Baylor Women’s Golf Takes Third Place at Betsy Rawls Invite

Sun Oct 21 15:27:53 CDT 2018

Complete results and statistics attached.

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 21, 2018

Baylor Women’s Golf Takes Third Place at Betsy Rawls Invite
Bears finished ahead of No. 1 Alabama and No. 7 Florida
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas – Baylor women’s golf shot even-par 288 in Sunday’s final round of the Betsy Rawls Invitational, jumping one spot to finish in third place with a 54-hole total of 11-over 875 at University of Texas Golf Club.

The Bears (+11) recorded their season-best finish and placed behind only tournament-host No. 6 Texas (-10) and No. 16 Kent State (-3). BU recorded head-to-head wins against No. 7 Florida (+16), No. 38 Texas Tech (+25), No. 1 Alabama (+39), No. 49 SMU (+42), No. 41 Texas A&M (+44), No. 40 Colorado (+45), North Texas (+56), Tulane (+63), New Mexico (+78) and Texas State (+78).

Baylor’s best score in Sunday’s final round came from freshman Amelia McKee, who was making her collegiate debut in the tournament. McKee finished with birdies on her 17th and 18th holes to post a 3-under-par 69 and climb 19 spots on the leaderboard to finish tied for 30th place at 10-over 226.

Senior Maria Vesga carded an even-par 72 to finish in a tie for 17th place at 5-over 221, while sophomore Gurleen Kaur shot 1-over 73 and finished in sixth place at 1-under 215. Sophomore Diane Baillieux posted Baylor’s final counting score with a 2-over 74 to tie for 21st place at 6-over 222.

Laila Hrindova shot 7-over 79 to finish tied for 34th place at 11-over 227. Jordan Shackelford, who was competing as an individual, shot 3-over 75 to take 53rd place at 18-over 234, while fellow individual Fiona Liddell carded 6-over 78 to tie for 39th place at 13-over 229.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Baylor finished second in the 13-team field in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.98, third in par-4 scoring at 23-over 4.15 and eighth in par-3 scoring at 9-over 3.15.
  *   Baylor’s 165 pars were third-most in the tournament, and the Bears finished fourth with 41 birdies.
  *   Gurleen Kaur ranked fifth in the 75-player field in par-4 scoring at even-par 4.00.
  *   Diane Baillieux and Kaur tied for ninth in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.83.
  *   Maria Vesga tied for 11th in par-4 scoring at 3-over 4.10.
  *   Jordan Shackelford led the team and tied for 15th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
  *   Kaur made 12 birdies across 54 holes, which tied for fifth-most in the field.
  *   Fiona Liddell and Baillieux tied for 12th with 35 pars across 54 holes.

STAT OF THE DAY
5-under – Baylor’s lineup combined to shoot 5-under across their final two holes of the tournament. Kaur made a par and a birdie, Vesga made a birdie and a par, Hrindova made two pars, McKee made two birdies and Baillieux made a par and a birdie.

TOP QUOTE

“It’s great to see some fresh faces in the lineup do well and have some success over the last couple of days,” head coach Jay Goble said. “Amelia McKee didn’t count her score the last two days, and today she shot 2-under 69, which for a freshman in her first time in the lineup and all the pressure that comes with that, she handled that really well today. I’m really proud of her. I think overall what makes me the most excited is that we’re fighting back and we’re dealing with adversity really well. We were about 5-over with a couple holes to go, and everybody made birdies coming in to get us back to even-par, so we did a great job finishing strong. We have a really great team this year, everybody can play and can contribute, and it’s fun to see all of them have good rounds.”

WHAT'S NEXT

Baylor wraps up its fall season by hosting the second-annual Battle at the Beach at Club Campestre in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. The three-day, 54-hole tournament runs Nov. 2-4, and live scoring will be available at www.birdiefire.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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