MOBILE, Ala. – The UT Arlington women's golf team opened its 2021-22 season on Saturday with a 1st-round 307 and resides in 15th place following day one of three at the University of South Alabama Intercollegiate from the Robert Trent Jones Trail at Magnolia Grove Crossings Course.
 
Despite the slow start, UTA still has two rounds to make up ground on Sunday and Monday, and resides just 10 shots outside the top 10. South Florida leads the 17-team field following an opening-round 280, two strokes clear of Middle Tennessee (282).
 
Individually, Madigan Murray paced the Mavericks on Saturday with a 75 (+3). She was following in close order by Heidrun Hlynsdottir (76), Romina Gonzalez (77), Janane Tan (79) and Kinsey Ray (79) as all five Mavs broke 80.

• Murray went out in 4-over 40, but a strong 1-under 35 – which featured eight pars and a birdie on the par-4 12th – allowed her to finish strong.
• A Coastal Carolina transfer competing in her first round with UTA, Hlynsdottir began her Maverick tenure with 12-straight pars before unfortunately bogeying four of the next five holes (13-17).
• Gonzalez recorded nothing higher than a bogey on her card and rolled in a birdie on the par-3 8th.
• Ray led the Mavs with two birdies on the round – which came consecutively on the 2nd and 3rd holes – and she was -2 after four holes. However, three-straight bogeys beginning on the 5th slowed the momentum.
• Tan, like Gonzalez, didn't put anything greater than a bogey on her card. After playing the first eight holes in +5, she posted a +2 score over the final 10 holes – which included eight pars.

THIS AND THAT
Hlynsdottir and Murray both registered 14 pars on the day, tied for the 8th-most in the field of 96 … Gonzalez's aforementioned birdie on the par-3, 163-yard 8th was one of only six recorded on that hole all day … the field scoring average on the par-72, 6,002-yard layout was 75.02, and the only hole to play under par on Saturday was the par-5, 453-yard 16th (just -0.01 relative to par).
 
SECOND ROUND TEE TIMES SUNDAY (#10 TEE)
* Will Not Re-Pair From First Round
 
9:21 AM – Heidrun Hlynsdottir
9:12 AM – Madigan Murray
9:03 AM – Janane Tan
8:54 AM – Romina Gonzalez
8:45 AM – Kinsey Ray
 
Hole-by-hole live scoring will once again be available via Golfstat. The final round is slated for Monday, and those tee times will be set based off teams' standings through 36 holes.
 
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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 opened in March of 2021 – will feature 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.