2026-27 Men's Golf Roster
Roster

Sam Udovich
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Grove Heights, Minn.
- High School:
- Cretin-Derham Hall HS
2025-26 | FRESHMAN
PING All-Central Region Team… All-Big 12 Conference Second Team… All-Big 12 Tournament Team… Competed in 10 tournaments… Team-leading scoring average of 70.45… -0.71 score vs. par was the fifth best in a season at TCU… Carded 134 birdies which was the ninth most in a season at TCU since the records were first kept in 1997… Average score on Par 4 holes was 3.99, which ranked third best since 1997… Had 19 rounds of par or better including 13 that were sub-70… Was TCU’s top finisher five times including four of the last five tournaments… Had six top 20 finishes including four finishes in the top 10… Was runner-up at the Ka’anapali Classic (10/29/25) with a score of 19-under 197 which was the lowest score in program history… The 19-under tied for the lowest ever vs. par… It included rounds of 65, 64 and 65 with the 7-under 64 tying for the fourth lowest vs. par round at TCU… Also, at the Ka’anapali Classic, totaled 13-under 129 through 36 holes which was the best 36-hole total ever at TCU… Was third at the Mountaineer Invitational (4/14/26) at 8-under 208… Finished tied for fourth at the Big 12 Championship (4/28/26) with a score of 4-under 276 which was the second lowest score at TCU for 72 holes… Tied for 17th at the NCAA Bryan Regional (5/19/26) at 4-under 212… Was TCU’s first freshman since 2012 to be named to the all-conference team and to the all-region team.
Prior to TCU
The 2025 All-Minnesota Boys Golf Player of the Year after winning the state championship by four strokes, leading his team to the team championship… Named Mr. Minnesota Golf in 2025… In 11 events as a senior, won five times and never finished worse than 10th… Finished second at the Discover Puerto Rico Junior Championship in January of 2025… Won consecutive tournaments in August of 2024, the AJGA Junior at Big Sky and the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Sugarloaf… Finished second at the Discover Puerto Rico Junior Championship in February of 2024… Finished third at the 2024 state championship… Finished third at the 2022 state tournament and qualified for the U.S. Amateur… Was the 2022 Minnesota Golf Association Junior Player of the Year… While competing at St. Croix Lutheran, finished fourth at the Class AA championship in 2021 to close out his first varsity season as an eighth grader… At the age of 12, drove the ball 270 yards on his way to winning the 2021 Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Course… As a youth golfer, was coached by Phil Anderson, who is now the general manager and chief operating officer at Hazeltine National.
PING All-Central Region Team… All-Big 12 Conference Second Team… All-Big 12 Tournament Team… Competed in 10 tournaments… Team-leading scoring average of 70.45… -0.71 score vs. par was the fifth best in a season at TCU… Carded 134 birdies which was the ninth most in a season at TCU since the records were first kept in 1997… Average score on Par 4 holes was 3.99, which ranked third best since 1997… Had 19 rounds of par or better including 13 that were sub-70… Was TCU’s top finisher five times including four of the last five tournaments… Had six top 20 finishes including four finishes in the top 10… Was runner-up at the Ka’anapali Classic (10/29/25) with a score of 19-under 197 which was the lowest score in program history… The 19-under tied for the lowest ever vs. par… It included rounds of 65, 64 and 65 with the 7-under 64 tying for the fourth lowest vs. par round at TCU… Also, at the Ka’anapali Classic, totaled 13-under 129 through 36 holes which was the best 36-hole total ever at TCU… Was third at the Mountaineer Invitational (4/14/26) at 8-under 208… Finished tied for fourth at the Big 12 Championship (4/28/26) with a score of 4-under 276 which was the second lowest score at TCU for 72 holes… Tied for 17th at the NCAA Bryan Regional (5/19/26) at 4-under 212… Was TCU’s first freshman since 2012 to be named to the all-conference team and to the all-region team.
Prior to TCU
The 2025 All-Minnesota Boys Golf Player of the Year after winning the state championship by four strokes, leading his team to the team championship… Named Mr. Minnesota Golf in 2025… In 11 events as a senior, won five times and never finished worse than 10th… Finished second at the Discover Puerto Rico Junior Championship in January of 2025… Won consecutive tournaments in August of 2024, the AJGA Junior at Big Sky and the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Sugarloaf… Finished second at the Discover Puerto Rico Junior Championship in February of 2024… Finished third at the 2024 state championship… Finished third at the 2022 state tournament and qualified for the U.S. Amateur… Was the 2022 Minnesota Golf Association Junior Player of the Year… While competing at St. Croix Lutheran, finished fourth at the Class AA championship in 2021 to close out his first varsity season as an eighth grader… At the age of 12, drove the ball 270 yards on his way to winning the 2021 Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Course… As a youth golfer, was coached by Phil Anderson, who is now the general manager and chief operating officer at Hazeltine National.
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