University of Oklahoma Athletics

Sooners Claim Bedlam to Win East Lake Cup
October 27, 2021 | Men's Golf
ATLANTAĀ ā The top-ranked Oklahoma men's golf team took down Oklahoma State 3-2 in the championship match of the East Lake Cup on Wednesday.
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The win marks the first time Ryan Hybl's group captured the cup in the Sooners' third trip to East Lake Golf Club.
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"I'm just excited for the guys" said Hybl. "I mean, the ebb and flow of match play is so unique. If you're looking at a computer screen, at one point we were just dead in the waterā¦So just really, really excited about the guys having that moment at the end of the day. You know, it's nice to get a little in-state rivalry, too, so that's a little icing on the cake."
All three Oklahoma points were clinched on East Lake Golf Club's iconic par-3 15th hole.
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Logan McAllister put the Sooners on the board with an early 5&3 victory. McAllister never trailed in the match and was 5-up after the first nine holes.
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"I struck the ball really well today," McAllister said. "I was in play off the tee pretty much every hole and I was pretty much on the green. Out here if you can hit 16 greens, you're probably going to do pretty well, and I did a great job of hitting fairways and hitting greens and just keeping the pressure on him the whole time."
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A few minutes later, Jaxon Dowell notched the second point with a gritty come-from-behind win. Dowell was 2-down heading to the 16th hole and ultimately tied the match. A missed putt from OSU's senior All-American Eugenio Lopez-ChacarraĀ sent the match into a playoff on the 15th. Dowell's tee shot found the green, while the Cowboy was in the bunker - a par would be all Dowell needed to claim the match, giving OU its second point.Ā
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The Sooners trailed in two other matches as all eyes shifted to the anchor match featuring Monday's co-medalist Chris Gotterup. Tied through 10 holes, the OU seniorĀ got hot and won four of the next five holes to win his match 4&3 and deliver the East Lake Cup trophy to the nation's No. 1 team.Ā
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"I'm just really happy," Gotterup said. "You know, it's been our goal to come here and play well. Obviously there's been a little bit of a stigma against us in match play and we know what we've got and I think we showed that today. We're really happy to get this win."
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The title marks OU's second Bedlam match-play win in three weeks and closes the fall slate. The East Lake Cup is Oklahoma's second win of the fall, a stretch where the Sooners never finished worse than second place in a stroke-play event.Ā
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