Chris Gotterup in Second After Third Round at NCAA Championship
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Written by Chris Richards
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Oklahoma senior Chris Gotterup carded a 2-under 68 Sunday and is one shot off the pace entering Monday’s final round of the NCAA Championship. Vanderbilt freshman Gordon Sargent leads with a 3-under 207 total, while Texas’ Parker Coody is T5 at even-par and Arizona State’s Cameron Sisk is T9 at 1-over.
The Sooners are paced by Gotterup, Patrick Welch (4th/-1) and Logan McAllister (T17/+4), and they lead the team competition by four over Oklahoma State. Based on the third-round leaderboard, Gotterup is projected to improve six spots to No. 4 in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking.
The final position in the top-five may become a showdown between Texas’ Cole Hammer and Washington’s RJ Manke, who advanced to the final round as an individual. Hammer and Manke started the week 5th and 6th, and they are both T12 through three rounds. Georgia’s Trent Phillips started the week No. 4, but he’s currently T34 and projected to fall to 7th in the Ranking.
After Sunday’s third round, the 30-team, 156-player field was cut to the low 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team. GOLF Channel will broadcast the final round live on Monday (5-9 p.m. EDT), when the NCAA individual champion will be crowned and the low eight teams will advance to match play.
The stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship is the final tournament for the PGA TOUR University Class of 2022, and the Velocity Global Ranking will be finalized after the final round on Monday, May 30. Players finishing 1st through 5th will earn membership on Korn Ferry Tour and players finishing 6th through 15th will earn membership on a PGA TOUR international tour.
Velocity Global Ranking – Projections (through third round)
| Rank | Change | Player | University | Thru R3 | NCAA Pts | Bonus Pts | Pts Avg |
| 1 | 0 | Pierceson Coody | Texas | T34 | 7.54 | 0 | 1228.6 |
| 2 | 1 | Jacob Bridgeman | Clemson | - | - | - | 1115.87 |
| 3 | -1 | Logan McAllister | Oklahoma | T17 | 9.29 | 0 | 1111.58 |
| 4 | 6 | Christopher Gotterup | Oklahoma | 2nd | 19.9 | 10 | 1101.45 |
| 5 | 0 | Cole Hammer | Texas | T12 | 10.52 | 0 | 1060.24 |
| 6 | 0 | RJ Manke | Washington | T12 | 10.52 | 0 | 1059.48 |
| 7 | -3 | Trent Phillips | Georgia | T34 | 7.54 | 0 | 1046.63 |
| 8 | -1 | Alex Fitzpatrick | Wake Forest | - | - | - | 1042.69 |
| 9 | -1 | Jackson Suber | Ole Miss | T25 | 8.37 | 0 | 1012.35 |
| 10 | -1 | Joe Highsmith | Pepperdine | T34 | 7.54 | 0 | 1002.42 |
| 11 | 0 | Ryan Hall | South Carolina | - | - | - | 993.93 |
| 12 | 0 | Noah Goodwin | SMU | - | - | - | 980.23 |
| 13 | 0 | Aman Gupta | Oklahoma State | T25 | 8.37 | 0 | 924.74 |
| 14 | 3 | Cameron Sisk | Arizona State | T9 | 11.93 | 1.5 | 898.54 |
| 15 | -1 | Sam Choi | New Mexico | - | - | - | 889.86 |
| 16 | -1 | Joey Vrzich | Pepperdine | T55 | 6.66 | 0 | 878.08 |
| 17 | 8 | Parker Coody | Texas | T5 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 876.21 |
| 18 | -2 | Albin Bergstrom* | South Florida | T101 | 5.45 | 0 | 868.15 |
| 19 | -1 | Walker Lee* | Texas A&M | T87 | 5.71 | 0 | 857.54 |
| 20 | 1 | Ryan Gerard | North Carolina | T12 | 10.52 | 0 | 848.39 |
*Missed 54-hole cut
The Velocity Global Ranking is designed to identify the best college golfers based on winning, competitiveness and season-long performance. It is developed in partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking®, which ranks the top amateur golfers on the basis of their average performance in counting events, and it includes the final two years of competition in NCAA Division-I men’s golf tournaments (stroke play), official PGA TOUR tournaments and select DP World Tour events.
Points Distribution
For players in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2022, the NCAA Championship points distribution is based on a WAGR Power of 1000. Players who make the 54-hole cut receive points for 1st through 84th place, and players who miss the cut receive points for 85th through 156th (in order of 54-hole score).
Additionally, players in the current season Velocity Global Ranking will receive bonus points if they finish in the top 10 of the final stroke-play leaderboard.
| Position | Points | Bonus | Total |
| 1st | 25 | 15 | 40 |
| 2nd | 19.905 | 10 | 29.905 |
| 3rd | 17.4206 | 8 | 25.4206 |
| 4th | 15.8483 | 7 | 22.8483 |
| 5th | 14.7271 | 6 | 20.7271 |
| 6th | 13.8702 | 5 | 18.8702 |
| 7th | 13.1847 | 4 | 17.1847 |
| 8th | 12.6184 | 3 | 15.6184 |
| 9th | 12.1391 | 2 | 14.1391 |
| 10th | 11.7257 | 1 | 12.7257 |
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