TCU Set For Big 12 Championship Monday
4/23/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU will begin play at the Big 12 Championship on Monday at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
The 72-hole event will begin with 36 holes on Monday, followed by 18 holes on Tuesday and Wednesday. TCU is the No. 8 seed and will play alongside No. 7 seed Iowa State. The two teams will tee off on the 10th hole at 9:07 AM. Championship action begins with top-seeded Baylor and No. 2 seed Oklahoma State at 8 AM.
How to Follow
Live scoring can be found at GolfStat.com. Scoring updates and will be posted often to the team's Twitter account @TCUMensGolf. GoFrogs.com will have full recaps after each day of competition.
The Course
Prairie Dunes Country Club will be the host facility for the 11th time, the first since 2013. The course was home to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in 2014 and has hosted several professional tournaments including the 2002 U.S. Women's Open and the 2006 U.S. Senior Open.
For the Big 12 Championship, Prairie Dunes will play as a par 70, 6,940-yard course.
The Field
Of the 10 Big 12 teams, five are ranked in the top 25 according to GolfStat.com. The Field: No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Baylor, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 18 Texas, No. 44 Kansas, No. 49 Iowa State, No. 60 TCU, No. 117 Kansas State, No. 128 West Virginia
From Head Coach Bill Montigel
"The Big 12 is a great conference and this is my favorite time of the year. Getting the opportunity to compete against the best is so much fun. We just need to commit to each shot, stay strong mentally and finish our rounds and we'll be fine."
"We are a very young team and we've come a long way this season. Each individual has progressed as much as any team I've coached. As I reflect on the season, we have some very talented guys on this team and they've built a solid foundation for the future."
TCU at the Big 12 Championship
The Horned Frogs' best finish at the Big 12 Championship came in 2015, when they were third. TCU finished fourth in 2013, fifth in 2014 and eighth last season. The latest of TCU's nine conference championships came in 2009 as members of the Mountain West Conference. Last season, Paul Barjon earned All-Big 12 honors after he tied for second place. Last Time Out
TCU finished sixth at the Seattle U Redhawk Invitational on April 4. Sophomore Pierre Mazier finished third at Chambers Bay with a new tournament low of 5-under 207. His final round of 2-under 68 matched his career low for 18 holes. It was the fifth time this season that Mazier finished in 20th place or better and finished in the top 10 for the second consecutive tournament. Sophomore Stefano Mazzoli finished tied for 15th at 5-over 217 for his fourth top-20 finish of the season.
TCU Lineup
Chelso Barrett (Senior – Keen, N.H.) – Finished tied for 38th at last season's Big 12 Championship and was ninth as a freshman; TCU's top finisher at the Bob Sitton Invitational, placing third overall at (+1); finished in the top 15 in the first three tournaments in the fall; Led TCU in two tournaments this season; 2016 PING All-America Honorable Mention; finished 13th at 2016 NCAA Championships
Triston Fisher (Sophomore – Southlake, Texas) – Shot a career-best even-par 216 Mission Inn Spring Spectacular and finished second overall; Played in each of the last six tournaments for TCU; Played in five tournaments as a freshman
Stefano Mazzoli (Sophomore – Moforfano, Italy) – Had seven birdies to shoot a 66 in the final round of the Bob Sitton Invitational; Shot a career-best 8-under 208 and finished third at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate; Had two sub-70 rounds at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate for the first time in his career; Finished tied for 33rd place and had a career-low opening round score of 65 at the Amer Ari Invitational; Finished 28th at Nike Collegiate Invitational; won USF Olympic Invitational at The Olympic Club for first career win; was the only current college player in the 2016 Open Championship field
Turner MacLean (Sophomore – Fort Worth) – Competed in the last five tournaments for TCU; Shot an even-par 216 at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate; Opened the fall season with a career-best 6-under 210 to finish in a tie for 11th place at the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach; Played in seven tournaments as a freshman
Pierre Mazier (Sophomore – Saint-Raphael, France) – Finished tied for 25th at last season's Big 12 Championship; Ranked 92 in the nation by GolfStat, TCU's highest ranked player; Five top 20 finishes this season; TCU's top finisher at the Ameri Ari Tournament, Southern Highlands Collegiate and Redhawk Invitational; Matched a career low with a 68 in the final round of the Seattle U Redhawk Invitational to finish with a career-low 5-under 207
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