Led by a tournament-record performance by medalist Charles Howell, Oklahoma State captured its ninth Division I men's golf title May 31-June 3 at the Grand National Lake Course in Opelika, Alabama.

While the individual title was not in doubt -- Howell won by eight strokes -- the team championship was pushed to a playoff. Georgia Tech pursued the Cowboys for much of the day, making up eight strokes with a final-round 276, compared to Oklahoma State's 284.

Oklahoma State held a one-shot lead heading into the last two groups, but the Cowboys' Landry Mahan sent his approach shot over the 18th green into the bleachers and two-putted for bogey. In the final group, Howell overshot the green in the same area of Mahan's shot, but after a solid chip, Howell saved par and kept the team scores all square with the Yellow Jackets.

That set up the sudden-death playoff, played on the 18th hole. The Yellow Jackets recorded four pars on the par-4 hole, but freshman J.C. DeLeon birdied for the Cowboys, which made the difference.

"Every time we win I think this will probably be the last one," said coach Mike Holder, who has led the Cowboys to eight of their nine titles. "About halfway through today, I thought, 'I don't know how much more of these I can take.' "

Howell, a junior, fired a final-round 69 for a 23-under total of 265. That score shattered the NCAA tournament record of 17-under, shared by PGA Tour stars John Inman of North Carolina, Phil Mickelson of Arizona State and Justin Leonard of Texas. Minnesota's James McLean also shared the record.

"I wanted to do this as an individual, but it wouldn't have meant half as much if the team didn't win it," said Howell, who was the only player to shoot in the 60s in all four rounds.

"He played golf like I've never seen for 72 holes," Holder said. "I've had the privilege of coaching great players, and that performance he put on was surreal."

The Cowboys avenged the disappointment they tasted after dropping a five-stroke advantage to Georgia on the tournament's final day last year.

The championship was the second playoff in NCAA history. In 1995, Oklahoma State beat Tiger Woods and Stanford. This was the first tournament in which the individual champion played on the winning team since Mickelson accomplished the feat with Arizona State in 1990.

Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech bettered UNLV's two-year-old record of 34-under par by three strokes. Arizona finished two shots back in third place after shooting 33-under over the final two rounds. Houston finished six shots back (30-under 1,122) on the strength of the final day's best round of 16 under. Texas placed fifth with a 1,125 total.

Houston's Chris Morris finished with a 66 for second place, eight shots back. Three players tied for third at 13-under 275: Northwestern's Jess Daley, Arizona's Ricky Barnes and Texas' David Gossett.

TEAM RESULTS

*1. Oklahoma St., 281-276-275-284 -- 1,116; 2. Georgia Tech, 280-282-278-276 -- 1,116; 3. Arizona, 286-289-269-274 -- 1,118; 4. Houston, 284-289-277-272 -- 1,122; 5. Texas, 272-286-277-290 -- 1,125; 6. UNLV, 286-287-277-281 -- 1,131; 7. Clemson, 291-287-277-278 -- 1,133; 8. Northwestern, 287-293-279-280 -- 1,139; 9. Kent, 288-283-279-291 -- 1,141; 10. North Carolina, 288-282-278-295 -- 1,143; 11. TCU, 289-289-281-287 -- 1,146; 12. Minnesota, 290-290-282-287 -- 1,149; 13. Fresno St., 293-285-279-297 -- 1,154; 14. Auburn, 290-288-288-295 -- 1,161; 15. Wake Forest, 292-290-295-292 -- 1,169.

*Oklahoma St. won on first playoff hole.

