Monday, March 4
Las Vegas, Nev.
10 AM
TCU
vs
The Show
Preview: The Show
3/3/2024 1:58:00 PM | Women's Golf
Horned Frogs travel to Las Vegas for midway point of spring season
FORT WORTH – 'Viva Las Frogs' is the operative expression for Monday and Tuesday, as the Horned Frogs are headed to Las Vegas to compete in The Show.
The 13-team, 54-hole event is co-hosted by UNLV and Furman at Spanish Trail Country Club.
TCU traveled six players to the Entertainment Capital of the World in Lois Lau, Sofia Barroso Sa, Kirstin Angosta, Sofie Dimitrova, Sheridan Clancy and Meagan Winans. One Horned Frog entrant will play as an individual.
The trip to Vegas marks TCU's first time participating in The Show, which was incepted in 2022. The tournament represents the midpoint of the Horned Frogs' spring season. TCU has two regular season events remaining before beginning postseason play at the Big 12 Championship, held from April 18-20 in Houston.
Competing for TCU
Few freshman players nationwide are as hot as Angosta, who did not see the course in any of TCU's four fall tournaments. She has since skyrocketed to No. 81 in the Scoreboard individual rankings behind a combined aggregate score of eight-under (425) over the Horned Frogs' first pair of spring invitationals. Angosta tied for sixth at minus-nine (207) at The Chevron Collegiate on Tuesday. She produced the lowest score of any freshman and any Big 12 player in the field.
Lau is closing in on becoming TCU's all-time birdies leader. She has carded 349 over her four-year run in Fort Worth, including 11 on her way to a tie for 25th at minus-four (212) at The Chevron Collegiate. Lau needs nine birdies to become TCU's school record holder. The senior, tabbed 85th in the Scoreboard individual rankings, has finished under-par in 18 of 21 rounds this season.
Barroso Sa strung together consecutive top-20 individual finishes at the Jim West Classic and Puerto Rico Classic.
Winans is one of three players to crack TCU's lineup in each of its six tournaments alongside Lau and Barroso Sa. Her best result thus far is a two-under 214 and 28th place finish at the Jim West Classic in October.
Dimitrova and Clancy comprised the fourth and fifth slots in the Horned Frogs' lineup card in their final three fall events. Dimitrova racked up a career-high seven birdies and set a new personal best low-18 score (five-under, 67) in the final round of the Sam Golden Invitational in September, her first collegiate tournament. Clancy earned starts at the 2023 NCAA Regionals and the NCAA National Championships and finished tied for 16th at last season's Big 12 Championship.
The Course – Spanish Trail Country Club – Par 72 / 6,537 Yards
Located just six miles away from the Las Vegas Strip, Spanish Trail Country Club is comprised of three 9-hole, par-36 courses. The Show will utilize the Canyon Course and the Lakes Course. The Canyon Course measures 3,576 yards from the championship tees, making it the longest of the three courses. Six of the nine holes on the Lakes Course feature water hazards. Spanish Trail Country Club is one of six NCAA Regional sites this season.
The Field
Furman
#31 Houston
Minnesota
New Mexico
Nevada
#23 Pepperdine
#27 Purdue
#29 SMU
TCU
#39 Tulsa
#3 UCLA
UNLV
#24 Virginia
The Schedule
Both days begin with an 10 a.m. CT shotgun start. Teams will play 36 holes on Monday, followed by a final 18 on Tuesday.
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.
Team Notes
The 13-team, 54-hole event is co-hosted by UNLV and Furman at Spanish Trail Country Club.
TCU traveled six players to the Entertainment Capital of the World in Lois Lau, Sofia Barroso Sa, Kirstin Angosta, Sofie Dimitrova, Sheridan Clancy and Meagan Winans. One Horned Frog entrant will play as an individual.
The trip to Vegas marks TCU's first time participating in The Show, which was incepted in 2022. The tournament represents the midpoint of the Horned Frogs' spring season. TCU has two regular season events remaining before beginning postseason play at the Big 12 Championship, held from April 18-20 in Houston.
Competing for TCU
Few freshman players nationwide are as hot as Angosta, who did not see the course in any of TCU's four fall tournaments. She has since skyrocketed to No. 81 in the Scoreboard individual rankings behind a combined aggregate score of eight-under (425) over the Horned Frogs' first pair of spring invitationals. Angosta tied for sixth at minus-nine (207) at The Chevron Collegiate on Tuesday. She produced the lowest score of any freshman and any Big 12 player in the field.
