PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Opens Big 12 Championship on Monday

Monday, April 27

Prairie Dunes Country Club – Hutchinson, Kan.

University of Houston

Big 12 Championships

Hudson Weibel preparing to putt on green with putter in his hands

PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Opens Big 12 Championship on Monday

4/26/2026 8:40:00 AM | Men's Golf

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Cougars to play 36 holes Monday with 18 holes each on Tuesday and Wednesday

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The University of Houston Men's Golf program takes its first step in the postseason when it tees off at the Big 12 Championship presented by Allstate at Prairie Dunes Golf Club on Monday morning.

The Cougars will play 36 holes beginning Monday morning with the Third Round on Tuesday and the Final Round teeing off Wednesday morning.

The winner of the league's annual postseason event earns an automatic bid to NCAA Regional play set for May 18-20 at six venues across the nation.

Houston enters Big 12 Championship after finishing 12^th at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill, N.C., on April 11-12 to close the regular season.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Big 12 Championship presented by Allstate by clicking here.

ABOUT the COUGARS
Under the leadership of Mike Booker Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke, Houston will be represented by senior Hudson Weibel, junior Grant Doggett, junior Chi Chun Chen, sophomore Hsuan-Yi Chen and freshman Jayk Altic. Senior Bryant Hiskey will be available as a substitute.

Chi Chun Chen will compete in his third straight Big 12 Championship while Doggett and Weibel are making their second appearance for the Cougars.

Lineup, Big 12 Championship presented by Allstate

Lineup, Big 12 Championship presented by Allstate

This season, Weibel leads the Cougars with a 70.57 scoring average and 22 rounds of par or better in 30 total rounds. The Dallas native has won three individual championships in 2025-26 to become the first Cougar to win 3+ titles in a season since Roman Robledo in 2013-14.

Weibel also leads the team with five Top-20 finishes and 10 rounds in the 60s. With his 64 in the First Round of the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational on April 4, he joined Andy Sanders as the only Cougars to record multiple rounds of 64 or lower during their careers.

Doggett stands second on the team with a 71.50 average and is tied with Chi Chun Chen for second on the team with 14 rounds of par or lower.

Altic, Hsuan-Yi Chen and Hiskey will make their debuts at the Big 12 Championship this week.

TEAM FIELD
For the Big 12 Championship, the Cougars will compete in a 16-team field featuring #6 Oklahoma State, #7 Texas Tech, #10 Arizona State, #20 Arizona, #23 BYU, #34 Utah, #36 TCU, #37 Kansas, #48 Colorado, Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, UCF and West Virginia

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

UP NEXT
Following the Big 12 Championship, the Cougars will learn their postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show, set to air at 4 p.m., April 29, on Golf Channel. Houston looks to compete in NCAA Regional play for the sixth consecutive season.

NCAA Regionals play will be held May 18-20 at six sites across the country. Those venues include: University of Georgia Golf Course (Athens, Ga.; hosted by Georgia); Bermuda Run Country Club (Bermuda Run, N.C., hosted by Wake Forest); Traditions Club (Bryan, Texas; hosted by Texas A&M); Ohio State Golf Club (Columbus, Ohio; hosted by Ohio State); Trysting Tree Golf Club (Corvallis, Ore., hosted by Oregon State) and Chin Southern Dunes (Maricopa, Ariz.; hosted by Arizona State)

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STAY CONNECTED
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