
Preview: Illini Invitational
10/9/2022 11:49:00 AM | Women's Golf
Frogs head back to Midwest for tournament in Medinah, Ill.
Tournament | Illini Invitational at Medinah |
Dates | Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 10-11 |
Location | Medinah, Ill. |
Course | Medinah Country Club (Par 72, 6,166 Yards) |
Live Scoring | GolfStat |
Social Media | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook |
MEDINAH, Ill. – TCU women's golf will head back to the Midwest to compete in the Illini Invitational at Medinah this Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 10-11. The first two rounds (36 holes) of play will be on Monday, with the final round (18 holes) played on Tuesday.
TCU LINEUP
Sofia Barroso Sá | Freshman | Belmont, Portugal
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Incoming freshman for the Horned Frogs, made her collegiate debut at the Schooner Fall Classic … opened the tournament with a score of 1-over par 71, but closed with a 2-under par 68, on the way to a score of 1-over par 211 for the event … tallied eight birdies in the tournament and went onto finish in a tie for 27th place … in just her second collegiate tournament, she carded a 13-over par (77-72-80=229) to win the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title … became TCU's first freshman to win an event since Sabrina Iqbal in 2018 … registered her first collegiate eagle scoring a 3 on the par 5 second hole in round two.
Lois Lau | Junior | Noisy-sur-Ecole, France
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Finished in a tie for fifth place at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a three-round score of 7-under par 203 … she also tied the school's second-lowest single-round score with a final-round of 6-under par 64 … bettered her all-time career-low by two strokes … registered TCU's first eagle of the season, scoring a 3 on a par-5, in just her third hole of the event … shot under par in back-to-back rounds for the first time since last season's first two rounds at the Clover Cup … notched another top-15 finish as she came in a tie for 11th place at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup.
Caitlyn Macnab | Sophomore | Johannesburg, South Africa
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Won her first collegiate individual title in TCU's season-opner at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a -10 under par 200 … she posted scores of 69, 67 and 64 in each round, respectively … her final round 6-under 64 is a new all-time career-low for the South African native and it is tied for the second-lowest score in school history … set the school record for 54-hole low score with her three-round score of 200 … totaled 16 birdies in the event … posted another top-15 finish, coming in a tie for 14th place at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup … was named the Big 12 Golfer of the Month for September.
Sabrina Nguyen | Junior | Escondido, Calif.
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Notched a 65th place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a three-round score of 9-over par 219 … matcher her all-time career-low with a 1-under par 69 in the first round of the tournament … went onto collect seven birdies in the event, which included a single-round best four birdies in the first round … posted a top-40 finish at last week's Barbara Nicklaus Cup, helping guide Horned Frogs to a third-place finish.
Charlotte Cattaneo | Freshman | Milan, Italy
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Made her collegiate debut at the Schooner Fall Classic … finished in a tie for 74th with a 54-hole score of +12 (74-76-72=222 … carded seven birdies over the rounds … helped guide the Horned Frogs to a second-place finish.
THE FIELD (with Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll ranking)
(RV) Alabama, No. 22 Auburn, East Tennessee State, (RV) Georgia, Illinois, (RV) Kentucky, Northwestern, Oklahoma, No. 19 Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Purdue, No. 13 San Jose State, (RV) Tennessee, TCU, (RV) Texas Tech
THE COURSE
Course No. 2 at Medinah Country Club (Par 72, 6,362 Yards)
#1 | 316 | par 4 | #10 | 405 | par 4 |
#2 | 379 | par 4 | #11 | 399 | par 4 |
#3 | 344 | par 4 | #12 | 145 | par 3 |
#4 | 492 | par 5 | #13 | 302 | par 4 |
#5 | 327 | par 4 | #14 | 321 | par 4 |
#6 | 188 | par 3 | #15 | 171 | par 3 |
#7 | 493 | par 5 | #16 | 519 | par 5 |
#8 | 155 | par 3 | #17 | 365 | par 4 |
#9 | 358 | par 4 | #18 | 487 | par 5 |
OUT | 3,052 | par 36 | IN | 3,114 | par 36 |
TOTAL | 6,166 | par 72 |
TEE TIMES
The first two round (36 holes) will be played on Monday, while Tuesday will consist of the final round (18 holes). There will be a shotgun start on Monday at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday's shotgun start will begin at 9 a.m.
LIVE STATS
Live stats for the Illini Invitational at Medinah can be found at GolfStat.com. For a direct link to live stats, click HERE.
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