Sooners in Second Heading into Big 12's Final Round

	Team	1	2	3	Score
1.	⁹ Texas	281	286	-	567 (-9)
2.	¹ Oklahoma	282	286	-	568 (-8)
3.	² Okla. St.	286	284	-	570 (-6)
4.	⁵ Texas Tech	286	287	-	573 (-3)
5.	TCU	300	289	-	589 (+13)

	OU Golfers	1	2	3	Score
T2.	Gotterup	68	72	-	140 (-4)
T5.	Goodman	71	71	-	142 (-2)
T5.	Campbell Jr.	71	71	-	142 (-2)
T13.	McAllister	72	72	-	144 (E)
T13.	Welch	72	72	-	149 (E)

TRINITY, Texas — After Monday's opening round was suspended, the Oklahoma men's golf team resumed play at the Big 12 Championship on Tuesday, closing its first round and completing its second round to grab second place with one round to play.

The top-ranked Sooners (2, -8) will enter Wednesday's final round of the 54-hole championship one shot behind No. 9 Texas (1, -9) at the par-72, 7,434-yard Whispering Pines Golf Club. Individually, three Sooners are in the top five as the entire Oklahoma lineup is threatening for a top-10 placement. The championship's top-10 finishers all earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team.

"Today I thought we really hung in there," head coach Ryan Hybl said. "We didn't do a great job on par-5s, but we really hung in there I thought. I'm proud of the guys for what they did today."

In the team race, the Sooners trailed the Longhorns by four shots as the teams made the turn, but after starting on the back nine, Oklahoma caught fire on the front to close its day. Birdies from the entire lineup erased the Longhorn's deficit quickly, and Chris Gotterup's birdie on No. 9 sent the Sooners into the clubhouse with a share of the lead at 8-under. However, Texas used a birdie from Cole Hammer to retake the lead heading into the final round.

Gotterup (T2, -4) led the Sooners in the first two rounds, leading for much of the second round before a late bogey moved him into third. The former Big Ten Player of the Year birdied his final hole to move back into a tie for second and one stroke back of Texas Tech's Ludvig Aberg (1, -5), who leads after two rounds.

In his first appearance at the championship, Drew Goodman (T5, -2) is in line to earn a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament Team after posting back-to-back 71s (-1) to sit in a tie for fourth. The Norman product owns seven top-20 placements, including a season-best runner-up finish at the Southern Highlands Collegiate this spring.

Tied with Goodman on the leaderboard is Stephen Campbell Jr., who matched his teammate's back-to-back 71s (-1) Tuesday to post 2-under thru 36 holes. A redshirt freshman, Campbell Jr., is looking to secure his third top-10 finish of the season.

Sharing 13th place and hunting for spots on the All-Tournament Team were Patrick Welch and Logan McAllister, who closed their days with four pars and a birdie to each sneak into the top 15.

On Tuesday, Welch (T13, E) signed for a pair of even-par 72s, including a flawless back nine in the second round where the senior sunk two birdies and seven pars.

McAllister matched Welch with two rounds of 72 (E). The Oklahoma City product's seven birdies were second most in the OU lineup, trailing Welch's eight on the day.

Six players ranked in Golfstat's top 25 sit inside the top 10 after 36 holes, with three more ranked inside the top 100. Texas (-9) leads the field with 18 holes outstanding, and the Sooners trail their rival by one stroke. On their tails is No. 2 Oklahoma State (-6) and No. 5 Texas Tech (-3), as TCU rounds out the top five at 13-over par.

"Tomorrow is going to be a battle against ourselves and nobody else," Hybl added. "We have to stay in the moment with each shot and go play our type of golf. It's going to be a grind for 18 holes."

The Sooners will look to erase the one-shot deficit on Wednesday and claim the program's 18th conference championship and first since 2018. Oklahoma will tee off at 9:30 a.m. CT off the first tee with the Longhorns in another showdown for the conference title.

Wednesday's final round will not be broadcast, but live scoring will be available on Golfstat and fans can follow OU Men's Golf on social media for frequent updates.