SAN ANTONIO – The UT Arlington men's golf team wrapped up the 2021 Lone Star Invitational from the challenging Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on Tuesday with a final-round 308 to finish in 6th place.
 
Paul Gonzalez slept on a share of the overnight lead at -2, but unfortunately fell back on Tuesday. He still led the Mavs with a T-18 finish; Hiroki Miya was close behind with a T-22 showing.
 
Scoring was the hardest of the tournament on Tuesday as the 74-player field averaged a 77 – up from the 76.71 and 76.54 averages in Monday's opening two rounds on the par-72, 7,435-yard Oaks Course, which plays host to the PGA TOUR's Valero Texas Open.
 
UTA was no exception to that increase as the Mavs posted their worst round of the tournament but were still able to hold on to a 6th-place showing with a 907 (+43) total. UTSA won the 13-team event with an 868 (+4) total – 12 shots clear of runner-up New Mexico State (880, +16).
 
UTA SCORES
Team
6) 300-299-308: 907 (+43)
 
Lineup
T-18) Paul Gonzalez: 72-70-82 (+8)
T-22) Hiroki Miya: 74-75-76 (+9)
T-43) Daniel Steinarsson: 74-78-80 (+16)
T-51) Caleb Hicks: 80-76-77 (+17)
T-53) Daniel Cronje: 81-78-75 (+18)
 
Individual
T-35) Alberto Menacho: 75-78-76 (+13)
 
INSIDE THE SCORES

• Gonzalez's day started inauspiciously with a double bogey on his first hole, the 4th, and followed up with a bogey on the 5th. He would be unable to make a birdie all round, but still carded 12 pars.
   
• Miya began his round on the 5th, and his adventurous scorecard featured every number from 2-7. In total, Miya made seven pars, three birdies, one eagle, five bogeys and two double bogeys. The eagle impressively came on the par-5, 602-yard 2nd hole – one of just two eagles made all week on that hole. Miya then followed the '3' up with a '2' on the par-3 3rd to get his card all the way back to 2-over after being as much as 5-over, but unfortunately closed with a double on the par-4 4th.
   
• Steinarrson couldn't get much momentum going, either, as he was also set back by a pair of doubles. His lone birdie of the day came on the short par-4 17th.
   
• Hicks did not have anything on his card worse than a bogey, but also didn't have anything below par as he finished with 13 pars and a handful of bogeys.
   
• Cronje had the most consistent day of all the Mavs as he also made 13 pars, had nothing higher than a '5' on his card and made a birdie on the 17th.
   
• Menacho started on hole 18 and sat at +3 before rolling in a birdie on the par-4 6th. He made another birdie on the par-5 14th, but those were offset by a double on the 9th.

THIS AND THAT
Gonzalez led the field in par-3 scoring at 2.75 (-3), while Miya tied for 7th at 3.00 … Miya was responsible for one of just eight eagles made all week by the entire field … Menacho and Gonzalez both carded 10 birdies, tied for the 7th-most in the field … Hicks registered 37 pars (3rd most in the field), while Cronje recorded 36 to tie for the 4th most … Menacho tied for 8th in the field in par-5 scoring at 4.83 (-2) … every single UTA player either made a bogey or a double bogey on the par-4, 481-yard 4th, which played by far the hardest of any hole on Tuesday at +0.66 over par … the 2020 Lone Star Invitational was canceled due to COVID-19, but the last time it was contested in 2019 UTA was declared co-champions along with Houston and South Alabama.
 
NEXT UP
UTA continues its stretch of playing four-straight weeks to open the 2021-22 season when the Mavs head to Colorado's Mark Simpson Invitational outside Boulder next Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 27-28.
 
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ABOUT TEXAS RANGERS GOLF CLUB
Opened in February of 2019, the state-of-the-art Texas Rangers Golf Club is the new home of UTA's men's and women's golf programs. The world's only Major League Baseball-branded golf course, TRGC is the result of a $24 million renovation and updated routing of the former Chester W. Ditto Golf Course.
 
The Home of UTA Golf was designed by UTA alumni John Colligan and Trey Kemp of Arlington-based Colligan Golf Design. It features an expansive 23-acre practice area, and a new 33,871-square-foot clubhouse – which just opened in March of 2021 – features a full-service restaurant and bar, covered patio overlooking the golf course, pro shop, locker rooms and numerous rental and event spaces. For more information about TRGC, click here.