OCU’s Men’s and Women’s golf teams are wrapping up their 2021-2022 season with the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships. The Conference Championships will be followed by the NAIA National Golf Championships. The National Golf Championships will be held in May.
The men’s 2021-2022 golf season began on August 30 at the U.C. Ferguson Classic, where the Stars placed first out of 19 teams. OCU’s Men’s Golf Team is the most successful golf team in the NAIA with eleven NAIA National Titles. The last National Championship Title that they won was back in 2018.
The NAIA Championships for men’s golf will be held at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois from May 17 to May 20.
There are several ways that the men’s team might advance to the Nationals Tournament. Twenty men’s golf teams automatically qualify for nationals by winning or finishing runner-up in their respective conferences. Then, there are six automatic individual qualifiers that proceed to the national tournament. Four of these six individuals must be an honoree of an all-tournament team from the previous year or be the individual winner of a conference tournament. The other two of the six are chosen by the NAIA Men’s Golf Championship Committee.
The women’s 2021-2022 golf season began on September 7 at the Southwestern Christian Invitational where the Stars placed first out of 14 teams to compete. Since then, they have won six of nine more tournaments.
The NAIA Championships for the women’s team will be held at Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City from May 24 to May 27.
OCU’s women’s golf team has automatically qualified for nationals because they are hosting nationals. There are also ten at-large team qualifiers. Twenty more women’s golf teams will automatically qualify for nationals by winning or finishing runner up in their respective conferences, similar to how the men’s teams advance.
Seven automatic individual qualifiers also proceed to the national tournament along with one at-large individual. The individual at large is determined by the NAIA Women’s Golf Championship Committee. The other seven individuals advance to nationals by becoming individual winners of their respective conference championships.
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