LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State women's golf is set to host the fourth annual NM State Aggie Invitational, Oct. 9-11, at the NMSU Golf Course. In the past events, NM State has finished third in 2014, second in 2015 and took home first place in 2016.
The Aggies welcome nine teams to their home course including CSU Fullerton, North Dakota, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Southern Utah, UC Riverside, UTEP, UTRGV and Weber State.
The 54-hole invitational is set to be played over three days at the NMSU GC which is a 6,392 yard, par-72 layout. Golfer begins play each day at 8:30 am MT with a shotgun start. Live stats for the tournament can be followed on
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Pun Chanachai,
Dominique Galloway,
Kehler Koss,
Kennedie Montoya and
Maria Prado represent the Aggies at the home event.
Tiegan Taylor and
Angela Xu are competing as individuals for the tournament.
NM State heads into the invitational having won their first two events of the year at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic and the Col. Wollenberg's Ram Classic. Chanachai was also named Western Athletic Conference Golfer of the Month after earning individual medalist honors in both tournaments and posting a program and WAC record round score of 63 in Colorado.
After the NM State Aggie Invitational, the women's golf team heads to Las Vegas to close out the fall slate at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, Oct. 22-24.