TCU women see their first action of the spring semester today in Arizona.
A while back, I mentioned that if the Frogs could bring in a transfer at semester break, it could be a difference maker given the team's 1-3 strength. They didn't add a transfer, but they did get an early enrollee in Aussie Sheridan Clancy, who will make her TCU debut today. She recently finished
second in an amateur tournament outside of Melbourne, although she was 20 shots back of the winner. But it must mean something that she broke into the lineup out of the gate.
It's a bit of a strange event, with just six teams at Superstition Mountain's
Prospector Course, but it includes some quality competition in top-25 squads Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA, the latter two of which are paired with the Frogs. Also Baylor. Might be room in the itinerary for a side trip to NCAA host Grayhawk.
Today's lineup is Macnab, Sa, Lau, King & Clancy, with Nguyen competing as an individual. TCU may be the only team playing athletes from 5 continents (counting Nguyen's Vietnam affiliation). Scoring here:
https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=25698
Update: Frogs weren't ready today. On a setup where two-thirds of the field shot par or better, TCU ran to the bottom of the leaderboard as quickly as possible. They were 17 down to playing partner UCLA after 6 holes. They finished 9 shots worse than the next-to-last team, and would have been finished in the bottom half of the field even if given 2 shots a side for every player. At least Caitlyn Macnab shot 70 (T11). New day tomorrow.
Update 2: I guess it's not a "new day tomorrow"--just a single-day match. Lesson learned, I guess. Be ready to play.
