Oklahoma wins NCAA golf title, beating Oregon 3-1-1

Oklahoma wins NCAA golf title, beating Oregon 3-1-1

(AP) — Brad Dalke held off Sulman Raza to give Oklahoma its second NCAA golf championship, 3-1-1 over defending champion Oregon on Wednesday at Rich Harvest Farms.

Blaine Hale and Max McGreevy won the first two matches for Oklahoma, and Dalke finished off Raza 2 and 1 with a 2-foot bogey putt for a halve on No. 17.

Dalke took the lead with a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 12 and won the 14th and 15th for a 3-up lead.

Dalke's father, Bill, started at linebacker on Oklahoma's 1975 national championship team, and his mother, Kay, was a member of the school's first women's golf team.

Hale beat Norman Xiong 4 and 3 in the opening match, and McGreevy topped Edwin Yi 3 and 2 in the second in the Oklahoma senior's final event for the Sooners.

The Ducks missed a chance to join Augusta State (2010-11) and Alabama (2013-14) as the only back-to-back winners since the match-play era began in 2009.