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gohornedfrogs

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Big 12 has won 7 of the last 25 national championships. SEC has also won 7 of the last 25. However, with UT and OU leaving for the SEC, there's going to be a big shift. This is not news, but it's sad to see yet another era end. Scheiss OU and UT. OSU will have to carry the banner, but there are very strong programs in Arizona and Arizona State coming in. Maybe UH can return to their glory days. Great opportunity for TCU and our new coach. Little bit of a rough start, but Montigel's first few years were a disaster. Alcorn seems like the kind of guy who can get it done.
 
JogginFrog

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gohornedfrogs said:
Big 12 has won 7 of the last 25 national championships. SEC has also won 7 of the last 25. However, with UT and OU leaving for the SEC, there's going to be a big shift. This is not news, but it's sad to see yet another era end. Scheiss OU and UT. OSU will have to carry the banner, but there are very strong programs in Arizona and Arizona State coming in. Maybe UH can return to their glory days. Great opportunity for TCU and our new coach. Little bit of a rough start, but Montigel's first few years were a disaster. Alcorn seems like the kind of guy who can get it done.
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Not that every school hosts tournaments (or does so locally), but between Florida, Ohio/WV, Texas, Arizona and UT/CO, the new Big XII offers an amazing array of course and grass types.

Team results this year were rough, but Alcorn will soon have a new facility to show off, can say he coached a player who earned pro status direct-from-college via PGA Tour University, and can point to Wilt as a player who developed meaningfully in the program. Some things to build on.
 
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JogginFrog said:
Not that every school hosts tournaments (or does so locally), but between Florida, Ohio/WV, Texas, Arizona and UT/CO, the new Big XII offers an amazing array of course and grass types.

Team results this year were rough, but Alcorn will soon have a new facility to show off, can say he coached a player who earned pro status direct-from-college via PGA Tour University, and can point to Wilt as a player who developed meaningfully in the program. Some things to build on.
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BA will be fine. The 24 recruiting class is ok but not great and he will need to try to grab a sr or two in the portal. The 25 class which is really his first class is really good. They have done a good job the ship will turn when that group gets on campus.
 
JogginFrog

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First Tee Frog said:
BA will be fine. The 24 recruiting class is ok but not great and he will need to try to grab a sr or two in the portal. The 25 class which is really his first class is really good. They have done a good job the ship will turn when that group gets on campus.
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@First Tee Frog, would love to hear your thoughts on how the staff is working to develop players, and any progress reports on the new practice facility.
 
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JogginFrog said:
@First Tee Frog, would love to hear your thoughts on how the staff is working to develop players, and any progress reports on the new practice facility.
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I honestly haven’t talked with either coach much this year. Occasionally see them but not a ton. I did talk to Gus the other day and he said essentially the guys are working hard, just young, inexperienced,and very raw. Said the overall feel around the program is very positive and guys are fully onboard. Like I said though. It’s gonna be the 25 class that turns this thing around so patience is needed.
 
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Is it bad when you finish in last place as a team…by a lot…and have the individual champion? Dial and beauchamp work with the same instructor. Might be time to rethink that relationship. Yeesh
 
JogginFrog

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First Tee Frog said:
Is it bad when you finish in last place as a team…by a lot…and have the individual champion? Dial and beauchamp work with the same instructor. Might be time to rethink that relationship. Yeesh
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When I see multiple scores in the 80s, I also wonder about strategy. HC Allcorn came from OU, where the philosophy, as I understand it, is hyper-aggressive. But I think that requires a certain caliber of player to pull off. And I rarely see hyper-aggression on the Tour--much the opposite. I wonder how much these guys benefit from trying to send 330-yard bombs through narrow windows. Sure, they can pull it off, but the cost of missing really adds up.

But I'll hand it to Whispering Pines--that course does a nice job separating the best from the rest.
 
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Angela Stanford is getting some press this week as her long streak of major appearances looks likely to end with the upcoming U.S. Women's Open.
golfweek.usatoday.com

Angela Stanford's major streak might end at 98 after she failed to qualify for U.S. Women's Open, USGA denies special exemption

Time is running out.
golfweek.usatoday.com golfweek.usatoday.com

Last week, Angela competed in The Chevron Championship, her 98th straight major dating back to 2002. (She missed the cut by one shot.) This week, she played in a U.S. Women's Open qualifier in California and did not qualify. She also got news that the Open would not grant her an exemption. That means she has to win an LPGA event in the next month to keep the streak alive. Not expecting to do so, Angela posted online that she expects to retire after this season.

She had been working to play in 100 straight majors. No woman had done so; the only man to do it was Jack Nicklaus (146 straight). Adam Scott is at 90.

One TCU grad who did qualify this month for the U.S. Women's Open is Sabrina Iqbal, who finished second in a 72-player field in another California qualifier.
ncga.bluegolf.com

2024 US Women's Open Qualifying

Two 18-hole rounds of individual stroke play. The low individual scores will advance to the U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
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JogginFrog said:
When I see multiple scores in the 80s, I also wonder about strategy. HC Allcorn came from OU, where the philosophy, as I understand it, is hyper-aggressive. But I think that requires a certain caliber of player to pull off. And I rarely see hyper-aggression on the Tour--much the opposite. I wonder how much these guys benefit from trying to send 330-yard bombs through narrow windows. Sure, they can pull it off, but the cost of missing really adds up.

But I'll hand it to Whispering Pines--that course does a nice job separating the best from the rest.
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I don’t know much about the style of play but I can tell you what all the analytics say and what you are seeing on tour nowadays is super aggressive off the tee and very conservative targets into greens. Driver is almost always the correct play even on a tight golf course.
 
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Paul Barjon is about to notch his first top-10 finish on Tour in the Zurich Classic, teaming up with former Oklahoma State player Sam Stevens. The pair moved up almost 30 places today with a bogey-free final-round 64 in alternate-shot format. Still a few teams on the course, but they are currently T5 and they look likely to finish at least that high and split a payout of about $200,000. One highlight from early in the week is below. Congrats to Paul!

Update: Barjon & Stevens finish in a 4-way tie for fourth. They split ~234K.
https://www.pgatour.com/video/compe...n-rolls-in-long-birdie-putt-at-zurich-classic
 
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JogginFrog

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Gustav Frimodt gets the expected at-large individual bid to play in the NCAA regional at UT Golf Club in Austin, May 13-15. He would need to be the top finisher outside of players on advancing teams to qualify for nationals.

The last time TCU played regionals in Austin, Frimodt did not make the playing squad. He's only played once collegiately at the UT course, in March 2021, and it was...the worst finish of his college career (81-73-82, T71 out of 75).

I think he'll be in a much better place to compete well this time around. It will be his 18th counting event for PGA Tour University standings. His co-medalist finish at the Big XII Championship moved him up 4 spots, to 7th--which would earn him status on the Korn Ferry Tour--a big bump up from PGA Tour Americas.

Good luck to Gustav!
 
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69 is what it took at Firewheel yesterday to advance through local U.S. Open qualifying. Andrew Petruzzelli wasn't far off the mark with 72; James Hart du Preez had 73. Ethan Dial WD'd.

Additional opportunities are upcoming in Carrollton (5/6), Horseshoe Bay (5/6), and Amarillo (5/8).

On the women's side at Rockwall, a pair of 68s were needed to advance; Lois Lau shot the morning 68 but ran into trouble in the afternoon.
 

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