Men's Golf | 2/7/2016 3:22:00 PM

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State men's golf team opens its spring season on Monday at the UTSA Oak Hill Invitational. It is the first of eight tournaments this season for the Bobcats.
 
The 54-hole event will be contested at the Oak Hill Country Club in San Antonio, a 6,765-yard, par 71 course. The three round tournament will see teams play 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 Tuesday. A shotgun start, Texas State begins play on the first four holes of the back nine.
 
Competing for the Bobcats will be David Faraudo Godinez, Eloy Gonzalez, Anthony McGeorge, Justin Newby and Scott Williams. Chase Ambrose will play as an individual with his score not counting towards the team's total.
 
Newby leads the Bobcats with an average of 73.33 over 12 fall rounds. He recorded the lowest round for Texas State with a 66 in the second round in the Sun Belt Conference Preview in which he finished tied for fourth.
 
Godinez played 12 rounds in the fall and averaged 75.00 per round. He shot season-low 68 in the opening 18 holes of the Price's Give 'Em Five Invite that was hosted by UTEP. His best finish was a tie for 31st in the St. Mary's Invitational with an 8-over, 221.
 
Also playing in all 12 rounds of the fall season was McGeorge and Williams, averaging 75.00 and 75.58 per round respectively. The best finish for McGeorge this year was a tie for 14th at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic.
 
Gonzalez in the final three fall tournaments, twice posting a low round of 72. The Laredo, Texas native goes into this week's event average a 75.67 per 18 holes.
 
Ambrose competed once in the fall at the St. Mary's Invitational. He averaged 77.67 per round and carded a 73 over the final 18.
 
The field consists of 15 team with two Big 12 programs, Baylor and Oklahoma. The Sooners are 10th in after the final GCAA Coaches Poll for the fall tournaments, 13th in the GolfStat rankings and have won two events. Winners of last year's UTSA Oak Hill Invitational, the Bears are 44th in the nation.
 
Other top 100 teams playing in San Antonio are McNeese State (79th), North Texas (67th), UL Lafayette (93rd) and UMKC (88th).
 
Along with Texas State, other Lone Star State programs will be Houston Baptist and the host Roadrunners. The rest of the field consists of Louisiana Tech, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Miss, Tulsa and Wichita State.
 
Live stats for the event can be found on the Bobcats men's golf schedule page on www.txstatebobcats.com, the official website of Texas State Athletics.