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Monday, April 24
Hutchinson, Kansas
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Big 12 Men's Golf Championship
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Tech ready for Big 12 MGOLF Championships Monday
April 23, 2023 | Men's Golf
The Red Raiders enter the week at the top-ranked team in Big 12 Conference
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The No. 5 ranked Texas Tech men's golf program opens play at the Big 12 Championships Monday, when they tee it up for the first 36 holes of the 2023 Big 12 Championships hosted by Oklahoma State at Prairie Dunes Golf Club.
Fresh off a strong regular season that featured a team title at Inverness, the Big 12 Match Play title and six top-five team finishes, the Red Raiders enter the week as the highest rated team in the 10-team field.
Led by projected Big 12 Player of the Year, and WAGR No. 1 Ludvig Aberg, the Red Raiders look to take home the programs first ever Big 12 postseason title this week in Kansas.
THE FIELD:
Baylor (29)
Iowa State (90)
Kansas (54)
Kansas State (24)
Oklahoma (11)
Oklahoma State (20)
TCU (38)
Texas Tech (5)
Texas (14)
West Virginia (122)
THE FORMAT:
72 holes; 36 on Monday, 18 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Red Raiders will be paired with No. 2 Oklahoma during both Monday's First and Second Rounds. Tech will start at 8 a.m. on hole one Monday morning, and will tee-off from home 10 on Monday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m.
Teams will be reseeded based on results for Tuesday's and Wednesday's rounds.
LAST TIME OUT:
Powered by a pair of top-10 finishes from All-Americans Baard Skogen and Ludvig Aberg, No. 3 Texas Tech men's golf used a final round 280 (-4) to finish eighth at the Thunderbird Intercollegiate hosted by No. 5 Arizona State at Papingo Golf Club Saturday.
Playing as an individual, Skogen recorded his strongest week of the season, sandwiching a first round 68 and a final round 66 to finish at -7 for the week. Skogen shot 72 during Friday's second round and finished six shots behind Preston Summerhays who fired a combined score of -13 to win by four shots.
Tech's other top-10 finisher was Aberg, who fired back-to-back rounds of 69 (-2) and 67 (-4) after opening with an even-par 71. Aberg finished tied for seventh and now has finished inside the top-10 at all seven stroke play events Tech has played this season.
As a team, the Red Raiders closed with their strongest day, using the four-under team round to end the week at even par.
Three Red Raiders finished inside the top-20, as junior Tyran Snyders fired a one-under round of 70 to finish tied for 20th at -2.
The fifth-ranked Sundevils of ASU (-28) used a late birdie to finish one-shot ahead of No. 19 Arizona (-27). Second-ranked North Carolina fired a third round low 278 (-6) to end the week at -20 overall (solo third).
No. 21 Oklahoma State (-17), SMU (-6), Texas (-4) and Oregon State (-4) finished fourth through six.
As previously mentioned, Tech finished eighth, while Notre Dame and No. 27 Baylor finished tied for ninth at +6. Utah finished +11 to end up 11th, while New Mexico ended up at +12 to finish 12th.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders will turn their attention to the NCAA Tournament which will begin on May 15. The 2023 NCAA selection show is scheduled for next Wednesday (May 3).
Potential regional sites include:
Auburn, Alabama: Hosted by Auburn, Auburn University Club
Bath, Michigan: Hosted by Michigan State, Eagle Eye Golf Club
Las Vegas: Hosted by UNLV, Bear's Best
Morgan Hill, California: Hosted by San Jose State, The Institute Golf Club
Norman, Oklahoma: Hosted by Oklahoma, Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club
Fresh off a strong regular season that featured a team title at Inverness, the Big 12 Match Play title and six top-five team finishes, the Red Raiders enter the week as the highest rated team in the 10-team field.
Led by projected Big 12 Player of the Year, and WAGR No. 1 Ludvig Aberg, the Red Raiders look to take home the programs first ever Big 12 postseason title this week in Kansas.
THE FIELD:
Baylor (29)
Iowa State (90)
Kansas (54)
Kansas State (24)
Oklahoma (11)
Oklahoma State (20)
TCU (38)
Texas Tech (5)
Texas (14)
West Virginia (122)
THE FORMAT:
72 holes; 36 on Monday, 18 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Red Raiders will be paired with No. 2 Oklahoma during both Monday's First and Second Rounds. Tech will start at 8 a.m. on hole one Monday morning, and will tee-off from home 10 on Monday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m.
Teams will be reseeded based on results for Tuesday's and Wednesday's rounds.
LAST TIME OUT:
Powered by a pair of top-10 finishes from All-Americans Baard Skogen and Ludvig Aberg, No. 3 Texas Tech men's golf used a final round 280 (-4) to finish eighth at the Thunderbird Intercollegiate hosted by No. 5 Arizona State at Papingo Golf Club Saturday.
Playing as an individual, Skogen recorded his strongest week of the season, sandwiching a first round 68 and a final round 66 to finish at -7 for the week. Skogen shot 72 during Friday's second round and finished six shots behind Preston Summerhays who fired a combined score of -13 to win by four shots.
Tech's other top-10 finisher was Aberg, who fired back-to-back rounds of 69 (-2) and 67 (-4) after opening with an even-par 71. Aberg finished tied for seventh and now has finished inside the top-10 at all seven stroke play events Tech has played this season.
As a team, the Red Raiders closed with their strongest day, using the four-under team round to end the week at even par.
Three Red Raiders finished inside the top-20, as junior Tyran Snyders fired a one-under round of 70 to finish tied for 20th at -2.
The fifth-ranked Sundevils of ASU (-28) used a late birdie to finish one-shot ahead of No. 19 Arizona (-27). Second-ranked North Carolina fired a third round low 278 (-6) to end the week at -20 overall (solo third).
No. 21 Oklahoma State (-17), SMU (-6), Texas (-4) and Oregon State (-4) finished fourth through six.
As previously mentioned, Tech finished eighth, while Notre Dame and No. 27 Baylor finished tied for ninth at +6. Utah finished +11 to end up 11th, while New Mexico ended up at +12 to finish 12th.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders will turn their attention to the NCAA Tournament which will begin on May 15. The 2023 NCAA selection show is scheduled for next Wednesday (May 3).
Potential regional sites include:
Auburn, Alabama: Hosted by Auburn, Auburn University Club
Bath, Michigan: Hosted by Michigan State, Eagle Eye Golf Club
Las Vegas: Hosted by UNLV, Bear's Best
Morgan Hill, California: Hosted by San Jose State, The Institute Golf Club
Norman, Oklahoma: Hosted by Oklahoma, Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club
Players Mentioned
Weidemeyer post round interview
Sunday, September 21
NCAA Championship Rd. 3 Highlights
Sunday, May 25
Greg Sands post-round interview (Rd. 3 NCAA Championships)
Sunday, May 25
NCAA Championship Rd. 1 Highlights
Friday, May 23