Red Raiders head to Utah for Big 12 Match Play

Texas Tech Men’s Golf Preview – Fall Tournament #4 Tournament: Big 12 Match Play Host: Big 12 Conference Dates:...

Red Raiders head to Utah for Big 12 Match Play

Texas Tech Men’s Golf Preview – Fall Tournament #4
Tournament: Big 12 Match Play
Host: Big 12 Conference
Dates: Oct. 12-14 (Mon.-Wed.)
Format: Match play / 5 matches (2 matches each Mon.-Tue., 1 match Wed.)
Golf Course: Salt Lake Country Club
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Scoring/Tee Times: Scoreboard

Red Raiders In the Field:
sorted alphabetically

Adam Bresnu
Ben Gregg
Price Hill
Simon Hovdal
Alvaro Pastor
Tim Wiedemeyer

Lineup Info: The travel party size for the Big 12 Match Play Tournament is six players. Lineups for each Pool Play Session and Championship Round will be submitted by the coaches no less than 30 minutes prior to the shotgun start of each of the scheduled match play rounds. The coaches can select from any of their six players.

Participants (16):
All 16 Big programs; divided into four pools (# in parentheses indicates match play seed)
POOL A
Oklahoma State (1)
Cincinnati (8)
Arizona (9)
UCF (16)
POOL B
Texas Tech (2)
Colorado (7)
Kansas State (10)
Houston (15)
POOL C
Arizona State (3)
BYU (6)
Utah (11)
Iowa State (14)
POOL D
Kansas (4)
TCU (5)
West Virginia (12)
Baylor (13)

Format:
The tournament will be played over three days consisting of Pool Play (four pools, 4 teams each) for one-and-a-half days (three sessions) followed by a bracket beginning on Tuesday afternoon. The Final Round will be played on Wednesday morning. Match Play will be played during all rounds. Each team match will consist of five individual matches.

Schedule of Events (all times listed local, MT):
Subject to change if inclement weather affects playing conditions
Monday, October 12

8 a.m. – First Round Matches, Pool Play (Shotgun Start)
- No. 2 Texas Tech vs. No. 15 Houston
1:30 p.m. – Second Round Matches, Pool Play (Shotgun Start)
- No. 2 Texas Tech vs. No. 10 Kansas State

Tuesday, October 13

8:00 a.m. – Third Round Matches, Pool Play (Shotgun Start)
- No. 2 Texas Tech vs. No. 7 Colorado
1:30 p.m. – Fourth Round Matches, Bracket Play (Shotgun Start)
- No. 2 Texas Tech vs. TBD

Wednesday, October 14

8:00 a.m. – Fifth Round Matches, Finals Matches (Shotgun Start)
- No. 2 Texas Tech vs. TBD
1:30 p.m. – Awards Ceremony

Roster/Team Notes:

Texas Tech’s 2026-27 roster features 10 individuals. Eight are returning from last year’s roster, while it welcomes one junior transfer, Alvaro Pastor (Tarleton State/Spain), and one freshman, Samuel Gonzalez (Colombia).
The Red Raiders’ returning players include four seniors: Adam Bresnu (Morocco), Ben Gregg (Texas), Price Hill (Texas) and Tim Wiedemeyer (Germany); two juniors: Luke D’Alise (Texas) and Connor Graham (Scotland); and two sophomores: Simon Hovdal (Sweden) and Brady McHenry (California).
The roster is headlined by Bresnu and Wiedemeyer, who were each named to the preseason watch list for the 2026 Haskins Award. The award annually recognizes the most outstanding NCAA Division I male college golfer. Seven of the 25 golfers on this year’s preseason Haskins Award list carry over from last spring’s list, including Texas Tech’s Bresnu and Wiedemeyer.
Bresnu and Wiedemeyer also opened the season each ranked in the PGA Tour University preseason top 10. Wiedemeyer debuted at No. 4, while Bresnu was No. 9 in the rankings released Sept. 9. Texas Tech entered the 2026-27 season as the only team in the country with multiple players ranked in the top 10 of the PGA Tour University Ranking for the Class of 2027.
The Golf Channel announced Aug. 31 that the Red Raiders were its preseason No. 5-ranked team, with three Red Raiders earning preseason All-America honors. Bresnu and Wiedemeyer were named to the second team, while Connor Graham was named to the third team.
Bresnu, Graham and Wiedemeyer each enter the 2026-27 season ranked inside the top 30 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
The 2026-27 squad will look to lead Texas Tech back to the NCAA Championships, with the road to Carlsbad, California, beginning in Lubbock as the Red Raiders are one of six NCAA regional host sites leading into the 2027 NCAA Championship. A regional appearance would be Texas Tech’s 25th straight NCAA postseason appearance.
Texas Tech’s streak of NCAA Championship appearances was snapped at the 2025 NCAA Corvallis Regional, as the Red Raiders missed out on a spot in the NCAA Championships for the first time in six years by four shots. The Red Raiders have qualified for the NCAA Championships 17 times in program history, and head coach Greg Sands has led them to 13 of those appearances.

What’s Next for Texas Tech:
— fall season complete —
Feb. 4-6: Amer Ari Invitational
Waimea, Hawaii // Mauna Lani Golf Course

Release provided by MATT BURKHOLDER Texas Tech Athletics