Preview: Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club

FORT WORTH – No. 23 TCU opens the spring portion of the 2024-25 season at the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country, held from Friday-Saturday in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Unique to the college game, teams will play 27 holes of golf each day for a three-round, 54-hole total. Teams re-pair following day one based on results.

TCU will go with a five-player lineup of Gracie McGovern, Meagan Winans, Kirstin Angosta, Sofia Barroso Sá and Camille Min-Gaultier.

The Horned Frogs are participating in the University of Virginia-hosted event for the first time. The tournament also marks the program's first visit to Mexico.

TCU enters its first of six remaining regular season events on the heels of a standout fall. The Horned Frogs notched two team championships, winning the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational and Jim West Challenge. TCU placed fourth-or-better in each of its final four tournaments. At No. 23 in the Scoreboard team rankings, the Frogs are the fourth-highest ranked squad in the Big 12 and are one of just two programs in the conference with five top-200 players.

The Course – Guadalajara Country Club – Par 72 / 6,563 yards
Designed by John Bredemus in 1942, the lush parkland layout at the prestigious Guadalajara Country Club makes up part of an extensive private estate near the city center. It was the home course of former Arizona All-American and LPGA standout Lorena Ochoa, whose family's home overlooked the club house. From 2008 to 2013 Guadalajara Country Club hosted the LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

The Field
#11 Virginia
#12 Florida State
#23 TCU
#25 Houston
#43 SMU
#45 NC State
#52 Washington
#54 Colorado
#62 Georgia
#64 Maryland
#75 Colorado State
#123 Iowa

Tournament Schedule
Players will tee off in nine-minute intervals on hole one at 9 a.m. CT both days. TCU is paired with Colorado and Georgia for the first 27 holes, with tee times running from 11:15-11:51 a.m.

The tournament, which is hosted by Virginia, uses a five-count-four scoring format.

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

Head Coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin

TCU has won 54 all-time team championships, 20 of which have come under the leadership of Angie Ravaioli-Larkin.
Ravaioli-Larkin is in her 31^st season as the head coach of TCU women's golf. A lifelong Texan, she assumed the program helm in the fall of 1994 and is the longest-tenured head coach at TCU and across all Big 12 women's sport programs. Ravaioli-Larkin has become a fixture within the TCU community and the history of its athletics department. She has worked with six athletic directors and coached in five conferences.
Ravaioli-Larkin-led teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 27 of 30 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.
TCU has claimed five conference championships spanning three different leagues under Ravaioli-Larkin.
Ravaioli-Larkin has mentored 37 all-conference players, nine All-Americans and 42 All-American Scholars in her time as head coach.

Team Notes

TCU won two tournaments in the same season for the first time since 2018-19 and third time in the Ravaioli-Larkin era with its pair of titles at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational and Jim West Challenge.
The Horned Frogs have recorded their low round score in the final round in 12 of their last 15 events dating back to the 2023-24 campaign. TCU has finished even or under par in 10 of its last 15 final rounds
The Horned Frogs have notched a combined seven top-10's and 17 top-20's over five tournaments this season.
The Horned Frogs finished a season-best 22-under (842) to win the Jim West Challenge by one stroke over No. 26 Houston. TCU shot a 281 (-7) in rounds one and two and was tied for first entering the final 18 holes.
TCU won its first tournament title in six years with its triumph at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational on Sept. 11 at the PGA Tour Keene Trace Golf Club. The Horned Frogs finished seven-over (871) and won by a 12-stroke margin. TCU played even-par golf over its final 36 holes.
Always a point of emphasis, TCU's birdie game has blossomed in 2024-25. The Frogs' seven-player roster has tallied a combined 246 birdies, good for an average of 49.2 per tournament. TCU birdied 53 holes in its Jim West Challenge championship. TCU bagged a tournament-leading 39 birdies on their way to the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational team title. At the Carmel Cup, TCU carded 29 of its 42 birdies over the final two rounds.
Five players finished 17^th-or-better in TCU's fall season finale at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate on Oct. 28-29 at Ridglea Country Club in Fort Worth.
Excluding its season-opener at the Carmel Cup on Pebble Beach Golf Links, TCU has produced a 285.1 season scoring average (3,136 strokes) over its last four events.
The Horned Frogs finished par-or-better in seven of 14 rounds during the fall portion of the season.
TCU maintained the No. 23 Scoreboard team ranking for the final three weeks of the fall.

