Cowboys claim 17th regional title, ORU finishes strong

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Ken MacLeod

URBANA, Ill. – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team fired a closing 276 to claim its nation-leading 17th regional title on Wednesday at the NCAA Urbana Regional at Atkins Golf Club.

The second-ranked Cowboys finished at 15-under 837 and tied with tournament host Illinois atop the leaderboard at the par-71, 7.533-yard layout. UNLV, Troy and Texas Tech rounded out the regional’s five qualifiers.

The victory secured OSU’s 76th NCAA Championship appearance in the 78-year history of the program. OSU now has eight regional titles in 11 tries under head coach Alan Bratton as well.

Additionally, the Cowboys have won four consecutive events this spring and have six victories overall to their credit on the season.

OSU began the day three shots off the pace of the host school before using its 8-under final round to pull even.

Leading the way was Preston Stout, who fired a closing 66 to move into the top 10 and finish tied for eighth place at 208. The sophomore went out in even par, countering a double bogey and bogey with three birdies. Stout blistered the second nine with a 5-under 30.

Sophomore Gaven Lane carded a 67 to climb into a tie for 11th place at 209. Lane posted three birdies on his opening nine to turn in 2-under 34 and added a birdie and eagle for a 33 on his inward nine to get to his 4-under tally for the day.

Freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson closed with a 72 to finish at 211 and tied for 16th place.

Sophomore Ethan Fang also posted a 1-over closing score to finish in 21st place at 214.

Sophomore Eric Lee finished with an even-par 71 for a 216 total, good for a tie for 34th place.

The Cowboys now advance to the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., which will take place May 23-28.

ORU goes low in final round

BREMERTON, Wash. – The Oral Roberts men’s golf team closed out the NCAA Bremerton Regional with a tournament-best final round to finish tied for 10th place.

Results

The three-round regional took place May 12-14 at Gold Mountain Golf Club’s Olympic Course, a par 72 layout measuring 7,167 yards. ORU saved its best for last, firing a 278 (-10) on the final day-the lowest team round of the day. The Golden Eagles finished with a total score of 885 (+21), tying #44 Kansas for 10th place in the 14-team field.

Christian Johnson (74-75-69) led the charge for the Golden Eagles with a T24 finish at 2-over par, closing strong with a 3-under 69 in the final round.

Kevin An (81-72-67), the 2025 Summit League Individual Champion, rebounded from a difficult opening round, climbing the leaderboard to finish T33 at 4-over par after firing a 5-under 67 in the final round.

Philip Voetmann (76-81-68) joined the under-par scoring on day three, carding a 4-under 68 to place T52 at 9-over par.

Gustav Liljeberg (79-73-74) showed steady progress throughout the regional, finishing T55 at 10-over par.

Ben Gratzl (78-80-79) rounded out ORU’s lineup in T71 at 237 (+21).

Urbana Regional
Team Scores

T1. Oklahoma State—286-275-276=837

T1. Illinois—277-281-279=837

3. UNLV—281-280-285=846

4. Troy—283-284=567

5. Texas Tech—279-287-285=851

6. North Carolina—292-285-282=859

7. Houston—295-290-277=862

8. Marquette—285-287-291=863

9. Long Beach State—285-295-286=866

10. Illinois State—289-289-289=867

11. Pacific—290-288-294=872

11. Wright State—299-286-291=876

13. NC State—291-299=590

Individual Scores

1. Hunter Thomson, Michigan—69-67-67=203

T8. Preston Stout, OSU—73-69-66=208

T11. Gaven Lane, OSU—69-73-67=209

16. Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, OSU—71-68-72=211

T20. Ethan Fang, OSU—73-69-72=214

T36. Eric Lee, OSU—76-69-71=216