Weather caused some issues, but the 2026 Big 12 Men's Golf Match Play Tournament held at The Country Club of Salt Lake has concluded after three days of battling the elements, and ASU and Oklahoma State took home a co-championship with time running out for a final match.
ASU topped both Iowa State and then Utah 4-1 to get things started early in the week, tied BYU at 2.5 and then topped Texas Tech 3-2 to finish the week.
Peer Wernicke led the way with a 3-0 mark, while Connor Williams was 3-0-1 and Bowen Mauss 3-1, with Oscar Couilleau going 2-1.
ASU will conclude its fall season Oct. 18-20 in North Carolina at the Williams Cup held at Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington.
Live results
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ASU 3, Texas Tech 2
- Peer Wernicke def. Price Hill, 5 & 4
- Bowen Mauss def. Alvaro Pastor, 5 & 3
- Ben Gregg def. Boston Bracken, 2 & 1
- Connor Williams def. Adam Bresnu, 3 & 2
- Tim Wiedemeyer def. Nguyen Anh Minh, 3 & 2
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ASU 2.5, BYU 2.5
- Bowen Mauss def. Parker Bunn, 5 & 4
- Nguyen Anh Minh def. Cooper Jones, 4 & 3
- Kihel Akina def. Boston Bracken, 1-up
- Drake Harvey def. Oscar Couilleau, 5 & 3
- Connor Williams tied David Liechty
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ASU 4, Utah 1
- Jack Jerge def. Bowen Mauss, 2-up
- Boston Bracken def. Will Piizz, 6 & 5
- Oscar Couilleau def. Sergie Jimenez, 2 & 1
- Connor Williams def. Gabriel Palacios, 4 & 2
- Peer Wernicke def. Rex Wilson, 2-up
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ASU 4, Iowa State 1
- Jackson McCommon def. Nguyen Anh Minh, 5 & 2
- Oscar Couilleau def. Ben Wheeler, 1-up
- Connor Williams def. Diancho Wu, 2 & 1
- Peer Wernicke def. Drew Hensen, 3 & 1
- Bowen Mauss def. Owen Sawyer, 4 & 1
About this tournament
The three-day event at the University of Utah's home course featured three rounds of pool play before advancing to bracket play and the championship round, which was cut back one round due to bad weather. The format included three rounds of pool play with three four-team pools and one three-team pool. Teams were ranked and seeded by the Big 12 coaches.
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 a half point.
Once all individual matches in a team match are completed, the team with the higher point total receives 3 points, while the losing team receives 0 points. If the match is tied at the end of all five individual matches, both teams receive one point.
Pool format
Pool A: No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 9 Arizona, No. 16 UCF
Pool B: No. 2 Texas Tech, No. 7 Colorado, No. 10 Kansas State, No. 15 Houston
Pool C: No. 3 Arizona State, No. 6 BYU, No. 11 Utah, No. 14 Iowa State
Pool D: No. 4 Kansas, No. 5 TCU, No. 12 West Virginia, No. 13 Baylor
About Connor Williams
Connor Williams earned honorable mention All-America honors in 2025-26 after earning third-team honors in 2025. He has 13 top-10 finishes in his career and six top-five finishes, including a fifth-place spot at the NCAA Bremerton Regional in 2025 and a second-place finish at the 2025 Big 12 Championship. He also earned a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2025 and 2026. He finished seventh at the 2025 NCAA Championship and won the 15th annual Patriot All-America Invitational in Arizona in December of 2025, as his final round 4-under 66 on the Wigwam Golf Club Gold Course earned him the Men’s Division title by six strokes at 14-under 196.
Connor's career top-10 finishes (13)
T1: 2026 Illini Invitational (Sept. 18-19)
T1: 2025 The Wohali (Sept. 15-16)
2: 2025 Big 12 Championship (Apr. 22-24)
2: 2024 Williams Cup (Oct. 20-22)
T4: 2026 Thunderbird Collegiate (April 10-11)
5: 2025 NCAA Bremerton Regional (May 12-14)
T6: 2024 Sahalee Players (Sept. 7-8)
T7: 2025 NCAA Championship (May 23-26)
8: 2023 Maui Jim Individual (Sept. 8-9)
T8: 2025 Cabo Collegiate (Mar. 1-3)
T8: 2024 Ben Hogan Collegiate (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)
T8: 2024 Valspar Collegiate (Mar. 25-26)
T9: 2025 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 19-21)