Oklahoma State Golf Ncaa Champions 1963 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1983 · 1987 · 1991 · 1995 · 2000 · 2006
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OKLAHOMA STATE GOLF NCAA CHAMPIONS 1963 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1983 · 1987 · 1991 · 1995 · 2000 · 2006 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP · MAY 25-30 · KARSTEN CREEK · PAR 72, 7,460 YARDS Tickets: orange.okstate.com/ncaagolf/ Live Stats: golfstat.com OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS Head Coach: Alan Bratton, Oklahoma State, 1995 Social Media: (5th Year — 24 Victories, 13 Individual Medalists) Twitter — @OSUCowboyGolf, Instagram — @cowboygolf OKLAHOMA STATE STARTING FIVE AND SUBSTITUTE Facebook — facebook.com/OSUCowboyGolf TV: Golf Channel Zach Bauchou | Jr. | Forest, Virginia Video: GolfChannel.com • Named a semifinalist for both the Jack Nicklaus Award and the Ben Hogan Award Golf Channel Championship Coverage • First-Team All-Big 12 and First-Team Academic All-Big 12 selection Contested in back-to-back weeks, May 18-30 at Karsten Creek • Named to the 2018 U.S. Palmer Cup squad Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., Golf Channel will dedicate its full suite • Won the 113th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2017 of production resources to the NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf • Earned honorable mention All-America status in 2017 from the GCAA and Golfweek Championships, featuring nearly 30 combined hours of live tourna- ment coverage. Golf Central will feature nearly 30 hours of combined Austin Eckroat | Fr. | Edmond, Oklahoma pre-and post-event live news coverage produced on location, as well • Closed with a 64 to earn his first collegiate victory at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate as daily news updates on Morning Drive and Golf Channel Digital. • Claimed medalist honors at the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship • Posted consecutive 66s to set the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record (10-under 132) • Became the first-ever freshman to claim the Oklahoma Class 6A state title in 2014 • Rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Junior Invitational in 2016 Women’s Championship Coverage Monday, May 21 Viktor Hovland | So. | Oslo, Norway Individual National Championship — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Named a semifinalist for both the Jack Nicklaus Award and the Ben Hogan Award Tuesday, May 22 • First-Team All-Big 12 and First-Team Academic All-Big 12 selection Quarterfinals, Team Match Play — 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Named to the 2018 International Palmer Cup squad Tuesday, May 22 • Earned his first collegiate victory this spring at The Valspar Collegiate Semifinals, Team Match Play — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Named an honorable mention All-American and to the All-Freshman Team in 2017 Wednesday, May 23 Kristoffer Ventura | Sr. | Rygge, Norway Team National Championship — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Earned honorable mention All-America status in 2017 from the GCAA and Golfweek • Named a third-team All-American in 2016 by the GCAA and Golfweek Men’s Championship Coverage • Has been named an All-Big 12 selection on four occasions Monday, May 28 • Three wins (2016 Aggie Invite & NCAA Stillwater Regional, 2018 Big 12 Championship) Individual National Championship — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Competed for the European Palmer Cup squad in 2017 Tuesday, May 29 Quarterfinals, Team Match Play — 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (CST) (Live) Matthew Wolff | Fr. | Agoura Hills, California Tuesday, May 29 • Named a semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award Semifinals, Team Match Play — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Named to the 2018 U.S. Palmer Cup squad Wednesday, May 30 • Tabbed as a first-team All-Big 12 selection and the league’s newcomer of the year Team National Championship — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Has four runner-up showings to his credit this season • Reached the championship match at the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Sam Stevens | Sr. | Wichita, Kansas • Was named a First-Team Academic All-Big 12 pick in 2017 and 2018 • Tabbed as a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar in 2017 • Has finished in the top five on four occasions during his collegiate career Karsten Creek Honors and Awards • Won the 2015 Kansas Amateur Championship • Best New Public Course (1994) • With his victory, joined his father and grandfather as champions of the event (Golf Digest Magazine) • Awarded its first five-star rating in 1998 2017-18 COWBOY ROSTER (Golf Digest Magazine) Player Cl. Ht. Twitter Hometown (High School) • Named the Best College Course Zach Bauchou Jr. 6-0 @bowboy25 Forest, Virginia (Liberty Christian Academy) (Country by Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine) Austin Eckroat Fr. 6-0 @AustinEckroat Edmond, Oklahoma (North) • NCAA Championship Host—2003, 2011, 2018 Nick Heinen Jr. 6-0 @Nick_Heinen1 Edmond, Oklahoma (North) • No. 16 on America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses list for 2017-18 Viktor Hovland So. 5-10 Oslo, Norway (WANG Toppidrett) (Golf Digest Magazine) Brendon Jelley Sr. 6-1 @brendon_jelley Tulsa, Oklahoma (Jenks) Stratton Nolen Sr. 5-5 @Stratton_Nolen Austin, Texas (Westlake) COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT Sam Stevens Sr. 6-1 @sam_wise_ Wichita, Kansas (Kapaun Mt. Carmel) Kristoffer Ventura Sr. 6-3 @krisventura95 Rygge, Norway (WANG Toppidrett) RYAN CAMERON Matthew Wolff Fr. 6-0 @matthew_wolff5 Agoura Hills, California (Westlake) Email: [email protected] Hayden Wood Jr. 5-10 @haydenwood Edmond, Oklahoma (North) Office: 405-744-4854 Cell: 405-742-4363 Head Coach: Alan Bratton Twitter: @ryancameron24 Assistant Coach: Donnie Darr OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @OSUCOWBOYGOLF | #OKSTATE | #GOLFSCHOOL OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @OSUWBB | #OKSTATE OKLAHOMA STATE AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WHAT 2 WATCH 4 OSU AND MATCH PLAY Year Site Finish • For the fourth time, Stillwater will serve as the host site 2009 0-1 Lost To Georgia (3-2) 1947 Ann Arbor, Mich. 5th for college golf’s biggest event as Karsten Creek will 2010 2-1 Def. Stanford (4-1) Def. Oregon (3-1-1) 1948 Palo Alto, Calif. 5th serve as the 2018 home to the NCAA Championships. • Oklahoma State previously hosted college golf’s top Lost To Augusta State (3-1-1) 1949 Ames, Iowa 6th 2011 1-1 Def. Ohio State (3-1-1) 1950 Albuquerque, N.M. 13th event in 1973 at Stillwater Country Club, while Karsten Lost To Augusta State (3-2) 1951 Columbus, Ohio 11th Creek hosted the event in 2003 and 2011. 2014 2-1 Def. Georgia Tech (4-0-1) 1952 Lafayette, Ind. 5th • The tournament will run May 25-May 30 and will consist Def. Stanford (3-2) 1953 Colorado Springs, Colo. 4th of 72 holes of stroke play to determine the eight teams Lost To Alabama (4-1) 1954 Houston, Texas 3rd for the match play portion of the tournament as well as 2017 0-1 Lost To Oregon (3-2) 1955 Knoxville, Tenn. 3rd the individual champion. 1956 Columbus, Ohio 4th • Top-seeded OSU will be grouped with No. 2 Texas A&M COWBOYS IN NCAA MATCH PLAY 1957 Colorado Springs, Colo. 12th and third-seeded Oklahoma for the first two rounds. The Kevin Tway 2-3-1 1958 Williamstown, Mass. 2nd Cowboys will begin the first round on the 10th tee at Peter Uihlein 2-3-1 1959 Eugene, Ore. 5th 12:20 p.m. on Friday. OSU’s second round will begin at Trent Leon 0-1 1960 Colorado Springs, Colo. 2nd 7:00 a.m. on the first tee on Saturday. Morgan Hoffmann 4-2 1961 Lafayette, Ind. 4th • After Sunday’s third round, the 30-team field will be Rickie Fowler 0-1 1962 Durham, N.C. 2nd trimmed to the top 15 squads and top nine individuals Sean Einhaus 2-3 Trent Whitekiller 2-0-1 1963 Wichita, Kan. 1st not on an advancing team for Monday’s fourth round. • The top eight teams will then be placed into a match Talor Gooch 4-1 1964 Colorado Springs, Colo. 2nd Zachary Olsen 2-2 1965 Knoxville, Tenn. 9th play bracket to determine the team champion. Wyndham Clark 3-0 1966 Palo Alto, Calif. 4th • The quarterfinal and semifinal matches will take place Ian Davis 0-2-1 1967 Delaware, Pa. 22nd on Tuesday and will be followed by Wednesday’s cham- Jordan Niebrugge 1-2 1968 Las Cruces, N.M. 4th pionship match at the par-72, 7,460-yard layout. Viktor Hovland 1-0 1969 Colorado Springs, Colo. 10th Kristoffer Ventura 0-1 1970 Columbus, Ohio 4th #OKSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Zach Bauchou 0-1 Hayden Wood 0-1 1971 Tucson, Ariz. 5th • OSU has won 10 NCAA titles and has produced eight individual national champions. 1972 Cape Coral, Fla. 4th DRIVEN 1973 Stillwater, Okla. 2nd • The Cowboys last national title came in 2006 under the NBC Sports Group teamed up with PGA TOUR superstar 1974 Santee Calif. 5th direction of Mike McGraw. That same year also resulted Rickie Fowler to give viewers a dramatic behind-the- 1975 Columbus, Ohio 2nd in OSU’s most recent medalist at the event in Jonathan scenes look into Fowler’s alma mater in a four-part 1976 Albuquerque, N.M. 1st Moore. documentary series – Driven: Oklahoma State Cowboys. 1977 Hamilton, N.Y. 2nd • OSU’s first NCAA crown came in 1963 under the guid- NBC Sports 1978 Eugene, Ore. 1st ance of Labron Harris. will show- 1979 Winston-Salem, N.C. 2nd • Former coach and current OSU athletics director Mike case Driven 1980 Columbus, Ohio 1st Holder captured eight titles, winning in 1976, 1978, 1980, across its 1981 Palo Alto Calif. 4th 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000. networks: 1982 Pinehurst, N.C. 2nd • OSU has produced 17 runner-up finishes after placing with the 1983 Fresno, Calif. 1st second in 2014 at Prairie Dunes Country Club. first three 1984 Houston Texas 2nd • Earl Moeller was OSU’s first individual champion in premieres airing on Golf Channel (Mondays: May 7, 14, 1985 Grenelefe, Fla. 2nd 1953 and was followed by Grier Jones in 1968.