2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
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Gracie McGovern
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Scottsdale Christian Academy
- Hometown:
- Scottsdale, Ariz.
CAREER ACCOLADES
- 2025 Schooner Fall Classic Champion
- 2026 Academic All-Big 12 Team
- 2025 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Low-54: 2nd (201, -9)
- Low-36: T4th (135, -5)
- Season par-3 scoring: 5th (3.05)
- Career sub-70's: 10th (six)
- Career coring average: 11th (74.1)
Competed and made the lineup in 10-of-12 events ... Ranked third on the squad in scoring average (73.8), birdies (77), counters (25) and par-or-better rounds (eight) ... Posted a 71.2 scoring average across four fall events ... Improved her season scoring average from her freshman campaign by seven tenths of a stroke ... Averaged a PGA Tour-level 3.05 strokes on par-3's,which stands as the fifth-best mark in program history heading into the 2026-27 campaign ... Became TCU's 24th individual tournament champion at the Schooner Fall Classic ... Co-medaled, shooting a nine-under 201 at Belmar Golf Club ... Second-lowest 54-hole score ever recorded by a TCU golfer in any tournament and by any player in Schooner Fall Classic history ... Shattered her previous collegiate low-54 by 13 strokes ... Finished four strokes under par in rounds two and three ... Notched collegiate personal records for low round, low round vs. par, low-36 (135), low-36 vs. par (-5), low tournament total and low-54 vs. par ... Her low-36 hole score (-5, 135) stands as the fourth-best mark in program history ... Closed out the fall season with three straight top-20's beginning with her performance in Norman ... Tied for 15th at even-par (213) at the Mercedez-Benz Intercollegiate ... Placed T18 at the Jim West Challenge ... Finished one stroke under par ... Scored par or better in seven of her final nine rounds played in the fall ... Best individual finish and round of the spring came on the final day of the Huntington Bank Collegiate ... Signed for a one-under 71 at Trinity Forest Golf Club to tie for 34th ... Achieved a career-high Scoreboard ranking of No. 98 following her win in Oklahoma ... Ranks 11th among all TCU letter winners for career scoring average (74.1) entering her junior year ... Received Academic All-Big 12 Team recognition.
2024-25 | Freshman
Teed it up in all 12 of TCU's tournaments, starting 11 ... Notched four top-20's over her first six events ... Had seven par-or-better rounds for the year ... Carded 79 season birdies ... Finished with a season scoring average of 74.5 ... Tied for 10th in TCU's fall finale at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 28 ... Shot a one-over 214 at Ridglea Country Club ... Carded a two-under 69 over the final 18 holes for her first collegiate sub-70 ... Set collegiate low-18 and low-54 hole personal records at the tournament ... Also posted top-20's at the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club (T11, +2), Schooner Fall Classic (T19, E) and Carmel Cup (T20, +12) ... Member of TCU's starting lineup in all three of its team championships at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational, Jim West Challenge and Chevron Collegiate ... Turned in eight counters and four rounds of par or better during the fall portion of the season ... Gave TCU a counting score of three-under 69 in the second round of its title-winning performance in the Chevron Collegiate at the Golf Club of Houston ... Was TCU's top performer over the final 36 holes of the Carmel Cup, posting an aggregate score of four-over 148 ... Tied for 25th at the Big 12 Championship ... Capped her first year in Fort Worth with a T30 (+4, 220) at the NCAA Lexington Regional ... Shot a one-under 71 in round two ... Achieved a career-high Scoreboard ranking of No. 162 following her performance at the Collegiate Invitational at GCC.
High School
Was the world No. 9 junior amateur golfer in 2023 … Lettered all four years at Scottsdale Christian Academy … Competed in the Arizona Interscholastic Association co-ed division … Became the first female to win the AIA D-III State Championship in 16 years in 2023 … Placed second at the 2024 Women’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship … Qualified for Team USA in the 2023 Jr. Solheim Cup … Ranked as high as seventh in the 2023 Rolex Junior Rankings … Awarded AJGA Rolex 1st Team All American honors in 2023 … Also played in the LPGA Liberty National Tournament that same year … Was paired with Charley Hull and Leona Maguire in her final round … 2023 NB3 National Champion … Won the 2023 Nota Bega Championship … First qualified for national tournaments at age-15 … Teed it up at the 2021 Women’s Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay in Tacoma, Wash. … Tied for fifth at the 2022 IMG Junior Worlds at Torrey Pines … Qualified for the NB3 National Championships all four years … Was a two-time world champion when she was nine years old … Signed with TCU over fellow finalists Arizona and Pepperdine … Says she was drawn to TCU because of the institution’s comprehensive academic curriculum, proximity to home, weather, team culture and home courses.
Personal
Is a 2024 graduate of Scottsdale Christian Academy … Daughter of Sean McGovern … Began playing golf when she was four years old … Her father has been her coach and caddie since she first entered tournaments at the age of six … Sometimes spent as many as seven hours per day on the course as she grew up … Honed her skills in a fun, competitive environment … Received rewards such as gummy worms for a made putt or Beanie Babies for a successful round … Hit golf balls with Rickie Fowler during his Puma launch party … Lists poke bowls and Mexican as her favorite foods … Her favorite golfers are Charley Hull, Leona Maguire, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy and Dylan Wu.
Sunday, May 17
Friday, March 27
Thursday, February 19
Sunday, May 11
