Preview: Inverness Intercollegiate

FORT WORTH – TCU is taking on its second PGA Tour level course in as many tournaments.

The Horned Frogs continue their fall season with a jaunt to the Midwest for the Inverness Intercollegiate, held from Monday-Tuesday at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. The storied course has hosted four men's U.S. Open Championships and two PGA Tour Championships.

TCU, tabbed No. 24 in the Golfweek preseason rankings, is competing at the event for the first time ever.

The Frogs will go with a lineup of Camille Min-Gaultier, Sofia Barroso Sá, Sofie Dimitrova, Yvette O'Brien and Kirstin Angosta.

Four members of the quintet teed it up in TCU's season-opener, the Carmel Cup, on Aug. 29-31 at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Min-Gaultier was the Horned Frogs' top-performer, as the 2025 All-American tied for eighth at even-par. Dimitrova is making her season debut.

TCU is one of four preseason top-30 squads featured in the 12-team tournament field alongside No. 12 Florida, No. 15 Ohio State and No. 29 NC State.

Inverness Intercollegiate
Dates: Sept. 15-16
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Course: Inverness Club
Par/Yardage: 72/6,320 yards
Schedule: 54 holes of stroke play (36 holes of continuous play on Monday, followed by a final 18 holes on Tuesday)
Scoring format: Five-count-four
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.Clipped.com

The Course – Inverness Intercollegiate
The Inverness Club was founded in 1903 and is steeped in history. Before 1937, no country club west of the 13 original colonies had hosted multiple U.S. Open Championships. The Inverness club has also hosted NCAA D1 Men's National Championships along with the 2021 Solheim Cup. The course will serve as the site of the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. The Inverness Club was ranked No. 41 in Golf Digest's 2024-25 Top 100 Golf Courses in the United States.

The Field (Golfweek/WGCA Coaches' Poll preseason ranking)
#12/13 Florida
#15/15 Ohio State
#24/25 TCU
#29 NC State
Coastal Carolina
Florida Gulf Coast
Illinois State
Middle Tennessee
Notre Dame
Princeton
South Alabama
Toledo

Head Coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin

TCU has won 21 of its 55 all-time team titles under the leadership of Ravaioli-Larkin, including three in 2024-25.
Ravaioli-Larkin is entering her 32^nd 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 is a fixture within the TCU community and its athletics department. She has worked with six different athletic directors and coached in five conferences.
Ravaioli-Larkin-led teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 28 of 31 seasons.
TCU has reached the NCAA National Championships nine times under Ravaioli-Larkin, most recently earning back-to-back berths in 2022 and 2023.
The Horned Frogs have achieved postseason representation as a team or individually in 23 consecutive seasons under Ravaioli-Larkin.
TCU has won five conference championships spanning three different leagues under its longtime head coach.
Last spring, Min-Gaultier became the ninth All-American and 38^th all-conference player Ravaioli-Larkin has coached.
Ravaioli-Larkin's teams have produced the top-10 team season scoring averages in program history over the last decade, highlighted by a school record 289 in 2024-25.

Team Notes

The Horned Frogs are the third highest-ranked Big 12 team in the Golfweek preseason rankings, behind only No. 5 Arizona State and No. 20 Oklahoma State.
TCU returns six letter winners and four members of its starting five from 2024-25, including three players who cracked the top-100 of the final Scoreboard rankings Min-Gaultier (No. 51), Barroso Sá (No. 75) and Angosta (No. 100).
TCU is home to two players featuring in the top-150 of the latest World Amateur Golf rankings in No. 67 Min-Gaultier (No. 67) and Barroso Sá (No. 138).
The Horned Frogs pride themselves on culture and continuity, and those values are reflected in the team's recent roster construction. No players have transferred in or out of the program in each of the past two seasons.
TCU's roster has combined for two medals, 20 top-10's 38 36 top-20's ahead of the Inverness Intercollegiate.
Dating back to 2024, TCU has placed outside the top-five of the final leaderboard in just three of 13 t
TCU has recorded its low round score in the final round in 15 of its last 23 events dating back to the 2023-24 campaign. TCU has finished even or under par in 12 of its last 22 final rounds in that span.
TCU broke 17 team or individual program records in 2024-25, including scoring average (289), birdies (533), par-or-better rounds (15), top-five finishes (nine), low-36 (557, -19), low-54 (830, -34) and year-end national ranking (No. 15).
TCU averaged 44.4 birdies per tournament last season.
The Horned Frogs sat one stroke back of second place after 36 holes at the Carmel Cup in its season-opener. TCU carded a five-over 365, which was the second-lowest score of any team on day two of play at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
TCU won the 1983 NCAA D1 Women's Golf Championship. The tournament was held at the University of Georgia Golf Course and was the second NCAA-sanctioned event to determine a national champion. The 1983 Horned Frogs squad was the first TCU women's sports team to win an NCAA Championship. The triumph is one of eight NCAA team championships in TCU Athletics history and one of five women's titles.
The Horned Frogs have reached the NCAA Championships in 14 seasons: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022 and 2023.

