Preview: Jim West Challenge

FORT WORTH – The Horned Frogs will make a pair of title defenses at the Jim West Challenge in their final fall tournament.

TCU swept the team and individual championships at the event, held annually at Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos, in 2024. The Frogs shot a 22-under 842 and notched a one-stroke victory while Kirstin Angosta claimed the individual medal after finishing 10-under 206. The win in south central Texas was the second of three team championships TCU notched in 2024-25.

The 2025 edition of the tournament will see the Horned Frogs play 36 continuous holes of stroke play on Sunday, followed by a final 18 holes on Monday.

TCU was tabbed 41^st in the first set of Scoreboard rankings on Wednesday and is one of six top-50 teams competing. The others are No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 19 Oklahoma, No. 33 Florida State, No. 38 Ohio State and No. 44 Texas Tech.

The Horned Frogs are traveling six players south. TCU's lineup is Gracie McGovern, Camille Min-Gaultier, Kirstin Angosta, Sofia Barroso Sá and Sofie Dimitrova. Charlotte Cattaneo will compete as an individual.

Min-Gaultier is TCU's highest ranked player at No. 72. She has notched three top-10's and placed no worse than 17^th in any event thus far. Min-Gaultier tied for second at the Jim West Challenge in 2024, posting a nine-under 207. The performance was one three runner-up finishes in a 2024-25 campaign that saw Min-Gaultier named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and earn WGCA All-American honors.

McGovern gave TCU two top-100 players, as she checked in at No. 90 in the inaugural rankings. She finished as the co-medalist at the Schooner Fall Classic in September and followed up the performance with a T15 in the Mercedez Benz Intercollegiate on Oct. 5-7.

The Horned Frogs are teeing it up at the Jim West Challenge for the 10^th straight season. TCU first won the event in 2018 and set a program record for low round vs. par (-17, 271) in 2023.

Live coverage of rounds two and three will air on ESPN+ from 1:30-5 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m.-noon on Monday.

Jim West Challenge
Date: Oct. 19-20
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Course: Cherokee Country Club
Par/Yardage: 72/6,236 yards
Schedule: 36 holes of continuous play on Sunday, followed by a final 18 holes on Monday. Both days begin with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Pairings and hole assignments for Monday's final round are determined by team scores.
Scoring format: Five-count-four
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.Clipped.com

The Course – Kissing Tree Golf Club
Kissing Tree Golf Course is a semi-private 18-hole golf course set on the banks of the Texas Hill Country. The course opened in October 2018 and is managed by the world-renowned golf industry leader, Troon Golf. Designed by local Texan, Gary Stephenson, KTGC serves as an extension of the natural landscape – blending grades of edges, slopes, and contours of the landscape into its striped fairways and angulated greens.

The Field
#5 Texas A&M
#19 Oklahoma
#33 Florida State
#38 Ohio State
#41 TCU
#44 Texas Tech
Houston
New Mexico
North Texas
Northern Illinois
Notre Dame
Texas State
UNLV
UTSA

Head Coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin

TCU has won 21 of its 55 all-time team titles under the leadership of Ravaioli-Larkin, including three in 2024-25.
Ravaioli-Larkin is entering her 32^nd season as the head coach of TCU women's golf. A lifelong Texan, she assumed the program helm in the fall of 1994 and is the longest-tenured head coach at TCU and across all Big 12 women's sport programs.
Ravaioli-Larkin is a fixture within the TCU community and its athletics department. She has worked with six different athletic directors and coached in five conferences.
Ravaioli-Larkin-led teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 28 of 31 seasons.
TCU has reached the NCAA National Championships nine times under Ravaioli-Larkin, most recently earning back-to-back berths in 2022 and 2023.
The Horned Frogs have achieved postseason representation as a team or individually in 23 consecutive seasons under Ravaioli-Larkin.
TCU has won five conference championships spanning three different leagues under its longtime head coach.
Last spring, Min-Gaultier became the ninth All-American and 38^th all-conference player Ravaioli-Larkin has coached.
Ravaioli-Larkin's teams have produced the top-10 team season scoring averages in program history over the last decade, highlighted by a school record 289 in 2024-25.

Team Notes

The Horned Frogs are one of 10 Big 12 programs featured in the top-50 of the first set of Scoreboard rankings.
TCU returns six letter winners and four members of its starting five from 2024-25, including three players who cracked the top-100 of the final Scoreboard rankings Min-Gaultier (No. 51), Barroso Sá (No. 75) and Angosta (No. 100).
TCU is home to two players featuring in the top-150 of the latest World Amateur Golf rankings in Min-Gaultier (No. 60) and Barroso Sá (No. 150).
The Horned Frogs pride themselves on culture and continuity, and those values are reflected in the team's recent roster construction. No players have transferred in or out of the program in each of the past two seasons.
TCU's roster has combined for three medals, 23 top-10's and 42 top-20's ahead of its visit to San Marcos.
TCU has recorded its low round score in the final round in more than two-thirds of its events (18-of-26) dating back to the 2023-24 campaign. TCU has finished even or under par in 14 of its final rounds in that span.
TCU broke 17 team or individual program records in 2024-25, including scoring average (289), birdies (533), par-or-better rounds (15), top-five finishes (nine), low-36 (557, -19), low-54 (830, -34) and year-end national ranking (No. 15).
TCU averaged 44.4 birdies per tournament last season.
TCU won the 1983 NCAA D1 Women's Golf Championship. The tournament was held at the University of Georgia Golf Course and was the second NCAA-sanctioned event to determine a national champion. The 1983 Horned Frogs squad was the first TCU women's sports team to win an NCAA Championship. The triumph is one of eight NCAA team championships in TCU Athletics history and one of five women's titles.
The Horned Frogs have reached the NCAA Championships in 14 seasons: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022 and 2023.

