Sooners Open Postseason at Big 12 Championship

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — The Sooners head to The Club at Carlton Woods for the 2021 Big 12 Championship on April 18-20, as the team seeks its seventh all-time conference championship. Oklahoma, led by 12th-year head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell, last won the Big 12 in 2014 when the team fired a conference-record 278 in the third round to win the championship.

"We're extremely grateful to be competing in the postseason again," Drouin-Luttrell said. "The way to approach this event is as if it's a new season, and whatever happened before this event doesn't necessarily matter. We must play our own game and really take it one day, one hole and one shot at a time. This course is phenomenal, and we can't wait to get out there."

The Sooners finished inside the top five in four of their five tournaments in 2020-21 and have finished inside the top five in six of its last seven events, dating back to last season. The team owns 13 top-fives in the previous four seasons. Oklahoma concluded its regular season with a stroke-play scoring average of 289.47, the second-lowest mark in program history. Drouin-Luttrell's teams have rewritten the record book in Norman, tallying the top 12 scoring averages in program history, carding sub-300 averages every season since Drouin-Luttrell arrived in 2009.

Spectators are permitted based on local/state guidelines, which are subject to change. It is requested that spectators wear masks at all times and follow physical distancing protocols, including remaining at least 15 yards away from student-athletes, coaches and other team personnel. Spectators must also keep distanced from tee boxes and greens. The event is free of charge.

THE FIELD

No. 10/15 Baylor
No. NR/37 Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
No. NR/32 Oklahoma
No. 8/6 Oklahoma State
TCU
No. 17/18 Texas
No. RV/29 Texas Tech

OU LINEUP

All five of Oklahoma's starters rank in the top 12 all-time in scoring average at Oklahoma, with four of them ranked inside the top six, including Nos. 1-3. They've combined for 43 top-20 finishes and 23 top 10s in the Crimson and Cream.

Mikhaela Fortuna, Jr., Manila, Philippines: Second appearance at the Big 12 championship (T23, 2019) ... Owns sixth-lowest scoring average (73.12) in OU history ... Played twice for the Sooners in the spring, finishing T26 and T13 with four of her six rounds at par-or-better ... Career-best finish is T7, accomplished twice ... Ranked No. 82 on Golfstat and would rank fourth in Sagarin rankings if she met the threshold ... 3-0 at Big 12 match play in 2021 ... Second-lowest single-season scoring average (71.90) in OU history as a sophomore ... Ranked 82nd in Golfstat, No. 4 in Golfweek/Sagarin and 259th in the world.

Hannah Screen, Jr., London, U.K.: First appearance at the Big 12 championship ... In first season as a Sooner after transferring from Houston where she was All-AAC and led the Cougars to an AAC title ... Owns school-records for single-season and career scoring averages at 71.78 ... Led Sooners at four tournaments this season ... Career best 3rd-place finish at Rawls Invitational ... Ranked No. 76 by Golfstat, 48th by Golfweek and No. 138 in the world.

Kaitlin Milligan, Sr., Norman, Okla.: Third appearance at Big 12 championship, finishing T21 in 2019 and 32nd in 2018 ... Third-lowest career scoring average of 73.06 in program history, with fourth-lowest score versus par (1.32) ... Played in the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur (T19) ... Winner of 2019 NCAA Regional ... Team-high 17 top-20 finishes and 10 top-10 placements ... Owns school records for low round (62) and three-round score (199) ... Set single-season scoring record (71.40, -0.30) last season ... All-Big 12 honoree in 2019 ... Ranked No. 290 in the world.

Maria Fernanda Martinez, R-So., Veracruz, Mexico: First appearance at the Big 12 championship ... Career scoring average of 74.25 is 12th-lowest in OU history ... Finished inside the top 25 at two of her five events in 2020-21, grabbing career-best T19 at the Schooner Fall Classic ... Ranked No. 689 in the world.

Libby Winans, Jr., Richardson, Texas: Finished sixth in only Big 12 championship in 2019 ... Second all-time at OU for career scoring average (72.77) and 1.17 versus par ... Career-low round of 64 is second-best in school history ... Amassed three of the lowest 54-hole scores in program history ... Ranked No. 327 in the world.

HISTORY

The Sooners own six conference championships in school history, and three since the formation of the Big 12 in 1997. Drouin-Luttrell's teams were champions in 2012 and 2014, and have produced the league's individual champion in 2009 and 2014.

THE COURSE

The Club at Carlton Woods will host the Big 12 Championship for the first time in its history. In 2005, the 18-hole Tom Fazio course debuted in the Carlton Woods Creekside community resting atop 7,358 yards of rolling hillsides on the bluffs of Spring Creek. Following completion, Golf Digest named it the "Best New Private Course in Texas," and "#3 Best New Private Course in the U.S."

FORMAT

Fifty-four holes will be played over three days, with teams playing 18 holes on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS

Day one pairings were arranged based on Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, pairing the Sooners with Texas Tech and Iowa State off the opening tee starting at 9 a.m. Pairings for the following days will be based off the leaderboard.

LIVE STATS

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.