Men's Golf | 3/20/2016 7:34:00 PM
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State men's golf team heads south down I-35 to compete in the Lone Star Invitational that is hosted by UTSA on Monday and Tuesday. The tournament takes place at Briggs Ranch golf Club, a par 72, 7,247-yard course.
The Bobcats are one of 17 teams competing in the event. They will face off against seven top 100 squads in McNeese State (76th), Miami (Ohio) (100th), Mississippi State (92nd), North Texas (68th), Ohio State (75th), UTEP (98th) and UTSA (94th). Joining Texas State on the course from the Sun Belt Conference are Little Rock and UL Lafayette. Rounding out the field is Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Houston Baptist, New Mexico State and Southeastern Louisiana.
Monday sees the teams play 36 holes and the final round on Tuesday with both days beginning at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.
Leading off for the Bobcats on the 12th hole will be
Eloy Gonzalez and
Justin Newby follows in the second group on the hole.
David Faraudo Godinez tees off on the 13th and both
Chase Ambrose and
Anthony McGeorge will start on No. 14. All four are paired with golfers from Little Rock, New Mexico State and Rice.
Scott Williams, competing as an individual, begins his day on hole No. 17 with Val Almendarez and Daniel Dimaculangan of Houston Baptist and Miami's Bailey Tuesdell.
Texas State is coming off an eighth place finish at the Border Olympics that saw the team set a program record for lowest round (278) and against par (-10) over the last 18 holes.
Live scoring will be available with a link available on the men's golf schedule page.