Sooners Set to Host NCAA Norman Regional

NORMAN – Postseason women's golf returns to Norman for the first time since 2019 as Oklahoma gets set to compete at the NCAA Norman Regional, hosted at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. The Sooners, seeded sixth, are making their 12th NCAA Regional appearance under head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell in what serves as the qualifying event for the NCAA Championship.

OU will compete alongside 11 other teams in a 54-hole event that begins Monday and wraps up Wednesday. The top five teams, along with the lowest-scoring individual not on an advancing team, will earn a spot at the NCAA Championship set for May 16-21 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Due to expected weather, teams will play 36 holes on Monday in Norman, followed by 18 holes spread out over Tuesday and Wednesday.

Teeing off for the Oklahoma lineup will be junior Savannah Barber, junior Gracie Mayo, senior Reagan Chaney, freshman Audrey Rischer and junior MaKayla Tyrrell. Junior Isabelle Schlick will serve as the available substitute for the team.

SEASON OVERVIEW
Oklahoma is enjoying its best spring in more than a decade, highlighted by a team title at the Paradise Invitational and individual wins by Mayo and Rischer. Mayo claimed the Paradise Invitational crown in February, while Rischer won the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic to close the regular season. The team also earned three SEC weekly honors, one by Chaney and two by Rischer. OU finished in the top five at every spring tournament of the regular season, marking the first time in over 10 years the Sooners have posted five straight top-five finishes. They placed outside the top five in only three of their 11 events this season.

THE FIELD (12 Teams, with Clippd rankings in Regional seed order)
1. Stanford (No. 1)
2. Northwestern (No. 12)
3. North Carolina (No. 13)
4. Michigan State (No. 24)
5. Duke (No. 25)
6. Oklahoma (No. 36)
7. Baylor (No. 37)
8. Oregon State (No. 51)
9. Tulsa (No. 56)
10. Denver (No. 66)
11. Furman (No. 82)
12. Southern Mississippi (No. 97)

LAST TIME OUT
The Sooners finished 14th at their first SEC Championship, missing the cut for match play. Barber led the way with a tie for 11th, marking her 10th career top-15 finish and second straight top-15 showing at a conference tournament after placing seventh at last year's Big 12 Championship. Mayo and Chaney tied for 57th while Rischer and Tyrrell rounded out the lineup, tying for 70th and 75th, respectively.

NCAA Norman Regional Information:
Dates: Monday, May 5 - Wednesday, May 7
Location: Norman, Okla.
Course: Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club
Live Results: ScoreboardLive
Tickets: Admission is free

Oklahoma Lineup:
1. Savannah Barber
2. Gracie Mayo
3. Reagan Chaney
4. Audrey Rischer
5. MaKayla Tyrrell
SUB: Isabelle Schlick

THE COURSE
All rounds will be played at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, a par-72, 6,445-yard course originally designed in the early 1950s by Oklahoma native Perry Maxwell. The course was redesigned by Bob Cupp in 1996 and updated by Tripp Davis in 2017. Built on land once used by the Navy Air Technical Training Center, Jimmie Austin has hosted numerous championships, most recently the NCAA Men's Regional in 2023.

TEE TIMES/PAIRINGS
Oklahoma will tee off the 10th hole at 7:30 a.m. CT Monday with Michigan State and Duke, followed by a second round immediately after the first. The final 18 holes will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

FORMAT
The 12-team, 54-hole tournament is one of six NCAA Regionals and serves as the preliminary event for the NCAA Championship. Oklahoma aims to advance to the national championship for the first time since 2018. The top five teams and the lowest-scoring individual not on an advancing team will earn a trip to Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. for the NCAA Championship set for May 16-21.

LIVE STATS
Live scoring and final results will be available on ScoreboardLive. Full recaps will be posted daily on SoonerSports.com following the completion of each round.