Gregg Grost will be the featured speaker at the CBM Q&A on Friday night while OU Head Coach Ryan Hybl will be the featured speaker at the banquest on Saturday night.
Grost, who coached at OU from 1986 to 2000, led the Sooners to a school-record seven tournament victories in 1989, including the NCAA Championship, and was named the Dave Williams National Coach of the Year.
He also led Oklahoma to the 1992 Big Eight Championship and was named conference coach of the year.
Grost began his coaching career in 1981 at Lamar University. He was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1985 while leading the Cardinals to league titles in 1982, ’83 and ’85. He was also named the Dave Williams National Coach of the Year in his final full season at Lamar.
Grost’s teams earned NCAA berths in 17 of his 20 seasons as a head coach. He coached 19 players who earned All-America honors a total of 33 times, as well as 2000 Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson Award winner Chris James.
Grost currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The TJGT is proud to announce that it has become a member of the GCAA.
The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) is the professional association of men’s golf coaches. Established in 1958, this non-profit organization is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing its members who participate in men’s golf at all levels. Through its established events and programs, the GCAA maintains a goal of increasing awareness and the status of men’s golf.
Ryan Hybl, one of the most decorated golfers in University of Georgia history, and prior to taking the top job at OU was an assistant coach for the Bulldogs, will be the featured speaker at the Sooner Invitational banquet Saturday October 3rd at the Jimmy Austin GC, home to the 2009 US Pub Links Championship.
While on the Georgia staff, Hybl helped guide a squad that racked up five straight top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championship. The team won SEC crowns in 2006 and 2009 along with an NCAA East Regional Championship in 2008.
Along the way, Georgia produced 14 All-Americans, 14 first-team All-SEC players, the 2006 SEC Player of the Year and the 2006 and 2008 SEC Freshman of the Year.
Hybl lettered from 2001-04, twice garnering All-America and All-SEC honors. He concluded his career with a scoring average of 72.7 and 13 top-10 finishes. He served as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons.
Hybl also excelled academically, earning a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He earned the Joel Eaves Award as the male senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average and the Dick Bestwick Award for the top GPA among graduating male seniors. Hybl was named to the Dean’s List, the President’s List and the SEC Academic Honor Roll, and he was chosen as a Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American. He won the team’s Howell Hollis Award three times for boasting the top GPA.
The Colbert, Ga., native graduated in 2004 with a degree in sports science.
As a sophomore in 2002, Hybl was named First-Team All-America and First-Team All-SEC. He was Georgia’s leader in all of the statistical categories and ended the year rated No. 7 by Golfweek/Sagarin in the final individual rankings. Hybl was chosen as one of the national semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award and he helped the 2002 United States Palmer Cup Team defeat Europe.
Hybl debuted as a Bulldog in 2001 by garnering Third-Team All-America and Second-Team All-SEC honors. At the Golf World Invitational, he led the victorious Bulldogs to team and event records for the lowest round and the lowest tournament total.
Hybl arrived at Georgia as the No. 1-ranked junior golfer in the nation as determined by Golfweek. He was named the AJGA’s 1998 Player of the Year, and he was a three-time AJGA All-American and a three-time member of the Canon Cup Team.
Following his college career, Hybl was a tournament director for the AJGA.
