TicketsCINCINNATI – The Cincinnati men’s golf team hits the road to Utah for Big 12 Match Play starting Monday at The Country Club of Salt Lake. The three-day event features three rounds of pool play before bracket play and the championship round.
All individual matches within the team match will produce a result (3&2, 1 up, halved) and will not be played beyond the 18th hole. An individual match win awards that team with one point. An individual match that remains tied after 18 holes awards each team with a half point. Once all individual matches are completed within a team match, the team with the greater point total will receive three points while the losing team receives zero points. If the match is tied at the end of all five individual matches, both teams receive one point.
No. 8 seed Cincinnati is paired with No. 1 seed Oklahoma State, No. 9 seed Arizona and No. 16 seed UCF in Pool A. The opening round is slated for 10 a.m. ET Monday, with the second round of pool play at 3:30 p.m. Monday. Pool Play Round 3 starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday, which Bracket Play Round 5 set for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and the final round of matches at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The Bearcats are coming off a tie for sixth at the Cullan Brown Collegiate last week in Lexington, Ky. Senior Timmy Hollenbeck led the Bearcats in seventh place at 4-under, while sophomore Brayden Miller posted a career-best finish for the second-consecutive event two strokes back in a tie for eighth.
NOTEWORTHY
Tournament History: The Bearcats have competed in the event twice since joining the Big 12, going 2-3 in 2023 and 1-3 in 2024.
The Course: The Country Club, a 7,209-yard, par-72 layout, is located near the mouth of Parley’s Canyon and is one of Salt Lake’s most exclusive clubs. The 18-hole championship par-72 golf course sits on 175 acres with commanding views of the Wasatch Mountains and city. Founded in 1899, The Country Club is one of the oldest clubs in the western United States and has a rich history of excellence. The Country Club opened at its current site on May 21, 1921.
The Field: By seed, the field includes No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Texas Tech, No. 3 Arizona State, No. 4 Kansas, No. 5 TCU, No. 6 BYU, No. 7 Colorado, No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 9 Arizona, No. 10 Kansas State, No. 11 Utah, No. 12 West Virginia, No. 13 Baylor, No. 14 Iowa State, No. 15 Houston and No. 16 UCF.
BEARCATS IN 2026-27
Cincinnati finished at 10-under in its first two tournaments of the fall, posting a fourth-place standing at the Folds of Honor Collegiate Sept. 8-10 at American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven, Mich., before finishing third at the Bearcat Invitational Sept. 14-15 at Coldstream Country Club. The Bearcats earned another fourth-place finish at 10-over at the Gopher Invitational Sept. 20-21 at Windsong Farm Club before tying for sixth at the Cullan Brown Collegiate Oct. 5-6 at Lexington Country Club.
Senior Timmy Hollenbeck and sophomore Brayden Miller have competed in all four tournaments, leading the Bearcats with a 71.25 and 71.33 scoring average, respectively. Junior Leo Wessel ranks third on the team with a 71.44 average. Hollenbeck and Miller each have a pair of top-10 finishes while Leo Wessel and his brother, Eli, each have one. In four tournaments, Hollenbeck and Miller have each totaled six rounds in red figures, while Leo Wessel has carded four under-par rounds in three tournaments.