Golf to play in second tourney
By Nick quijano
Skiff Staff

The women’s golf team enters the Dick McGuire Invitational this weekend with a great deal of momentum after a second place finish in the Oregon State Invitational last week.

The Frogs left for Albuquerque, N.M Tuesday and will compete in the tournament today, Friday and Saturday.

Senior Brooke Tull, who placed first last week in Oregon, said the Frogs are prepared to prove they are better than their preseason ranking.

“I believe we were ranked 25th in the preseason, but by the end of the fall, we expect to be in the top 15,” she said.

Tull shot a three-round total of 219 to earn her third collegiate tournament championship. Her previous tournament victory came at the Furman Lady Paladin last fall.

Head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin said she was pleased with the team’s placement at the Oregon State Invitational, especially Tull’s season-opening victory. Despite TCU’s slow start in the tournament’s first two rounds, a first place finish was well within reach, Ravaioli-Larkin said.

“This was one that would have been a real good win,” she said.

Ravaioli-Larkin said if the team can come “out of the box better” and be prepared for the first round this weekend, TCU will go to Albuquerque as more of a threat.

She said the team needs to improve on its approach shots from 100 yards and in, which will allow for more birdie opportunities.

TCU finished with 23 birdies in the Oregon State Invitational.