TCU Golf 2025-2026

[JogginFrog]

TCU men and women have both posted their schedules for 2025-2026, so it's time for a new thread. Both squads kick off their fall slates with a trip to California for Fin Ewing's Carmel Cup. It's a premier event with unusual 6-count-5 scoring that tests depth (and lets coaches give more players early action). The women will be playing Pebble Beach; the men get Spyglass Hill.

Both squads then make a trip to Ohio (men in Cincy, women in Toledo) before playing closer to home. Colonial will again host a men's tournament in the fall (Sept. 28-30) and a women's event in the spring (March 23-24). Both teams make an international trip in the early spring--men to Puerto Rico, women to Mexico (Guadalajara).

Of note:
No more Big 12 Match Play--with UT and OU gone, I guess fewer programs consider it realistic to make a run to the final 8.
The women, who used to go everywhere, play outside of Texas only once after Oct. 7. No visit to Arizona this year.
In addition to Pebble, the women get to play Inverness and Trinity Forest; the men get to see Prairie Dunes and Hanse's restoration of Lake Merced.

 

[JogginFrog]

Filippo Celli with the round of the tournament today at the Dutch Futures. His 7-birdie, 1-eagle 62 was three shots better than the next-best round, vaulting him from near the cut line into the outright lead.

Leaderboard - The Dutch Futures 2025 - HotelPlanner Tour

Filippo Celli birdied three of his final four holes to seal a maiden HotelPlanner Tour title at The Dutch Futures. ,

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[JogginFrog]

JJ Killeen hosting the TCU men out at Sugar Tree this week. Three things about that:
1. Sugar Tree was my favorite track to play when I lived in Fort Worth. Interesting layout, fun to play, scoreable. Maybe too many short fours, and they lost the par 5 by the Brazos to flooding every few years, but still worth an hour's drive. Not sure how it's held up the last three decades, but social feed makes it look like JJ has it in shape and is keeping it fun.
2. Sugar Tree hosted a recent BustaJack social media video, where the hosts cut a new hole for every shot until they made a hole-in-one. I think it was an alternate green--didn't recognize the hole.
3. Looks like Sugar Tree will be hosting the '26 Club tournament on Oct. 3 to benefit TCU men's golf.

 

[JogginFrog]

Winner! Filippo Celli torches the front nine to extend his lead to 3, blows it all and goes down a shot to Tech's Hurly Long, then birdies 3 of the last 4 to win by 2!


That is Celli's first victory on the Challenge circuit (and his 4th top-5 finish in his last 6 starts). Celli is now 3rd in that tour's standings. Meanwhile, Stefano Mazzoli posts a final-round 66 for a backdoor top 10 and moves up 3 spots in the standings to 17th, giving him a little cushion in his push to earn promotion to the DP World Tour.

 

[JogginFrog]

Men's lineup for the Carmel Cup is out:
1. Wylie
2. H. Wilt
3. T. Wilt
4. Nathan Miller (freshman, Trinity Christian, Dallas)
5. Beauchamp
6. Lewis Wright (senior, LIU transfer, England)

Women's lineup too:
1. Barroso Sá
2. Min-Gaultier
3. McGovern
4. Angosta
5. Yvette O'Brien (freshman, Greenwich, Connecticut)
6. Cattaneo

 

[JogginFrog]

Perhaps the most positive trend of TCU men's golf under Bill Allcorn is that they come out of the gates ready to play. Two years ago the Frogs took second in the season-opening Valero Texas Collegiate, beating Oklahoma, LSU, Virginia and Georgia. Last season, in the opener at Sahalee, the Frogs beat top-12 teams North Carolina and A&M, and were within 5 shots of #2 Arizona State, which buoyed the Frogs' ranking all year.

So, maybe it shouldn't be a surprise to see TCU in second after one round of the Carmel Cup, looking down at defending national champ and pre-season #1 Oklahoma State, as well as #9 Oklahoma and #19 Tech.

The Frogs are one of two teams that finished under par in round 1. They were led by Toby Wilt, who is T2 at -3, and newcomer Nathan Miller, who shot 2 under at Spyglass Hill in his collegiate debut.

TCU is in the late wave today after playing early yesterday.

Down the road at Pebble Beach, Camille Min-Gaultier is a shot back of first at -2, and Kirstin Angosta is T7 at -1. TCU is tied for 5th after round 1, and a lot closer to last than first. The six-count-five format isn't great for a team that only has seven players on the roster. But with four returnees and a promising freshman, the Frogs should be fine if they stay healthy.

 

[JogginFrog]

A little reversion to the mean in Round 2 of the Carmel Cup. The TCU men drop to 5th, with the Wilt brothers at T14 being the best-placed individuals. TCU women rise to 3rd behind a 71 from newcomer Yvette O'Brien. Min-Gaultier and Angosta are both T5 individually, trailing only 3 top-50 amateurs and a player who won a pro event this summer (Canadian Women's PGA).

Team-wise, both sides of the event have lacked drama. The Vanderbilt men posted the low score both days at Spyglass and lead by 13; Texas A&M women did the same at Pebble and are up 24.

 

[JogginFrog]

TCU men finish T5 in Carmel; not a bad result; Wilt brothers both finished T15.

