Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Set For Big 12 Championship
April 25, 2015 | Cowboy Golf
TULSA, Okla. - Oklahoma State's men's golf team will seek its 10th Big 12 crown this week when it begins play at the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills Country Club.
The Cowboys will serve as the event's No. 5 seed and will be grouped with fourth-seeded Baylor and No. 6 seed TCU at the historic venue. The trio will begin play on Monday at 8 a.m. The tournament will consist of 72 holes with 36 being played on Monday and 18 holes being played on Tuesday and Wednesday.
OSU's lineup will consist of senior Tanner Kesterson, junior Jordan Niebrugge, sophomore Zachary Olsen, redshirt freshman Brendon Jelley and true freshman Kristoffer Ventura.
The Cowboys have won nine Big 12 titles in the 18-year history of the event. OSU won three of the first four tournaments, finishing atop the leaderboard in 1997, 1998 and 2000. The Cowboys' next league title came in 2005 before reeling off five-straight victories from 2007-2011.
OSU has produced the event's individual medalist on eight occasions with Leif Westerberg (1997), Charles Howell (2000), Anders Hultman (2002), Hunter Mahan (2003), Pablo Martin (2007), Rickie Fowler (2008) and Morgan Hoffmann (2009, 2011) all taking top honors.
Overall, the Cowboys have won 54 league titles and have produced 46 individual champions in the 68-year history of the program.
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Live scoring for the event will be available at golfstat.com.
The Cowboys will serve as the event's No. 5 seed and will be grouped with fourth-seeded Baylor and No. 6 seed TCU at the historic venue. The trio will begin play on Monday at 8 a.m. The tournament will consist of 72 holes with 36 being played on Monday and 18 holes being played on Tuesday and Wednesday.
OSU's lineup will consist of senior Tanner Kesterson, junior Jordan Niebrugge, sophomore Zachary Olsen, redshirt freshman Brendon Jelley and true freshman Kristoffer Ventura.
The Cowboys have won nine Big 12 titles in the 18-year history of the event. OSU won three of the first four tournaments, finishing atop the leaderboard in 1997, 1998 and 2000. The Cowboys' next league title came in 2005 before reeling off five-straight victories from 2007-2011.
OSU has produced the event's individual medalist on eight occasions with Leif Westerberg (1997), Charles Howell (2000), Anders Hultman (2002), Hunter Mahan (2003), Pablo Martin (2007), Rickie Fowler (2008) and Morgan Hoffmann (2009, 2011) all taking top honors.
Overall, the Cowboys have won 54 league titles and have produced 46 individual champions in the 68-year history of the program.
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Live scoring for the event will be available at golfstat.com.
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