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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Dec. 20, 2024</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor WGOLF Inks Obi Chan for Fall 2025</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Hong Kong native aims to bring an instant impact for BU</span></b></p>
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<b><i style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information, contact
</span></i></b><i style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">WACO, Texas – </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">Baylor women’s golf
added another big piece to its 2025-26 roster on Friday with the signing of Obi Chan from Hong Kong.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">Chan comes to Waco on the heels of a decorated junior career with three wins and 18
<span class="GramE">top-5s</span> worldwide over the last year and a half. Head coach Jay Goble looks forward to adding Chan to a talented roster for next season.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"We are very excited to have Obi join our team next year,"
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Goble</span> said. "She is a very talented player who has a very bright future ahead of her. We loved her enthusiasm for golf and know she will be a valuable asset to our team."</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">One of Chan's three wins came in her last start in mid-October at the second qualifying stage for the Southeast Asia Junior International Open, where she
set the pace with an opening-round 69, notching a wire-to-wire victory.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">Playing most of her junior golf in Asia, Chan has experienced success on American soil, finishing second at the Coca-Cola Junior Championships at the Highlands
after shooting a final-round 71 to earn a spot in a four-way playoff. She also tied for 13<sup>th</sup> against a strong field at the FCG Callaway World Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. It was her second-straight
<span class="GramE">top-15</span> in the event after she finished 10<sup>th</sup> the previous season.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">Currently ranked 1,048<sup>th</sup> in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, The Hong Kong native peaked this summer at 973 on the heels of her second-place
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">She joins another talented signee in England’s Amelia Wan, who signed with the Bears back in November.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: black;">Goble’s current crop of Bears
<span class="GramE">are</span> coming off a strong fall season and will enter the spring ranked No. 27, aiming to make a fifth-straight NCAA Championship later this spring. They will
<span class="GramE">open up</span> the semester on Jan. 27, 2025, at the Match in the Desert in Superstition Mountain, Ariz.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter,
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<a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span></a><span style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></span></p>
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