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Oklahoma Wins Big 12 Men's Golf Title

Sooners rally from second place Monday and finish strong to win the program's first Big 12 championship since 2018 and its 18th overall.
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Oklahoma Wins Big 12 Men's Golf Title
Oklahoma Wins Big 12 Men's Golf Title

The final round was a roller coster, but in the end, the Big 12 Championship is back in Norman.

No. 1-ranked Oklahoma won its 18th conference crown in men’s golf on Wednesday, but its first since 2018.

The Sooners erased a four-shot deficit over the final four holes to outduel Texas in the final pairing and hold off second-place Oklahoma State at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, TX.

The Sooners shot 6-under par Wednesday and finished the three-day event at 14-under part 850, two strokes ahead of OSU and three shots better than Texas. Texas Tech finished at 3-under 861 for the tournament.

Chris Gotterup made the clinching putt on No. 18, setting off an emotional celebration. 

Logan McAllister and Drew Goodman provided clutch birdies down the stretch. The Longhorns played the final four holes 8-over par, while OU finished the same stretch at 3-over.

“Today was absolutely an emotional roller coaster,” OU head coach Ryan Hybl said in an OU press release. “We had the best start we could ever ask for, which allowed us to get out in front. All of our guys did an amazing job this week and gave us a chance today and we seized the moment. We talked last night about how we had earned each other's trust throughout the year, so there was nothing to worry about since we knew each of us trusted and believed in each other. Today, we did that and more.”

Gotterup, a senior transfer from Rutgers, finished runner-up in the medalist hunt at 6-under par. His final day included three birdies on the front nine and a bogey-free back nine.

McAllister was 3-under for the tournament and finished tied for sixth. He delivered four birdies on the front nine and two crucial birdies on the back nine, including one on the 18th.

Stephen Campbell also birdied No. 18 while Goodman birdied No. 17. Patrick Welch was dialed in at the start with birdies on five of his first seven holes. He shot 2-under to finish fifth.

OU came into Wednesday's final round one shot back of Texas, but that deficit didn’t last long with Welch, Gotterup and McAllister on fire early.

OU’s lead grew to seven shots (20-under for the tournament0 at the turn, but Texas played the 10th through 14th hole4s at 9-under par to get right back in the race.

The Longhorns, however, didn’t enjoy one birdie after the 14th hole.

It’s OU's sixth tournament victory of the season, second-most in program history (the 1989 national championship team won seven times).

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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