Oklahoma held on late to win the 2024 Southern Highlands Collegiate at Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nev., and beat a loaded field. The Sooners finished at 8-under to beat Auburn by three shots.
They shot team rounds of 284-291-281 to shoot 8-under and held the 36-hole lead. Oklahoma also won the team title in 2022, and Illinois won the team title over North Carolina in 2023.
Auburn finished in solo second place at 5-under behind rounds of 287-295-277. The Tigers' 11-under 277 final round propelled them four spots up the leaderboard and firmly into second place.
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There was a large gap between the top two teams and the rest of the field, with Texas finishing in solo third place at 2-over. First-round leader Florida struggled through the last 36 holes, finishing in solo fourth place at 4-over, while Illinois rounded out the top five, finishing in solo fifth place at 5-over.
San Diego State finished in solo sixth place at 7-over, North Carolina finished in solo seventh place at 8-over, and Missouri finished in solo eighth place at 11-over.
Ian Gilligan of Florida kept his good playing rolling, finishing at the top of the leaderboard by a narrow one-shot margin over Jase Summy of Oklahoma.
Gilligan shot rounds of 67-71-70 to finish 8-under.
The Florida junior and Long Beach State transfer has had a great season thus far. Gilligan won the 2023 Patriot All-American, finished in solo second place in the 2024 Sea Best Invitational, and finished in solo third place at the 2024 Florida Gators Invitational.
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Gilligan has made a splash with his solid play and is currently ranked No. 37 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings.
Summy had a stellar final round, shooting a 6-under 66 to jump nine spots into solo second place and just one shot back of Gilligan at 7-under. Summy shot rounds of 71-72-66.
Brendan Valdes of Auburn also jumped up the leaderboard in the final round, shooting a 5-under 67 to jump eight spots into solo third place at 6-under. 36-hole leader Jack Lundin of Missouri and Jackson Koivun of Auburn finished T4 at 5-under.
Lundin entered the final round at 8-under with a two-shot lead but shot a final-round 3-under 75 to fall to T5.
Drew Goodman of Oklahoma and Tommy Morrison of Texas finished T6 at 4-under and Albert Boneta of San Diego State finished in solo eighth place at 3-under.