TCU Lineup

Gracie McGovern

Tied for 10^th (+1, 214) at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate for her first career top-10. She led the 60-player field in par-3 scoring (2.91, -1) and shot a two-under 69 in the final round.
Achieved a career-best Scoreboard ranking of No. 192 following the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate.
She produced TCU's best score over rounds two and three in the Carmel Cup. She shot a four-over 148 over the final 36 holes on her way to a tie for 20^th at Pebble Beach.
Has turned in a countable score in 8-of-11 possible rounds.
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.

Meagan Winans

Ranks second on the squad in birdies (47).
Achieved a career-best Scoreboard individual ranking of No. 94 on Oct. 23.
Boasts a 73.1 season scoring average.
Turned in three top-15 finishes and 10 counters in the fall.
Notched her first collegiate top-10 at the Carmel Cup, tying for ninth (3-over 219). Placed second out of 18 competitors from the Big 12 Conference.
Last season, she led TCU in pars (348) and was third on the squad in birdies (72).
Has tallied 11 rounds of par-or-better as a Horned Frog.
Will make her 15^h consecutive start for TCU at Guadalajara Country Club. She has competed in every tournament since transferring to Fort Worth from Oklahoma in 2023.

Kirstin Angosta

Leads TCU in 2024-25 scoring average (71.9), sub-70 rounds (four), top-10s (two), low-18 (66) and low-54 (206).
Tied for the team lead in par-or-better rounds (nine) and top-20's (four).
Ranked 70^th in the Scoreboard individual rankings; holds a career-high ranking of 57^th.
Won the Jim West Challenge with a 10-under 206. She became TCU's first medalist in two seasons. The sophomore birdied three of her four final holes to win the tournament by one stroke and ahead of six players who finished nine-under.
Tabbed Big 12 Golfer of the Month for October of 2024.
Placed a solo second in TCU's championship run at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational, shooting a three-under 213.
Tallied a team-leading 55 birdies during the spring portion of the 2023-24 season.
Angosta has posted seven top-30 finishes in 11 career starts.
Will tee it up for TCU for the 12^th straight event at Guadalajara Country Club.

Sofia Barroso Sá

Leads TCU in birdies (49) and is tied for the team lead in top-20s (four), par-or-better rounds (nine) and counters (13) this season.
Presently ranked 112^th; achieved a career-best Scoreboard ranking of No. 85 on Oct. 23.
Tied for fourth in program history in career par-or-better rounds (33).
Has notched 10 sub-70 rounds, the fifth-most all-time by any Horned Frog.
On pace to become TCU's all-time career birdies leader; has tallied 223 over two-and-a-half seasons.
Has turned in a countable score in 76-of-78 (.974) of her career rounds played.
Was an individual qualifier for NCAA Regionals last season. She has twice competed in the NCAA Tournament and was the only TCU player to advance to individual play at the NCAA Championships in 2022-23.
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.

Camille-Min Gaultier

Currently 126^th in the Scoreboard individual rankings.
Tied for the team-lead in counters (13).
Holds a 72.6 season scoring average.
Has placed in the top-25 in all five of her starts this season.
Tied for second at the Jim West Challenge (-9, 207).
Topped TCU's individual leaderboard at the Schooner Fall Classic, tying for 11^th (-2, 138).
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.

Up Next
TCU returns to action on Feb. 24-25 at The Chevron Collegiate at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. Kirstin Angosta tied for sixth at the event in 2024 in her second collegiate start, carding a nine-under 207.

Schedule