Thursday, April 18
Hockley, Texas
8:35 AM
TCU
vs
Big 12 Championship
Preview: Big 12 Championship
4/17/2024 3:06:00 PM | Women's Golf
TCU to tee it up at The Clubs at Houston Oaks
FORT WORTH – TCU begins play at the Big 12 Championship looking to solidify its candidacy for a 20th straight NCAA Regional berth.
The 54-hole affair runs from Thursday-Saturday at The Clubs at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas. Teams will play 18 holes of golf each day, with the top-10 individual finishers earning All-Tournament team accolades following the final round.
TCU's lineup will feature Lois Lau, Sofia Barroso Sá, Kirstin Angosta, Meagan Winans and Sofie Dimitrova in Thursday's opening round. Sheridan Clancy also traveled southeast and will serve as a potential substitute.
The Horned Frogs head to Hockley riding their most impressive result of the season, having tied No. 8 Texas for seventh place at the Silverado Showdown on April 8-10 in Napa, Calif. The 16-team field featured eight squads ranked in the top-35 of the Scoreboard rankings. TCU carded a 19-over 833 and finish ahead of seven top-50 teams, including No. 3 UCLA, No. 16 Oregon and No. 31 Washington.
TCU has finished first or second in 14 of their last 25 conference tournaments covering four different leagues (WAC, Conference USA, Mountain West and Big 12).
The Course – The Clubs at Houston Oaks – Par 71 / 7,007 Yards
The tournament will be contested on the country club's championship course, which opened in 2017. The par-71, 7,007-yard course hosted the 2022 women's Big 12 Championship and was the site of Big 12 Match Play on the men's side in October.
The Field
#11 Texas
#22 UCF
#36 Houston
#39 Baylor
#42 Oklahoma State
#44 Oklahoma
#48 Kansas
#49 Iowa State
#55 Kansas State
#56 Texas Tech
#58 TCU
#103 BYU
#162 Cincinnati
The Schedule
TCU is paired with Texas Tech for the first two rounds and tees off at 8:35 a.m. on both days. The Horned Frogs start on the back nine on Thursday before switching to the first tee on Friday. The final 18 holes commence with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Starting holes are determined by positioning on the individual leaderboard.
Results will be provided by GolfStat.com. The final round will air live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
TCU at the Big 12 Championship
Individual Notes
The 54-hole affair runs from Thursday-Saturday at The Clubs at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas. Teams will play 18 holes of golf each day, with the top-10 individual finishers earning All-Tournament team accolades following the final round.
TCU's lineup will feature Lois Lau, Sofia Barroso Sá, Kirstin Angosta, Meagan Winans and Sofie Dimitrova in Thursday's opening round. Sheridan Clancy also traveled southeast and will serve as a potential substitute.
The Horned Frogs head to Hockley riding their most impressive result of the season, having tied No. 8 Texas for seventh place at the Silverado Showdown on April 8-10 in Napa, Calif. The 16-team field featured eight squads ranked in the top-35 of the Scoreboard rankings. TCU carded a 19-over 833 and finish ahead of seven top-50 teams, including No. 3 UCLA, No. 16 Oregon and No. 31 Washington.
TCU has finished first or second in 14 of their last 25 conference tournaments covering four different leagues (WAC, Conference USA, Mountain West and Big 12).
The Course – The Clubs at Houston Oaks – Par 71 / 7,007 Yards
The tournament will be contested on the country club's championship course, which opened in 2017. The par-71, 7,007-yard course hosted the 2022 women's Big 12 Championship and was the site of Big 12 Match Play on the men's side in October.
The Field
#11 Texas
#22 UCF
#36 Houston
#39 Baylor
#42 Oklahoma State
#44 Oklahoma
#48 Kansas
#49 Iowa State
#55 Kansas State
#56 Texas Tech
#58 TCU
#103 BYU
#162 Cincinnati
The Schedule
TCU is paired with Texas Tech for the first two rounds and tees off at 8:35 a.m. on both days. The Horned Frogs start on the back nine on Thursday before switching to the first tee on Friday. The final 18 holes commence with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Starting holes are determined by positioning on the individual leaderboard.
Results will be provided by GolfStat.com. The final round will air live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
TCU at the Big 12 Championship
- TCU is making its 12th appearance at the Big 12 Championship since joining the conference in 2012-13.
- Under head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin, the Horned Frogs have tallied a trio of top-three team finishes. TCU finished as the runner-up in 2015 and placed third in 2016 and 2023.
- TCU has finished fifth or better at the tournament five times (2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023).
- The Clubs at Houston Oaks is hosting the Big 12 Championship for the second time in three seasons. TCU finished fifth on the course in 2022, placing three golfers in the top-20 of the individual leaderboard. Then-sophomore Lois Lau tied for 19th at plus-12 (225). Lau carded an even-par 71 – the lowest score of any Horned Frog – in the final round.
- TCU shot a three-over 292 in the first round of the 2022 Big 12 Championship, its lowest score at the Clubs at Houston Oaks.
- The Horned Frogs' Big 12 Championship low round record is 288, a mark the program set over the final 18 holes of its runner-up finish at the 2015 Big 12 Championship at the Dominion Country Club in San Antonio.
- Five Horned Frogs have garnered a combined seven All-Big 12 team accolades at tournament's end. Sabrina Iqbal (2019, 2022) and Caitlin Macnab (2022-2023) twice received the recognition. TCU's other All-Big 12 players are Sanna Nuutinen (2015), Emmy Martin (2017) and Greta Bruner (2019).
