Women's Golf Opens Spring Season at Texas State Invitational - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

KYLE, Texas – The UT Arlington women's golf team begins its spring slate on Monday when the Mavericks commence the Texas State Invitational from Plum Creek Golf Course.

Last time out, the Mavericks competed in the Little Rock Golf Classic that concluded fall action (Oct. 2021) where the squad posted its best 54-hole total (902) - the 5th-best in program history.

Across five tournaments so far, transfer Heidrun Hlynsdottir and senior Madigan Murray are the only two Mavs who have competed in every tournament this year.

UTA LINEUP THIS WEEK
1) Heidrun Hlynsdottir
2) Sydney Garber
3) Madigan Murray
4) Romina Gonzalez
5) Janane Tan

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Live Scoring
All live scoring will be available via Golfstat

Course
Plum Greek Golf Course – Par 72; 6,285 Yards

Tee Times & Format
Monday, Feb. 7: 36 Holes
Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. CT

Tuesday, Feb. 8: Final Round
Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. CT

Participants
BYU, Incarnate Word, Kennesaw State, Lamar, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M, Texas State, Tulsa, Idaho, South Dakota, UT Arlington, UTRGV, UTSA

INSIDE THE LINEUP
Hlynsdottir

Hlynsdottir is coming off a T-6 finish – her best finish so far this year – that came from the Little Rock Golf Classic back in October of 2021 where she also posted her best 54-hole total (217).
In her career at UTA, the junior holds a scoring average of 74.53 - second-best on the squad.

Garber

The senior has competed in four of five tournament this season with an average score of 75.67.
Garber has tallied three rounds of even par of better with her best finish coming from the Little Rock Golf Classic where she placed 25th.

Murray

Murray leads the Mavericks with a 74.47 scoring average this year as she has played in every tournament so far.
Last time at the Texas State Invitational back in February of 2020, the senior paced UTA with a 2nd-place finish across the 78-player field after posting rounds of 76, 74 and 69.

Gonzalez

Gonzalez holds a 77.44 career scoring average throughout her time at UTA.
The senior has played 11 rounds this year with her best finish coming from Sam Houston's Bearkat Invitational where she tied for 57th.

Tan

Tan is heading into just her third tournament of the year as the senior competed in South Alabama's Intercollegiate (Sept. 2021) and the Little Rock Golf Classic (Oct. 2021).
Her best round so far this season has come from the USA Intercollegiate where she posted a final round of 78.

LAST TIME AT TEXAS STATE INVITATIONAL
This will mark the fourth time UTA has competed in the Texas State Invitational, with the latest coming in the spring of 2020 when the Mavs tied for 7th place. There, Murray fired a 3-under 69 in the final round and jumped 10 spots on the individual leaderboard to place her 2nd overall. Murray and Tan were the only two members of the Mavs who competed in the Texas State Invitational two years ago.

NEXT UP
The Mavericks will be right back on the course in two weeks as they head to Covington, Louisiana to compete in South Alabama's Tchefuncta Invitational (Feb. 21-22) for their second tournament of the spring.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Sydney Garber

Romina Gonzalez

Heidrun Hlynsdottir

Madigan Murray

Janane Tan

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