Monday, February 21
La Quinta, Calif.
9:30 a.m.
TCU
vs
The Prestige
Preview: The Prestige
2/20/2022 12:34:00 PM | Men's Golf
TCU will begin at 9:30 a.m. CT from La Quinta, Calif.
FORT WORTH – TCU will begin play at The Prestige on Monday at the Greg Norman Course at The Club at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif.
The field of 24 will feature six teams ranked in the top 25, including Big 12 schools No. 7 Texas Tech and No. 14 Kansas.
The Horned Frogs' lineup will be sophomore Filippo Celli, junior Gustav Frimodt, junior Aymeric Laussot, senior Jan Schneider and senior Thomas Allkins.
The 54-hole tournament will have 18 holes each day. TCU's first pairing will begin at 9:40 a.m. CT. on Monday with Northwestern and UC Davis. The tournament runs Monday through Wednesday.
TEAMS (24, listed by Golfstat ranking)
5. Pepperdine, 7. Texas Tech, 9. Stanford, 14. Kansas, 18. Vanderbilt, 25. LSU, Cal Poly, Colorado State, UC Davis, Denver, Iowa State, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Northwestern, North Texas, Oregon, Oregon State, Princeton, San Francisco, San Diego State, Santa Clara, SMU, TCU, UCLA.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.
THE COURSE – Par 71 | 7,100 yards
The Greg Norman Course is the newest course at PGA West and is the only Greg Norman-designed course in the Coachella Valley. It is described as very challenging but fair. Sporting only 68 acres of lush manicured turf, 102 white crushed marble bunkers and shark blue water coming into play on nine holes, this course offers a truly "Outback" experience.
LAST TIME OUT
TCU finished 14th at the Amer Ari Invitational on Feb. 5 in Hawaii. Filippo Celli led the Frogs with a 20th place finish at 8-under 208 in his season debut.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
- TCU finished seventh at last year's event as Jacob Skov Olesen earned co-medalist honors with a score of 4-under 866.
- TCU is a three-time winner of The Prestige. The Horned Frogs won the event in 2002, 2008 and 2009. A TCU player has also won the tournament three times with Colby Beckstrom (2003), Johan de Beer (2008), Daniel Jennevret (2009) and Olesen (2021)
- This season is the 22nd anniversary of The Prestige.
TEAM/PROGRAM NOTES
- TCU will be without Jacob Skov Olesen for the remainder of the season with a broken bone in his hand.
- With two top 10 finishes, Justin Gums currently ranks 64th in the Bushnell/Golfweek rankings.
- After a competitive fall schedule, TCU's strength of schedule is currently ranked as the fifth strongest in the nation by Bushnell/Golfweek.
- Among the 10 returners are four that played in TCU's postseason run last spring. Jacob Skov Olesen led TCU a team-high four times and was on the PING All-Central Region Team. Gustav Frimodt was Academic All-Big 12 and had 10 rounds of par or better. Aymeric Laussot had eight rounds of par or better. TCU's top finisher at the Big 12 Championship was Filippo Celli has returned for the sprint semester after staying in Italy for the fall.
- TCU has qualified for four of the last six and eight of the last 12 NCAA Championships. TCU has advanced to 18 of the past 31 NCAA Championships since 1991.
- TCU is one of nine programs to finish in the top 20 of the NCAA Championships in five of the last eight seasons. Those programs are Arizona State, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, TCU and Vanderbilt.
- TCU is one of 15 schools to play in the last two NCAA Championships.
- TCU and Clemson are the only two programs to make the last 31 NCAA Regionals with the same head coach. Last season was Clemson head coach Larry Penley's 38th and final season at the school.
- Bill Montigel is in his 42nd season at TCU and his 35th season as the head coach of TCU men's golf. Associate Head Coach Adrien Mork is in his fifth season at TCU.
The field of 24 will feature six teams ranked in the top 25, including Big 12 schools No. 7 Texas Tech and No. 14 Kansas.
The Horned Frogs' lineup will be sophomore Filippo Celli, junior Gustav Frimodt, junior Aymeric Laussot, senior Jan Schneider and senior Thomas Allkins.
The 54-hole tournament will have 18 holes each day. TCU's first pairing will begin at 9:40 a.m. CT. on Monday with Northwestern and UC Davis. The tournament runs Monday through Wednesday.
TEAMS (24, listed by Golfstat ranking)
5. Pepperdine, 7. Texas Tech, 9. Stanford, 14. Kansas, 18. Vanderbilt, 25. LSU, Cal Poly, Colorado State, UC Davis, Denver, Iowa State, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Northwestern, North Texas, Oregon, Oregon State, Princeton, San Francisco, San Diego State, Santa Clara, SMU, TCU, UCLA.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.
THE COURSE – Par 71 | 7,100 yards
The Greg Norman Course is the newest course at PGA West and is the only Greg Norman-designed course in the Coachella Valley. It is described as very challenging but fair. Sporting only 68 acres of lush manicured turf, 102 white crushed marble bunkers and shark blue water coming into play on nine holes, this course offers a truly "Outback" experience.
LAST TIME OUT
TCU finished 14th at the Amer Ari Invitational on Feb. 5 in Hawaii. Filippo Celli led the Frogs with a 20th place finish at 8-under 208 in his season debut.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
- TCU finished seventh at last year's event as Jacob Skov Olesen earned co-medalist honors with a score of 4-under 866.
- TCU is a three-time winner of The Prestige. The Horned Frogs won the event in 2002, 2008 and 2009. A TCU player has also won the tournament three times with Colby Beckstrom (2003), Johan de Beer (2008), Daniel Jennevret (2009) and Olesen (2021)
- This season is the 22nd anniversary of The Prestige.
TEAM/PROGRAM NOTES
- TCU will be without Jacob Skov Olesen for the remainder of the season with a broken bone in his hand.
- With two top 10 finishes, Justin Gums currently ranks 64th in the Bushnell/Golfweek rankings.
- After a competitive fall schedule, TCU's strength of schedule is currently ranked as the fifth strongest in the nation by Bushnell/Golfweek.
- Among the 10 returners are four that played in TCU's postseason run last spring. Jacob Skov Olesen led TCU a team-high four times and was on the PING All-Central Region Team. Gustav Frimodt was Academic All-Big 12 and had 10 rounds of par or better. Aymeric Laussot had eight rounds of par or better. TCU's top finisher at the Big 12 Championship was Filippo Celli has returned for the sprint semester after staying in Italy for the fall.
- TCU has qualified for four of the last six and eight of the last 12 NCAA Championships. TCU has advanced to 18 of the past 31 NCAA Championships since 1991.
- TCU is one of nine programs to finish in the top 20 of the NCAA Championships in five of the last eight seasons. Those programs are Arizona State, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, TCU and Vanderbilt.
- TCU is one of 15 schools to play in the last two NCAA Championships.
- TCU and Clemson are the only two programs to make the last 31 NCAA Regionals with the same head coach. Last season was Clemson head coach Larry Penley's 38th and final season at the school.
- Bill Montigel is in his 42nd season at TCU and his 35th season as the head coach of TCU men's golf. Associate Head Coach Adrien Mork is in his fifth season at TCU.
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