Cowboys Seek 10th Big 12 Title

TRINITY, Texas — Oklahoma State's men's golf team will look to secure its 10^th Big 12 title this weekend when it begins play at the Big 12 Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club.

The Cowboys will serve as the No. 2 seed and will be grouped with top-seeded Texas. The two teams will begin their first round at 8 a.m. (CST) on Friday at the par-72, 7,473-yard layout. The 72-hole tournament will consist of 36 holes on Friday followed by 18 holes on Saturday and Sunday.

OSU's starting five will consist of senior Jordan Niebrugge, sophomore Kristoffer Ventura, junior Wyndham Clark, sophomore Brendon Jelley and sophomore Stratton Nolen.

The Cowboys have won nine Big 12 titles in the 19-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 69-year history of the program.

Live scoring for the event will be available at golfstat.com.

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Players Mentioned

Wyndham Clark

Brendon Jelley

Jordan Niebrugge

Stratton Nolen

Kristoffer Ventura

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