Kansas men’s golf takes 6th at Big 12 Match Play

The Kansas men’s golf team pulled out a come-from-behind victory over Kansas State in the final match of pool play at the Big 12 Match Play event in Houston on Wednesday.

The Jayhawks, who finished third in Pool A with 5 points, then went on to finish sixth overall, falling to TCU in the fifth-place match, 4-2.

In the Jayhawks’ final match of pool play against their Sunflower State rivals, seniors Callum Bruce and Harry Hillier entered the final hole of their matches trailing their K-State counterparts by one. Both were able to win the 18th hole to halve the match, giving Kansas a 2-1-3 over the Wildcats.

Sophomores Luke Kluver and Davis Cooper each won their matches 5&3 to give the Jayhawks the win and three points in the standings. Senior Ben Sigel also tied his match and freshman Wolfgang Glawe took the only Kansas loss.

In the battle for fifth, Kluver (4&2) and Bruce (2UP) picked up the lone KU victories against the Horned Frogs.

On Tuesday, after falling to Texas Tech in Monday’s opening match, the Jayhawks played their way to a one-point tie against top-seeded Oklahoma. Bruce led the way for the Jayhawks by winning his match 3&2 and Sigel (2&1) and Hillier (1UP) followed suit.

KU sophomore Hank Lierz (5&4), Kluver (4&2) and Cooper (2UP) all lost their matches to the Sooners.

In Tuesday’s afternoon round, KU also picked up a point by tying eighth-seeded West Virginia, with Kluver and Sigel each winning 2&1 and Glawe winning 1UP.

In Wednesday’s championship round, third-seeded Texas topped No. 4 seed Texas Tech, 3-2-1 and the top-seeded Sooners blew past No. 2 seed Oklahoma State 5-1.

West Virginia took home seventh place with a 5-1 win over Iowa State and Baylor outlasted Kansas State, 4-2, in the ninth-place match.

Next up, the Jayhawks will head to the Jake Owen Classic on Sunday and Monday in Vero Beach, Fla., before finishing off the fall season in Maui, Hawaii Oct. 29-31.

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