GUADALAJARA, Mexico – The Texas A&M women's golf team stands in a tie for seventh after posting a 5-over par 293 in the opening round of the IJGA Collegiate Invitational on Sunday at the Guadalajara Country Club.
The Aggies were tied with three teams at 5-over – Clemson, Arkansas and Florida. Ahead of the Aggies were Baylor (-3), Stanford (-2), Virginia (-1), LSU (even), South Carolina (+2) and Arizona State (+4). Rounding out the field was California (+8), Tennessee (+9), Maryland (+13) and Michigan (+14).
"Based on the way our team played today, we should have scored much better than we did," second-year head coach Andrea Gaston said. "We started on the back nine a little slow but we gained some momentum through the turn. Unfortunately. we lost a few more shots down the stretch with our short game, which we spent practice time afterwards working on and some putting. I'm expecting us to come out stronger tomorrow."
Leading the way for the Aggies were junior Amber Park and freshman Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, who both carded even-par rounds of 72. Park and Fernandez Garcia-Poggio were tied for 18th. Also contributing to the Aggies' round one score were junior Ava Schwienteck (t31st, +2) and sophomore Brooke Tyree (t39th, +3). LSU's Ingrid Lindblad grabbed the day one individual lead with a 6-under par 66.
The Aggies will be grouped with Clemson and Florida in Monday's second round and will tee off at 8 a.m. CT.
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The Aggies were tied with three teams at 5-over – Clemson, Arkansas and Florida. Ahead of the Aggies were Baylor (-3), Stanford (-2), Virginia (-1), LSU (even), South Carolina (+2) and Arizona State (+4). Rounding out the field was California (+8), Tennessee (+9), Maryland (+13) and Michigan (+14).
"Based on the way our team played today, we should have scored much better than we did," second-year head coach Andrea Gaston said. "We started on the back nine a little slow but we gained some momentum through the turn. Unfortunately. we lost a few more shots down the stretch with our short game, which we spent practice time afterwards working on and some putting. I'm expecting us to come out stronger tomorrow."
Leading the way for the Aggies were junior Amber Park and freshman Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, who both carded even-par rounds of 72. Park and Fernandez Garcia-Poggio were tied for 18th. Also contributing to the Aggies' round one score were junior Ava Schwienteck (t31st, +2) and sophomore Brooke Tyree (t39th, +3). LSU's Ingrid Lindblad grabbed the day one individual lead with a 6-under par 66.
The Aggies will be grouped with Clemson and Florida in Monday's second round and will tee off at 8 a.m. CT.
The Aggies:
| T7 | Texas A&M | 293 (+5) |
| T18 | Amber Park (Jr.) | 72 (E) |
| T18 | Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio (Fr.) | 72 (E) |
| T31 | Ava Schwienteck (Jr.) | 74 (+2) |
| T39 | Brooke Tyree (So.) | 75 (+3) |
| T48 | Courtney Dow (Sr.) | 76 (+4) |
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