Prior to the start of the NCAA D1 Men’s Golf Championship very few analysts were talking about OSU (Oklahoma State University). The consensus seemed to be that the battle would be between the number one ranked program, Auburn and FSU (because of their star Luke Clanton). OSU was ranked #2 in the country coming into the competition.

Surprises from stroke play: The most shocking outcome from stroke play was that FSU did not make it to the top eight so they never even had a sniff at match play. The other surprises were that Texas A&M (#11 in the rankings) and Ilinois (#12 in the rankings) did not make the top 15 cut.

The individual champion from stroke play came for Ole Miss, Michael La Sasso with a final score of 11 under par. Again, this was not a player getting press at the start of the championship. The big names really did not play well: Luke Clanton from FSU (+1, finished 22nd) and Jackson Koivun from Auburn (-6, finished 4th).

Surprises from Match Play:

Just like with the women’s championship we had a team that was not on the radar take down some big teams. Virginia (#11 ranked school) took down Auburn (#1) 3&2 in the first round of match play. Then Virginia took down the Florida Gators (#6) 4&1. The Gators took down Texas (#5 ranked) in the first round.

The Final day it was OSU against Virginia and at the start of the matches it looked like Virginia was going to take down the #2 program in the country; but momentum change as the matches got deeper into their rounds and OSU came out on top 4&1.

The most famous current PGA Tour golfers from OSU, Rickie Fowler and Victor Hovland, must be a very happy alumni!