McAlester boys golf will compete in Ada in the regional tournament next week.

The regional tournament will take place at Oak Hills Golf and Country Club in Ada. On Thursday the Buffaloes will compete in one final tournament before regionals begin.

McAlester will participate in the Pryor tournament where they will play 36 holes instead of 27 in preparation for regionals, coach Justin Bond said.

“This will be the first 36 hole round that we play this year so we’ll see how we adjust to the extra round and see if we need to make any changes or modifications to our last lineup that we set for regionals,” Bond said.

The Buffaloes can take just five golfers into the postseason and competition for the last spot is ongoing. Finalists for the group of five are Seth Gilliam, Colby Wheat, Kennedy Young, Jackson Miller, Kingston Young and Crew Allen.

Bond said the final spot will go to either one of Kingston Young or Allen, depending most likely on the results from the Pryor tournament. Once they have their five set in stone, Bond plans to take the team to Ada over the weekend to get practice rounds in before regionals Monday.

“All these tournaments leading up to regionals and state are just practice rounds, to get you ready for those competitions so that’s how I look at it,” Bond said. “We like that, we build our confidence off of those things and build experience from those tournaments but we also need to understand, whenever it comes down to next Monday, that’s going to be what decides whether we move on or not.”

The regional tournament will take place Monday at Oak Hills Golf and Country Club in Ada.