Sooners Finish Fourth at Men's NIT

	Team	1	2	3	Score
1.	² Oklahoma State	266	269	276	811 (-53)
2.	¹² Texas	280	280	272	832 (-32)
3.	⁹ Pepperdine	283	277	276	836 (-28)
3.	¹ Oklahoma	283	275	279	837 (-27)
5.	Arizona	277	279	282	838 (-23)

	OU Golfers	1	2	3	Score
T9.	Gotterup	69	67	71	207 (-9)
T16.	Welch	70	68	72	210 (-6)
T16.	McAllister	73	68	69	210 (-6)
T23.	Lorenz (I)	68	77	67	212 (-4)
T23.	Campbell Jr.	72	72	68	212 (-4)
T43.	Goodman	72	72	71	215 (-1)

TUCSON, Ariz. — TUCSON, Ariz. – The top-ranked Oklahoma men's golf team finished in fourth place at the Men's NIT powered by a top-10 finish from Chris Gotterup.

The Sooners (4, -27) entered the day in a tie for third but were bested in Saturday's final round by No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 12 Texas and No. 9 Pepperdine bumping the Sooners down a spot. It's the first time the top-ranked Sooners have finished outside of the top three of a regular-season tournament since the final event of the shortened 2019-20 season.

Gotterup (T9, -9) was strong all week for the Crimson and Cream rolling out a 207 to earn his fifth top-10 finish in his last six events for the Sooners. The Little Silver, N.J., product finished his week with a 71 (-1) Saturday to move back into the top 10.

Patrick Welch and Logan McAllister both shared 16th at 6-under for the tournament.

McAllister (T16, -6) was Oklahoma's best golfer over the final two rounds, carding a 68 and 69 to close, but an opening-round 73 created too large of a gap early to get into the top 10. Welch (T16, -6) was steady for the Sooners in all three rounds, signing for 70-68-72 to continue his strong run of play.

On Saturday, Stephen Campbell Jr. (T23, -4) closed with a team-best 68 (-4) to rise into the top 25. The redshirt freshman tallied six birdies and just two bogeys on the day to notch the strong finish.

True freshman Drew Goodman (T43, -1) rounded out the OU lineup by posting back-to-back 72s on Friday but got into the red with a 71 (-1) the close his tournament.

It's the second time this spring that the entire OU lineup finished under par, as the nation's top-ranked team did so at the Puerto Rico Classic when it posted a school-record 59-under par. The Sooners' 27-under par mark this week marks the third consecutive event that OU has finished 25-under par or better, the longest streak in at least five years.

OU will look to regroup and regain its winning ways at the Calusa Cup, which it won in 2021. The Sooners tee off in the Naples, Fla., event on April 15.

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Stephen Campbell Jr.

Chris Gøtterup

Drew Goodman

Logan McAllister

Patrick Welch

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