No. 1 Sooners Look for Fourth Straight Win at NIT

Men's NIT

March 18-19 / 54 Holes / Tucson, Arizona / Omni Tucson National GC / Live Scoring

TUCSON, Ariz. — The top-ranked Oklahoma men's golf team will look to tie a program record by winning its fifth tournament of the season at this weekend' Men's NIT in Tucson, Ariz. The two-day, 54-hole event features the best field in golf this week as seven top-25 teams, including four inside the top 10, will square off at the par-72, 7,200-yard Catalina Course at Omni Tucson.

The Sooners have won their last three events and have been dominant to open the spring. As a team, Oklahoma is a combined 97-under over its previous six rounds of play and has posted four of the school's 10 lowest rounds in program history during that stretch. In addition, the 97-under mark over two tournaments marked the lowest combined scores vs. par in back-to-back events in NCAA history.

Teams will fight daylight and try and play 36 holes Friday before wrapping up with a final 18 holes on Saturday.

The Oklahoma lineup features three All-Americans, including Chris Gotterup, Logan McAllister and Patrick Welch. Those three will be joined by Drew Goodman and Stephen Campbell Jr., a freshman and redshirt freshman, respectively. In addition, Ben Lorenz joins the tournament as an individual.

THE FIELD BY GOLFSTAT RANKING

No. 1 Oklahoma
No. 2 Oklahoma State
No. 5 Arkansas
No. 9 Pepperdine
No. 12 Texas
No. 13 Tennessee
No. 25 Illinois
Arizona (host)
Colorado State
New Mexico
San Diego
San Diego State
UNLV
USC
Wyoming

HISTORY

The Sooners are familiar with the NIT, receiving invitations to play in each of the last three tournaments. Oklahoma fired the fourth-lowest 54-hole score in event history last year to finish in second at 43-under. Garett Reband won medalist honors at last year's event.

2021: 2nd (821, -43)
2020: Canceled
2019: 3rd (836, -28)

FORMAT

Fifty-four holes will be played over two days. Tee times will be made available later and published on the OU Men's Golf social media accounts.

COVERAGE

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.