Baylor WGOLF Moves into Sixth After Round Two of Stanford Intercollegiate

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 22, 2022

Baylor WGOLF Moves into Sixth After Round Two of Stanford Intercollegiate
BU’s Rosie Belsham leads the Bears with a 2-under 69
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

STANFORD, Calif. – Baylor women’s golf climbed six spots in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate on Saturday at Stanford Golf Course

The Bears tied with Iowa State for the biggest move up the leaderboard in round two. Rosie Belsham paced BU with a 2-under 69, her second round in the 60’s so far this season.

Just six shots separate spots No. 2-6 as Stanford continues to lead its own event at 11-under 557.

THE RUNDOWN
Belsham opened the round with a birdie at the par-5 first, and after a bogey at No. 2, she got right back into red figures with a birdie at No. 4. She closed the front nine with five more pars for a 1-under 34. Following a bogey at No. 10, the junior got the stroke right back with a birdie at No. 11 and added another at 16 to finish off a 2-under 69 to get into a tie for 12th.

Sera Hasegawa also finished in red figures with a 1-under 70 to join Belsham in a tie for 12th. The sophomore opened with an eagle at the par-5 first, but followed that with bogeys at Nos. 2, 3 and 5 to drop to 1-over. She responded with a birdie at No. 7 to get back to even par through nine. Hasegawa bogeyed two of her first four holes on the back nine but responded with three birdies on her final four holes for a team-leading fourth round at par or better this season.

Britta Snyder bounced back from an opening-round 79 to shoot an even-par 71 on Saturday and pull into a tie for 71st. The team leader in total pars coming into this week opened with four straight pars, before a pair of bogeys at Nos. 5 and 6. Snyder got both bogeys back with an eagle at No. 7 to close the front nine with an even-par 35. Snyder opened the back nine with a birdie at No. 10 before adding another at No. 14. Bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18 dropped her back to even par for the day.

BaiMai Seema shot a 1-over 72 to move into a tie for 59th on Saturday. Seema opened with three-straight pars before moving into red figures with birdies at Nos. 4 and 7. Back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 9 and 10 dropped her back to even par for the day. She finished with seven pars and a bogey at No. 18 to close out her 72 on Saturday.

Silje Ohma shot a 3-over 74 to finish Saturday in a tie for 22nd. After two bogeys on her first two holes, Ohma carded a birdie at No. 4. The freshman made a double bogey at No. 6, a birdie at No. 7, and a bogey at No. 9 to close out the opening nine. A birdie at No. 11 and a bogey at No. 12 preceded six-straight pars to end the round.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   BU was one of four teams in the field to have all four counting scores below the stroke average (73.86).
  *   Through two rounds, the Bears lead the field in par-3 scoring average (2.96).
  *   Baylor’s three eagles are the most in the field through two rounds.
  *   Rosie Belsham leads the field in par-3 scoring average (2.60)


QUOTABLE:
Head coach Jay Goble on playing in difficult conditions: “This is a high-level championship course. We knew we would get tougher conditions than the morning groups, and for us to come out and play the way we did was really spectacular. Fighting for every shot, especially on a hard golf course on a tough day, is sometimes hard to do, but they handled it great.”

WHAT’S NEXT
BU will play with Virginia, Southern California and Northwestern in Sunday’s final round, beginning with a 10:30 a.m. CT shotgun start.

Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.<https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=26314> For more information on Baylor Women's Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.



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