Frogs to play in prestigious tournament
8/19/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Aug. 19, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU women's golf team will participate in the prestigious 2007 Hooters Women's Collegiate Match Play Championship Nov. 4-6 in Kissimmee, Fla.
The event is held at Kissimmee's Ginn Reunion Resort, site of one of the LPGA Tour's showcase stops. Play will be on the Tom Watson-designed Independence Course. Nine of the holes are used during the tour's annual Ginn Open.
Invitations to the Match Play Championship were based on the final standings at the 2007 NCAA National Championships. The Mountain West Conference champion Horned Frogs finished 11th.
Three-time defending national champion Duke highlights the 16-team field which includes five of the top-10 teams in the final 2006-07 Golfstat rankings. Other competing schools include Alabama, Auburn, Denver, Florida, Georgia, Louisville, Michigan State, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Purdue, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
The 2007 Hooters Women's Collegiate Match Play Championship is presented by the National Golf Coaches Association in association with Hooters of America, Inc., and is co-hosted by the Central Florida Sports Commission and Ginn Reunion.
