Clay Feagler two-putted from 35 ft on the 18th gap to wrap up Pepperdine’s first males’s golf nationwide championship in 24 years, a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday at Grayhawk Golf Membership.Pepperdine took an early lead on a scorching day within the desert, allowed Oklahoma to rally, then closed with a flourish for its second nationwide championship.Oklahoma’s Jonathan Brightwell received the opening match 1 up over Dylan Menante, however Pepperdine received the subsequent two matches, establishing Feagler to shut out the championship and his senior season.Main 1 up, Feagler needed to again off when somebody popped open a drink earlier than his method shot, however gathered himself and hit a 7-iron from 195 yards to the entrance of the inexperienced. He cozied the putt shut sufficient that Oklahoma freshman Ben Lorenz conceded the match — and the title.The Waves raced onto the inexperienced to rejoice with Feagler. Joey Vrzich, taking part in within the group behind, sprinted up the No. 18 fairway carrying his bag. Logan McAllister, who had his second ace in three days to take an early lead, received the ultimate match 1 up over Vrzich, but it surely didn’t matter.Pepperdine had its first nationwide title since 1997.The Waves wanted an enormous rally on the ultimate day of qualifying to go from exterior the minimize line to the No. 3 seed in match play. The Waves rolled into the title match, beating Florida State within the quarterfinals and powerhouse Oklahoma State within the semifinals.Oklahoma edged Illinois, then closed out Arizona State 3-2 within the semifinalsPepperdine jumped out to a fast early lead within the title match, main in three matches.The Sooners earned the primary level in a back-and-forth match.Brightwell rallied from an early deficit to tie with consecutive birdies and went 1-up with a kick-in birdie on the 390-yard par-4 tenth. Menante tied it with consecutive holes, Brightwell answered with two straight birdies on Nos. 15 and 16 to return 1 up, then closed it out by getting up and down in need of No. 18.One match for the Sooners, however the Waves have been main the opposite 4.Joe Highsmith began sturdy and by no means stopped rolling in opposition to Garett Reband.The Pepperdine junior received three straight holes, the primary two on bogeys by Reband — he hit close to the twelfth fairway on No. 11 — then a 10-foot birdie on the twelfth to go 5-up.Highsmith closed it out with a par on the par-4 fifteenth.Pepperdine’s William Mouw needed to face Quade Cummins, a member of OU’s 2017 nationwide championship crew, within the anchor match and made essentially the most of it.Mouw made 15-foot birdie on No. 9 to go 1-up and dropped a 4-foot birdie putt to make it 2-up up on the par-5 eleventh. He received consecutive holes beginning at No. 13 and clinched Pepperdine’s second level when Brightwell simply missed a birdie putt on No. 15.That gave Pepperdine a 2-1 lead and the final two matches have been shut. McAllister appeared to take management of his match with the fifth hole-in-one of the event on No. 8 — he aced the 205-yard fifth gap Monday — and stretched his result in 3-up on a bogey by Vrzich on No. 9.The Pepperdine senior nonetheless had some battle in him.Vrzich received 4 straight holes and went 1-up with the one birdie of the day on the firm-greened, 230-yard thirteenth gap. McAllister tied it with a brief birdie on No. 16 and two-putted for birdie to go 1-up on No. 17, however the match ended on the 18th tee after Feagler received his match.
Clay Feagler two-putted from 35 ft on the 18th gap to wrap up Pepperdine’s first males’s golf nationwide championship in 24 years, a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday at Grayhawk Golf Membership.
Pepperdine took an early lead on a scorching day within the desert, allowed Oklahoma to rally, then closed with a flourish for its second nationwide championship.
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Oklahoma’s Jonathan Brightwell received the opening match 1 up over Dylan Menante, however Pepperdine received the subsequent two matches, establishing Feagler to shut out the championship and his senior season.
Main 1 up, Feagler needed to again off when somebody popped open a drink earlier than his method shot, however gathered himself and hit a 7-iron from 195 yards to the entrance of the inexperienced. He cozied the putt shut sufficient that Oklahoma freshman Ben Lorenz conceded the match — and the title.
The Waves raced onto the inexperienced to rejoice with Feagler. Joey Vrzich, taking part in within the group behind, sprinted up the No. 18 fairway carrying his bag. Logan McAllister, who had his second ace in three days to take an early lead, received the ultimate match 1 up over Vrzich, but it surely didn’t matter.
Pepperdine had its first nationwide title since 1997.
The Waves wanted an enormous rally on the ultimate day of qualifying to go from exterior the minimize line to the No. 3 seed in match play. The Waves rolled into the title match, beating Florida State within the quarterfinals and powerhouse Oklahoma State within the semifinals.
Oklahoma edged Illinois, then closed out Arizona State 3-2 within the semifinals
Pepperdine jumped out to a fast early lead within the title match, main in three matches.
The Sooners earned the primary level in a back-and-forth match.
Brightwell rallied from an early deficit to tie with consecutive birdies and went 1-up with a kick-in birdie on the 390-yard par-4 tenth. Menante tied it with consecutive holes, Brightwell answered with two straight birdies on Nos. 15 and 16 to return 1 up, then closed it out by getting up and down in need of No. 18.
One match for the Sooners, however the Waves have been main the opposite 4.
Joe Highsmith began sturdy and by no means stopped rolling in opposition to Garett Reband.
The Pepperdine junior received three straight holes, the primary two on bogeys by Reband — he hit close to the twelfth fairway on No. 11 — then a 10-foot birdie on the twelfth to go 5-up.
Highsmith closed it out with a par on the par-4 fifteenth.
Pepperdine’s William Mouw needed to face Quade Cummins, a member of OU’s 2017 nationwide championship crew, within the anchor match and made essentially the most of it.
Mouw made 15-foot birdie on No. 9 to go 1-up and dropped a 4-foot birdie putt to make it 2-up up on the par-5 eleventh. He received consecutive holes beginning at No. 13 and clinched Pepperdine’s second level when Brightwell simply missed a birdie putt on No. 15.
That gave Pepperdine a 2-1 lead and the final two matches have been shut.
McAllister appeared to take management of his match with the fifth hole-in-one of the event on No. 8 — he aced the 205-yard fifth gap Monday — and stretched his result in 3-up on a bogey by Vrzich on No. 9.
The Pepperdine senior nonetheless had some battle in him.
Vrzich received 4 straight holes and went 1-up with the one birdie of the day on the firm-greened, 230-yard thirteenth gap. McAllister tied it with a brief birdie on No. 16 and two-putted for birdie to go 1-up on No. 17, however the match ended on the 18th tee after Feagler received his match.