Did not make cut

16. Georgia, 292-290 -- 582; 17. (tie) East Tenn. St., 286-297 -- 583; and California, 300-283-- 583; 19. (tie) Mississippi St., 288-296 -- 584; and New Mexico, 286-298 -- 584; 21. Kansas, 291-294 -- 585; 22. Georgia St., 295-292 -- 587; 23. (tie) Oklahoma, 294-294 -- 588; and Pepperdine, 295-293 -- 588; 25. (tie) Arizona St., 299-290 -- 589; and Virginia, 299-290 -- 589; 27. North Fla., 294-296 -- 590; 28. Brigham Young, 299-294 -- 593; 29. Southern California, 299-300 -- 599; 30. Washington, 301-312 -- 613.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1. Charles Howell, Oklahoma St., 67-66-63-69 -- 265; 2. Chris Morris, Houston, 71-69-67-66 -- 273; 3. (tie) Jess Daley, Northwestern, 69-70-69-67 -- 275; Ricky Barnes, Arizona, 70-68-68-69 -- 275; and David Gossett, Texas, 63-70-66-76 -- 275; 6. Matt Weibring, Georgia Tech, 71-71-67-67 -- 276; 7. (tie) Andy Sanders, Houston, 74-70-67-66 -- 277; and Luke Donald, Northwestern, 70-72-68-67 -- 277; 9. James Driscoll, Virginia, 68-71-71-68 -- 278; 10. (tie) Michael Kirk, UNLV, 70-72-68-69 -- 279; and Jeremy Anderson, UNLV, 69-68-69-73 -- 279; 12. Derek Gillespie, Arizona, 72-74-67-67 -- 280; 13. (tie) Landry Mahan, Oklahoma St., 70-68-72-71 -- 281; and Brad Hyler, North Carolina, 69-71-68-73 -- 281; 15. (tie) Kevin Haefner, Auburn, 75-72-66-69 -- 282; D.J. Trahan, Clemson, 71-74-68-69 -- 282; Carlton Forrester, Georgia Tech, 74-70-68-70 -- 282; Reid Hatley, Arizona, 70-74-68-70 -- 282; and Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech, 69-72-71-70 -- 282; 20. (tie) Andy Doeden, TCU, 72-71-69-71 -- 283; Max Harris, North Carolina, 75-68-66-74 -- 283; Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech, 67-70-72-74 -- 283; and J.J. Wall, Texas, 65-71-72-75 -- 283; 24. (tie) Scott Moore, Arizona, 77-73-66-68 -- 284; John Engler, Clemson, 73-73-70-68 -- 284; Brent Wanner, Wake Forest, 73-71-71-69 -- 284; Jon Bartlett, Mississippi, 75-66-73-70 -- 284; Danny Sahl, Kent, 73-71-69-71 -- 284; and Chris Wisler, East Tenn. St., 67-68-68-81 -- 284; 30. (tie) Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech, 73-71-72-69 -- 285; Ryan Vermeer, Kansas, 72-71-71-71 -- 285; Jon Mills, Kent, 74-69-70-72 -- 285; and Ben Curtis, Kent, 70-71-69-75 -- 285; 34. (tie) James McLean, Minnesota, 73-72-72-69 -- 286; Michael Letzig, New Mexico, 71-71-72-72 -- 286; John Klauk, Texas, 72-72-69-73 -- 286; and Jeff Quinney, Arizona St., 72-72-69-73 -- 286; 38. (tie) Bret Guetz, TCU, 74-72-72-69 -- 287; Aaron Hickman, TCU, 70-72-71-74 -- 287; and Matt Cohn, Oklahoma, 71-73-66-77 -- 287; 41. (tie) James Edmondson, Houston, 70-75-73-70 -- 288; Jani Saari, Clemson, 73-75-69-71 -- 288; Ben Smith, Mississippi St., 69-74-74-71 -- 288; Anders Hultman, Oklahoma St., 72-76-68-72 -- 288; Edward Loar, Oklahoma St., 72-72-72-72 -- 288; and Calvin Kupeyan, UNLV, 71-74-70-73 -- 288; 47. (tie) Scott Lander, UNLV, 79-73-70-67 -- 289; Brian Miller, Kent, 71-74-71-73 -- 289; and Ben Meyers, Minnesota, 73-71-69-76 -- 289; 50. (tie) Cody Beyer, Arizona, 74-76-68-72 -- 290; Josh Watney, Fresno St., 75-71-69-75 -- 290; and Danny Paniccia, Fresno St., 71-74-70-75 -- 290; 53. (tie) Matt Brost, Texas, 72-78-74-67 -- 291; Lucas Glover, Clemson, 80-71-70-70 -- 291; B.J. Staten, Houston, 73-78-70-70 -- 291; Martin LeMesurier, Minnesota, 73-75-73-70 -- 291; Jason Dufner, Auburn, 75-72-72-72 -- 291; Jonathan Byrd, Clemson, 74-69-76-72 -- 291; and Rob Simmons, North Carolina, 70-74-72-75 -- 291; 60. (tie) Robert Hamilton, California, 71-73-73-75 -- 292; and Paul Daniel, North Carolina, 74-69-72-77 -- 292; 62. (tie) Nick Watney, Fresno St., 72-79-70-72 -- 293; Josh Habig, Northwestern, 75-75-70-73 -- 293; and Jay Morgan, Wake Forest, 73-71-74-75 -- 293; 65. (tie) Chad Wilfong, Wake Forest, 72-75-77-70 -- 294; Robert Sul, UNLV, 76-75-71-72 -- 294; and Todd Rose, Fresno St., 77-70-72-75 -- 294; 68. (tie) Russell Surber, Texas, 77-73-70-75 -- 295; J.C. DeLeon, Oklahoma St., 74-70-75-76 -- 295; and Jamie Kellam, TCU, 73-74-69-79 -- 295; 71. (tie) Wade Ormsby, Houston, 70-75-76-75 -- 296; and Scott Weatherly, Auburn, 71-75-74-76 -- 296; 73. (tie) Wilhelm Schauman, Minnesota, 81-72-72-72 -- 297; and Ryan King, Fresno St., 75-70-70-82 -- 297; 75. Daniel Riskam, Northwestern, 74-76-75-73 -- 298; 76. Roland Thatcher, Auburn, 71-73-76-79 -- 299; 77. Scott Volpitto, TCU, 76-76-76-73 -- 301; 78. Dave Gunderson, Minnesota, 71-79-69-83 -- 302; 79. (tie) David Shaffer, Northwestern, 74-79-72-78 -- 303; and Jon Rusk, Auburn, 73-71-81-78 -- 303; 81. Jonah Karzmer, Kent, 76-72-76-80 -- 304; 82. Whitten Meares, North Carolina, 79-76-79-73 -- 307; 83. Chris Yoder, Wake Forest, 78-73-79-78 -- 308; Buck Williams, Wake Forest, 74-76-73-WD.

