{"id":465616,"date":"2026-10-14T08:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/465616\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:50:36","slug":"texas-tech-edges-cu-in-big-12-match-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/465616\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Edges CU In Big 12 Match Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 The Colorado men’s golf team lost a tough match and had another cancelled sue to the weather here Tuesday in the second day in the Big 12 Conference Match Play Championship,
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The weather \u2013 temperatures in the 40’s with heavy rainfall and some wind \u2013 forced Tuesday’s afternoon round to be cancelled.\u00a0 The schools will now play four rounds instead of five.\u00a0 The Buffs were barely into their match with Utah when play was called.\u00a0
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The day started on the 7,209-yard, par-72 Salt Lake Country Club course with two Buffs finishing their second round matches that were suspended due to darkness; those didn’t factor into CU’s match against Houston, which had already clinched a win.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the morning match, CU battled No. 6-ranked Texas Tech \u2013 and the No. 2 seed in the event \u2013 competing toe-to-toe with the Red Raiders before losing, 3-2.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Junior Asher Whitaker<\/a> began his first match against TTU’s Simon Hovdal on the 8th hole with each making three straight pars and then a bogey before the Red Raider birdied the 508-yard, par-5\u00a0 12th hole to take what amounted to a brief lead.\u00a0 Whitaker then birdied the 428-yard 13th hole to tie the match, then would go on a birdie binge.\u00a0 In birdying four of the next five holes, he zoomed to a 4-up lead and went on to triumph, 3 & 2.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Freshman Colt Farrow<\/a> was one of the two Buffs who couldn’t finish Monday; he was ahead of UH’s Chi Chun with just the 13th to play but made a bogey and halved the match.\u00a0 \u00a0He lined up against Texas Tech’s Ben Gregg, the world’s 85th ranked amateur, and not only held his own, but defeated him 1-up.\u00a0 He never trailed in the match, taking a one-hole edge on five different occasions, the last coming on their final hole, the 437-yard, par-4 6th; Farrow made par while Gregg bogeyed.\u00a0
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Senior Brandon Knight<\/a> fell behind early against Tech’s Adam Bresnu, though won their opening hole when he birdied the 461-yard, par-4 9th.\u00a0 Bresnu, the 13th ranked amateur in the world, won the next two holes, and then after noth tie the next pair, won four of the next seven to go as many as 5-up.\u00a0 Knight bounced back a bit with birdies on 4 and 4, but when made par on 6, Bresnu won, 3 & 2.\u00a0
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Senior Ty Holbrook<\/a> opened Tuesday making a birdie on 17 that gave him a 2 & 1 win over Houston’s Grant Doggett in a battle of two Texans.\u00a0 He then had a tough go of it against Texas Tech’s Alvaro Pastor, dropping the match 6 & 4; he won the hole they started on (8), but lost four of the next six holes to fall\u00a0 three behind.\u00a0 Pastor then won in 14 holes after Holbrook bogeyed 1, 2 and 3.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Junior Parker Paxton<\/a> also was matched against a top ranked amateur, Tim Wiedemeyer who checked in No. 18 in the latest compilation.\u00a0 \u00a0Wiedemeyer had to rally to beat his CU counterpart 2-up, having the birdie their last two holes (8 and 9).\u00a0 Paxton was in the lead by either one or two holes the entire back nine and the first four holes on the frpnt until Wiedemeyer rallied to make four birdies on the last five holes overall.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sophomore Tyler Long<\/a> did not play on Tuesday after competing in both of Monday’s matches.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“It was a great match with Texas Tech, who is one of the best teams in the country and a national championship contender,” \u00a0said head coach Roy Edwards<\/a>.\u00a0 “Really nice wins by Colt and Asher and we were right there in Parker’s match too.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“The weather, which is just part of what you deal with in golf, and unfortunately has reduced the tournament by one match,” he added.\u00a0 “Beating a good Utah team on their home course will be a tall order but I know the guys are excited for it.”
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With the event shortened to four rounds, the winners of Oklahoma State vs. West Virginia and Texas Tech vs. Arizona State will be declared co-champions.\u00a0 Colorado will face off against Utah, with TCU and UCF matching-up; the winners will be declared in a tie for 13th and the losers in one for 15th.\u00a0 A shotgun start is set for 8:30 a.m., with less probability of any rain but temperatures in the mid-40’s when they tee off.
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\nNOTES: The weather remained on the miserable side, 44 degrees to start the day \u2013 0nly reaching a high of 49 \u2013 with light rain \u2026 Texas Tech had four foreigners as did Houston; Kansas State had five, this in the first three matches, the Buffs battled 13 in all in three mini-Ryder Cups \u2026 Whitaker and Farrow have had the most success here so far: Whitaker is 2-1 in matches, winning or tying on 82.4 percent of his holes (42 of 51), while Farrow is 1-0-1 with an 80.6 percentage (29 of 36).\u00a0 Holbrook has won the most holes (13) as he is 1-1-1 in matches \u00a0\u2026 CU is now 1-1 all-time versus Texas Tech in dual matches, having defeated the Red Raiders two years ago in this event in Hockley, Texas; TTU at the time was ranked 14th nationally..
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\nBig 12 Match Play Championship Results
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\nRound One
\nNo. 1 Oklahoma State def. No. 16 UCF, 5-0
\nNo. 2 Texas Tech def. No. 15 Houston, 4-1
\nNo. 3 Arizona State def. No. 14 Iowa State, 3\u00bd-1\u00bd
\nNo. 4 Kansas def. No. 13 Baylor, 3-2
\nNo. 12 West Virginia def. No. 5 TCU, 4-1
\nNo. 6 BYU def. No. 11 Utah, 3-2
\nNo. 7 Colorado def. No. 10 Kansas State, 3-2
\nNo. 8 Cincinnati tied No. 9 Arizona, 2\u00bd-2\u00bd<\/p>\n

