Women’s Golf in Sixth Place at Betsy Rawls

Friday, October 19

Austin, Texas - University of Texas GC

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Betsy Rawls Invitational

Women’s Golf in Sixth Place at Betsy Rawls

10/19/2018 5:38:00 PM | Women's Golf

Betsy Rawls Invitational Day One Results and Statistics

Bears shot 5-over after the turn after shooting 10-over on front-9

THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas – Baylor women's golf is in sixth place after shooting 15-over-par 303 in Friday's first round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at University of Texas Golf Club.

No. 28-ranked Baylor (+15) trails only No. 6 Texas (+3), No. 16 Kent State (+6), No. 7 Florida (+7), No. 49 SMU (+12) and No. 1 Alabama (+14). The Bears are in front of seven teams, including No. 38 Texas Tech (+18), No. 41 Texas A&M (+20), Tulane (+22), No. 40 Colorado (+23), Texas State (+29), New Mexico (+29) and North Texas (+30).

BU got off to a slow start and the Bears' four counting scores were a combined 10-over at the turn, but they strung together pars on the back-9 and combined to shoot 5-over coming in. Diane Baillieux made one birdie and eight pars on the back-9 to finish the day in a tie for 14^th place at 2-over 74, while Gurleen Kaur played the back-9 at even-par with two birdies, two bogeys and five pars on her way to a tie for eighth place at 1-over 73.

Laila Hrindova is tied for 35^th place after a 5-over 77, and Maria Vesga posted Baylor's final counting scoring with a 7-over 79, which is tied for 50^th place. Amelia McKee is tied for 63^rd place at 10-over 82. Both Jordan Shackelford and Fiona Liddell are competing as individuals. Shackelford is tied for 20^th place after shooting 3-over 75, while Liddell is tied for 50^th place at 7-over 79.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor ranks fourth in the 13-team field in par-4 scoring at 13-over 4.26, tied for fourth in par-5 scoring at 4-over 5.20 and 13^th in par-3 scoring at 8-over 3.40.
Baylor's eight birdies from the lineup are fifth-most in the field, while BU tied for sixth with 52 pars across 90 holes.
Gurleen Kaur is tied for the tournament lead in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50.
Jordan Shackelford is tied for third in the 75-player field in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.75 and tied for 15^th in par-5 scoring at even-par 5.00.
Diane Baillieux is tied for sixth in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.75.
Laila Hrindova is tied for 11^th in par-4 scoring at 1-over 4.10.
Baillieux is tied for eighth in the field with 14 pars across 18 holes, while Shackelford is tied for 10^th with 13 pars.
Kaur made four birdies on the day, tied for fifth-most in the tournament.

STAT OF THE DAY
1-over – Baylor's seven players in the tournament combined to shoot 1-over par across the final six holes after carding a combined 34-over across the first 12 holes. The Bears made four birdies on holes Nos. 13-18 after making five birdies on holes Nos. 1-12.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor is paired with SMU and Alabama for Saturday's second round. McKee tees off first at 8:45 a.m. CT, and she'll be followed in nine-minute intervals by Vesga, Hrindova, Baillieux and Kaur, respectively. Liddell and Shackelford will start from No. 10, with Liddell teeing off at 8:33 a.m. and Shackelford beginning at 9 a.m. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.