No. 20 Baylor WGOLF in Eighth Place After One Round in Battle at the Beach

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 28, 2022

No. 20 Baylor WGOLF in Eighth Place After One Round in Battle at the Beach
BU’s Hasegawa and Belsham put together even-par rounds to lead the Bears
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – Baylor women’s golf finished in eighth place after round one of the Battle at the Beach on Friday at Club Campestre San Jose.

For a second-straight round, BU was led by Sera Hasegawa and Rosie Belsham, whom each turned in even-par 71s.

BU's 9-over 293 is 11-shots back of Ole Miss, who leads the event following a 2-under 282.

THE RUNDOWN
Beginning on hole No. 5, Hasegawa started with a double bogey and a bogey on her first two holes to sit at 3-over. From there, the sophomore got back on track with birdies at Nos. 7, 13 and 3 to finish day one tied for 15th.

Belsham also began her round at No. 5 and suffered a bogey on her second hole of the day at No. 6. She made two more bogeys at Nos. 10 and 13 to close her front nine at 3-over. Four holes into her closing nine, the junior made her first birdie of the day at No. 17 but gave it back with a bogey at No. 1. She closed strong with birdies on her final three holes of the day at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 to finish tied for 15th.

Silje Ohma opened with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 6 and 7 but gave a stroke back with a bogey at No. 9. The freshman made a double bogey at No. 11, followed by a birdie, eagle and a double bogey to get to even par after nine holes. She was 4-over on her back nine with bogeys at Nos. 15, 17, 18, 2 and 5 to go along with a birdie at No. 3 to pull into a tie for 46th.

BaiMai Seema shot a 5-over 76 to finish tied for 55th after round one. After a pair of opening pars, Seema made a bogey at No. 9. From there, the sophomore recorded seven-straight pars before bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18 dropped her to 3-over on the round. She made two more bogeys at Nos. 1 and 4 but closed with two pars to finish her opening-round 76.

Britta Snyder shot a 6-over 77 on Friday to tie for 67th. After an opening bogey at No. 8, the sophomore made a bogey at No. 11 before her first birdie of the day came at No. 13. Sitting at 1-over, she made three-straight bogeys and a triple bogey to drop to 6-over on the day. She would play her final eight holes at 1-under par thanks to birdies at Nos. 18, 3 and 5 and Bogeys at Nos. 2 and 7.

Playing as an individual, senior Anika Veintemilla shot a 1-over 72 to finish Friday in a tie for 20th. After an opening par at No. 17, the senior double-bogeyed No. 18 and followed with bogeys at Nos. 2 and 4. She would respond with three-straight birdies at Nos. 7, 8 and 9 before adding one more at No. 12 to get back to even par. She gave back two strokes with bogeys at Nos. 13 and 14 but carded a fifth birdie of the day to get back to 1-over.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   With an opening-round 72, Anika Veintemilla set a new career-best first-round score.
  *   With an eagle on Friday, Silje Ohma has made at least one eagle in all three events this fall.
  *   Sera Hasegawa has now played six of her seven rounds as a Bear at par or better.

QUOTABLE:
Head coach Jay Goble – “I saw some great things today. Sera got off to a tough start but fought her way back to shoot even par. It was windy today, which made it tough to hit greens, but her short game was great down the stretch to go bogey-free on her final 16 holes. Rosie did not have her best start either but finished with 3-straight birdies. It was really cool to see both of them finish their rounds that way.”

WHAT’S NEXT
The tournament will continue with a shotgun start on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. CT. The Bears will play with Houston, North Texas and Arkansas. Live scoring will be available at Birdiefire.com.<https://m.birdiefire.com/tournament/134152/>

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


—BaylorBears.com—

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