Oklahoma State University Athletics
OSU Golf Set To Begin Play At NCAA Championship
May 28, 2007 | Cowboy Golf
Cowboys Aim To Defend National Title At Golden Horseshoe
Oklahoma State's men's golf team will travel to Williamsburg, Va. this week to participate in the NCAA Championship being held at the Golden Horseshoe Gold Course. The 72-hole tournament will take place May 30-June 2 with 18 holes being contested each day at the par-70, 6,803-yard layout. The fifth-ranked Cowboys enter the event as the No. 11 seed in the 30-team field and are coming off a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Central Regional. OSU will play practice rounds on both Monday and Tuesday before getting its first round underway at 1:17 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday before starting its second round at 8:07 a.m. on Thursday. Coming off the program's 10th NCAA title, the OSU will be looking to be the first school to defend its national championship since Houston won back-to-back crowns in 1984-85.
About The Field
OSU has crossed paths with 28 of the 29 teams in the field at this week's NCAA Championship. The Cowboys have compiled a 59-28-1 record thus far this season against the field. Of the 25 teams currently ranked in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, 21 advanced through the regional tournament to the national championship event.
Sunriver Revisited
Oklahoma State's men's golf team fired a 5-under 283 team total during the final round at the NCAA Championship at Crosswater Golf Club to earn the school's 10th national title and first since 2000.
The Cowboys, who finished with a 9-under total of 1,143, were fueled by the school's eighth individual national champion in redshirt freshman Jonathan Moore, who became the first OSU player to grab medalist honors since Charles Howell in 2000. The title also marked the fourth time in school history the Cowboys have walked away with both the team and individual champion at the event. OSU also swept the honors in 1978, 1987 and 2000.
The Cowboys finished three shots ahead of runner-up Florida, which posted the day's low round with a 9-under 279, to end play with a 1,146 total. Minnesota and Wake Forest tied for third place at 1,147.
For Moore, who posted a final-round 69 to finish at 12-under 276 and four shots clear of the field, the tournament capped a remarkable run to close out the season. The victory was the third in a row for the Vancouver, Wash. native, who extended his string of consecutive rounds under par to 10 and finished 34- under par during that three-tournament stretch.
Moore began the day with a one-shot lead over Wake's Kyle Reifers, but took control of the individual race early with birdies on three of his first four holes. After bogeys on Nos. 12 and 15 moved him back to 1-under for the day, he rebounded with a birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 to seal the victory.
Sophomore Pablo Martin posted a 1-over 73 during his final round to finish alone in fifth place, posting a 72-hole total of 282, 6-under. The finish marked the 11th time in 12 starts this season the Malaga, Spain native has finished in the top 10. Martin's top-five showing also signaled the first time since 1987 the Cowboys have had two players finish in the top five at the national tournament.
Senior Zack Robinson closed out his collegiate career with a solid even-par round to finish tied for 45th place at 5-over 293. The Ft. Worth, Texas native was 2- over on the day with eight holes remaining before posting a pair of birdies down the stretch to get back to level par.
Junior Tyler Leon saved his best round of the tournament for the final day, carding a 73 to move into a tie for 57th place at 8-over 296. The Dallas, Texas native put together a round that included four pars down the stretch to get to his score.
Freshman Trent Leon matched Moore for the squad's low round of the day with a 69 to move up 12 spots into a tie for 62nd place at 9-over 297. The Dallas, Texas native put together a round that included five birdies to give him his first round in the 60s since his final-round 68 at The Maxwell.
OSU At The NCAA Championship
OSU has qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of the program's 61 years, winning 10 titles, posting 15 runner-up finishes and finishing lower than fifth just 13 times. In addition to its team title last year in Sunriver, Ore., OSU also produced its eighth individual medalist in Jonathan Moore, who became just the seventh freshman in NCAA history to win the event.
61 And Counting
OSU has put together an unprecedented string of 61 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances that becomes that much more impressive when considering the second-longest streak is currently owned by Arizona, which checks in with 21 in a row. Georgia and Georgia Tech are tied for the third-best run at 10.
What 2 Watch 4
OSU will look to become the first team to repeat as national champion since Houston in 1984-85 ... Jonathan Moore will look to become the first repeat medalist since Arizona State's Phil Mickelson in 1989-90 ... OSU's 10 NCAA titles currently rank fourth all time behind Yale (21), Houston (16) and Princeton (12) and their eight individual medalists are tied for second with Harvard and Houston behind Yale (13).
