No. 27 Baylor WGOLF Sits Atop Round One Leaderboard at the PDI Intercollegiate

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS - Feb. 2, 2025

No. 27 Baylor WGOLF Sits Atop Round One Leaderboard at the PDI Intercollegiate
All five players shoot in red figures to give BU an advantage on day one
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

ORLANDO, Fla.— Baylor women’s golf surged into first-place on day one of the PDI Intercollegiate at Eagle Creek Golf Club on Sunday.

Bridget Boczar, Sera Hasegawa and Silje Ohma were three of five BU players under par on day one, as the trio carded 3-under 69s. Baylor was the only team in the field to have five players in the lineup under par on Sunday. Ending Sunday in a tie for 10th, Boczar, Hasegawa and Ohma enter Tuesday just four off the lead of South Florida’s Cherry Marley, who carded a 7-under 65.

BU's 11-under 277 put the 27th-ranked Bears three shots clear of second place Duke, and its 8-under 280.

THE RUNDOWN
Boczar played her first 17 holes bogey-free, highlighted by birdies at Nos. 3, 12, 13 and 16 to reach 4-under. A bogey at the last hole dropped her back to 3-under and a tie for 10th.

Playing her first competitive round since October, Hasegawa rebounded from a bogey at the opening hole with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 6 and 7 to make the turn in red numbers. The senior birdied three of her first four holes on the back nine, around a lone bogey at No. 12, to close with a 3-under 69.

Ohma carded a team-high six birdies, including four on the front nine at Nos. 1, 6, 7 and 9, to make the turn with a 3-under 32. Back-to-back birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 offset bogeys at Nos. 11 and 17 for an even-par back half.

Malena Castro carded her best round in green and gold with a 2-under 70 to tie for 15th. The newcomer reached 2-under with birdies at Nos. 3 and 8 but dropped a shot at No. 9 to make the turn with a 1-under 34. She shot a 1-under 36 on the second nine, with birdies at Nos. 11 and 16 bookending a bogey at No. 14.

BaiMai Seema also shot a 2-under 70 to finish tied for 15th. The senior made a bogey at No. 1 but bounced back with a birdie at No. 3 to turn with an even-par 35. Dropping over par with a bogey at No. 10, Seema closed with a birdie barrage at Nos. 11, 16 and 17 to close the opening round with a 70.

Individually, Jenny Lee also shot a 70 to tie for 15th, while Mallory Matthews’ 1-over 73 earned her a tie for 55th on day one.

HIGHLIGHTS


  *   Baylor's 11-under 277 tied for the 10th-best round in program history on a par-72 course and was its best since a final-round 275 at the 2023 Rainbow Wahine Invitational
  *   Sunday marked the first time BU had five players in the lineup at par or better since the final round of the 2023 Rainbow Wahine Invitational
  *   Malena Castro and BaiMai Seem aled the field par-3 scoring average at 2.50
  *   Silje Ohma’s par-4 scoring average of 3.50 was the best in the field on Sunday
  *   Ohma’s six birdies tied for the second most in the field
  *   Baylor led the field with 23 birdies in round one
  *   The Bears led the field in par-3 (2.90) and par-4 (3.88) scoring average

QUOTABLE
Baylor head coach Jay Goble on the team’s overall performance in round one — “We had solid day and a complete team effort from everyone. I saw a lot of good golf today, including our individuals. We are going to get some rest this afternoon and get ready for a big day tomorrow.”

WHAT’S NEXT

The Bears will tee up in round two of the PDI Intercollegiate, with tee times beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT. A full list of tee times, live scores and stats can be found at scoreboard.clippd.com.<https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/233227/scoring/team>

For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.


—BaylorBears.com—

Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
[signature_339785252]

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.baylor.edu/pipermail/bumedia/attachments/20250202/223a668b/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001[2].png
Type: image/png
Size: 14099 bytes
Desc: image001[2].png
URL: <http://mailman.baylor.edu/pipermail/bumedia/attachments/20250202/223a668b/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: PDI Intercollegiate Round 1 Stats.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 480319 bytes
Desc: PDI Intercollegiate Round 1 Stats.pdf
URL: <http://mailman.baylor.edu/pipermail/bumedia/attachments/20250202/223a668b/attachment-0001.pdf>