The UGA women’s golf team posted a 15-over 299 in Monday’s opening round of the Stanford Intercollegiate. The Bulldogs are currently tied with No. 23 Florida State in ninth on the team leaderboard at Poppy Hills Golf Club.

 
Freshman Paula Neira Garcia paced Georgia in round one with an even-par 71. Gabriela Coello fired a 72, Isabella Skinner shot 77 and Bailey Tardy notched a 78 to round out the Bulldogs’ counting rounds. Stephanie Carras also shot 78 but signed an incorrect scorecard and therefore had her round erased.
 
 
“We got two really good rounds from Paula and Gaby on a very difficult golf course,” head coach Josh Brewer said. “The PGA Tour plays here so when you can shot at or around par you’ve done well.”
 
 
Neira Garcia covered the front nine at 1-over. She birdied both No. 4 and No. 6 but double-bogeyed No. 5 between. A bogey at No. 9 was followed by eight straight pars before a closing birdie at No. 18 supplied her second par-or-better tally in for rounds this fall.
 
 
No. 8 Stanford shot 4-under 280 to grab an eight-shot lead in the team competition. No. 4 UCLA is second at 288, and rounding out the top-10 teams are Washington at 291, San Jose State at 293, UC Davis at 294, Cal at 295, No. 13 Northwestern at 296, Pepperdine at 297 and the Bulldogs and Seminoles at 299.
 
 
“Team wise, we just needed a third score,” Brewer said. “With one more score like we got from Paula and Gaby we’d be close to the top of the leaderboard. We’re close. Hopefully, tomorrow we can get there.”
 
 
Hannah Kim from Northwestern shot 5-under 66 and leads the individual field by two shots. For Georgia, Neira Garcia is tied for eighth, Coello is tied for 12th, Skinner is tied for 56th and Tardy is tied for 62nd.
 
 
The Bulldogs will be paired with Cal Poly and Oregon for Tuesday’s second round. The teams will tee off in waves from 11:00-11:44 from No. 10.Live scoring can be tracked here via golfstat.com.
 

Stanford Intercollegiate

Poppy Hills Golf Club
Pepple Beach, Calif.
Par 71; 6069 Yards

Monday’s First-Round Standings

 
Team Leaderboard
 
Stanford 280
UCLA 288
Washington 291
San Jose State 293
UC Davis 294
California 295
Northwestern 296
Pepperdine 297
Florida State 298
Georgia 298
Cal Poly 299
Oregon 299
Oklahoma State 300
Iowa State 301
Stanford “B” 302
 
 
Individual Leaderboard
 
Hannah Kim, Northwestern 66
Mika Liu, Stanford 68
Wenyung Keh, Washington 68
Andrea Lee, Stanford 69
Franziska Friedrich, San Jose St. 69
Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA 70
Albane Valenzuela, Stanford 70
Paula Neira Garcia, Georgia 71
Jamie Binns, Cal Poly 71
Bethany Wu, UCLA 71
Yoonhee Kim, UC Davis 71
 
 
Additional Georgia Scores
 
T12. Gabriela Coello 72
T56. Isabella Skinner 77
T62. Bailey Tardy 78