CARLSBAD, Calif. – For the seventh time since 2016, Oklahoma men's golf has advanced to match play at the NCAA Championships, the most of any program during that span.
The sixth-ranked Sooners (5, E) completed 72 holes of stroke play at even par, posting a 1,152 total at the par-72, 7,480-yard North Course at Omni La Costa. OU earned the No. 5 seed and will face fourth-seeded Oklahoma State in Tuesday morning's quarterfinal.
"We're excited to be in match play and competing for a national championship," said 16th year head coach
Ryan Hybl. "We had some really good moments over the last four days and a few we'd probably like to have back. But at the end of the day, what matters is being one of the eight teams with a shot to win it all, and we did enough to give ourselves that chance. We'll be ready for a battle tomorrow against a really talented Oklahoma State team and look forward to competing."
The matchup marks the first time the in-state rivals have met in NCAA match play. Oklahoma is 2-4 all-time in the quarterfinal round and last appeared in 2022. A win would send the Sooners to Tuesday afternoon's semifinal to face either top-seeded Arizona State or eighth-seeded Ole Miss.
Two Sooners,
Clark Van Gaalen and
Drew Goodman, landed on the NCAA All-Tournament team with top-15 finishes in stroke play.
Van Gaalen (T13, -2) was in the hunt for the individual national title heading into Monday's final round but carded a 75 (+3) to fall slightly down the board. He was still one of just two freshmen to finish inside the top 15. The Turlock, Calif., native is 0-1-0 in his collegiate match play career.
Goodman (T15, -1) closed his collegiate stroke play career with a 71 (-1), tying for 15th and securing the best NCAA finish of his career. With match play not counting toward career statistics, he ends stroke play as OU's all-time leader in par-or-better rounds with 96, ranks second in scoring average vs. par (-0.31), and his 154 rounds played are the third most in program history. He enters Tuesday with an 11-8-1 career match play record, including a 1-0-0 mark at the NCAA Championships after winning his quarterfinal match in 2022.
Sophomore
Ryder Cowan (T22, +1) fired a 73 (+1) in the final round after opening with three bogeys. He birdied the 10th to get back to 1-over on the day and parred out on holes 11 through 18. The Edmond, Okla., product is 5-1-1 in match play and will make his NCAA match play debut tomorrow.
Jase Summy (T50, +6) tied for 50th but will look to make an impact in match play, where the junior and All-SEC first-team honoree owns a 7-2-2 record.
PJ Maybank III (T60, +9) shot a steady 73 (+1) on Monday to help the Sooners clinch a top-eight spot and finish tied for 60th.
Arizona State (-14) won the stroke play portion of the championship and will face No. 8 seed Ole Miss. Top-ranked Auburn finished second and will take on seventh-seeded Virginia, while third-place Florida meets sixth-seeded Texas. All seven top-ranked teams in the national rankings advanced, with 10th-ranked Virginia the lone team outside the top eight.
Ole Miss' Michael La Sasso claimed the individual national championship at 11-under par, sinking a clutch par putt on the 72nd hole to secure the Rebels' spot in match play.
Tuesday's Bedlam quarterfinal tees off at 9:40 a.m. CT when
PJ Maybank III faces Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson.
Drew Goodman and Ethan Fang follow at 9:50 a.m., then
Jase Summy and Preston Stout square off at 10 a.m.
Ryder Cowan and Gaven Lane begin at 10:10 a.m., with the anchor match between
Clark Van Gaalen and Eric Lee starting at 10:20 a.m.
Golf Channel will provide live coverage beginning at noon CT for the quarterfinals and from 5–9 p.m. CT for the semifinals. Live scoring is available via Scoreboard by Clippd.