NORMAN — Sixth-ranked Oklahoma men’s golf is set to open postseason play at the program’s first SEC Championship, held April 23-27, at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga. The Sooners will compete for their 20th conference title overall and fourth under head coach Ryan Hybl.
The tournament begins Wednesday with 54 holes of stroke play through Friday, followed by match play for the top eight teams on Saturday and Sunday. Match play rounds will be broadcast on SEC Network and SECN+.
One of the nation’s most dominant golf programs over the past decade, Oklahoma has won 38 tournaments since 2015, including the 2017 national championship. The Sooners have advanced to a program-record 13 consecutive NCAA Championships and have been a top-10 national seed in each of the last six. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, OU leads all SEC programs with 19 stroke-play tournament victories.
Ryan Hybl, Oklahoma’s winningest coach, has led the Sooners to 13 straight NCAA Finals, a 2017 national title and 47 tournament wins, fourth most among active coaches. Since taking over in 2009, he’s coached 14 Sooners to 30 All-America honors and won three conference titles. The 2022 Dave Williams National Coach of the Year, Hybl was inducted into the GCAA Hall of Fame in 2024. Before arriving at OU, he helped Georgia (his alma mater) to four straight top-10 NCAA finishes and the 2006 and 2009 SEC titles as an assistant coach.
Oklahoma owns four team wins this season, tied for the second most in the NCAA, and holds a 120-24-4 record. Ranked sixth nationally, the Sooners have beaten every team ranked ahead of them at least once. Led by No. 7-ranked Jase Summy, OU brings a deep, experienced lineup to Georgia, with over 400 combined collegiate rounds in their careers. That veteran presence will be key as they face the nation’s toughest field, which includes 10 of the top 25 teams (six in the top 10) and 25 of the top 50 individual players.
Hybl’s SEC Championship lineup will consist of Jase Summy, Ryder Cowan, Drew Goodman, Matthew Troutman, PJ Maybank III and Clark Van Gaalen. The final five-man lineup will be set following Tuesday’s practice round.
Admission is free. Guests should park under the trees along Avenue of the Oaks when arriving at the resort. Please be respectful of players teeing off on the first hole of the Plantation Course.
Live scoring for the entirety of the event will be on Golfstat.
The championship match on Sunday, April 27, will be televised live on SEC Network at 7:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. CT. The semifinals on Saturday afternoon will be available live digitally on SEC+ at 1 p.m. ET / Noon CT.
THE FIELD WITH NCAA CLIPPD RANKING
No. 1 Ole Miss, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Texas, No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Florida, No. 15 Alabama, No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 18 Vanderbilt, No. 20 South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee.
COURSE INFO
The SEC Championship returns to Sea Island Golf Club for the 24th time in 2025. The event has been held on St. Simons Island every year since 2001, with the Seaside Course serving as host from 2001–07 and 2010–21. Frederica Golf Club hosted in 2008 and 2009.
This year’s championship will be played on the Seaside Course, a par-70, 7,005-yard ocean-side links layout known for its tight fairways, natural dunes and swirling coastal winds. Originally built in 1929 and redesigned by Tom Fazio in 1999, Seaside is also home to the PGA TOUR’s RSM Classic.
TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS
The first three rounds of the 2024 SEC Men’s Golf Championship begin at 7 a.m. CT each day. First-round pairings are based on the final regular season Clippd rankings as OU will tee off with LSU and Florida, with pairings for rounds two and three determined by team scores.
Match play begins Saturday, with quarterfinals starting at 6:30 a.m. CT and semifinals set for noon. The championship match tees off Sunday at 7 a.m. CT.
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