Alabama has stated that it will be unable to host a regional tournament due to the likelihood of being eliminated from the NCAA men’s golf championship.

According to John Gray, director of golf, the event scheduled for May 15-18 will not be held at Ol’ Colony. He directed all questions to the University of Alabama, which was listed as the event’s host university on the NCAA website.

Due to a lack of time to complete necessary course preparations, the University of Alabama informed the NCAA earlier this month that it would be unable to host the event. According to the NCAA, “the course was on track to host,” but “a late freeze, followed by colder temperatures and heavy rain hampered crucial course improvements and postponed other maintenance projects.”

On May 4th, the NCAA regional field will be revealed. After coming last at the SEC Championships on April 22, Alabama is unlikely to be in the field.

One of six NCAA regionals was slated to be held in Tuscaloosa, along with College Station, Texas, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, New Haven, Connecticut, Stockton, California, and Columbus, Ohio. Texas A&M, Florida Atlantic, Yale, Pacific, and Ohio State are the other host colleges.

The NCAA announced Thursday evening that the University of Oklahoma’s Jimmie Austin Golf Club will take Ol’ Colony’s place. The course hosted five combined men’s and women’s NCAA Division I regional championships in 1998 (men), 2012 (men), 2013, 2018 (men), and 2019 (women) (women). The Oklahoma State Amateur was held there in 1997, the Big 12 Conference Women’s Championships were held there in 1998 and 2010, and the US Amateur Public Links Championships were held there in 2009 and 2012.

Connie Hurlbut, chair of the Division I Men’s Golf Committee and senior associate commissioner and senior woman administrator for the West Coast Conference, issued the following statement: “While the committee faced a difficult situation in late April, the Jimmie Austin Golf Club is ready to host right away and has a championship pedigree that will provide our teams with a fantastic championship experience.” Oklahoma, as the nation’s top-ranked team, also deserves to be the substitute host, according to the committee.”