club at Houston Oaks / Live Scoring

HOCKLEY, Texas — The Oklahoma men's golf team continues its fall schedule this week at the Big 12 Match Play Championship in Hockley, Texas, where it will take look to accumulate match-play victories and claim one of two possible Big 12 championships this season.

The event will consist of three days of play at the par-71, 7,007-yard Golf Club at Houston Oaks, guaranteeing each team multiple matches throughout the week. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning will feature five sessions of pool play to determine the teams for Wednesday afternoon's championship match, which will be determined based on points earned. Each team match will be comprised of six individual matches. The fourth annual event, hosted by the Big 12 Conference as a fall championship, is the first of its kind in an effort to prepare teams for the NCAA Championship, which moved to a match-play format in 2009.

The Sooners' opening-day matches are set as head coach Ryan Hybl's squad, who was named the nation's unanimous No. 1 team Friday, will take on West Virginia on Monday morning, followed by K-State in the afternoon wave.

THE FIELD BY GCAA/GOLFWEEK RANKING

No. 1/1 Oklahoma
No. 2/5 Oklahoma State
No. 5/8 Texas
No. 10/11 Texas Tech
No. 13/9 Kansas
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas State
TCU
West Virginia

OU LINEUP

Chris Gotterup, R-SR, Little Silver, N.J. - Transferred to Oklahoma from Rutgers for final year of eligibility ... Scoring average of 70.11 is lowest among qualifying Sooners, as is -1.22 vs. par mark ... Coming off back-to-back third-place finishes at the Maridoe Collegiate Invitational and Colonial Collegiate Invitational ... 2019-20 Big Ten Player of the Year ... 2020 First Team All-Big Ten ... 2019-20 Big Ten Les Bolstad Award (Lowest Conference Stroke Average) ... 2020 NCAA Division I PING All-American (Third Team) ... 2020 Golfweek All-American (Honorable Mention) ... One of the top individual amateurs in the country who finished the 2019-20 season as the highest ranked Big Ten Golfer and No. 23 nationally with a 70.39 adjusted scoring average according to Golfstat ... 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup finalist.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - 11 | WAGR - 103 | PGA Tour U - 43

Logan McAllister, SR, Oklahoma City, Okla. - 10-3 record in match play over career, including 9-1 mark last season ... Went 5-0 at Big 12 Match Play in 2020 ... Owns three career victories, including one in 2021-22 at the Carmel Cup ... Tied for second-lowest scoring average (71.39) in Oklahoma golf history ... 2021 Golfweek and GCAA PING Third Team All-American ... PING All-Central Region selection ... September 2020 Big 12 Golfer of the Month ... Closed 2021 season ranked No. 26 by Golfstat and 22nd by Golfweek ... Carded a 71.53 scoring average over 36 rounds in breakout 2021 season ... Played in 20 career events for Oklahoma with 18 rounds in the 60s ... 13 top 20s, seven top-10 finishes.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - 14 | WAGR - 16 | PGA Tour U - 3

Jaxon Dowell, R-Fr., Edmond, Okla. - Made collegiate debut at Colonial, finishing seventh after signing for a 209 (-1) ... No. 8 golfer in the country in 2020 recruiting class ... Grabbed fourth at the Oklahoma Stroke Play Championship (June 2021) ... Third place at the Silver State Amateur (June 2021) ... Finished third at the 2020 Oklahoma State Amateur ... Won the 2019 Oklahoma Junior Boys Championship ... Eight top-five amateur finishes since the summer of 2019 ... Six top-10 finishes at AJGA tournaments.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - 18 | WAGR - 830

Patrick Welch, SR, Aliso Viejo, Calif. - Won the East Lake Cup in October 2020, firing a 67 ... Career-scoring average of 71.73 is the sixth-best in program history ... Honorable mention All-American as a freshman in 2019 ... Won the drive, chip and putt competition at Augusta National in 2014 ... 28 tournaments played for the Sooners, notching 13 top-20 placements and six top 10s.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - 239 | WAGR - 85 | PGA Tour U - 28

Drew Goodman, FR, Norman, Okla. - Fourth appearance for the Sooners and first in match play ... Two-time AJGA All-American ... Ranked No. 30 in the Rolex AJGA ranking ... Took home medalist honors at 2018 Under Armour Jordan Spieth Championship and 2019 Bass Pro/Payne Stewart Championship ... Ranked 16th in the 2021 class by Golfweek and is the No. 1 prospect in the state of Oklahoma ... Three-time champion of the OJGT/TJGT Red River Challenge ... National Merit Semifinalist ... Fired 59 at Belmar Golf Club in early Sept. 2021.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - 77 | WAGR - 540

Stephen Campbell Jr., R-FR, Richmond, Texas - Third appearance for the Sooners and first in match play... Finished eighth at the 2020 Texas State Amateur ... Earned a top-10 finish at the 2020 Dustin Johnson Junior World Championship ... Represented Team USA at the 2019 Junior President's Cup and took part in the 2019 Wyndham Cup ... Set the TAPPS scoring record (131) to win the 2019 TAPPS 5A state championship ... Three-time First-Team All-District and All-Regional selection ... Two-time First Team All-State honoree ... Tallied two runner-up and five top-10 AJGA finishes.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - 107 | WAGR - 677

Ben Lorenz, SO, Peoria, Ariz. - First appearance of 2021-22 season after playing 21 rounds last year, including two rounds at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional and four rounds at the NCAA Championship ... Best finish at Maridoe Collegiate in first collegiate event, shot 222 to finish T13 ... Made first showing in lineup at 2021 Calusa Cup, where his second-round score of 71 helped pace the Sooners to a win ... Was No. 1 prospect out of Arizona and No. 16 nationally, earning AJGA Player of the Year honors.

RANK: Golfweek/Sagarin - NR | WAGR - 621

HISTORY

The Sooners seek their first win at the Big 12 Match Play Championship, following a third-place finish last season.

COVERAGE

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.