The Sooners are off to a stellar start this fall.
Oklahoma earned its second victory in eight days in the state of Texas, taking the top spot in the 2024 Ben Hogan Collegiate at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, site of the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge. The Sooners, which won the Valero Texas Collegiate last week in San Antonio at another PGA Tour venue, topped rival Texas by four shots.
Senior Drew Goodman paced the Sooners with a T-3 finish at 5 under. Sophomore Ryder Cowan finished solo sixth at 2 under while Matthew Troutman also placed in the top 10, finishing T-8 at even-par. Oklahoma was the only team to shoot in the 270s all three rounds, finishing at 10 under.
Defending national champion Auburn placed third at 4 under, two shots behind Texas. Those were the only three teams to finish under par. North Carolina was fourth at 1 over, and Arizona State, which was without U.S. Amateur champion Josele Ballester because he played in the DP World Tour’s Spanish Open over the weekend, was fifth.
North Carolina senior David Ford picked up the individual win, shooting 9 under to win by three shots over Auburn’s Brendan Valdes. Auburn’s Billy Davis and Texas’ Daniel Bennett also finished T-3.
For a couple of the stars in the field, it was a struggle. Auburn sophomore Jackson Koivun, the reigning Haskins Award winner, finished outside the top 20 (T-28) for the second straight event and only the second time in his career.
Meanwhile, Vanderbilt senior Gordon Sargent, who has his PGA Tour card locked up for next year, continued his inconsistent start to the year. In three events this fall, Sargent has placed T-33, T-11 and now T-40.
