Men's Golf Seeks Third Win at Southern Highlands

LAS VEGAS — The No. 9-ranked Oklahoma men's golf team will look to win their third straight tournament and second in a row at Southern Highlands, starting Sunday at the 2023 Southern Highlands Collegiate. The event, held at the prestigious Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas, is contested over 54 holes and showcases nine ranked teams in the 15-team field.

Last season at SHGC, then No. 1-ranked Oklahoma held off late charges from No. 5 Pepperdine and No. 15 Texas as Patrick Welch took home medalist honors to secure a spot in the PGA TOUR's Shriners Children's Open. The winner of this season's event will receive an exemption into the same PGA event, played at TPC Summerlin in the fall.

In their last time on the course, the Sooners opened their spring slate with a win at the Puerto Rico Classic after a thrilling final-round comeback. The Sooners (1, -30) fired a 272 (-16) in the final round to overtake East Tennessee State's (2, -25) 36-hole lead, win by five shots and notch their second win of the season. In addition, four Sooners finished inside the top 10 on the individual leaderboard, with Ben Lorenz finishing as the runner-up.

The Oklahoma lineup is led by the reigning champion Welch, Ben Lorenz, Drew Goodman, Stephen Campbell Jr. and Jake Holbrook. In addition, true freshman Jase Summy returns to the course, playing unattached.

THE FIELD WITH GOLFSTAT RANKING

No. 4 North Carolina
No. 7 Illinois
No. 8 Georgia Tech
No. 9 Oklahoma
No. 11 Florida
No. 14 Pepperdine
No. 15 Texas A&M
No. 16 Texas
No. 25 San Diego State
Georgia
New Mexico
SMU
TCU
UCF
UNLV (host)

FORMAT

The three-day, 54-hole event tees off on Sunday and teams will play 18 holes Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS

Tee times and pairings will be announced on OU Men's Golf social media channels when available.

LIVE STATS

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.