Colorado 2\u00bd, Kansas State 2\u00bd (tie)

\nAsher Whitaker<\/a> (CU) def. Oliver Toyer, 1-up

\nVille Virkkala (KSU) def. Parker Paxton<\/a> (CU), 4 & 3

\nBrandon Knight<\/a> (CU) def. Erik Holmberg, 1-up

\nFionn Dobbin (KSU) def. Tyler Long<\/a>, 2 & 1

\nTy Holbrook<\/a> (CU) halved Octavio Laurent<\/p>\n

Round Two

\nNo. 1 Oklahoma State def. No. 9 Arizona, 3\u00bd-1\u00bd

\nNo. 2 Texas Tech tied No. 10 Kansas State, 2\u00bd-2\u00bd

\nNo. 3 Arizona State def. No. 11 Utah, 4-1

\nNo. 4 Kansas tied No. 12 West Virginia, 2\u00bd-2\u00bd

\nNo. 5 TCU tied No. 13 Baylor, 2\u00bd-2\u00bd

\nNo. 6 BYU tied No. 14 Iowa State, 2\u00bd-2\u00bd

\nNo. 15 Houston def. No. 7 Colorado, 3\u00bd-1\u00bd

\nNo. 8 Cincinnati def. No. 16 UCF, 4-1<\/p>\n

Houston def. Colorado, 3\u00bd-1\u00bd

\nSacha Ruiz (UH) def. Brandon Knight<\/a>, 3 & 2

\nTy Holbrook<\/a> (CU) def. Grant Doggett, 2 & 1

\nHsuan-Yi-Chen (UH) def. Tyler Long<\/a>, 4 & 3

\nSebastian Gamboa (UH) def. Asher Whitaker<\/a>, 2 & 1

\nColt Farrow<\/a> (CU) halved Chi Chun<\/p>\n

Round Three

\nNo. 1 Oklahoma State def. No. 8 Cincinnati, 3-2

\nNo. 2 Texas Tech def. No. 7 Colorado, 3-2

\nNo. 3 Arizona State tied No. 6 BYU, 2\u00bd-2\u00bd

\nNo. 4 Kansas def. No. 5 TCU, 3\u00bd-1\u00bd

\nNo. 9 Arizona def. No. 16 UCF, 4-1

\nNo. 10 Kansas State def. No. 15 Houston, 3-2

\nNo. 12 West Virginia \u00a0def. No. 13 Baylor, 3-2

\nNo. 14 Iowa State def. No. 11 Utah, 3-2<\/p>\n

Texas Tech def. Colorado, 3-2

\nAdam Bresnu (TTU) def. Brandon Knight<\/a>, 3-& 2

\nAlvaro Pastor (TTU) def. Ty Holbrook<\/a>, 6 & 4

\nColt Farrow<\/a> (CU) def. Ben Gregg, 1-up

\nAsher Whitaker<\/a> (CU) def. Simon Hovdal, 3 & 2

\nTim Wiedemeyer (TTU) def. Parker Paxton<\/a>, 2-up

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\nFinal Round Pairings

\nOklahoma State (3-0) vs. West Virginia (2-0-1)

\nTexas Tech (3-0) vs. Arizona State (2-0-1)

\nKansas (2-0-1) vs. Arizona (1-1-1)

\nKansas State (1-1-1) vs. BYU (1-0-2)

\nHouston (1-2) vs. Iowa State (1-1-1)

\nBaylor (0-2-1) vs. Cincinnati (1-1-1)

\nColorado (0-2-1) vs. Utah (0-3)

\nTCU (0-2-1) vs. UCF (0-3)

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