MARICOPA, Ariz. – Texas State women's golf concluded the National Golf Invitational (NGI) with a fourth-place finish at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club on Sunday.
Mattingly Palmer finished at the top of the Bobcat lineup inside the top-10.
Texas State moved up two spots on the leaderboard to finish fourth in the inaugural postseason NGI tournament. The Bobcats had the second-best round of the day going seven-over to finish 28-over 892. This is Texas State's fourth top-5 finish of the season. The Bobcats finished second in par 4s and par 5s across the field of 10 teams.
Penn State took the team championship with a 14-over par finish.
After leading the Bobcats in all three rounds of the NGI,
Mattingly Palmer finished tied for ninth four-over 220. This is Palmer's second top-10 finish outside of her individual title at the Texas State Invitational.
Junia Gabasa recorded three birdies in the final round to finish 14
th six-over. This is Gabasa's third six-over par finish in a tournament this season.
Matilda Svahn tied for 16
th after recording her second-best round of the tournament today to finish eight-over 224.
Marine Griffaut and
Yvonne Chamness both tied for 26
th shooting 12-over par. Griffaut had the fewest bogeys in the final round for the Bobcats. Chamness was the only player in the lineup to have their best round of the tournament on the final day.
TXST in the Standings
T-9.
Mattingly Palmer (71-75-74=220; +4)
14.
Junia Gabasa (76-73-73=222; +6)
T-16.
Matilda Svahn (72-78-74=224; +8)
T-26.
Marine Griffaut (77-77-74=228; +12)
T-26.
Yvonne Chamness (75-79-74=228; +12)
