Cowboys Take Aim At No. 12

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• Oklahoma State's men's golf team will be looking to make history at the NCAA Men's Golf Championship at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
• The defending NCAA champions are aiming for the 12th national crown in program history, but also seeking to repeat for the first time in program history.
• The top-seeded Cowboys will begin play on Friday at 12:10 p.m. and will be grouped with Arizona State and Wake Forest on the 10th tee. The trio will begin its second round on Saturday off No. 1 at 6:50 a.m.
• The tournament will run May 24-May 29 and will consist of 72 holes of stroke play to determine the eight teams for the match play portion of the tournament as well as the individual champion.
• After Sunday's third round, the 30-team field will be trimmed to the top 15 squads and top nine individuals not on an advancing team for Monday's fourth round.
• The top eight teams will then be placed into a match play bracket to determine the team champion.
• The quarterfinal and semifinal matches will take place on Tuesday and will be followed by Wednesday's championship match at the par-72, 7,550-yard layout.

#okstate Championship History
• OSU has won 11 NCAA titles and has produced eight individual national champions with its most recent national title coming in 2018 at Karsten Creek.
• OSU's first NCAA crown came in 1963 under the guidance of Labron Harris.
• Former coach and current OSU athletics director Mike Holder captured eight titles, winning in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000.
• Mike McGraw won the crown in 2006, while Alan Bratton won his first a year ago, giving all four coaches program history a national title.
• OSU has produced 17 runner-up finishes after placing second in 2014 at Prairie Dunes Country Club.
• Earl Moeller was OSU's first individual champion in 1953 and was followed by Grier Jones in 1968. David Edwards won in 1978 and was followed by Scott Verplank, Brian Watts and E.J. Pfister, who won consecutively from 1986-88. Charles Howell won in record-setting fashion in 2000 and was the program's seventh national champion. Jonathan Moore's won in 2006.

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