Baylor Women’s Golf Places Eighth at Cougar Classic

[Kaye, David]

Complete results and statistics attached.

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 10, 2018

Baylor Women’s Golf Places Eighth at Cougar Classic
Bears finish in front of 11 teams at season opener
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>


THE RUNDOWN
HANAHAN, S.C. – Baylor women’s golf shot 2-under-par 286 in Monday’s second round of the Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall, climbing one spot to finish in eighth place at 1-over 577.



The tournament was originally scheduled for a third round on Tuesday, but host College of Charleston cancelled all home athletic events for the week ahead of Hurricane Florence.



Baylor (+1) recorded head-to-head wins against North Carolina (+4), Tennessee (+5), Central Florida (+8), Penn State (+8), North Carolina State (+8), Maryland (+14), Indiana (+15), Boston College (+20), LSU (+23), Georgetown (+30) and Charleston Southern (+51). The Bears placed behind Florida (-30), Vanderbilt (-27), Arkansas (-16), Furman (-11), Florida State (-8), Wake Forest (-5) and College of Charleston (-3).



Gurleen Kaur played a clean final round with four birdies and 14 pars to card 4-under 68 and finish in a tie for 15th place at 4-under 140. Maria Vesga carded a 2-under 70 to finish tied for 20th place at 3-under 141, while Diane Baillieux shot 1-under 71 to tie for 36th place at 2-over 146. Fiona Liddell posted Baylor’s final counting score with a 5-over 77 to tie for 63rd place at 6-over 150, and Jordan Shackelford shot 8-over 80 to tie for 94th place at 13-over 157.


HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Baylor tied for seventh in par-3 scoring at 6-over 3.15, tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 10-under 4.75 and tied for ninth in par-4 scoring at 18-over 4.18.
  *   BU made 117 pars, good for fifth-most in the 19-team field, and tied for 10th with 25 birdies.
  *   Maria Vesga and Gurleen Kaur tied for third in the 102-player field in par-3 scoring at `1-under 2.88, while Fiona Liddell tied for 11th at even-par 3.00.
  *   Diane Baillieux tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 5-under 4.38.
  *   Vesga and Kaur tied for 20th in par-4 scoring at 1-over 4.05.
  *   Vesga tied for fourth in the field with 27 pars, while Kaur tied for 12th with 26 pars.
  *   Kaur tied for 21st with seven birdies across 36 holes.

STAT OF THE DAY
4-under – Gurleen Kaur shot 4-under over a nine-hole stretch between the 14th and fourth holes (BU started the second round on the back-9). Kaur made birdies on Nos. 14, 15, 18 and 4, along with pars on Nos. 16, 17, 1, 2 and 3.



WHAT'S NEXT

Baylor has more than two weeks to prepare for its next tournament, the Schooner Fall Classic, while runs Sept. 28-30 at Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla. 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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