Preview: Bettie Lou Evans Invitational

FORT WORTH – TCU is paying a visit to Kentucky for the first time in decades for its second of five fall tournaments.

The Horned Frogs are hopping over to the Bluegrass State to compete in the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational, beginning Sunday at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.

The 11-team, 66-player event takes place over three days with Kentucky playing host.

A half-dozen Frogs are traveling to the Ohio Valley. TCU's five-player lineup is Meagan Winans, Sofia Barroso Sá, Gracie McGovern, Kirstin Angosta and Camille Min-Gaultier. Sofie Dimitrova will play as an individual.

TCU is less than a week removed from a sixth-place finish at the Carmel Cup on the grounds of Pebble Beach Golf Links in its season-opening tournament. The Horned Frogs finished 10-over (370) in the final round – the third-lowest of any team in the field.

The Course – Champion Trace at Keene Trace Golf Club – Par 72 / 6,175 yards

The Champion Trace course at Keene Trace Golf Club was designed by world renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills and built in 1987 by Tom Heilbron. Since its inception, Champion Trace has been rated as one of the best courses in the state of Kentucky. The course has hosted the ISCO Championship, formerly the Barbasol Championship, annually since 2018. Champion Trace was also the site of the 2019 NCAA Division III Golf Championship as well as multiple men's NCAA Regionals and men's and women's SEC Championships.

The Field (2024 Final Scoreboard Team Ranking)

Akron (205)
Eastern Kentucky (166)
Houston (35)
Illinois (71)
Indiana (61)
Louisville (49)
Middle Tennessee (158)
Missouri (79)
Kentucky (33)
TCU (57)
Washington State (94)

Tournament Schedule

Teams will engage in 18 holes of stroke play each day, beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT. The Bettie Lou Evans Invitational utilizes a five-count-four scoring format.

TCU starts on hole one on Sunday and switches to the 10^th tee box on Monday. The Horned Frogs are paired with Indiana and Kentucky for the first two rounds. The final round commences with a shotgun start with groupings determined by team scores.

Live scoring will be provided by Scoreboard.Clippd.com.

TCU Lineup

Meagan Winans

Is the lone senior on TCU's 2024-25 roster.
Will make her 12^th consecutive start for TCU at Keene Trace.
The Bettie Lou Evans Invitational marks the 27^th event she has competed in collegiately.
Notched the first collegiate top-10 finish of her career at the Carmel Cup, placing ninth outright (+3, 219).
Collected five birdies in round one of the Carmel Cup on her way to a three-under 69; was tied for fifth following the first 18 holes.
Winans was the second-highest finisher of 18 Big 12 competitors at the Carmel Cup.
She was of three players to tee it up in every tournament for the Horned Frogs in 2023-24.
She notched a career-best low-18 and low-54 hole scores at the Jim West Invitational in October. Winans shot a five-under 67 in the final round and finished minus-2 (216) overall.
Last season, Winans led TCU in pars (348) and was third on the squad in birdies (72).
She produced TCU's top 36-hole aggregate score at the Big 12 Championship to conclude her junior year. She shot a combined one-over 141 in rounds one and three and was even-par over her final 18 holes.

Sofia Barroso Sá

The junior is TCU's active career leader in every major statistical category, including birdies (193), par-or-better rounds (25), sub-70 rounds (12), top-20's (nine) and top-10's (three).
She has turned in a countable score in 66-of-67 (.985) of her career rounds played.
Barroso Sá bagged four birdies and shot an even-par 72 on the final day of the Carmel Cup to tie for 16^th. She ascended seven spots on the leaderboard in round three.
Barroso Sá was an individual qualifier for NCAA Regionals last season. She has twice competed in the NCAA Tournament. Barroso Sá was the only TCU player to advance to individual play at the NCAA Championships in 2022-23.
Barroso Sá won the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title as a freshman in 2022-23. She is the only Horned Frog freshman to win a tournament in the last six seasons dating back to 2018.
The Portugal native will make her 25^th straight start in Kentucky. She has teed it up in every tournament in her TCU tenure.
Barroso Sá concluded the 2023-24 campaign tabbed 201^st in the Scoreboard individual rankings. She achieved a career-high ranking of No. 197 following the Big 12 Championship.
Last season, Barroso Sá scored par-or-better on 81 percent of her holes (438-540) and was even or under par in 14 of her 30 rounds.

Gracie McGovern

Notched a top-20 finish in her collegiate debut at the Carmel Cup.
Produced TCU's best score over rounds two and three at Pebble Beach; shot a four-over 148 over the final 36 holes
McGovern claimed the crown in TCU's stage two qualifier for the Carmel Cup. She finished seven-under (206) and was under par in all three rounds.
The freshman was the world No. 9 junior amateur golfer in 2023 and was ranked as high as seventh in the Rolex Junior Rankings that same year.
Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, McGovern became the first female to win the AIA D-III State Championship in 16 years in 2023.
McGovern competed at the LPGA Liberty National Tournament in 2023 and was paired with world No. 10 Charley Hull in her final round.
The 2023 season also saw McGovern selected to compete for Team USA in the Jr. Solheim Cup.

