PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Begins Play at Big 12 Match Play Tournament

Monday, October 7

Houston Oaks Country Club & Retreat – Hockley, Texas

All Day

University of Houston

Big 12 Match Play Tournament

PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Begins Play at Big 12 Match Play Tournament

10/4/2024 2:40:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Jacob Borow, Big 12 Match Play Tournament Preview

HOCKLEY, Texas – The University of Houston Men's Golf program returns to action when it tees off at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament, starting Monday morning at Houston Oaks Country Club & Retreat.

Playing in Pool C and as the No. 11 seed overall, the Cougars will play two matches each day Monday and Tuesday with the final match Wednesday determining finish on the 7,007-yard, par-71 course. Seeding was based on the Big 12 Coaches Ranking.

The Cougars face No. 6 seed BYU in the morning and No. 3 seed Utah in the afternoon Monday with a Tuesday morning match against No. 14 seed West Virginia.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Big 12 Match Play Tournament by visiting GolfStat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

FORMAT
Schools will compete in Pool Play for three sessions over the first one-and-a-half days with bracket play beginning Tuesday afternoon and the Final Round on Wednesday morning.

Each team match will consist of five individual matches. All individual matches within the team match will produce a result (3&2, 1 up, halved) and will not be played beyond the 18th hole.

An individual match win awards that team with one point. An individual match that remains tied after 18 holes awards each team with a half point. Once all individual matches are completed within a team match, the team with the greater point total will receive three points while the losing team receives zero points. If the match is tied at the end of all five individual matches (2.5 points to 2.5 points), both teams receive one point.

If there is a tie following Pool Play to advance to the semifinals, a 5-count-5 sudden death playoff will break the tie. A tie in the Semifinals will be broken by hole differential, then higher seed. A tie in the final match results in a 5-count-5 sudden death playoff.

ABOUT the COUGARS
Under the leadership of Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke, the Cougars will be represented by sophomore Chi senior Laurenz Schiergen, senior Jacob Borow, junior Hudson Weibel, senior Wolfgang Glawe, junior Bryant Hiskey II and sophomore Grant Doggett.

Hiskey owns the team's lowest scoring average with a 71.83 after shooting three sub-par rounds as an individual and tying for 23^rd during the Bayou Collegiate Collegiate at Westwood Golf Club in Houston.

Borow and sophomore Chi Chun Chen are tied for second on the team with a 71.83 average with Chen leading the Cougars with five rounds of par or better. Chen will sit out the Big 12 Match Play Tournament while competing at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba in Japan this week.

Schiergen tied for 12^th with a score of even-par 213 to lead the Cougars at the Windon Memorial Classic at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill., earlier this week. It was the best finish of his Houston career after transferring from Kansas State last summer.

TEAM FIELD
The Cougars will compete in a 15-team field with all Big 12 schools, excluding Arizona, which had a preexisting schedule conflict.

Houston will play as the No. 11 seed in Pool C with No. 3 seed Utah, No. 6 seed BYU and No. 14 seed West Virginia.

Pool A consists of No. 1 Arizona State, No. 8 Iowa State and No. 9 Cincinnati. Pool B holds No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Kansas, No. 10 Kansas State and No. 15 UCF. Pool D includes No. 4 Texas Tech, No. 5 Colorado, No. 12 TCU and No. 13 Baylor.

MATCH PLAY SCHEDULE
Monday Morning Session
(11) Houston vs. (6) BYU
(1) Arizona State vs. (9) Cincinnati
(2) Oklahoma State vs. (15) UCF
(3) Utah vs. (14) West Virginia
(4) Texas Tech vs. (13) Baylor
(5) Colorado vs. (12) TCU
(7) Kansas vs. (10) Kansas State
(8) Iowa State off

Monday Afternoon Session
(11) Houston vs. (3) Utah
(2) Oklahoma State vs. (10) Kansas State
(4) Texas Tech vs. (12) TCU
(5) Colorado vs. (13) Baylor
(6) BYU vs. (14) West Virginia
(7) Kansas vs. (15) UCF
(8) Iowa State vs. (9) Cincinnati
(1) Arizona State off

Tuesday Morning Session
(11) Houston vs. (14) West Virginia
(1) Arizona State vs. (8) Iowa State
(2) Oklahoma State vs. (7) Kansas
(3) Utah vs. (6) BYU
(4) Texas Tech vs. (5) Colorado
(12) TCU vs. (13) Baylor
(10) Kansas State vs. (15) UCF
(9) Cincinnati off

Tuesday Afternoon Session
Pool A winner vs. Pool D winner
Pool B winner vs. Pool C winner
Pool A second place vs. Pool D second place
Pool B second place vs. Pool C second place
Pool A third place vs. Pool D third place
Pool B third place vs. Pool C third place
Pool B fourth place vs. Pool C fourth place
Pool D fourth place off

Wednesday Morning Session
Championship
3rd Place
5th Place
7th Place
9th Place
11th Place
13th Place (Pool B/C fourth place winner vs. Pool D fourth place)
Pool B/C loser off

Fans can find Big 12 Match Play Tournament and complete schedule and tee times by visiting GolfStat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Big 12 Match Play Tournament , Houston close its fall season at the White Sands Intercollegiate at The Ocean Club in Paradise Island, Bahamas, on Oct. 25-27.

From there, the team will take its holiday break before opening the spring season at the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 17-18, 2025.

The Cougars then compete at the Cabo Collegiate at Twin Dolphin Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on March 2-4, 2025, before returning home to play host to their All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston on March 17-18, 2025.

SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
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