TCU cruises to 10-stroke NIT victory
Texas Christian fired its second straight 5-under 283 Thursday to win the National Invitational Tournament for the second time in three years. The Horned Frogs, No. 17 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, beat fifth-ranked Texas by 10 strokes at the OMNI Tucson (Ariz.) National.
Texas sophomore Dylan Frittelli, who entered the final round one stroke back, carded a 2-under 70 to win his first individual title of the season, and the second of his career. He won the Puerto Rico Classic last season. Fritelli finished at 6-under 210, three shots ahead of Colorado State’s Bryce Hanstad (71) and Baylor’s Joakim Mikkelsen (74). Texas’ Bobby Hudson (71) was fourth at 2-under 214.
TCU posted three middle-of-the-pack finishes – 14th, ninth and eighth – in its first three starts this spring. But that hardly mattered in Tucson, where the Horned Frogs also won in 2008.
Led by Daniel Jennevret (T-5) and Johan de Beer (T-12), TCU ...
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