OKLAHOMA STATE GOLF NCAA CHAMPIONS 1963 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1983 · 1987 · 1991 · 1995 · 2000 · 2006 · 2018 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP · MAY 24-29 · BLESSINGS GOLF CLUB · PAR 72, YARDAGE 7,550 Live Stats: golfstat.com OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS Social Media : Head Coach: Alan Bratton, Oklahoma State, 1995 Twitter — @OSUCowboyGolf (6th Year — 31 Victories, 23 Medalists) Instagram — @cowboygolf Facebook — facebook.com/OSUCowboyGolf OKLAHOMA STATE STARTING FIVE TV: Golf Channel Video: GolfChannel.com Zach Bauchou | Sr. | Forest, Virginia • Named a second-team All-American in 2018 Golf Channel Championship Coverage • Was a semifinalist for the Nicklaus and Hogan Awards as a junior Contested in back-to-back weeks, Golf Channel will dedicate its full • Named to the 2018 U.S. Palmer Cup squad suite of production resources to the NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf • Won the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship in 2017 and 2018 Championships, featuring nearly 30 combined hours of live tourna- • Earned honorable mention All-America status in 2017 from the GCAA and Golfweek ment coverage. Golf Central will feature nearly 30 hours of combined pre-and post-event live news coverage produced on location, as well Austin Eckroat | So. | Edmond, Oklahoma as daily news updates on Morning Drive and Golf Channel Digital. • Survived a playoff at sectional qualifying to advance to the 2019 U.S. Open • Picked up his second career victory this spring at the Cabo Collegiate • Named to the 2019 U.S. Palmer Cup squad • Earned honorable mention All-America status as a freshman • Closed with a 64 to earn his first collegiate victory at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Men’s Championship Coverage Viktor Hovland | Jr. | Oslo, Norway Monday, May 27 • Named the 2019 Ben Hogan Award recipient Individual National Championship — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Won the 2018 U.S. Amateur, becoming the fifth Cowboy to do so Tuesday, May 28 • Earned the Silver Cup as the Low Amateur at The Masters in 2019 Quarterfinals, Team Match Play — 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Was named a first-team All-American as a sophomore Tuesday, May 28 • Has four career victories, including three this season Semifinals, Team Match Play — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) Matthew Wolff | So. | Agoura Hills, California Wednesday, May 29 • Named a finalist for the Ben Hogan Award as a sophomore Team National Championship — 3-7 p.m. (CST) (Live) • Set a school single-season record with five victories in 2018-19 OSU AND MATCH PLAY • Also set the OSU standard with four consecutive victories 2009 0-1 Lost To Georgia (3-2) • Was named a first-team All-American and the Phil Mickelson Award winner in 2018 2010 2-1 Def. Stanford (4-1) • Selected as the 2018 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Def. Oregon (3-1-1) Lost To Augusta State (3-1-1) Hayden Wood | Sr. | Edmond, Oklahoma 2011 1-1 Def. Ohio State (3-1-1) Lost To Augusta State (3-2) • Named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar in 2018 2014 2-1 Def. Georgia Tech (4-0-1) • Has earned Academic All-Big 12 honors the past three seasons Def. Stanford (3-2) • Defeated Austin Eckroat to win the 2018 OGA State Amateur title Lost To Alabama (4-1) • Earned medalist honors at the 2017 U.S. Amateur 2017 0-1 Lost To Oregon (3-2) 2018 3-0 Def. Texas A&M (3-1-1) • Set the 36-hole scoring record at the Amateur with rounds of 64 and 67 Def. Auburn (3-2) Def. Alabama (5-0) 2018-19 COWBOY ROSTER COWBOYS IN NCAA MATCH PLAY Player Cl. Ht. Twitter Hometown (High School) Zach Bauchou 2-2 Zach Bauchou Sr. 6-0 @bowboy25 Forest, Virginia (Liberty Christian Academy) Wyndham Clark 3-0 Austin Eckroat So. 6-0 @AustinEckroat Edmond, Oklahoma (North) Ian Davis 0-2-1 Aman Gupta Fr. 5-8 Concord, North Carolina (Univ. of Neb. HS) Austin Eckroat 3-0 Viktor Hovland Jr. 5-10 Twitterless Viktor Oslo, Norway (WANG Toppidrett) Sean Einhaus 3-2 Ferdinand Müller Jr. 5-8 Renningen, Germany (Gymnasium Unterrieden) Rickie Fowler 0-1 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen Fr. 5-10 Nivå, Denmark (Knord Lyngby) Talor Gooch 4-1 Matthew Wolff So. 6-0 @matthew_wolff5 Agoura Hills, California (Westlake) Morgan Hoffmann 4-2 Viktor Hovland 4-0 Hayden Wood Sr. 5-10 @haydenwood Edmond, Oklahoma (North) Trent Leon 0-1 Jordan Niebrugge 1-2 Head Coach: Alan Bratton Zachary Olsen 3-1 Assistant Coach: Donnie Darr Kevin Tway 2-3-1 Peter Uihlein 2-3-1 Kristoffer Ventura 1-2-1 Trent Whitekiller 2-0-1 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT : RYAN CAMERON Matthew Wolff 2-1 Email: [email protected] Hayden Wood 0-1 Office: 405-744-4854 Cell: 405-742-4363 Twitter: @ryancameron24 OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @OSUCOWBOYGOLF | #OKSTATE | #GOLFSCHOOL OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @OSUCOWBOYGOLF | #OKSTATE | #GOLFSCHOOL OKLAHOMA STATE AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WHAT 2 WATCH 4 DRIVEN, SEASON 2 Year Site Finish • Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team will be looking to NBC Sports is teaming up with PGA TOUR winners 1947 Ann Arbor, Mich. 5th make history at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas to give viewers a be- 1948 Palo Alto, Calif. 