Sunday, April 28, 2019

TCU's Springer Wins Big 12 Golf Championship, Frogs Finish Second as a Team


TCU's Hayden Springer won the Big 12 individual title  at the 2019 Big 12 Men's Golf Championship at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virgiinia. As a team, the sixth-seeded Horned Frogs finished second, with as score of 838 (two under par). No. 1 seeded Oklahoma State won the team championship with a score of 827 (13 under par).

Springer earned TCU’s second individual champion title since 2014. The senior won by one stroke, carding a final score of 202 (eight under par). Springer tied two Big 12 individual championship records -- for the lowest first round score (64) and the lowest 36-hole score (132). 

Springer became the first TCU golfer to win the Big 12's individual title since Julien Brun won in 2014.

Victor Hovland of Oklahoma State finished second. TCU's David Ravetto tied Texas' Cole Hammer for third place. 

TCU's second-place team finish was the best finish for TCU since the Frogs joined the Big 12.

Finishing tied for third place in the team competition were Oklahoma and Texas, at 842 (two over par). In fifth was Texas Tech, at 844 (four over par), followed by Baylor, 846, Kansas State, 847,  Iowa State, 856, Kansas, 860, and West Virginia, 864.

Teams consisted of five golfers and the lowest four scores per round from the designated five-player team were used.

Selected teams will resume play at the 2019 NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals May 13-15 and the NCAA Championship May 24-29 at Blessings Golf Course in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Teams selected to compete for the NCAA Championship will be announced on Wednesday, May 1, at 8 pm CT, on the Golf Channel. 

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