Baylor WGOLF Climbs Five Spots in Round Two at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Tue Mar 5 16:58:33 CST 2024

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 5, 2023

Baylor WGOLF Climbs Five Spots in Round Two at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
BU’s 1-over 285 is its best team score in seven appearances at the Darius Rucker
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 improved on its opening round by 13 shots on Tuesday with a 1-over 285 in the second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club.

On Tuesday, Sera Hasegawa built on a solid opening round with a 2-under 69 to climb into the top 10 in a tie for seventh with 18 holes to play. Ashleen Kaur used five birdies to card a 2-under 69 of her own and jump into a tie for 21st. Arizona State’s Grace Summerhays holds the individual lead entering the final round with a 6-under 136.

No. 12 Northwestern leads the event at 5-under 563, one shot ahead of No. 20 Arizona State. The Bears enter Wednesday’s final round within eight shots of the top eight.

THE RUNDOWN
Hasegawa played her first five holes at 1-under par, highlighted by a birdie at No. 3. Her round hit a snag with a double bogey at No. 6 to drop back over par. The junior settled in and played the final 12 holes bogey-free at 3-under with birdies at Nos. 12, 13 and 16.

Kaur opened her round with a bang, carding three birdies in her first five holes at Nos. 1, 4 and 5. The freshman's first bogey came at No. 9 as she made the turn with a 2-under 34. She birdied two of her first three holes on the back nine to get to 4-under but finished with bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18.

Rosie Belsham carded an even-par 71 to finish tied for 31st. The senior got off to a steady start with seven straight pars before her first bogey of the day came at No. 8 to make the turn with a 1-over 37. Belsham’s first birdie of the day came at No. 13 but was offset by a second bogey at No. 14. The Whitley Bay, England, native closed strong with a birdie at No. 18, which has played as the fourth-hardest hole this week.

Silje Ohma shot a 5-over 76 to finish Tuesday tied for 79th. Her round started slow, with a triple-bogey at No. 2 and a bogey at No. 4 around a birdie at No. 3. The sophomore picked up a birdie at No. 6 and another at No. 8 to make the turn at 1-over. Ohma played the first five holes of the back nine at 5-over with bogeys at Nos. 11, 13 and 14 around a double bogey at No. 12. She closed with a birdie at No. 18 to get back to 5-over on the day.

Yoonjeong Huh recorded a 13-over 84 in the second round and slipped into 88th.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   285 is Baylor’s best team score in 20 rounds at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club.
  *   Ashleen Kaur has the second-best par-4 scoring average through two rounds (3.91).
  *   Sera Hasegawa is tied for the third-best par-4 scoring average after the second round (3.95).
  *   Rosie Belsham’s 29 pars are tied for the second-most in the field after 36 holes.

QUOTABLE
Head coach Jay Goble — “I think today was a big improvement, and I am glad to see us get more comfortable in competition,” he said. “We had some great individual performances. Sera and Ashleen had fantastic days around this place, and I am really proud of how hard they fought out there. Rosie hit the ball amazingly well and finished her round off with a birdie on one of the hardest holes of the course at No. 18, so I was really happy with some of the things I saw today.”

WHAT’S NEXT
The Bears will play in the final round beginning Wednesday morning alongside No. 6 Arkansas and Kentucky beginning at 10:10 a.m. CT on the 10th tee. Huh, will lead things off for the Bears, followed by Ohma at 10:20 a.m. Belsham will play at 10:30, followed by Kaur at 10:40 and Hasegawa at 10:50 a.m.

Live scores and stats can be found at Golfstat.com.<https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=28543> Golf Channel will have live coverage beginning at 1:30 p.m. CT.

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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