ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The NM State women's golf program opens its 2021-22 season Monday and Tuesday competing at the Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire Invitational hosted by The University of New Mexico at the Championship Course at UNM.
The two-day, 54-hole event features 16 schools, including eight programs that finished the 2021 season ranked inside the top-60 Golf Stat Team Rankings. The field also includes seven teams (Denver, New Mexico, NM State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State and San Jose State) that made a 2021 NCAA Regional.
The teams will play 36 holes on Monday, before returning to the Championship Course on Tuesday. The action gets going tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.
The 2021-22 Aggies feature five returners and one newcomer, freshman Meji Tungprapunvong. Live results for the entire Dick McGuire Invitational can be found
here.
THE LINEUP:
Alison Gastelum
Amelia McKee
Arantza Armas
Alexandra Quihuis
Valentina Origel
Meji Tungprapunvong (Individual)
THE COURSE:
The Championship Course at UNM is a Par-72 6,317-yard course.
THE FIELD (Final 2021 Golf Stat Team Ranking):
BYU (101)
Cal (91)
Colorado (68)
Colorado State (108)
Denver (39)
Fresno State (74)
Iowa (84)
Kansas (79)
UNM (52)
NM State (59)
Oregon State (29)
Pepperdine (41)
San Diego State (54)
San Jose State (48)
Texas State (58)
UNLV (63)
UP NEXT:
The Aggies return to action two weeks from Monday when they travel to Vail, Colo. for the GolfWeek Conference Challenge at Red Sky Golf Club. The three-day event will take place from Sept. 27-29.
