{"id":932254,"date":"2026-10-14T03:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/932254\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T03:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:48:09","slug":"mens-golf-finishes-second-day-at-big-12-match-play-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/932254\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Golf Finishes Second Day at Big 12 Match Play Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 University of Houston Men’s Golf juniors Hsuan-Yi Chen<\/a> and Sacha Ruiz<\/a> each posted wins, but it would not be quite enough in a 3-2 loss to (10) Kansas State during the second day of the Big 12 Match Play Tournament at The Country Club on Tuesday.
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\nThe Cougars’ afternoon matchup against (14) Iowa State was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Wednesday morning.
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\nThis is the Cougars’ second straight match-play event. Houston finished fourth at the NB3 Match Play at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M., on Sept. 29-30.
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\nMATCH 2 \u2013 (15) Houston 3.5, (7) Colorado 1.5
\nSenior Chi Chun Chen<\/a> and senior Grant Doggett<\/a> returned to the course early Tuesday to complete their matches, which were suspended Monday evening due to darkness.
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\nChen made par to win the final hole and halve the match against Colt Farrow while Doggett fell 2&1 to Ty Holbrook.
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\nWith those results, the Cougars claimed a 3.5-1.5 win over the Buffaloes.
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\nMATCH 3 \u2013 (10) Kansas State 3, (15) Houston 2
\nIn its first full match of the day, Houston completed Pool B play in a 3-2 loss to (10) Kansas State.
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\nStarting off No. 15, Hsuan-Yi Chen<\/a> made par and won his first two holes to start his day and never looked back in a 4&2 win over Oscar Stendahl.
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\nStendahl trimmed the deficit and moved to within 1 down with a par on No. 3, but Hsuan-Yi Chen<\/a> birdied the next two holes to push his lead to three up and clinched the match with an eagle-3 on the 508-yard 12th hole.
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\nLike Hsuan-Yi Chen<\/a>, Ruiz used a quick start to take a 1 up win over Ville Virkkala. The Le Havre, France, native made birdie on the 171-yard, par-3 15th hole to move up to 1 up.
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\nVirkkala tied the match with a birdie on the par-4 17th hole, but Ruiz drained two pars and a birdie to win the next three holes and never surrendered the lead again for the rest of the way.
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\nSenior Chi Chun Chen<\/a> fell to Fionn Dobbin, 3&2, while senior Sebastian Gamboa<\/a> lost to Erik Holmberg, 3&2. Senior
\nGrant Doggett<\/a> lost to Octavio Laurent, 1 up.
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\nLIVE SCORING
\nFans can follow live scoring from the Big 12 Match Play Tournament by clicking here<\/a>.
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\nTEE TIMES\u00a0
\nComplete Big 12 Matchplay tee times can be found by clicking here<\/a>.
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\nUP NEXT
\nFollowing the Big 12 Match Play Tournament, Houston tees off at the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate at Halbert National in Granbury, Texas, on Oct. 19-21
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\nFrom 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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