Lau is closing in on becoming TCU's all-time birdies leader. She has carded 349 over her four-year run in Fort Worth, including 11 on her way to a tie for 25th at minus-four (212) at The Chevron Collegiate. Lau needs nine birdies to become TCU's school record holder. The senior, tabbed 85th in the Scoreboard individual rankings, has finished under-par in 18 of 21 rounds this season.
Barroso Sa strung together consecutive top-20 individual finishes at the Jim West Classic and Puerto Rico Classic.
Winans is one of three players to crack TCU's lineup in each of its six tournaments alongside Lau and Barroso Sa. Her best result thus far is a two-under 214 and 28th place finish at the Jim West Classic in October.
Dimitrova and Clancy comprised the fourth and fifth slots in the Horned Frogs' lineup card in their final three fall events. Dimitrova racked up a career-high seven birdies and set a new personal best low-18 score (five-under, 67) in the final round of the Sam Golden Invitational in September, her first collegiate tournament. Clancy earned starts at the 2023 NCAA Regionals and the NCAA National Championships and finished tied for 16th at last season's Big 12 Championship.
The Course – Spanish Trail Country Club – Par 72 / 6,537 Yards
Located just six miles away from the Las Vegas Strip, Spanish Trail Country Club is comprised of three 9-hole, par-36 courses. The Show will utilize the Canyon Course and the Lakes Course. The Canyon Course measures 3,576 yards from the championship tees, making it the longest of the three courses. Six of the nine holes on the Lakes Course feature water hazards. Spanish Trail Country Club is one of six NCAA Regional sites this season.
The Field
Furman
#31 Houston
Minnesota
New Mexico
Nevada
#23 Pepperdine
#27 Purdue
#29 SMU
TCU
#39 Tulsa
#3 UCLA
UNLV
#24 Virginia
The Schedule
Both days begin with an 10 a.m. CT shotgun start. Teams will play 36 holes on Monday, followed by a final 18 on Tuesday.
Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.
Team Notes
- TCU broke its program record for low round vs. par on the final day of the Jim West Invitational on Oct. 23, firing a 17-under 271 at Kissing Tree Golf Club.
- The Horned Frogs have finished under-par in four of their six final rounds, including both spring tournaments. TCU shot a two-under 286 on the final day of the Puerto Rico Classic. Last week, the Horned Frogs shot a three-under 285 over the last 18 holes of The Chevron Collegiate.
- TCU ascended from 13th to seventh over the final two rounds of the Puerto Rico Classic.
- The Horned Frogs have notched three top-10 team finishes in 2023-24. TCU tied for eighth in its season-opener at the Sam Golden Invitational before tying for seventh at the Jim West Invitational.
- TCU has been under-par in five of its last nine rounds, dating back to the Jim West Invitational.
- TCU sports the youngest roster in the Big 12 with just one senior and six underclassmen players.
- TCU is 74th in the latest Scorecard team rankings.
- The Horned Frogs are coming off a third-place performance at the 2023 Big 12 Championship, their highest finish at the event since 2016.
- TCU has earned 19 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths under the leadership of Angie Ravaioli-Larkin, who is in her 30th season as head coach.
- TCU has won 22 tournament titles in the Ravaioli-Larkin era.
- Lau has competed in a team-leading 39 tournaments over her TCU tenure.
- Lau achieved a career-high No. 69 individual ranking on Feb. 21 ahead of the Chevron Collegiate.
- Lau has notched six top-10 finishes over her three-and-a-half season run in Fort Worth.
- Lau has finished under-par in all-but-one event this season. Her combined aggregate score in 2023-24 is minus-28.
- Barroso Sa won the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title as a freshman in 2022-23. She became the first Horned Frog to win a tournament in five seasons.
- Barroso Sa ranks boasts TCU's second-lowest scoring average (72.1) among players who have competed in at least three tournaments. She ranked second on the squad last season in par-4 scoring (4.08), par-5 scoring (4.97) and pars per round (11.34).
- Winans transferred to TCU from Oklahoma in July. She was selected as a 2020 AJGA All-American out of Plano East HS and tabbed the fourth-best prep player in Texas in the class of 2021.
- Angosta prepped at nearby Coppell HS.
- Clancy fired a career-best low round score of 1-under 71 in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Regionals to tie for 10th.
- Dimitrova has for the Czech Republic National Team since 2017.
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