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2009 Big 12 Championship M E N ’ S G O L F OKLAHOMAPhillip Rogers, OU Men’s Golf Media Relations Contact 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 2009 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP O: (405) 325-8413 | C: (405) 880-0794 | F: (405) 325-7623 [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com Prairie Dunes Country Club | Par 72 | 7,480 Yards Hutchinson, Kan. | April 27-29 | Host: Missouri OKLAHOMA LINEUP Live Scoring: www.golfstat.com • ERIC DURBIN Tournament Central: www.Big12Sports.com Houston, Texas | Jr. | 2008-09 Stroke Average: 75.75 • LIAM LOGAN Ft. Worth, Texas | So. | 2008-09 Stroke Average: 73.97 Tournament Preview: • RILEY PUMPHREY The University of Oklahoma men’s golf squad seeks its first conference title since 2006 as the Sooners Georgetown, Texas | R-Fr. | 2008-09 Stroke Average: 73.67 travel to the 2009 Big 12 Championship, held April 27-29 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. OU has recorded three top-five finishes on the season, including a win at the MacDonald Cup on Oct. • TYLER RODY Andover, Kan. | Jr. | 2008-09 Stroke Average: 78.78 5, 2008. • RYAN SIRMAN This week’s Oklahoma lineup features Eric Durbin, Liam Logan, Riley Pumphrey, Tyler Rody and Ryan Tyler, Texas | So. | 2008-09 Stroke Average: 75.76 Sirman. OU does not have a senior on this year’s roster. The rotation for this week’s event features a pair of juniors (Durbin and Rody), two sophomores (Logan and Sirman) and a redshirt freshman (Pumphrey) rounding. Pumphrey, the Big 12 Golfer of the Month in October, leads the Sooners with a 73.67 season stroke average and also holds the low round of the year with a career-best 5-under-par 65 in the first round of the MacDonald Cup on Oct. 4. 2006 Big 12 Champs OU is the eighth seed in this week’s event and will play the first two rounds with No. 7 seed Kansas State and No. 9 Missouri. The trio tees off at 8 a.m. (CT) from the 10th tee on Monday, while opening afternoon Tournament Pairings: play on the front nine approximately five-and-a-half hours later. Monday, April 27 (36 holes) 1st tee This marks the 10th time that the Big 12 Championship has been conducted at Prairie Dunes Country 8 a.m. - No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Texas Tech, No. 3 Texas Club. The Sooners finished second in 2001 and 2004 in Hutchinson, their best result at the venue. 8:50 a.m. - No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 5 Baylor, No. 6 Colorado Oklahoma’s lone Big 12 title came at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., in 2006. 10th tee 8 a.m. - No. 7 Kansas State, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 9 Missouri Tournament Notes: 8:50 a.m. - No. 10 Iowa State, No. 11 Kansas, No. 12 Nebraska • None of the OU golfers in this week’s lineup competed for the Sooners when they placed fifth at the 2007 Big 12 Championship, the last time the event was held at Prairie Dunes Country Club. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28 and 29 (18 holes) (Based on previous day’s results) • Eric Durbin, Liam Logan and Tyler Rody are the only three players competing for Oklahoma who have 1st tee 10th tee participated at the conference championship (all last season). Logan placed 31st in 2008 to lead this 8 a.m. - No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 No. 7, No. 8, No. 9 week’s OU participants, while Rody and Durbin concluded the event in 33rd and 59th, respectively. 8:50 a.m. - No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 No. 10, No. 11, No. 12 • The Sooners have recorded an average finish of 3.13 at the Big 12 Championship since 2001, third only to Oklahoma State (2.25) and Texas (2.13). • Oklahoma is seeking its first top-10 individual finish since 2006 when Brodie Flanders (second) and Shawn La Fontaine (ninth) both placed high on the leaderboard in guiding the Sooners to their first Big The official site of OU Athletics supplies Sooner fans worldwide with the 12 title. latest news and features on Oklahoma athletics direct from Norman. The site provides the latest press releases, rosters, bios, schedules, statistics, notes, quotes and photo galleries available to both Sooner fans and the media. 2009 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP | OU MEN’S GOLF NOTES 1 2008-09 QUICK FACTS ROSTER BREAKDOWN ON PAR WITH THE PROS Location ......................................... Norman, Okla. By Classification The Sooners have competed at many notable venues that Enrollment ................................................ 29,721 Senior ................................................................. 0 have played host to major golf events or have been selected Founded ....................................................... 1890 Junior ................................................................. 4 by various publications as among the best in America. Below Nickname ................................................ Sooners Sophomore .........................................................3 is a glimpse of some recent OU tournament destinations. Colors .....................................Crimson and Cream Freshmen (Includes Redshirt-Freshmen) ............ 5 Conference ..................................................Big 12 Southern Hills Country Club .................................. Tulsa, Okla. President ........................................David L. Boren Total ..................................................................12 Oak Tree Golf Club ............................................ Edmond, Okla. Prairie Dunes Country Club ............................Hutchinson, Kan. Athletics Director ........................... Joe Castiglione Newcomers .........................................................4 Web Site ...................................SoonerSports.com Ohio State Scarlet Course ............................... Columbus, Ohio Shoal Creek Golf Club ................................... Birmingham, Ala. Home Course ..............Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Olympia Fields Golf Club ............................ Olympia Fields, Ill. Par ............................................................72 By State Texas ................................................................... 5 Rio Mar Country Club ............................ San Juan, Puerto Rico Yardage ...............................................7,380 Kings’ Golf Course ............................. Waikoloa Village, Hawaii Course Phone ......................(405) 325-6716 Oklahoma ........................................................... 5 Kansas ................................................................. 1 RedStone Golf Club ..........................................Houston, Texas Louisiana ............................................................ 1 Whispering Pines Golf Club ................................. Trinity, Texas COACHING STAFF Inverness Club ...................................................... Toledo, Ohio Head Coach .......................................... Jim Ragan Rich Harvest Links .......................................... Sugar Grove, Ill. Alma Mater ..............Mississippi State, 1990 Long Cove Club ............................................. Hilton Head, S.C. Years in Collegiate Coaching .....................14 Year at OU ........................................... Ninth Assistant Coach ................................. Phillip Bryan ............... Indicates hometown of OU golfer Alma Mater ........................Oklahoma, 2008 Years in Collegiate Coaching ..................First PROGRAM HISTORY National Championships ....................... One (‘89) Regional Championships......... Three (‘89, ’95, ‘01) Conference Championships ................................14 Tournament Victories .................... 21 (Since 1980) TEAM INFORMATION 2007-08 Big 12 Finish ...............................Seventh Postseason ................ 13th at NCAA West Regional Returners ...................................................... Eight Ben Blundell .....................Rowlett, Texas, Jr. Eric Durbin ....................... Houston, Texas, Jr. Cameron Meyers ............ Edmond, Okla., So. Liam Logan ................Fort Worth, Texas, So. Riley Pumphrey ..... Georgetown, Texas, R-Fr. Spencer Rives .....................Lafayette, La., Jr. Tyler Rody ..........................Andover, Kan., Jr. Ryan Sirman .........................Tyler, Texas, So. Newcomers .................................................... Four Brandon Bell ....................Norman, Okla., Fr. Tyler Rice .......................... Duncan, Okla., Fr. Cole Wiederkehr ................... Tulsa, Okla., Fr. Chris Wilson ..........................Tulsa, Okla., So. Letterwinners Lost .......................................... One Phillip Bryan .........................Mustang, Okla. RILEY PUMPHREY MEDIA INFORMATION Big 12 Golfer of the Month - October OU Men’s Golf Contact ...................... Phillip Rogers Office Phone ........................(405) 325-8413 Pumphrey led Oklahoma to back-to-back top-two Cell Phone ...........................(405) 880-0794 finishes in October, including a win at the Macdonald Cup, Fax .......................................(405) 325-7623 its first team title since the 2006 Big 12 Championship. Email [email protected] 2009 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP | OU MEN’S GOLF NOTES 2 brandonBELL benBLUNDELL ericDURBIN liamLOGAN cameronMEYERS rileyPUMPHREY tylerRICE spencerRIVES tylerRODY ryanSIRMAN coleWIEDERKEHR chrisWILSON PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: BLUNDELL - blun-DELL PUMPHREY - PUM-free RIVES- rhymes with DIVES WIEDERKEHR - WHIT-uh-ker phillipBRYAN jimRAGAN 2009 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP | OU MEN’S GOLF NOTES 3 RAGAN HEAD COACH | NINTH SEASON Jim2006 BIG 12 COACH OF THE YEAR In his ninth season as the head coach of the University of Oklahoma men’s golf squad, Jim Ragan
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