No. 14 Baylor WGOLF Tied for Second After Round one of PING/ASU Intercollegiate

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 24, 2023

No. 14 Baylor WGOLF Tied for Second After Round one of PING/ASU Intercollegiate
Sophomore Sera Hasegawa shoots a 3-under 69 to pace the Bears
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

TEMPE, Ariz.  – Baylor women’s golf got off to a strong start in round one at the PING/ASU Intercollegiate with a 2-over 290 on Friday at Papago Golf Club.

Sera Hasegawa led the way for BU with a 3-under 69, good enough to tie for fourth on day one. She finished two shots back of the individual leader, Mississippi State's Julia Lopez Ramirez, who leads at 5-under.

As a team, the Bears are eight-shots back of Northwestern, who carded 6-under 284 to secure the first-round lead.
THE RUNDOWN
Hasegawa started on No. 10 and opened with four straight pars before carding back-to-back birdies at Nos. 14 and 15 to shoot a first-nine 34. Her second nine started with a par at No. 1, followed by a third birdie of the day at No. 2. The sophomore's first bogey of the day came at the par-4 third hole but followed it with a pair of birdies at Nos. 5 and 9 around a bogey at No. 7 to finish off a 3-under 69.

Silje Ohma shot a 1-over 73 on Friday. An adventurous first nine included a birdie at No. 10, followed by a bogey at No. 11. The freshman got back into red figures with a birdie at No. 14 and an eagle at No. 15, but bogeyed the final three holes to shoot an even-par 36 on her outward nine. Ohma bounced back with an eagle at No. 1, before closing the round with a double bogey at No. 6 and a bogey at No. 7 to finish tied for 22nd after round one.

Rosie Belsham shot a 2-over 74 on Friday to finish tied for 32nd. The junior began her round with a birdie at No. 10, but carded bogeys at Nos. 13 and 16 for a 1-over 37. Belsham notched her first eagle of the season at No. 10, but made bogeys at Nos. 2, 4 and six to close out the round at two over.

Britta Snyder returned to the lineup with a 2-over 74 to finish tied for 32nd. Snyder made a couple of bogeys at Nos. 10 and 13, followed by a birdie at No. 14 and a bogey at No. 16 for a 2-over 38 outward nine. The junior got a stroke back with a birdie at No. 2, but surrendered that shot with a bogey at No. 7.

Hannah Karg shot a 4-over 76 and is tied for 52nd after round one. The senior opened with five-straight pars until a double bogey at No. 15 and a bogey at No. 17 put her at 3-over through nine. Karg finished with a 1-over 37 on the inward half with bogeys at Nos. 3 and 6 around a birdie at No. 5.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   BU was one of four teams with all four counting scores below the stroke average on Friday (75.31).
  *   Baylor was the only team in the field to record multiple eagles on Friday.
  *   The Bears led the field in par-5 scoring on Friday (4.65).
  *   Silje Ohma was the lone player in the field to record multiple eagles on Friday.
  *   Ohma led the field in par-5 scoring by .5 shots (3.75).
  *   Rosie Belsham tied for the second-best par-5 scoring average (4.25).
  *   Sera Hasegawa’s 69 was her 10th round at par-or better this season.
  *   63% of Hasegawa’s rounds this season have been at par or better, which leads the team.


QUOTABLE:
Head coach Jay Goble on tough conditions: “The wind really picked up as the day went on, so that second nine was really challenging into some already tough pins. Sera hit the ball really well today, which helped her in this wind. Overall, I am proud of how we battled through adversity, which is what you want to see as their coach. We’ll regroup tonight and battle for every shot out here over the next two days.”

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor will play with Northwestern and Oregon tomorrow going off the No. 1 tee. Hannah Karg will lead things off at 11:30 a.m. CT, followed by Britta Snyder at 11:39 a.m. Rosie Belsham tees off a 11:48 a.m., in front of Silje Ohma at 11:57 a.m. Sera Hasegawa will play out of the anchor position at 12:06 p.m. CT.

Live stats and scores are available throughout the tournament at Golfstat.com.<https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=27026> 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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