Oklahoma State's men's golf team will travel to Williamsburg, Va. this week to participate in the NCAA Championship being held at the Golden Horseshoe Gold Course. The 72-hole tournament will take place May 30-June 2 with 18 holes being contested each day at the par-70, 6,803-yard layout. The fifth-ranked Cowboys enter the event as the No. 11 seed in the 30-team field and are coming off a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Central Regional. OSU will play practice rounds on both Monday and Tuesday before getting its first round underway at 1:17 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday before starting its second round at 8:07 a.m. on Thursday. Coming off the program's 10th NCAA title, the OSU will be looking to be the first school to defend its national championship since Houston won back-to-back crowns in 1984-85.
About The Field
OSU has crossed paths with 28 of the 29 teams in the field at this week's NCAA Championship. The Cowboys have compiled a 59-28-1 record thus far this season against the field. Of the 25 teams currently ranked in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, 21 advanced through the regional tournament to the national championship event.
Sunriver Revisited
Oklahoma State's men's golf team fired a 5-under 283 team total during the final round at the NCAA Championship at Crosswater Golf Club to earn the school's 10th national title and first since 2000.
The Cowboys, who finished with a 9-under total of 1,143, were fueled by the school's eighth individual national champion in redshirt freshman Jonathan Moore, who became the first OSU player to grab medalist honors since Charles Howell in 2000. The title also marked the fourth time in school history the Cowboys have walked away with both the team and individual champion at the event. OSU also swept the honors in 1978, 1987 and 2000.
The Cowboys finished three shots ahead of runner-up Florida, which posted the day's low round with a 9-under 279, to end play with a 1,146 total. Minnesota and Wake Forest tied for third place at 1,147.
For Moore, who posted a final-round 69 to finish at 12-under 276 and four shots clear of the field, the tournament capped a remarkable run to close out the season. The victory was the third in a row for the Vancouver, Wash. native, who extended his string of consecutive rounds under par to 10 and finished 34- under par during that three-tournament stretch.
Moore began the day with a one-shot lead over Wake's Kyle Reifers, but took control of the individual race early with birdies on three of his first four holes. After bogeys on Nos. 12 and 15 moved him back to 1-under for the day, he rebounded with a birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 to seal the victory.
Sophomore Pablo Martin posted a 1-over 73 during his final round to finish alone in fifth place, posting a 72-hole total of 282, 6-under. The finish marked the 11th time in 12 starts this season the Malaga, Spain native has finished in the top 10. Martin's top-five showing also signaled the first time since 1987 the Cowboys have had two players finish in the top five at the national tournament.
Senior Zack Robinson closed out his collegiate career with a solid even-par round to finish tied for 45th place at 5-over 293. The Ft. Worth, Texas native was 2- over on the day with eight holes remaining before posting a pair of birdies down the stretch to get back to level par.
Junior Tyler Leon saved his best round of the tournament for the final day, carding a 73 to move into a tie for 57th place at 8-over 296. The Dallas, Texas native put together a round that included four pars down the stretch to get to his score.
Freshman Trent Leon matched Moore for the squad's low round of the day with a 69 to move up 12 spots into a tie for 62nd place at 9-over 297. The Dallas, Texas native put together a round that included five birdies to give him his first round in the 60s since his final-round 68 at The Maxwell.
OSU At The NCAA Championship
OSU has qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of the program's 61 years, winning 10 titles, posting 15 runner-up finishes and finishing lower than fifth just 13 times. In addition to its team title last year in Sunriver, Ore., OSU also produced its eighth individual medalist in Jonathan Moore, who became just the seventh freshman in NCAA history to win the event.
61 And Counting
OSU has put together an unprecedented string of 61 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances that becomes that much more impressive when considering the second-longest streak is currently owned by Arizona, which checks in with 21 in a row. Georgia and Georgia Tech are tied for the third-best run at 10.
What 2 Watch 4
OSU will look to become the first team to repeat as national champion since Houston in 1984-85 ... Jonathan Moore will look to become the first repeat medalist since Arizona State's Phil Mickelson in 1989-90 ... OSU's 10 NCAA titles currently rank fourth all time behind Yale (21), Houston (16) and Princeton (12) and their eight individual medalists are tied for second with Harvard and Houston behind Yale (13).
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