TCU Lineup

Camille Min-Gaultier

Is playing the No. 1 in TCU's lineup for the fourth time in her career.
Named a WGCA All-American in 2024-25, becoming one of three freshmen in program history to receive All-American accolades.
2025 Big 12 Freshman of the Year; one of six players to receive a conference freshman of the year accolade for TCU.
Has finished no worse than 25^th in any tournament for TCU.
Led TCU in scoring average (72.2), sub-70's (10) and counters (32) in 2024-25.
Already owns the fifth-most sub-70 rounds in program history.
Has scored par-or-better in exactly 50 percent (19-38) of her career rounds played.
Has finished as the individual runner-up in three tournaments.
Notched her fourth career top-10 at the Carmel Cup.
Was one of eight amateur player selected to compete for the 2025 Continent of Europe Vagliano Trophy Team by the European Golf Association.
Reached the third round of match play at the British Women's Amateur Championship in June.

Sofia Barroso Sá

Two-time NCAA National Championships individual qualifier (2023, 2025).
Has twice been named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2023, 2025).
Achieved a career-high Scoreboard ranking of No. 68 in April.
Ranks second in program history in career scoring average (72.7).
Has tallied the fourth-most career birdies (313) of any TCU player and is 77 shy of becoming the program record holder. She will pass 2020 Olympian Sanna Nuutinen ('14) for third all-time should she card nine-or-more at the Inverness Intercollegiate.
Will make her 38^th career start as a Frog in Toledo; has made TCU's lineup in every tournament throughout her collegiate tenure.
Tallied a team-leading 118 birdies in 2024-25, which are the second-most ever recorded in a season by a Horned Frog.
Has cracked the top-20 in 18-of-37 (.486) career events, including three straight in team-sponsored tournaments
Won the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title as a freshman in 2022-23. She is the only first-year Frog to win a tournament in the last seven seasons dating back to 2018.

Sofie Dimitrova

Is teeing it up for the 13^th time as a Horned Frog and 10^th as a member of the starting lineup.
Notched her first career top-10 at the 2024 Jim West Invitational, shooting a six-under 210.
Was TCU's top performer at the 2024 Big 12 Championship her freshman year. Collected a team-leading 10 birdies and tied for 26^th.
Won the Czech International Mid-Amateur Championship in July.
Closed out her summer with three top-10's in her final four starts.

Yvette O'Brien

Fired a one-under 71 on Aug. 30 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in the second round of the Carmel Cup; was the second-lowest 18-hole score of any TCU player at the tournament and signified an eight-stroke improvement from round one.
Was ranked as high as No. 44 in the Global Junior Golf rankings.
Earned an exemption into the U.S. Women's Amateur after winning the Connecticut Women's Amateur Championship.
Medaled three times as a high school junior.

Kirstin Angosta

Sat tied for fifth after 36 holes at the Carmel Cup; shot one-under 143 over the first two rounds.
Was one of only four players in the Carmel Cup field to score par or better in rounds one and two.
Won the 2024 Jim West Challenge with a 54-holee score a 10-under 206
Averaged a team-leading 8.3 birdies per tournament during the 2024-25 regular season.
Has five career top-10's to her name, including four in 2024-25.
Scored par-or-better in nearly half of her rounds played (16-of-35) last year.
Capped her sophomore year with a 72.9 season scoring average.

Up Next
The Inverness Invitational is the first of three tournaments TCU will play over the next four weeks. The Horned Frogs hit the road for Norman, Okla., following their return home for the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 20-22. TCU has competed in the event annually over the last seven seasons and placed fourth in 2024. The stroke play affair takes place at Belmar Golf Club, which was founded and owned by late country music star Toby Keith. Proceeds from the Schooner Fall Classic benefit the Toby Keith Foundation, which supports children battling cancer.

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