Men's Golf Set For NCAA Norman Regional

NCAA Norman Regional

May 15-17 / 54 Holes / Norman, Okla. / Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club / Live Scoring / OU Notes

NORMAN — For the second season in a row, the Oklahoma men's golf team is set to host an NCAA Regional at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club May 15-17. The 54-hole event will host 14 teams as some of the nation's top golfers compete to advance to the 2023 NCAA Championship.

Oklahoma will be one of 14 teams in action at Jimmie Austin Golf Club. The 14-team, 54-hole tournament is one of six NCAA Regionals. It serves as the preliminary event for the NCAA Championship, which OU has advanced to every year since 2011, the second-longest streak in the nation. The low five teams and the low individual not on a qualifying team will attend the NCAA Championship, scheduled for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Awarded hosting privileges for the second year in a row, OU was tabbed as the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Norman Regional. With their selection, the ninth-ranked Sooners have earned a top-two seed in each of the last five years, including back-to-back No. 1 overall seeds in 2021 and 2022.

The Big 12 champion Sooners won the conference by defeating the field by 18 strokes at Prairie Dunes. In addition to its conference title, OU has three other wins this season – the Ka'anapali Classic, Puerto Rico Classic and The Goodwin. Runner-up finishes at the Frederica Cup, and Boilermaker Invite punctuated another strong regular season. Head coach Ryan Hybl's team ranks third nationally in scoring average (278.88) and score vs. par (-5.81) and joins No. 1 Vanderbilt as one of two teams with their entire lineup inside the nation's top 80.

Patrick Welch (3x All-American) and Ben Lorenz anchor the OU lineup as the veterans, freshman Jase Summy is on pace to break program records for a first-year player, and Drew Goodman and Stephen Campbell Jr. are in the mix for All-Big 12 honors.

Oklahoma has advanced out of all three home regionals hosted in the Hybl era (2009-present), finishing fifth in 2012 and winning in 2018 and 2022. The course will also host an NCAA Women's Regional in 2025.

Admission to the tournament is free.

THE FIELD WITH GOLFSTAT RANKING

(1) No. 5 Texas Tech
(2) No. 9 Oklahoma - Big 12 Champion
(3) No. 17 Alabama
(4) No. 20 Ole Miss
(5) No. 29 Wake Forest
(6) No. 32 Duke
(7) No. 41 LSU
(8) No. 44 North Florida
(9) No. 52 Colorado
(10) No. 56 Kansas
(11) No. 77 UNC Wilmington - Colonial Champion
(12) No. 131 Louisiana - Sun Belt Champion
(13) No. 182 Princeton - Ivy League Champion
(14) No. 269 Arkansas – Pine Bluff - SWAC Champion

OU LINEUP BY GOLSTAT RANKING

Ben Lorenz, Junior, Peoria, Ariz. - Second NCAA Regional (2021)... All-Big 12 Tournament team (T6) ... 6 events played for Oklahoma this year ... Won first event of college career at The Goodwin, defeating 17 top-100 players ... Streak of four straight top-10 finishes ... Scoring avg. of 69.84 would be fourth-lowest in Oklahoma history ... Career avg. of 71.86 is 10th lowest in school history ... Career: 1 win, 2 top 5s, 5 top 10s, 7 top 20s, 16 rds in 60s.

RANK: Golfstat - 30 | Golfweek/Sagarin - 62

Patrick Welch, Senior, Aliso Viejo, Calif. - Fourth NCAA Regional (T5, 2022) ... Three-time All-America honoree ... 2023, 2022 and 2019 Big 12 All-Tournament team ... 2022 Ben Hogan Award semifinalist ... 6 top 10s leads Sooners this season, as does 14 rounds in the 60s ... Two PGA TOUR starts (T28 at 2022 Shriners) ... Wins at 2022 Southern Highlands and 2020 East Lake Cup ... Career: 2 wins, 8 top 5s, 16 top 10s, 26 top 20s, 40 rds in 60s ... Fired a 59 at Jimmie Austin in 2022.

RANK: Golfstat - 33 | Golfweek/Sagarin - 28 | PGA Tour U - 7

Jase Summy, Freshman, Keller, Texas - Sixth-ranked freshman in the country ... Stroke avg. of 70.18 (-0.79) would set a program best for first-year player ... 12 of 28 rounds (43%) this season are in the 60s ... Won Boilermaker Invite to notch first college win ... Three top-five finishes ... Was consensus top-10 prospect in HS ... Two-time Rolex junior All-American ... Career: 1 win, 3 top 5s, 3 top 10s, 5 top 20s, 12 rds in 60s.

RANK: Golfstat - 54 | Golfweek/Sagarin - 45

Stephen Campbell Jr., Redshirt Sophomore, Richmond, Texas - Second NCAA Regional (T23, 2022) ... 10 events played for Oklahoma in 2022-23 ... Scoring avg. of 70.69 (-0.45) is the 10th-lowest single-season scoring average ever at OU ... Seven top 20s in nine tournaments ... Hasn't finished over par at a completed tournament this spring ... Three top-10 finishes in last seven events ... Career: 3 top 5s, 5 top 10s, 11 top 20s, 15 rds in 60s.

RANK: Golfstat - 62 | Golfweek/Sagarin - 75

Drew Goodman, Sophomore, Norman, Okla. - Second NCAA Regional (T5, 2022) ... 2022 All-America honoree ... 2022 Freshman All-American ... OU career scoring average leader (70.80, -0.78) ... Last year, set program freshman records in stroke average (71.29), score vs. par (-0.23) and birdies (134) ... Five top-15 finishes in last seven events ... Career: 6 top 5s, 8 top 10s, 15 top 20s, 21 rds in 60s.

RANK: Golfstat - 76 | Golfweek/Sagarin - 59

Jake Holbrook, Redshirt Junior, Granbury, Texas - First NCAA Regional ... Played in nine events this season, with 26 rounds ... 71.23 scoring avg. would be top 20 in season at Oklahoma ... Season-best finish was T5 at Ka'anapali Classic ... Qualified for 2022 U.S. Amateur ... 2021 Oklahoma Stroke Play Champion ... Career low is 66 ... Career: 1 top 5, 3 top 10s, 4 top 20s, 8 rds. in 60s.

RANK: Golfstat - 177 | Golfweek/Sagarin - 192

THE COURSE

The Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club was designed and built by native Oklahoman Perry Maxwell in the early 1950s before being reworked by Bob Cupp in 1996 and then Tripp Davis in 2017. The course, situated initially on land used by the Navy Air Technical Training Center, has been the home of numerous championships and will host its sixth NCAA Regional in 2023. It will also play host to a women's regional in 2025.

FORMAT

The 13-team, 54-hole tournament is one of six NCAA Regionals and serves as the preliminary event for the NCAA Championship, which OU has advanced to every year since 2011. The low five teams and the low individual not on a qualifying team will go to the NCAA Championship, slated for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS

The Sooners tee off at 10 a.m. CT Monday with Texas Tech and Alabama. Pairings for Tuesday and Wednesday will be determined by the leaderboard.

LIVE STATS

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.