- Macnab became the first Frog to be named Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2022.
- Sabina Pena holds TCU's lowest round score at the Big 12 Championship. She shot a 67 during the 2016 edition of the tournament.
- Sofia Barroso Sá tied for sixth at one-over (217) and received All-Tournament team honors as a freshman at the 2023 Big 12 Championship.
- Lau has cracked the top-40 in all three of her Big 12 Championship starts. She placed 24th last season, giving TCU four top-25 finishers.
- TCU has earned 19 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths under the leadership of Ravaioli-Larkin, who is in her 30th season as head coach. The Horned Frogs have reached the NCAA Tournament in 25 of Ravaioli-Larkin's last 27 seasons.
- TCU has won 22 tournament titles in the Ravaioli-Larkin era.
- TCU achieved a season-high Scoreboard team ranking of 58th on April 11 following its showing at the Silverado Showdown.
- TCU was the only team to place four golfers in the top-30 of the individual leaderboard in Napa.
- The Horned Frogs shot a low round four-over 292 over their final 18 holes in Napa.
- TCU has recorded its low round score in the final round in seven of nine tournaments in 2023-24.
- The Horned Frogs have finished under-par in six of their nine final rounds, including three of six spring tournaments. TCU shot a five-under 283 in the last round of the MountainView Collegiate on March 17. The score was the third-lowest of any team over the final 18 holes. Three weeks prior, the Horned Frogs carded a three-under 285 over the last 18 holes of The Chevron Collegiate on Feb. 27. TCU began the spring with a two-under 286 on the final day of the Puerto Rico Classic on Feb. 6.
- The Horned Frogs have notched six top-10 team finishes in 2023-24.
- 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.
- TCU sports the youngest roster in the Big 12 with just one senior and six underclassmen players.
- The Horned Frogs recorded their best finish of the season at The Show at Spanish Trail CC on March 4-5 in Las Vegas. TCU tied for sixth (plus-18, 882) and in front of then-No. 31 Houston and No. 38 Tulsa. The course is one of six NCAA Regional sites.
- TCU was fifth outright at plus-9 (585) through 36 holes at The Show. The Horned Frogs shot an even-par 288 in the second round.
- TCU ascended from 13th to seventh over the final two rounds of the Puerto Rico Classic.
Individual Notes
- Lois Lau is TCU's highest-ranked player. She enters the Big 12 Championship 69th in the Scoreboard individual rankings. Lau, TCU's lone senior, achieved a career-high ranking of 55th on March 5.
- Lau has placed inside the top-30 in all nine of TCU's tournaments in 2023-24. She has finished no worse than 27thand notched three top-10 finishes.
- Lau tied for second at The Show, carding a four-under 212.
- Lau placed third and seventh, respectively, at the Jim West Invitational and Schooner Fall Classic.
- Lau is TCU all-time leader in career birdies with 378. She carded 12 at The Show to become TCU's school record-holder.
- Lau has competed in a team-leading 42 tournaments over her TCU tenure.
- Lau has tallied seven top-10 finishes over her four-season run in Fort Worth.
- Lau has finished under-par in all-but-two events in 2023-24. Her combined aggregate score in 2023-24 is 28-under.
- Lau has been even-or-under-par in 20 of 27 rounds this season.
- Lau sports a 554-137-34 all-time record vs. Division I players.
- Lau, Angosta and Barroso Sá all boast even or below-par scoring averages. Lau leads the way at 70.5 while Angosta and Barroso Sá hold respective averages of 71.8 and 71.9.
- Barroso Sá carded six straight birdies during the final round of the Silverado Showdown on her way to a two-under 70. She tied for 23rd at plus-four (220) and was the Frogs' top finisher.
- Barroso Sá won the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title as a freshman in 2022-23. She became the first Horned Frog freshman to win a tournament in five seasons.
- Barroso Sá ranked second on the squad last season in par-4 scoring (4.08), par-5 scoring (4.97) and pars per round (11.34).
- Barroso Sá has tallied 177 birdies through two seasons in Fort Worth.
- Barroso Sá will make her 22nd consecutive start in Napa. She is one of two Frogs alongside Lau to participate in every tournament over the last two seasons.
- Barroso Sá advanced to individual play at the 2023 NCAA Individual Championships, finishind tied for 37th behind a 2-over 290 over 72 holes.
- Kirstin Angosta tied for sixth at The Chevron Collegiate, setting a career-best low-54 hole score at 9-under 207. She was the highest-placing freshman and top finisher among all Big 12 players.
- Angosta is tied with Lau for the team-lead in birdies this spring with 48.
- Angosta prepped at nearby Coppell HS.
- Meagan 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.
- Winans set a TCU career-best low round score of minus-5 (67) in the final round of the Jim West Invitational.
- Winans is one of three players to start every tournament in 2023-24 for TCU, alongside Lau and Barroso Sa.
- Sofie Dimitrova has competed for the Czech Republic National Team since 2017.
- Dimitrova started all four of TCU's fall tournaments.
- Dimitrova recorded career-best low-18 and low-54-hole scores at the Sam Golden Invitational on Sept. 11-12, 2023, in her first collegiate start. She fired off a five-under 67 and behind a career-high seven birdies in the final round. Dimitrova shot a one-under 215 for the tournament.
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