Did not make cut

85. (tie) Joel Hendry, New Mexico, 68-76 -- 144; and J.R. Ruda, California, 75-69 -- 144; 87. (tie) Adam Riddering, East Tenn. St., 72-73 -- 145; Alex Rocha, Mississippi St., 75-70 -- 145; Chris Cureton, Oklahoma, 74-71 -- 145; Craig Lile, Arkansas, 72-73 -- 145; Erik Labitzke, North Fla., 71-74 -- 145; Jack Croyle, Georgia St., 73-72 -- 145; and Michael Beard, Pepperdine, 75-70 -- 145; 94. (tie) Alex Rodger, Pepperdine, 74-72 -- 146; Brandon DiTullio, UCLA, 76-70 -- 146; Dave Womack, Georgia St., 72-74 -- 146; Bubba Watson, Georgia, 71-75 -- 146; and Jake Istnick, Kansas, 70-76 -- 146; 99. (tie) Bryant Odom, Georgia, 75-72 -- 147; Conrad Roberts, Kansas, 77-70 -- 147; David Bennett, North Fla., 74-73 -- 147; John Mueller, Mississippi St., 70-77 -- 147; Manuel Merizalde, BYU, 75-72 -- 147; Michael Morrison, Georgia, 76-71 -- 147; Nick Cassini, Georgia, 75-72 -- 147; Walter Chun, California, 75-72 -- 147; and Wil Collins, New Mexico, 72-75 -- 147; 108. (tie) Alex Kuyumjian, Southern California, 74-74 -- 148; Cameron Yancey, Virginia, 76-72 -- 148; D..J. Fiese, Georgia St., 72-76 -- 148; Erik Compton, Georgia, 71-77 -- 148; Gordy Scutt, Washington, 73-75 -- 148; Henrik Sevegran, Georgia St., 78-70 -- 148; Jason Allred, Pepperdine, 72-76 -- 148; Jin Park, Arizona St, 75-73 -- 148; Jose Garrido, BYU, 73-75 -- 148; Paul Casey, Arizona St, 76-72 -- 148; and Steve Marino, Virginia, 75-73 -- 148; 119. Andrew Pratt, Tennessee, 75-74 -- 149; Andy Stewart, Kansas, 72-77 -- 149; Bobby Rodger, Pepperdine, 74-75 -- 149; Chris James, Oklahoma, 75-74 -- 149; Cristian Vargas, North Fla., 76-73 -- 149; Jonas Runnquist, Arizona St, 76-73 -- 149; Kevin Mock, North Fla., 73-76 -- 149; Reg Millage, Va. Comm., 74-75 -- 149; Ryan Nelson, Portland, 74-75 -- 149; and Scott Miller, BYU, 77-72 -- 149; 129. (tie) Buck Williams, Wake Forest, 74-76 -- 150; and Han Lee, California, 81-69 -- 150; 131. (tie) Andy Miller, BYU, 76-75 -- 151; Billy Harvey, BYU, 75-76 -- 151; Codie Mudd, Mississippi St., 74-77 -- 151; Kevin Price, New Mexico,75-76 -- 151; Michael Trailov, Mississippi St., 76-75 -- 151; and Nick Jones, Southern California, 73-78 -- 151; 137. (tie) Pat Beste, East Tenn. St., 73-79 -- 152; Scott Kral, Washington, 76-76 -- 152; and Thomas Lee, East Tenn. St., 74-78 -- 152; 140. (tie) Cody Freeman, Oklahoma, 74-79 -- 153; David Oh, Southern California, 76-77 -- 153; J. D. Robertson, Oklahoma, 77-76 -- 153; Matt Jones, Arizona St, 79-74 -- 153; and Scott Hailes, New Mexico, 75-78 -- 153; 145. (tie) James Hahn, California, 79-75 -- 154; Justin Goodhue, Virginia, 80-74 -- 154; and Nick Webb, Southern California, 83-71 -- 154; 148. Kevin Stadler, Southern California, 76-79 -- 155; 149. (tie) Troy Kelly, Washington, 75-81 -- 156; and Brandon White, Pepperdine, 79-77 -- 156; 151. (tie) Derek Berg, Washington, 77-80 -- 157; and James Johnson, East Tenn. St., 79-78 -- 157; 153. (tie) Matt Borchert, North Fla., 79-79 -- 158; and Mike Mitchell, Virginia, 84-74 -- 158; 155. (tie) Barry Briggs, Georgia St., 80-79 -- 159; and Casey Harbour, Kansas, 81-77 -- 159; 157. John Robertson, Washington, 79-83 -- 162.