TCU women learned not to let a card get away because someone else might post two late doubles and wind up counting an 80. They drop from 3rd to last. Silver linings: Min-Gaultier with another top-10 individual finish; Charlotte Cattaneo posts a 74, her best round since her freshman year.

 

[JogginFrog]

Jacob Skov Olesen is T6 going into the final round of the Irish Open (David Ravetto T27).

At the Euro Challenge Tour's stop in Poland, Stefano Mazzoli is T2.

Update: Olesen finished T8; Mazzoli faded out of the top 10.

 

[JogginFrog]

Wow--Hayden Springer gets the full TPI treatment. Interested to watch this but dropping it here first because it's a busy week.

 

[gohornedfrogs]

Wow--Hayden Springer gets the full TPI treatment. Interested to watch this but dropping it here first because it's a busy week.

Wow. That’s the best one I’ve seen yet. The practice concepts are interesting. Gonna have to change the way I practice.

 

[JogginFrog]

Congrats to Gracie McGovern on co-medaling at the Schooner Classic in Norman. Hope she goes on a roll. Frogs finish 2nd as a team.


On the other hand, a little shocking to not see Kirstin Angosta in the lineup. She's struggled a bit this fall; wondering if she might be injured.

 

[JogginFrog]

The star of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational appears to be Colonial Country Club. With 13 ranked teams playing 36 holes yesterday, exactly 1 finished in red numbers (UVa, -1). The ACC (with teams placed 1, 3, 4) appears to have the edge over the SEC (5, T6, T6), with the Big 12 lagging (2, 12, T13).

TCU men have dropped from 8th at one point yesterday to 12th.

https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239875/scoring/team

Edit: The tournament ended up as a kiss-your-sister-fest. Four teams tied for first at +10; 5 individuals tied for medalist at -1.

Frogs finished T13; Jack Beauchamp matched top-ranked am Jackson Koivun for 17th at +4.

One Frog shot +24, which was next-to-last among those playing 3 rounds. That is not acceptable for TCU players at home.

 

[JogginFrog]

Quick update on J.J. Henry's inaugural season on the Champions Tour. He's played 13 events and earned $176k, with his best finish T18. I suspect he had higher hopes in terms of results, but he seems to be in a good place.

J.J. Henry PGA TOUR Champions Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career

The Official PGA TOUR Champions Profile of J.J. Henry. PGA TOUR Stats, bio, video, photos, results, and career highlights

www.pgatour.com

 

[JogginFrog]

Jacob Skov Oleson with a strong T5 finish at the Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course on the DP World Tour. He was also solo 8th at the Irish open. Those two finishes give him ~300K in winnings in the past month.

 

[JogginFrog]

The TCU women were projected as the second-best team in Knoxville, and they only finished a shot out of third, but a pack of 3 teams all finished a shot better than the Frogs.

It's not a terrible result, but the Frogs should have easily bested Chattanooga, Penn State, and Western Kentucky.

I pin the result on poor course prep. The three hardest holes at Cherokee Country Club this week by scoring average were the 12th, 14th and 18th -- two par threes and a short par four. TCU was cumulatively +22 as a team (counters only) on those holes. The three teams that beat the Frogs by a shot were E, +1, and +4 on those holes.

Had the Frogs merely averaged bogey golf on those holes, they would have beaten those teams by 9 shots each. Average par on those holes and TCU wins the tournament.

Anyone can make a bad swing on a given hole. But when your whole team consistently posts bad scores on certain holes, they weren't well prepped.

 

[JogginFrog]

TCU men with their best round of the year today at the Ralston Creek course at Daniel Island, SC. They shot -13, the low round of the tournament. Not bad to beat Vandy, Duke, Wake, and South Carolina for a day. But because they started in 12th, it only took them up to 8th place.

Individually, Jack Beauchamp is T6 (-6) after a 68; Toby Wilt shot a 67 and Sam Udovich (making his second start) shot a 69.

Now, go catch Wisconsin and Cincinnati.

Update: Frogs did not catch Wisconsin and Cincinatti; they were caught by Charlotte and Charleston, finishing T10.

 

[JogginFrog]

Congrats to TCU alumna Sabrina Iqbal on being one of 50 players in a 196-player field to advance through the LPGA Q-series. She finished T26. She'll tee it up in the final qualifying stage in December for a chance at an LPGA Tour card, and she will likely have status on the Symetra Tour.

 

[JogginFrog]

Camille Min-Gaultier shoots a 68 to finish T7 at the Jim West Challenge in San Marcos. Gracie McGovern posts a top 20. The Frogs finish 5th as a team. Not quite getting the across-the-board performance they saw most of last year. Team ranking has dipped into the 40s. Team is capable; maybe the spring will look different.

 

[JogginFrog]

Tom Hoge is -5 through 10 today and up to T8 at the Bank of Utah Championship.

Hayden Springer shot a 62 yesterday to get into the top 10. Today he's +2 through 2. He needs a top-10 finish to get back onto the right side of the top-125 cutoff for Tour cards. He's currently 131st with four weeks of events to go.

Update: Hoge fades; Springer managed a couple of late birdies to finish T20 and move up to 123rd. That keeps the pressure on him to post at least one more good finish by season's end to earn a full set of starts in 2026.