Preview: Colonial Collegiate Invitational
9/26/2020 11:06:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Big 12 invades Fort Worth to begin the men's golf season
FORT WORTH – TCU will face the entire Big 12 Conference when it hosts the season-opener Monday at Colonial Country Club.
Located less than a mile from TCU's campus, Colonial Country Club will host the Colonial Collegiate Invitational, Monday and Tuesday. The tournament will be the first of two events for the Big 12 Fall Series that features only Big 12 Conference teams. It will serve as seeding purposes for the Big 12 Match Play Tournament, held Oct. 2-4 at The Clubs at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas.
The Big 12 has arguably been the best golf conference in the country over the past 10 years with three national championships and four runner-up finishes. Four teams ended the shortened 2019-20 season ranked in the top 10 in the nation. Currently the Big 12 has eight players ranked in the top 40 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Teams will compete in a 54-hole stroke play competition, counting the low four scores each round out of six players. As a COVID-19 precaution, the Colonial Collegiate Invitational will be closed to the public. Another precaution for the players, each school will play with members of their own team.
Baylor and Oklahoma State will start things off with an 8 a.m. tee time. TCU will begin at 8:21 on hole No. 1. The Frogs will go with the lineup of sophomore Chris Berzina, senior Spencer Ball, sophomore Mateo Fernández de Oliveira, sophomore Gustav Frimodt, sophomore Aymeric Laussot and sophomore Jacob Skov Olesen. The top four will count towards scoring.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com. Follow @TCUMensGolf on Twitter for updates. GoFrogs.com will provide a complete recap and results following each day.
THE FIELD (listed by 2019-20 final GolfStat rankings)
No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas Tech, No. 4 Texas, No. 10 Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia.
THE COURSE – Par 70 | 7,204 yards
Colonial Country Club has hosted an annual PGA Tour event since 1946, the longest running non-major tour event to be held at the same venue. The club was started in 1936 and hosted the 1941 U.S. Open, the 1975 Tournament Players Championship and the 1991 U.S. Women's Open. The course sits along the bank of the Trinity River and is located less than a mile from the campus of TCU.
LAST TIME OUT
Last season ended on March 3, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nev. The Frogs finished 15th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate.
NOTES
- The Frogs return nine from last season and welcome two newcomers.
Oleson is from Denmark and played last season at Ranger College and was the top-ranked JUCO player in the nation. Ball is a graduate transfer from Mercer and is from Suwanne, Ga.
- From Argentina, Fernández de Oliveira is coming off a summer where he advanced to the round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur. He led TCU in two tournaments last season and had a team-best 13 scores of par or better. He is one of seven sophomores on the team.
- Berzina is from Fort Worth and will be playing in his third tournament at TCU. He had a season average of 72.67 last season as a freshman.
- From Denmark, Frimodt (pronounced freh-mote) will be making his ninth start.
- Laussot (pronounced lo-SO) is from France and will be making his seventh start.
- Five different players led TCU in the seven tournaments played last season.
- TCU has just two seniors this season, Thomas Alkins and Trevor Brown.
- Bill Montigel will begin his 41st season at TCU and his 34th season as the head coach of TCU men's golf. Associate Head Coach Adrien Mork is in his fourth season at TCU.
Located less than a mile from TCU's campus, Colonial Country Club will host the Colonial Collegiate Invitational, Monday and Tuesday. The tournament will be the first of two events for the Big 12 Fall Series that features only Big 12 Conference teams. It will serve as seeding purposes for the Big 12 Match Play Tournament, held Oct. 2-4 at The Clubs at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas.
The Big 12 has arguably been the best golf conference in the country over the past 10 years with three national championships and four runner-up finishes. Four teams ended the shortened 2019-20 season ranked in the top 10 in the nation. Currently the Big 12 has eight players ranked in the top 40 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Teams will compete in a 54-hole stroke play competition, counting the low four scores each round out of six players. As a COVID-19 precaution, the Colonial Collegiate Invitational will be closed to the public. Another precaution for the players, each school will play with members of their own team.
Baylor and Oklahoma State will start things off with an 8 a.m. tee time. TCU will begin at 8:21 on hole No. 1. The Frogs will go with the lineup of sophomore Chris Berzina, senior Spencer Ball, sophomore Mateo Fernández de Oliveira, sophomore Gustav Frimodt, sophomore Aymeric Laussot and sophomore Jacob Skov Olesen. The top four will count towards scoring.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com. Follow @TCUMensGolf on Twitter for updates. GoFrogs.com will provide a complete recap and results following each day.
THE FIELD (listed by 2019-20 final GolfStat rankings)
No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas Tech, No. 4 Texas, No. 10 Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia.
THE COURSE – Par 70 | 7,204 yards
Colonial Country Club has hosted an annual PGA Tour event since 1946, the longest running non-major tour event to be held at the same venue. The club was started in 1936 and hosted the 1941 U.S. Open, the 1975 Tournament Players Championship and the 1991 U.S. Women's Open. The course sits along the bank of the Trinity River and is located less than a mile from the campus of TCU.
LAST TIME OUT
Last season ended on March 3, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nev. The Frogs finished 15th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate.
NOTES
- The Frogs return nine from last season and welcome two newcomers.
Oleson is from Denmark and played last season at Ranger College and was the top-ranked JUCO player in the nation. Ball is a graduate transfer from Mercer and is from Suwanne, Ga.
- From Argentina, Fernández de Oliveira is coming off a summer where he advanced to the round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur. He led TCU in two tournaments last season and had a team-best 13 scores of par or better. He is one of seven sophomores on the team.
- Berzina is from Fort Worth and will be playing in his third tournament at TCU. He had a season average of 72.67 last season as a freshman.
- From Denmark, Frimodt (pronounced freh-mote) will be making his ninth start.
- Laussot (pronounced lo-SO) is from France and will be making his seventh start.
- Five different players led TCU in the seven tournaments played last season.
- TCU has just two seniors this season, Thomas Alkins and Trevor Brown.
- Bill Montigel will begin his 41st season at TCU and his 34th season as the head coach of TCU men's golf. Associate Head Coach Adrien Mork is in his fourth season at TCU.
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