AMARILLO, TEXAS – The UT Tyler women's golf team shot a season-low 296 in the opening round of the West Texas A&M Fall Invitational on Monday afternoon at Tascosa Country Club to sit in a tie for second place on the team leaderboard.
The Patriots best round to date in the 2021-22 season placed them in a three-way tie alongside #13 Texas A&M-Commerce and #17 West Texas A&M heading into tomorrow's final round. Junior
Kaitlyn Charles shined on Monday afternoon for UT Tyler thanks to a back-nine 36 that featured a trio of birdies to sit in a tie for fifth on the individual leaderboard.
Charles' low round thus far in her Patriot career was not the lone strong showing for head coach
Grant Spencer's team, as
Raelynn Hardgrave posted a 74 while
Julia Kerrigan and
Zoe Mayfield both shot rounds of 75.
Hardgrave will enter tomorrow in a tie for 12
th, while Kerrigan and Mayfield are tied in 17
th place on the leaderboard. Freshman
Brooke Wagner rounded out the scoring team with a 78, while individual competitor
Lauren Christl shot a 79.
UT Tyler led the field with 53 pars on the day alongside Arkansas-Fort Smith and Oklahoma Christian, and recorded 11 birdies as a team in round one.
The Patriots will enter tomorrow's round three strokes back of overnight leader Angelo State, who paced the field with a team score of 293. West Texas A&M's Alyssa Campbell is four shots clear of the field after a six-under 65 on Monday.
Angelo State, Texas A&M-Commerce, West Texas A&M and UT Tyler will all be paired together for tomorrow's 9 a.m. shotgun start off holes 1-through-4.
Patriot Finishers
