LAS -- Under a warm Vegas sun, freshman Maggie Yuan led the BYU women’s golf team at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown to a 15th-place first round finish at +6 294 in a tough field with several ranked teams.
In just her fourth start as a Cougar, the Sachuan, China and Queensland, Australia native finished with a 1-under-par 71 first round score to end in a tie for No. 17 individually in a field of 92 golfers. She made five birdies on the day with just one bogey.
Senior team captain Natalia Jimenez is holding on to a tie for the No. 36 spot as she ended the round at +1 73. She made an impressive eagle shot on hole 10 and birdied hole three, finishing with four bogeys on the day.
Junior Shayla Forsey and sophomore Jade Bollinger had strong finishes as both tied for the No. 60 spot at +3 75. Junior Camille Gardner is making her second start of the fall season and finished at +5 77.
The field features ranked teams Louisville (16), Pepperdine (19), Oklahoma State (5), Long Beach State (47), Washington (38), Texas (44), and TCU (39).
For complete results of round one of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at Boulder Creek Golf Course, visit golfstat.com.
Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
The field
T1 Louisville -8
T1 Pepperdine -8
T3 UNLV -6
T3 Oklahoma State -6
5 Texas Tech -5
6 Long Beach State -3
7 Washington -2
T8 Texas E
T8 Idaho E
10 Minnesota +1
T11 Missouri +2
T11 TCU +2
13 Indiana +4
14 UC Davis +5
15 BYU +6
16 CSU +10
17 UNLV B +21
18 Iowa State +24
BYU
T17 Yuan 71 -1
T36 Jimenez 73 +1
T60 Forsey 75 +3
T60 Bollinger 75 +3
T76 Gardner 77 +5