No. 9 Baylor WGOLF in Eighth After Two Rounds at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Tue Feb 28 20:45:51 CST 2023

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 28, 2023

No. 9 Baylor WGOLF in Eighth After Two Rounds at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Rosie Belsham and Sera Hasegawa led the way for BU with 1-over 72s
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Baylor women’s golf is in eighth place after the second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Tuesday at the Long Cove Club.

Rosie Belsham was joined by Sera Hasegawa to lead the way for BU, shooting a pair of 1-over 72s, 1.96 strokes below the stroke average on Tuesday.

After two rounds, Baylor is sitting at 16-over 584, 17-shots back No. 4 South Carolina, the leader at 1-under 567.

THE RUNDOWN
Belsham’s first bogey of the tournament came at No. 4, snapping a streak of 21-straight holes without a bogey to begin the event. She bounced back immediately with a birdie, and added another at No. 9 to finish the front nine at 1-under. The junior dropped back to even with a bogey at No. 11 before getting back into red figures with a birdie at No. 13. Belsham made back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 14 and 15 to finish the round at 1-over in a tie for third.

Hasegawa bounced back from an opening-round 75 with a 1-over 72 of her own. The East Tennessee State transfer made a birdie at No. 1, followed by bogeys at Nos. 2 and 3. A second birdie was again followed by bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9 to close out a 2-over 38 on the front nine. After making the turn, Hasegawa made five-straight pars before her third birdie of the day at No. 15 to regain another stroke on the field and finish tied for 28th.

On Tuesday, Hannah Karg shot a 3-over 74 to finish the second round tied for 63rd. Opening with a pair of pars, Karg made a double-bogey seven at the par-5 3rd. She followed with bogeys at Nos. 6 and 8 to make the turn at 4-over 40. Karg began to chip away with a birdie at No. 10 and another at No. 14, with her only back-nine blemish coming in the form of a bogey at No. 18.

BaiMai Seema shot a 4-over 75 for the second-straight day. After a bogey on the opening hole, Seema got a stroke back with a birdie at No. 2 but made a double-bogey at No. 7 to finish the front nine with a 2-over 38. After an opening par on the back nine, she made two more bogeys on the inward half to finish Tuesday in a tie for 54th.

Silje Ohma shot a 5-over 76 to finish tied for 35th in the second round. Opening with three-straight pars, Ohma’s only front-nine blemish came at No. 4 with a double bogey to shoot a 2-over 36. She followed with a double bogey at No. 10 to drop to 4-over, and reached 5-over after a bogey at No. 15. Ohma finished the round at even par with birdies at Nos. 16 and 18, sandwiched around her third double bogey of the day at No. 17.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Baylor’s 121 Pars through two rounds are the fourth-most in the field.
  *   BU's par-4 scoring average (4.14) is tied for the third-best through two rounds.
  *   Baylor’s Sera Hasegawa leads the field in par-5 scoring average at 4.67.
  *   Hannah Karg shot her career-best round at Long Cove Club on Tuesday (74).

QUOTABLE:
Head Coach Jay Goble: “This is a difficult place, and if you're not walking around here with a ton of confidence or something doesn't go your way, it can kind of snowball on you. I don't think our team's game is far off, but they've been a little flat, unlike the last couple of weeks, in my opinion. I don't attribute that to anything other than the fact that this place is challenging, and you have to not only be physically ready to play a good round of golf but also mentally be ready. We have it in us to have a great round tomorrow, and we can move up the leaderboard, but it's hard out here, and we have to be ready for that."

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor will play with Duke and No. 12 Arizona State in the final round, led by Hannah Karg, at 8:30 a.m. CT. BaiMai Seema will follow at 8:40 a.m., just before Silje Ohma at 8:50 a.m. Sera Hasegawa takes the penultimate tee time at 9:00 a.m., followed by Rosie Belsham at 9:10 a.m.

Golf Channel will provide live coverage from 1:30-4:30 p.m. CT, with live stats also available at Golfstat.com.<https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=27194> 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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