PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After the opening round of NCAA Golf Championship regional play, Houston’s Megan Thothong sits one stroke out of the lead at the Austin Regional, while SMU’s Brigitte Dunne is in a tie for sixth, two shots out of the lead on the University of Texas Golf Club course.
Thothong sank a team-high five birdies on the way to a 69, checking off seven straight pars before making her first birdie of the day on the 159-yard, par-3 eighth hole.
After two more pars, Thothong enjoyed another birdie on the par-5 11th hole but gave the stroke back with a bogey on the next hole.