Oklahoma Men's Golf at Valspar on Mon and Tue for 54 Hole Event

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The Oklahoma Sooner opens play at the 54-hole Valspar Collegiate Invitational on Monday morning. The Sooners will play 36 holes on Monday and a final round on Tuesday to crown a champion at the par-71 Floridian National Golf Club in Palm City, Fla.

Here is the Sooner staff wrtiers article about the Tournament.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/3/24 ... -this-week

Oklahoma was off at 7:30 AM Norman time. They are currently at 3-under through about hole 6 or 7 and in 6th place.

Oklahoma's lineup card features true freshman Ryder Cowan, All-American honorees Drew Goodman and Ben Lorenz, Jase Summy and Stephen Campbell Jr.

Good luck to the Sooners today and tomorrow.

Boomer Sooner!

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The Sooners played 36 holes yesterday in 1-under par at 567. In the morning round, the Sooners shot 3-under at 281. In the afternoon round, the Sooners shot 2-over par, 286.

The Sooners are in 6th place after 36 holes. The leader is Florida State at 10-under par, 558. Wake Forest is in 2nd Place at 4-under 564. Vanderbilt and Arizona State is in a tie for 3rd at 565. Arkansas is in 5th at 2-under, 566. North Carolina is in 7th at 1-over, 569. Texas A&M is at 5-over and Alabama is at 10-over.

Ben Lorenz led the Sooners through the first 36 holes on Monday as he shot 5-under par 137. He shot two rounds under par with a 4-under 67 in the morning and a 1-under 70 in the afternoon. Lorenz had 9 birdies and 4 bogeys. He is in 3rd place with Zona State and Vanderbilt. He is five shots behind the leader, Clanton of FSU, and 3 shots behind 2nd, Greaser of North Carolina.

Drew Goodman and Stephen Campbell, Jr shot 2-over 144 on the day. They are in a tie for 27th. Lorenz, Goodman and Campbell provided two counting scores on Monday. Jace Summy shot an Even par round of 71 in the morning but then shot a 6-over 77 in the afternoon. His morning score was counted. Ryder Cowan shot a 7-over, 78 in the morning and the rallied to shot an Even par 71, in the afternoon. His afternoon score counted. they are in ties for 54th and 61st respectively.

The Sooners tee off at 7:30 AM Oklahoma time with a shotgun start.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the 36-hole day.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/3/25 ... collegiate

Oklahoma is 3 shots out of second place. Nine shots might be tough to make up over 5 other teams. But OU did have to count 5 double bogeys yesterday. If those were just bogeys, they would be in second place and only 4 out of the lead. The 8 counted Oklahoma scores included 35 birdies and 24 bogeys. The Sooners need less doubles and less bogeys to move up into the top 3 today.

Good luck to the Sooners today!

Boomer Sooner!

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The Oklahoma Sooners Men's Golf did keep their streak of Top 5 finishes alive, but they did that just barely. The Sooners shot a 1-over par 285 for a 54-hole total of 852 for an EVEN par finish and finished in 5th Place by a single shot over Duke who finished at 1-over par through 54 holes after they shot a nice 11-under par round of 272 as a team. It is the 8th straight tourney where the Sooners finished in at least 5th Place.

In the Team competition, Florida State shot a strong 19-under Total for their 1st Place finish after a 9-under round on Tuesday. Vanderbilt finished 2nd at 15-under par as they shot a blistering 12-under on Tuesday. Arizona Stat finished at 10-under for 3rd Place with a 7-under par round on Tuesday. Arkansas finished in 4th Place at 9-under for 54 holes with another 7-under par round on Tuesday.

Individually, Stephan Campbell Jr shot a strong 6-under round today for the Sooners which placed him at 209, 4-under par for the tourney and finished in a tie for 6th Place. Campbell posted a team score on all three days. Ben Lorenz finished at 1-over par, 214 for the tourney after a 6-over par, 77 today. Lorenz finished in a tie for 25th Place. Lorenz posted a team score in rounds 1 and 2 but shot a 77, 6-over par on Tuesday. Ryder Cowan finished at 5-over par, 218 in a tie for 46th after a 2-under par round today of 69. Drew Goodman finished at 6-over par, 219 for the tourney and in a tie for 51st Place with his score being used for the team each round. Jace Summy shot a 5-over par 76 on Tuesday for a 54-hole total of 224 or 11-over par in a tie for 72nd. Cowan and Summy each posted team scores twice for the Sooners.

Here is the Sooners staff writers article about the Sooner 5th Place finish.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/3/26 ... collegiate

The Sooners now look toward the 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., the week leading into The Masters. OU plays in the event from April 6-7.

Boomer Sooner!

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