HOCKLEY, Texas — The No. 2-ranked and top-seeded Oklahoma men’s golf team is in Hockley, Texas, this weekend for the third annual Big 12 Match Play Championship. The three-day event will be held at the par-71, 7,007-yard Club at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas.
This is the third year that the Big 12 Conference has hosted this event, employing the same format that is used to determine the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. The event will be played over three days consisting of pool play for five sessions (Friday through Sunday morning) followed by a championship round set for Sunday afternoon. Each round will be played in match play format.
The Sooners earned the championship’s top seed after winning the Big 12 Preview at Colonial earlier in the week. Oklahoma held off No. 4-ranked Texas to win the event by six strokes, and Logan McAllister took home medalist honors for head coach Ryan Hybl‘s team.
“We’re going to try and capitalize on good momentum from our time at Colonial down here in Houston,” Hybl said. “It’s a completely different format with match play, but if you play good golf, you still end up winning matches. That’s our focus this week, to just play great golf and not worry so much about our opponents.”
During the pool play portion, each team will play four matches. Teams will get three points for a win and one point for a draw. At the conclusion of pool play, each team will be ranked 1-5 within their pool based on the amount of points accrued.
Pool play will be broken up into two sessions each day, with the first session teeing off at 8 a.m. CT and the second at 1:30 p.m. CT. The championship match will feature the team with the highest point total from Pool A and the team with the highest point total from Pool B.
The Sooners open on Friday morning with an opening match vs. No. 8 seed West Virginia and then take on No. 9 seed Iowa State in the afternoon. On Saturday, Oklahoma squares up with the No. 5 seed, Baylor, in the morning session, followed by a Sunday morning match vs. No. 4 TCU.
Each team will have six players participate in each match. The Sooners will send All-Americans Quade Cummins and Johnathan Brightwell, as well as Colonial medalist Logan McAllister to Houston Oaks. Oklahoma rounds out its lineup with Patrick Welch, Tucker Allen and Thomas Johnson.
Live scoring and results for the event will be available on Golfstat.com.
THE FIELD
Pool A
1. Oklahoma
4. TCU
5. Baylor
8. West Virginia
9. Iowa State
Pool B
2. Texas
3. Texas Tech
6. Kansas
7. Oklahoma State
OU LINEUP
Quade Cummins, Redshirt Senior: Coming off T2 finish at the Big 12 Colonial Preview … Went 4-1 at Big 12 match play in 2019 … PING First Team All-American in 2020 … Ranked No. 5 in latest Golfstat poll and No. 11 in the PGA Tour U rankings … 107 rounds played all-time for the Sooners, including 31 rounds in the 60s … Owner of the third-lowest scoring average vs. par in Oklahoma golf history (71.29, +0.01) … 25 top-10 finishes in his OU career.
Jonathan Brightwell, Redshirt Senior: Finished T6 in Oklahoma debut at Colonial … PING Second Team All-American in 2020 after finishing the year ranked No. 13 in Golfstat’s final poll … Three collegiate wins.
Patrick Welch, Junior: Finished T19 at Big 12 Colonial Preview … Ranked No. 83 in Golfstat’s latest poll … Finished with 3-2 record at 2019 Big 12 match play … Has the best career scoring average vs. par in Oklahoma history (71.13, -0.20) … Qualified for match play at the 2020 U.S. Amateur … Three top-10 finishes in 15 events.
Logan McAllister, Junior: Notched second career win at the Big 12 Colonial Preview … Has two career wins in OU lineup and one as an individual … Competed for the Sooners at match play last season, compiling 3-2 record … Was ranked inside the top 200 in the spring of 2020.
Tucker Allen, Sophomore: Made OU debut at Colonial, finishing T34 after firing a round of 68 in round two … Before coming to Oklahoma: AJGA Champion, two-time Jackie Burke Cup participant, Legends Junior Tour champion.
Thomas Johnson, Redshirt Senior: Competed in 15 events as a Sooner, including five in 2019-20 … Best career finish was T2 at the Puerto Rico Classic in 2018-19.
SOONER SLATE
Friday, 8 a.m. CT: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 West Virginia
Friday, 1:30 p.m. CT: No. 1 Okahoma vs. No. 9 Iowa State
Saturday, 8 a.m. CT: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 5 Baylor
Sunday, 8 a.m. CT: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 TCU
Sunday, 1:30 p.m. CT: Final matches
THE COURSE
The 7,007-yard, par-71 Club at Houston Oaks will serve as the course for the Big 12 Match Play Championship.
FORMAT
Each team will participate in four matches during pool play. The first session will begin at 8 a.m. CT and the second session will begin at 1:30 p.m. CT each day. The championship match will feature the team with the highest point total from Pool A and the team with the highest point total from Pool B. Each team will play a fifth match, coinciding with the opposite pool’s equal seed.
LIVE STATS
Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.
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