Kirstin Angosta

The sophomore is making her eighth straight start as a Horned Frog. She teed it up in all six of TCU's spring tournaments in 2023-24.
Parred Pebble Beach in the final round of the Carmel Cup.
Angosta was TCU's biggest riser in round three at Pebble Beach. She jumped from 35^th and into a tie for 26^th (+14, 230).
Angosta won TCU's upperclassmen qualifier for the Carmel Cup. She shot a five-under 210 across three rounds at Lantana Golf Club, Rockwood Park Golf Course and Shady Oaks Country Club.
She tallied a team-leading 55 birdies during the spring portion of the 2023-24 season.
Angosta tied for sixth at The Chevron Collegiate in February, shooting a nine-under 207.
Angosta posted three top-30 finishes in six starts last spring.
Angosta boasts a team-best career-high Scoreboard individual ranking of No. 173.
She concluded the 2023-24 season with a 72.3 adjusted scoring average.

Camille Min-Gaultier

Tied for 22^nd at the Carmel Cup (+13, 229) in her collegiate debut.
Finished round two at Pebble Beach with consecutive birdes en route to a three-over 75..
Min-Gaultier won the Horned Frogs' freshman qualifier ahead of the Carmel Cup, carding a 54-hole score of 213 (-2).
From La Londe-les Maures, France, Min-Gaultier achieved a career-high world junior amateur golf ranking of No. 82 in 2024.
Min-Gaultier won the 2024 Italian International Ladies Championship and was crowned Vice Champion of France Ladies earlier this spring.
She also qualified for the 2024 Women's Amateur Championship.

Sofie Dimitrova

Dimitrova is making her ninth appearance as a Horned Frog. She has competed in all six possible fall invitationals since arriving on campus as a freshman in 2023.
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.
She led TCU with 10 birdies at the 2024 Big 12 Championship to tie for 26th (+7, 220).
Dimitrova ascended 204 spots in the Scoreboard individual rankings over her final two tournaments in 2023-24.
The Czech Republic native tallied 41 birdies and 15 countable rounds over her first year in Fort Worth.

Team Notes

TCU was tabbed No. 31 in Golf Channel's 2024-25 preseason rankings. Half of the expanded Big 12 cracked the top-35 of the annual prognostication. The conference counterparts joining the Horned Frogs in the rankings are No. 9 Arizona State, No. 14 Arizona, No. 21 Kansas, No. 25 UCF, No. 27 Baylor, No. 28 Oklahoma State and No. 33 Houston.
The Horned Frogs have recorded their low round score in the final round in nine of their last 11 events dating back to the 2023-24 campaign.
TCU carded 29 of its 42 birdies at Pebble Beach over the final two rounds of the Carmel Cup.
Angie Ravaioli-Larkin is in her 31^st season as the head coach of TCU women's golf. A lifelong Texan, Ravaioli-Larkin is the longest tenured head coach at TCU.
Since assuming the program helm 1994, Ravaioli-Larkin has qualified TCU for NCAA Regionals in 27 of her 30 completed seasons.
TCU has reached the NCAA Championships nine times under Ravaioli-Larkin, including consecutive appearances in 2022 and 2023.
TCU is enjoying a streak of 22 consecutive seasons with NCAA postseason representation.
The Horned Frogs have won 22 tournaments in the Ravaioli-Larkin era.
TCU has claimed five conference championships spanning three different leagues under Ravaioli-Larkin.
TCU finished under par in seven of their 10 final rounds last season.
The Horned Frogs notched six top-10 team finishes in 2023-24.
TCU is hosting a stroke play event in its home state for the first time in its Big 12 era with the inaugural Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate on Oct. 28-29 at Ridglea Country Club.

Last Time Out

Winans was the standout Frog along the Monterey peninsula. She finished ninth outright at three-over (219), earning the first top-10 finish of her collegiate career. From Plano, Texas, Winans posted a three-under 69 over the first 18 holes. She bagged a team-best nine birdies.

Barroso Sá and Angosta played even par on the final day.

TCU lowered its team score over all three rounds in the six-player lineup affair. The Horned Frogs shot a collective 380 on day one, shaved two strokes off their score in the second round before posting its tournament low round (370) to conclude the event.

Next on the Tee

TCU continues its fall season at the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 21-23 at Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla. The Horned Frogs have participated in the event annually for six straight seasons. TCU notched consecutive second place finishes in the 15-team tournament in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

Two-time All-American Caitlin Macnab won the Schooner in 2022, setting an individual program record for low-54 hole total (200, -10). TCU also set its all-time team records for low round (268, -12) and low-54 hole total (831, -9) that same weekend.

Schedule