PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Ready for Big 12 Match Play Tournament

SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Houston Men's Golf program resumes its fall slate and competes in its second straight match-play event when it opens play at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament at The Country Club on Monday.

Houston will play as the No. 15 seed with two matches each day Monday and Tuesday with their final match teeing off Wednesday on the par-72, 7,209-yard course.

The Cougars will compete in Pool B with No. 2 seed Texas Tech, No. 7 Colorado and No. 10 Kansas State.

Houston will face (2) Texas Tech at 9 a.m. (CDT) Monday before facing (7) Colorado later that afternoon. Houston closes pool play when it faces (10) Kansas State at 9 a.m. (CDT) Tuesday.

From there, the Cougars' remaining matches and opponents will depend on the standings from pool play and the results from Tuesday afternoon's matches.

Pool A consists of No. 1 seed Oklahoma State, No. 8 Cincinnati, No, 9 Arizona and No. 16 UCF. Pool C includes No. 3 seed Arizona State with No. 6 BYU, No. 11 Utah and No. 14 Iowa State while Pool D holds No. 4 Kansas, No. 5 TCU, No. 12 West Virginia and No. 13 Baylor.

In its most recent action, Houston finished fourth at the NB3 Match Play at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M., on Sept. 29-30.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Big 12 Match Play Tournament by clicking here.

ABOUT the COUGARS
Under leadership of Mike Booker Head Coach Andrew Danna, the Cougars will be represented by sophomore Jayk Altic, senior Chi Chun Chen, junior Hsuan-Yi Chen, senior Grant Doggett, senior Sebastian Gamboa and junior Sacha Ruiz.

The Cougars' 5-man lineup for Monday morning's match will be finalized Sunday.

Chi Chun Chen led the Cougars at the NB3 Matchplay winning his last two matches after falling in his opener against NC State's Xander Goboy on Sept. 29.

Seniors Grant Doggett, Sebastian Gamboa and junior Hsuan-Yi Chen also posted wins in that two-day event.

TEE TIMES
Complete Big 12 Matchplay tee times can be found by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Big 12 Matchplay, Houston tees off at the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate at Halbert National in Granbury, Texas, on Oct. 19-21

From there, the Cougars close their fall campaign at the Ka'anapali Classic at Ka'anapali Golf Resort in Lahaina, Hawai'i, on Oct. 26-28.

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