Season in Review

The Horned Frogs finished as the outright runner up at the Schooner Fall Classic for the third time in the last six years in September.
TCU set a program record for low-54 total (829) in its Schooner Fall Classic vice championship.
A balanced performance is ultimately what carried TCU to the top of the leaderboard and its historical archives at the Schooner. The Horned Frogs tallied a tournament-leading 190 pars and notched the second-fewest bogeys (32) of any team. TCU ascended two spots up the leaderboard in round three.
TCU carded 11 birdies and shot a two-under 142 on the back nine in the final round of the Inverness Intercollegiate on its way to a fifth-place finish. All five Frogs recorded their low-18 for the tournament in round three.
The Horned Frogs sat one stroke back of second place after 36 holes at the Carmel Cup in their season-opener. TCU carded a five-over 365, which was the second-lowest score of any team on day two of play at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
TCU was a two-stroke swing away from finishing third outright in its most recent tournament, the Mercedez Benz Intercollegiate, on Oct. 5-7. The Frogs led the field in pars (181) and par-5 scoring (-9, 4.88) and recorded the fewest bogeys of any team with 38.

TCU Lineup

Gracie McGovern

Became the 24^th medalist in program history with her victory at the Schooner Fall Classic.
Shot a four-under 66 and set a collegiate personal record for low-18 vs. par in the final round of her win in Norman.
Improved her collegiate low-54 record by 13 strokes and shaved a half-stroke off her career scoring average with her performance at the Schooner.
Has scored par-or-better in five of her last six rounds and posted four sub-70's in that span.
Is playing the No. 1 in TCU's lineup for the second straight event and third time in her career.
Was TCU's top performer at the Mercedez Benz Intercollegiate, tying for 15^th (E, 213).
Signed with TCU in November of 2023 as the world No. 9 junior amateur golfer and was ranked as high as seventh in the Rolex Junior Rankings that same year.

Camille Min-Gaultier

Named a WGCA All-American in 2024-25, becoming one of three freshmen in program history to receive All-American accolades.
2025 Big 12 Freshman of the Year; one of six players to receive a conference freshman of the year accolade for TCU.
Leads TCU in scoring average (71.1), birdies (36), counters (11) and par-or-better rounds (six).
Has finished no worse than 25^th in any tournament for TCU.
Already owns the fifth-most sub-70 rounds in program history (12)
Has scored par-or-better in m 52 percent (24-46) of her career rounds played.
Has finished as the individual runner-up in three tournaments.
Has placed T10-or-better in six of her last 10 starts.
Was one of eight amateur players selected to compete for the 2025 Continent of Europe Vagliano Trophy Team by the European Golf Association.
Reached the third round of match play at the British Women's Amateur Championship in June.

Kirstin Angosta

Won the 2024 Jim West Challenge with a 54-holee score a 10-under 206.
Birdied three of her final four holes, including 18, at Kissing Tree Golf Club to claim her first collegiate medal.
Was tied for fifth after 36 holes at the Carmel Cup in TCU's season-opener; shot one-under 143 over the first two rounds.
One of only four players in the Carmel Cup field to score par or better in rounds one and two.
Averaged a team-leading 8.3 birdies per tournament during the 2024-25 regular season.
Has five career top-10's to her name, including four in 2024-25.
Scored par-or-better in nearly half of her rounds played (16-of-35) last year.
Capped her sophomore year with a 72.9 season scoring average.
Played the No. 1 in TCU's lineup in three-of-five fall events in 2024-25.

Sofia Barroso Sá

Two-time NCAA National Championships individual qualifier (2023, 2025).
Has twice been named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2023, 2025).
Achieved a career-high Scoreboard ranking of No. 68 in April.
Ranks second in program history in career scoring average (72.7).
Has tallied the third-most career birdies (332) of any TCU player and is 56 shy of becoming the program record holder.
Will make her 41^st career start as a Frog in San Marcos; has made TCU's lineup in every tournament throughout her collegiate tenure.
Tallied a team-leading 118 birdies in 2024-25, which are the second-most ever recorded in a season by a Horned Frog.
Has cracked the top-20 in nearly half of her career events played (19-of-40).
Has delivered a counter in 94.5 percent of her career rounds (105-111).
Won the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title as a freshman in 2022-23. She is the only first-year Frog to win a tournament in the last seven seasons dating back to 2018.

Sofie Dimitrova

Notched her first collegiate top-10 at the 2024 Jim West Invitational, shooting a six-under 210 to tie for 10^th.
Is teeing it up for the 16^th time as a Horned Frog and 13^th as a member of the starting lineup.
Has averaged a 72.8 final round score across her last eight events dating back to August of 2024.
Played the No. 3 in TCU's lineup at the Inverness Intercollegiate and Schooner Fall Classic.
Was the largest riser on the individual leaderboard in round three at the Inverness Intercollegiate on Sept. 16; ascended 17 spots into a tie for 24^th.
Was TCU's top performer at the 2024 Big 12 Championship her freshman year. Collected a team-leading 10 birdies and tied for 26^th.
Won the Czech International Mid-Amateur Championship in July.

Charlotte Cattaneo

Will compete in her seventh collegiate event in San Marcos.
Made TCU's lineup for the Carmel Cup in August; shot a two-over 74 in round three.
Was a member of a lineup that took second place at the TCU-hosted Battle of the Beach her freshman year in October of 2023.
Is one of two seniors on the Horned Frogs' roster.

Up Next
TCU enters a quiet period in the athletics calendar, as more than three months will pass before the Horned Frogs play their next tournament. The Frogs commence the spring portion of the 2025-26 season south of the border at the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club on Jan. 29-30 in Mexico.

Schedule