WESTLAKE, Texas – SMU's Justin Thompson and Dawson Ovard each won their matches, and three Mustangs halved their matches, but TCU won the men's golf match play event between the schools 3-2-3.
 
Thompson defeated the Horned Frogs' Gustav Frimodt 2&1, winning each of the par-5s at the par 71 / 7,162-yard Vaquero Country Club. Thompson birdied three of the four par-5s, and eagled the other one. Thompson is now unbeaten in three match play events in his career, with a 2-0-1 record.
 
Ovard won his match over TCU's Brandon Massey 2&1, ending the match by going 2 up on the 16^th then halving the 17^th for the victory.
 
Ollie Osborne, Ben Wong and Prescott Butler each halved their matches for SMU. Osborne, whose match-play exploits contain five straight wins in the format to reach the final match at the 2020 U.S. Amateur, rallied back from a 4 down deficit against Jacob Skov Olesen on the 11^th tee to halve his match.
 
Wong won the 18^th hole with a par to halve his match against Justin Gums. Wong was playing in his first competitive event for SMU since November 2019. Butler came back from 4 down after eight holes to tie Trevor Brown. Butler was competing in his first event for SMU after transferring from Alabama.
 
Three Mustangs lost their matches, as Mac Meissner fell 4&3 to Mateo de Oliveira, Noah Goodwin lost 4&3 to Filippo Celli and Nathan Petronzio dropped his match 5&4 to Aymeric Laussot.
 
The Mustangs return to action February 15-17 at The Prestige, hosted by Cal Davis at PGA West's Norman Course in Palm Desert, California.
 
Results (TCU wins 3-2-3)
de Oliveira (TCU) def. Meissner (SMU) 4&3
Celli (TCU) def. Goodwin (SMU) 4&3
Osborne (SMU) halved Olesen (TCU)
Laussot (TCU) def. Petronzio (SMU) 5&4
Thompson (SMU) def. Frimodt (TCU) 2&1
Wong (SMU) halved Gums (TCU)
Butler (SMU) halved Brown (TCU)
Ovard (SMU) def. Massey (TCU) 2&1