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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 7, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor’s Kaur Named Big 12 Women’s Golfer of the Month<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Two-time All-American is first Bear since 2016 to earn award</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
</span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor redshirt junior Gurleen Kaur has been named Big 12 Women’s Golfer of the Month, as announced Wednesday by the conference office. Kaur becomes the 10<sup>th</sup> player in program history to win the award and
the first since Amy Lee in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kaur shared the award with Kansas State’s Reid Isaac after they were co-medalists at the Schooner Fall Classic. Kaur’s efforts helped the Bears claim a dominating 31-stroke
victory over a field that included all nine Big 12 teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Houston native was the only player to shoot below-par in all three rounds, with scores of 69-69-67. She recorded a 54-hole total of 205, which was third-best in program
history. That number led the Baylor team to a new school-record 54-hole total at 7-under-par 833.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A two-time All-American, Kaur extended her lead on the Baylor career stroke average record, which now stands at 72.77 through 77 career rounds, .23 ahead of the previous
career record 73.00 held by Hayley Davis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The medalist honor was the second of Kaur’s career, her fourth career top-3 finish and her 11<sup>th</sup> top-10 finish. Kaur moved into a tie for ninth all-time at
Baylor with her 11 career top-10 finishes, and she’s tied for 12<sup>th</sup> in program history with four career top-5 finishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With the win, Kaur moved up 23 spots to No. 78 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. She’s the first Baylor player invited to compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur,
with her 2020 invitation extended to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing cancellation of the 2020 event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kaur was joined by three teammates who saw their WAGR rankings go up after the team win at the Schooner Fall Classic, with a pair of freshmen each making jumps of more
than 100 spots. Redshirt freshman Hannah Karg climbed 145 spots from No. 1334 to No. 1189 with her 10<sup>th</sup>-place finish, and true freshman Britta Snyder climbed 120 spots from No. 653 to No. 533 with a third-place finish. Additionally, Elodie Chapelet
moved up eight spots to No. 115 with a fifth-place finish, and freshman Rosie Belsham is now at No. 419 after a tie for 21<sup>st</sup> place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor returns to action Saturday and Sunday at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, played at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas. BU then wraps up the team
portion of the fall schedule Oct. 22-23 in the Cowgirl Classic at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Okla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR’S ALL-TIME BIG 12 WOMEN’S GOLFERS OF THE MONTH</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Melanie Hagewood, March 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Josefin Svenningsson, October 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sian Reddick, November 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Allison Martin, March 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hannah Burke, March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hayley Davis, September 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jaclyn Jansen, October 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lauren Taylor, November 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lauren Taylor, April 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amy Lee, October 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gurleen Kaur, September 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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