SAN MARCOS, Texas – A strong team performance from the Texas State women's golf team in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Championship sees the Bobcats leading at 9-under par 279. The score is the third lowest in program history for a round.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
LPGA International | Daytona Beach, Fla.
Par 72 |6,050 yards
 
INDIVIDUALS
Both Noramol Nuchsila and Sasikarn Somboonsup shot a 3-under 69 and are part of a four-way tie atop the individual leaderboard. Nuchsila posted six birdies and had a stretch of three straight birdies on holes 14-16 to temporary put her alone in first before concluding her round with a bogey and par.
 
Somboonsup had four birdies over her first 10 holes. The graduate student was bogey-free until the 16th hole. After which she posted back-to-back pars to end her day.
 
Geraldine Wong finished with a 2-under 70. She had three birdies on the front nine before shooting even par on the back nine with two birdies.
 
Also breaking par was Marine Griffaut at 1-under 71. The freshman had four birdies on the day with the last coming on par 5, 505-yard 14th hole. She carded four pars to finish the round.
 
Rounding out TXST individuals was Federica Tavelli-Weserlund with a 4-over 76.

TXST IN THE STANDINGS
T-1. Noramol Nuchsila (69; -3)
T-1. Sasikarn Somboonsup (69; -3)
T-5. Geraldine Wong (70; -2)
T-7. Marine Griffaut (71; -1)
T-26. Federica Tavelli-Westerlund (76; +4)
 
TEAM
Texas State got off to a fast start as it sat at 5-under after the first three holes. The Bobcats shoot 7-under for the first nine holes before posting a 2-under over the final nine. They maintain a five-stroke advantage over Coastal Carolina.
 
ROUND 2 TEE TIMES
The second round will against see Texas State tee off on the first hole beginning at 7:45 a.m. Paired with the Bobcats will be Georgia Southern and the Chanticleers.
 
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