Monday, April 25
Trinity, Texas
8:37 a.m.
TCU
vs
Big 12 Championship
Preview: Big 12 Championship
4/23/2022 1:54:00 PM | Men's Golf
TCU begins play at Whispering Pines at 8:37 a.m. on Monday
FORT WORTH – TCU will play at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas, starting Monday at the Big 12 Men's Golf Championship.
TCU will go with the lineup of junior Aymeric Laussot, junior Chris Berzina, junior Gustav Frimodt, senior Justin Gums and sophomore Brandon Massey.
The teams will play 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday and Wednesday. As the No. 7 seed, TCU is paired with No. 8 Kansas State and will begin at 8:37 a.m. on the 10th hole. The Frogs will begin the second round that afternoon at 2:37 p.m. Tuesday's and Wednesday's round may begin as early as 8 a.m.
TEAMS (10, rankings by GolfStat)
1. Oklahoma, 2. Oklahoma State, 5. Texas Tech, 9. Texas, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, West Virginia
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.
THE COURSE – Par 72 | 7,467 yards
Whispering Pines Golf Club is located 88 miles north of Houston in Trinity, Texas. The course is home to The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, a biennial tournament that showcases the best men's and women's amateur golfers from around the world. Whispering Pines is ranked among the top 100 golf courses in America by several publications and is most recently ranked the No. 1 golf course in Texas by The Dallas Morning News.
LAST TIME OUT
Aymeric Laussot finished tied for 23rd place to lead TCU at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic at Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Ariz. The Horned Frogs finished 19th.
TCU AT THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
- TCU has finished in the top four at the last two Big 12 Championships.
- TCU was fourth last season at Prairie Dunes.
- The program's best finish came in 2019, when the Frogs finished second at The Greenbrier.
- TCU's last conference championship was in 2009 when it won the Mountain West Conference.
- There have been seven individual conference champions in program history. The Frogs' past Big 12 Champions are Julien Brun (2014) and Hayden Springer (2019.
TEAM/PROGRAM NOTES
- It's the second-straight tournament for the Horned Frogs in the greater Phoenix area. TCU hopes to return to the desert for the NCAA Championships, held at Grayhawk Golf Club in May.
- Six different players have led the Frogs over the nine tournaments played this season. Gums has led the Frogs in three tournaments. Laussot has led the team in the last two.
- TCU's strength of schedule is currently ranked as the 21st strongest in the nation by Bushnell/Golfweek.
- 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 will go with the lineup of junior Aymeric Laussot, junior Chris Berzina, junior Gustav Frimodt, senior Justin Gums and sophomore Brandon Massey.
The teams will play 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday and Wednesday. As the No. 7 seed, TCU is paired with No. 8 Kansas State and will begin at 8:37 a.m. on the 10th hole. The Frogs will begin the second round that afternoon at 2:37 p.m. Tuesday's and Wednesday's round may begin as early as 8 a.m.
TEAMS (10, rankings by GolfStat)
1. Oklahoma, 2. Oklahoma State, 5. Texas Tech, 9. Texas, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, West Virginia
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.
THE COURSE – Par 72 | 7,467 yards
Whispering Pines Golf Club is located 88 miles north of Houston in Trinity, Texas. The course is home to The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, a biennial tournament that showcases the best men's and women's amateur golfers from around the world. Whispering Pines is ranked among the top 100 golf courses in America by several publications and is most recently ranked the No. 1 golf course in Texas by The Dallas Morning News.
LAST TIME OUT
Aymeric Laussot finished tied for 23rd place to lead TCU at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic at Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Ariz. The Horned Frogs finished 19th.
TCU AT THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
- TCU has finished in the top four at the last two Big 12 Championships.
- TCU was fourth last season at Prairie Dunes.
- The program's best finish came in 2019, when the Frogs finished second at The Greenbrier.
- TCU's last conference championship was in 2009 when it won the Mountain West Conference.
- There have been seven individual conference champions in program history. The Frogs' past Big 12 Champions are Julien Brun (2014) and Hayden Springer (2019.
TEAM/PROGRAM NOTES
- It's the second-straight tournament for the Horned Frogs in the greater Phoenix area. TCU hopes to return to the desert for the NCAA Championships, held at Grayhawk Golf Club in May.
- Six different players have led the Frogs over the nine tournaments played this season. Gums has led the Frogs in three tournaments. Laussot has led the team in the last two.
- TCU's strength of schedule is currently ranked as the 21st strongest in the nation by Bushnell/Golfweek.
- 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
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