ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –  In the first tournament of the season, Texas State women's golf finished tied for 12^th in the Dick McGuire Invitational at the UNM Championship course. Carla Bourdeaux led the Bobcats with a top-25 finish. 
 
Texas State fell two spots on the leaderboard after the final round. The Bobcats shot 296 in the third round, their second-lowest 18-hole total of the tournament. Texas State tied for 12^th with Northwestern, finishing 22-over 886.
 
Pepperdine won the team championship after going 14-under 850.
 
Freshman Carla Bourdeaux led the Bobcats in all three rounds in her collegiate debut and finished tied for 24^th two-over par. Bourdeaux recorded an under par and even round in the tournament. 
 
Mattingly Palmer finished second in the Bobcat lineup at four-over par, with her best round of the tournament today, going even. Palmer and Yvonne Chamness had the best third round 18-hole total among Texas State. Chamness stayed within the top-50, ending the tournament seven-over par with four birdies in today's round. 
 
In her first outing for Texas State, Hailey Jones recorded her second round of 76 in the tournament and went 10-over par. Marine Griffaut rounds out the Bobcat lineup at 18-over par. 
 
TXST in the Standings
T-24. Carla Bourdeaux (72-70-76=218; +2)
T-31. Mattingly Palmer (75-73-72=220; +4)
T-46. Yvonne Chamness (77-74-72=223; +7)
T-54. Hailey Jones (74-76-76=226; +10)
T-81. Marine Griffaut (80-75-79=234; +18)
 
Up Next
The next tournament for the Bobcats is the Schooner Fall Classic in Norman, Oklahoma from Sept. 23-25 at the Belmar Golf Club.