BEAUMONT, Texas – Senior Texas State golfer Sasikarn Somboonsup shares the individual lead after the first day of the Cardinal Challenge at 1-under par 143.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Beaumont Country Club | Beaumont, Texas
Par 72 | 6,094 yards
 
INDIVIDUALS
Somboonsup, opening her day on the 12th hole, got out to a slow start with three consecutive bogies on holes 14-16. She bounced back on the front nine with back-to-back birdies on holes four and five. The Thailand native then carded three consecutive birdies as she made a turn back onto the back nine but ended her first round with a bogey to shoot a 1-under 71.
 
In the second round, Somboonsup shot even par 72 with a birdie on the part 5, 490-yard 13th hole and a bogey on the 17th hole.
 
She enters the final round tied with Sam Houston State's Viera Permata Rosada. The duo has a stroke advantage over the Bearkats' Jennifer Herbst.
 
Junia Gabasa carded a 7-over 151 on the day. She began with a 7-over 79 in the morning. The freshman bounced back with an even par 72 in the afternoon that saw her birdie five of her final nine holes.
 
Halle Whitney recorded an 8-over 152. She opened with a 9-over 81 in the first round before responding with a 1-under 71 the second time through the course. In the second round, the Magnolia, Texas native carded three birdies and eagled the part 5, 468-yard eighth hole.
 
TXST IN THE STANDINGS
T-1. Sasikarn Somboonsup (71-72=143; -1)
T-10. Junia Gabasa (79-72=151; +7)
T-12. Halle Whitney (81-71=152; +8)
 
ROUND 3 TEE TIMES
The Texas State trio will again tee off on the 12th hole. The final round begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.
 
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