5th Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. hind-the-scenes look at three of the country’s top college 1949 Ames, Iowa 6th • The defending NCAA champions are aiming for the golf programs – Alabama, Auburn and Oklahoma State 1950 Albuquerque, N.M. 13th 12th national crown in program history, but also seeking – on the second season of Driven, premiering on GOLF 1951 Columbus, Ohio 11th to repeat for the first time in program history. Channel Monday, May 6 at 9 p.m. ET. GOLF Chan- 1952 Lafayette, Ind. 5th • The top-seeded Cowboys will begin play on Friday nel also will premiere a new series, College Golf 101, 1953 Colorado Springs, Colo. 4th at 12:10 p.m. and will be grouped with Arizona State immediately 1954 Houston, Texas 3rd and Wake Forest on the 10th tee. The trio will begin its following 1955 Knoxville, Tenn. 3rd second round on Saturday off No. 1 at 6:50 a.m. Driven at 1956 Columbus, Ohio 4th • The tournament will run May 24-May 29 and will consist 9:30 p.m. ET, 1957 Colorado Springs, Colo. 12th of 72 holes of stroke play to determine the eight teams expanding 1958 Williamstown, Mass. 2nd for the match play portion of the tournament as well as the network’s 1959 Eugene, Ore. 5th the individual champion. May college golf programming heading into the 2019 1960 Colorado Springs, Colo. 2nd • After Sunday’s third round, the 30-team field will be NCAA Golf National Championships. 1961 Lafayette, Ind. 4th trimmed to the top 15 squads and top nine individuals • Driven is a four-part documentary series that will follow 1962 Durham, N.C. 2nd not on an advancing team for Monday’s fourth round. the 2018-19 college golf seasons. The series will follow 1963 Wichita, Kan. 1st • The top eight teams will then be placed into a match reigning NCAA national champions Oklahoma State as 1964 Colorado Springs, Colo. 2nd play bracket to determine the team champion. they look to defend their 2018 title. 1965 Knoxville, Tenn. 9th • The quarterfinal and semifinal matches will take place 1966 Palo Alto, Calif. 4th on Tuesday and will be followed by Wednesday’s cham- WINNING WAYS 1967 Delaware, Pa. 22nd pionship match at the par-72, 7,550-yard layout. Individually, the Cowboys won early and often in 2018- 1968 Las Cruces, N.M. 4th 19, producing the medalist in their first eight events of 1969 Colorado Springs, Colo. 10th #OKSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY the year. 1970 Columbus, Ohio 4th • OSU has won 11 NCAA titles and has produced eight • Matthew Wolff won the squad’s first four full-field events 1971 Tucson, Ariz. 5th individual national champions with its most recent of the year and has won five times this season, both of 1972 Cape Coral, Fla. 4th national title coming in 2018 at Karsten Creek. which are school records. 1973 Stillwater, Okla. 2nd • OSU’s first NCAA crown came in 1963 under the guid- • Viktor Hovland has won three times as a junior. 1974 Santee Calif. 5th ance of Labron Harris. • Austin Eckroat picked up his second career victory after 1975 Columbus, Ohio 2nd • Former coach and current OSU athletics director Mike holding off 1976 Albuquerque, N.M. 1st Holder captured eight titles, winning in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1977 Hamilton, N.Y. 2nd 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000. HOVY NAMED HOGAN WINNER 1978 Eugene, Ore. 1st • Mike McGraw won the crown in 2006, while Alan Viktor Hovland further cemented his place in the rich 1979 Winston-Salem, N.C. 2nd Bratton won his first a year ago, giving all four coaches history of the Oklahoma State men’s golf program after 1980 Columbus, Ohio 1st program history a national title. being named the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award. 1981 Palo Alto Calif. 4th • OSU has produced 17 runner-up finishes after placing • The award is given annually to the top men’s college 1982 Pinehurst, N.C. 2nd second in 2014 at Prairie Dunes Country Club. golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur com- 1983 Fresno, Calif. 1st • Earl Moeller was OSU’s first individual champion in petitions over the past 12 months. 1984 Houston Texas 2nd 1953 and was followed by Grier Jones in 1968. David • With his distinction, Hovland becomes the fourth 1985 Grenelefe, Fla. 2nd Edwards won in 1978 and was followed by Scott Ver- Cowboy to garner the award since it revised its criteria in 1986 Winston-Salem, N.C.