Preview: Southern Highlands Collegiate
2/24/2024 7:11:00 PM | Men's Golf
Horned Frogs begin play in Las Vegas on Sunday
FORT WORTH – TCU continues its season at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas, Nev., which begins on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT.
The three-day 54-hole event will take place at the Southern Highlands Golf Club. Play will begin at 11 a.m. CT each day with tee times off No. 1 and No. 10 holes.
The five playing for TCU are Gustav Frimodt, Andrew Petruzzelli, Chris Berzina, Ethan Dial and Toby Wilt.
The 15-team field includes eight in Spikemark's top 25, including three of the top four teams in the country.
The individual champion will receive an exemption into the Shirners Children's Open, which will take place Oct. 14-20, 2024 at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.
TEAMS (15 teams)
#1 North Carolina, #2 Auburn, #4 Arizona State, #15 Oklahoma, #16 New Mexico, #17 Illinois, #21 Texas, #23 Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Pepperdine, San Diego State, TCU, Texas A&M and UNLV.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by Golf Genius.
THE COURSE – Par 72 | 7,510 yards
Inspired by the love of golf, the founders of Southern Highlands Golf Club wanted to bring world-class golf to Las Vegas. Starting in 1998, an open span of desert was transformed into a course that rivals the world's best in both play and beauty. Over the years, the Club has received many awards for the both the course and the clubhouse.
TEAM/PROGRAM NOTES
- TCU finished 11th at last season's Southern Highlands Collegiate.
- Frimodt has led TCU in every tournament this season and has five top 10 finishes. He started this season by earning co-medalist honors at the Valero Texas Collegiate in the opener. He was also ninth at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate and 12th at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational.
- Frimodt ranks 13th in the latest PGA Tour University Rankings. The PGA Tour University Ranking is the mechanism to determine which graduating seniors earn automatic access to PGA TOUR-sanctioned circuits. FULL RANKINGS
- Frimodt ranks 26th in the latest World Amateur Ranking.
- Frimodt is on the Ben Hogan Award Watch List and the Haskins Award Watch List.
- Petruzzelli, a freshman from Dallas, will look for his third top 20 finish.
- Bill Allcorn is in his first season as TCU's head coach after assisting at Oklahoma for six years.
- Former TCU golfer Cole Buck joined Allcorn's staff as associate head coach in June. Buck graduated in 2017 from TCU and spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Stanford.
The three-day 54-hole event will take place at the Southern Highlands Golf Club. Play will begin at 11 a.m. CT each day with tee times off No. 1 and No. 10 holes.
The five playing for TCU are Gustav Frimodt, Andrew Petruzzelli, Chris Berzina, Ethan Dial and Toby Wilt.
The 15-team field includes eight in Spikemark's top 25, including three of the top four teams in the country.
The individual champion will receive an exemption into the Shirners Children's Open, which will take place Oct. 14-20, 2024 at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.
TEAMS (15 teams)
#1 North Carolina, #2 Auburn, #4 Arizona State, #15 Oklahoma, #16 New Mexico, #17 Illinois, #21 Texas, #23 Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Pepperdine, San Diego State, TCU, Texas A&M and UNLV.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring will be provided by Golf Genius.
THE COURSE – Par 72 | 7,510 yards
Inspired by the love of golf, the founders of Southern Highlands Golf Club wanted to bring world-class golf to Las Vegas. Starting in 1998, an open span of desert was transformed into a course that rivals the world's best in both play and beauty. Over the years, the Club has received many awards for the both the course and the clubhouse.
TEAM/PROGRAM NOTES
- TCU finished 11th at last season's Southern Highlands Collegiate.
- Frimodt has led TCU in every tournament this season and has five top 10 finishes. He started this season by earning co-medalist honors at the Valero Texas Collegiate in the opener. He was also ninth at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate and 12th at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational.
- Frimodt ranks 13th in the latest PGA Tour University Rankings. The PGA Tour University Ranking is the mechanism to determine which graduating seniors earn automatic access to PGA TOUR-sanctioned circuits. FULL RANKINGS
- Frimodt ranks 26th in the latest World Amateur Ranking.
- Frimodt is on the Ben Hogan Award Watch List and the Haskins Award Watch List.
- Petruzzelli, a freshman from Dallas, will look for his third top 20 finish.
- Bill Allcorn is in his first season as TCU's head coach after assisting at Oklahoma for six years.
- Former TCU golfer Cole Buck joined Allcorn's staff as associate head coach in June. Buck graduated in 2017 from TCU and spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Stanford.
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