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TCU Golf 2021-2022

JogginFrog

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Laussot birdies 3 of his last 4 holes to get to -3. Makes a 4-for-2 playoff to go to nationals (with Alabama's Claycomb, Oregon State's Berry and SMU's Noah Goodwin).

Edit: Laussot's 69 was the best score of the day (with individual champ Joe Highsmith). SMU's Goodwin looked likely to be the individual medalist--had it to -8 on the front nine. But he frittered away some shots and then made double at the last to fall into the playoff.

Edit 2: TCU Twitter says it's a 4-for-1 playoff; I thought 2 individuals advanced from each region, but maybe it's just one.
 
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JogginFrog

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Now it's down to 2-for-1; Laussot battling Goodwin for a spot at nationals after Claycomb and Berry eliminated.
 
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Laussot birdies 3 of his last 4 holes to get to -3. Makes a 4-for-2 playoff to go to nationals (with Alabama's Claycomb, Oregon State's Berry and SMU's Noah Goodwin).

Edit: Laussot's 69 was the best score of the day (with individual champ Joe Highsmith). SMU's Goodwin looked likely to be the individual medalist--had it to -8 on the front nine. But he frittered away some shots and then made double at the last to fall into the playoff.

Edit 2: TCU Twitter says it's a 4-for-1 playoff; I thought 2 individuals advanced from each region, but maybe it's just one.
GolfStat says it for one spot.
 

JogginFrog

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Now Golfstat says it's Goodwin vs. Berry for the spot.

Edit: TCU Twitter confirms Laussot eliminated on the first playoff hole with a bogey. Was a massive comeback from 6 back on the final 9 to get into extra holes.
 
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JogginFrog

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Have you looked at the routing of that course at the Traditions? It's a disaster.
On review, the Blue Golf routing doesn't match the scorecard, so I have no idea how the course is routed.
Edit: Maybe they play what shows on Blue Golf as #8 as #1 and then route past the clubhouse between 2 & 3? That seems to work, but leaves a massive hike from the clubhouse to the first tee.
 

JogginFrog

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TCU women open play at nationals tomorrow at the Fazio-designed Raptor Course at Grayhawk in Scottsdale. The stroke play portion is 72 holes with a cut to 15 teams and 9 additional individuals after 54 holes. Match play follows for the top eight teams.

Frogs are sticking with their lineup from the last three tournaments: Iqbal, Macnab, Lau, King and Pacheco. First player will be off at 7:25a local time tomorrow; forecast says the highs will be 97/93/97/98 Friday-Monday. TCU projects as the 21st-best team in the 24-team field, so making the 54-hole cut would be exceeding expectations.

Individually, Caitlyn Macnab and Sabrina Iqbal are both ranked among the top 50 players and either or both could contend for individual medalist. Last year at Grayhawk, -8 was the winning score.

The sidebar is the intra-squad battle between Iqbal and Macnab for the TCU single-season scoring record. Macnab leads Iqbal by 9 shots for the season.

Follow scoring here: https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=24975
 

JogginFrog

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Caitlyn Macnab was also named one of six finalists for the Women's Golf Coaches Association Freshman of the Year. She is the fifth-ranked freshman in Golfstat. The award will almost certainly go to top-ranked Rose Zhang of Stanford, but the nomination is a well-earned accolade for Caitlyn, who is ranked 23rd among all D1 players.
 

JogginFrog

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TCU women are doing well as they make the turn during round 1 at nationals. They currently top the leaderboard for the first wave of teams (which is comprised of the 12 lower-ranked teams). Macnab is T3 at -2. With one player at +10 however, only four cards are in play, so no margin for error.
 

JogginFrog

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Frogs lost a lot of ground on the second nine and finished at +12. They had been up by 8 and 9 shots on playing partners Michigan and Georgia, but finished 1 and 3 shots ahead. Won the pairing, though, and Sabrina Iqbal is in the top 10 with a 1-under 71.
 

JogginFrog

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TCU women are in 11th after completion of Round 1 at Grayhawk. Looked like it could be a special round when they were Even at the turn, but it's still a good result to be in the top half of the field and just 5 shots out of 3rd. Sabrina Iqbal is T3 in a field with more than 70 of the top 100 college players. And she closed the gap on the scoring record to 3 shots.
 

JogginFrog

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TCU women are in 13th place after 36 holes in Scottsdale. They shot 301 today (1 shot higher than yesterday) and are in the thick of things: Frogs are currently 2 shots inside of the top-15, which is the 54-hole cut-off; and 9 shots back of 8th place, which represents the group that advances to match play after 72 holes.

Today's star for the Frogs was Lois Lau, who shot 73. Lois has played some of her best golf in Arizona. Sabrina Iqbal is the highest-placed individual; she is T29. She is 5 shots back of Caitlyn Macnab in the battle for the TCU single-season scoring record.

It has been a weird tournament, in part because desert golf yields some blow-ups, and especially because the weather pattern has favored the lower-seeded teams playing in the early/late wave. As a result, there are 6 top-10 teams that sit behind the Frogs. Amazing to see TCU ahead of South Carolina, Wake Forest, Oklahoma State (which is 5-0 against the Frogs outside of Tarrant County) and San Jose State (which beat TCU by 20+ shots both times they've teed it up together).

At the same time, the Frogs are looking up at Purdue, Texas A&M and Georgia--all teams TCU has beaten this season. And since the whole field is within 11 shots of 15th place, tomorrow is likely to be crazy. The good thing is that the Frogs can focus on chasing the top 8 and perhaps not worry about the talented teams chasing them. They'll be paired tomorrow with two top-10 teams, UVa and San Jose State. (SJSU assistant Kortnie Maxoutopoulis Barrett will get to walk with her alma mater.)
 

JogginFrog

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It's been a tough day for the TCU women. They have 4-7 holes left and will need to pull back at least 4 shots to have a chance to make the 54-hole cut.

Edit: Frogs miss the third-round cut by 9 shots and finish in 21st place. Macnab sets the new season scoring record for the Frogs; she also had an eagle today to set the season record for eagles with 7.
 
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JogginFrog

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Don't look now, but the only player with a realistic chance to catch #1 world am Rose Zhang for the NCAA individual title is former Frog Jennie Park. Park began the day down 10 shots but has closed to within 3 with 8 holes to play.

When Park transferred, and I saw that A&M had also poached C-USA player of the year Zoe Slaughter (Houston) and UT All-American Hailee Cooper, I posted that I wasn't sure if Park would be able to crack the lineup in College Station, based on her spotty second year at TCU. I was way wrong.

I wasn't a fan of coach Gerrod Chadwell's recruiting approach, but the guy can coach. He's about to take a team that missed the NCAA tournament last year and qualify for match play as one of the top 3 seeds.

Edit: Jennie Park finishes T3 at nationals. She shares the podium with the players nationally ranked #1 (Zhang, winner), #4 (Oon, 2nd) and #3 (Lindblad, T3). Park was ranked 83rd going in. A&M gets the 3rd seed for match play.
 
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