Women’s Golf Places Eighth at Cougar Classic

THE RUNDOWN
HANAHAN, S.C. – Baylor women's golf shot 2-under-par 286 in Monday's second round of the Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall, climbing one spot to finish in eighth place at 1-over 577.

The tournament was originally scheduled for a third round on Tuesday, but host College of Charleston cancelled all home athletic events for the week ahead of Hurricane Florence.

Baylor (+1) recorded head-to-head wins against North Carolina (+4), Tennessee (+5), Central Florida (+8), Penn State (+8), North Carolina State (+8), Maryland (+14), Indiana (+15), Boston College (+20), LSU (+23), Georgetown (+30) and Charleston Southern (+51). The Bears placed behind Florida (-30), Vanderbilt (-27), Arkansas (-16), Furman (-11), Florida State (-8), Wake Forest (-5) and College of Charleston (-3).

Gurleen Kaur played a clean final round with four birdies and 14 pars to card 4-under 68 and finish in a tie for 15^th place at 4-under 140. Maria Vesga carded a 2-under 70 to finish tied for 20^th place at 3-under 141, while Diane Baillieux shot 1-under 71 to tie for 36^th place at 2-over 146. Fiona Liddell posted Baylor's final counting score with a 5-over 77 to tie for 63^rd place at 6-over 150, and Jordan Shackelford shot 8-over 80 to tie for 94^th place at 13-over 157.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor tied for seventh in par-3 scoring at 6-over 3.15, tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 10-under 4.75 and tied for ninth in par-4 scoring at 18-over 4.18.
BU made 117 pars, good for fifth-most in the 19-team field, and tied for 10^th with 25 birdies.
Maria Vesga and Gurleen Kaur tied for third in the 102-player field in par-3 scoring at `1-under 2.88, while Fiona Liddell tied for 11^th at even-par 3.00.
Diane Baillieux tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 5-under 4.38.
Vesga and Kaur tied for 20^th in par-4 scoring at 1-over 4.05.
Vesga tied for fourth in the field with 27 pars, while Kaur tied for 12^th with 26 pars.
Kaur tied for 21^st with seven birdies across 36 holes.

STAT OF THE DAY
4-under – Gurleen Kaur shot 4-under over a nine-hole stretch between the 14^th and fourth holes (BU started the second round on the back-9). Kaur made birdies on Nos. 14, 15, 18 and 4, along with pars on Nos. 16, 17, 1, 2 and 3.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has more than two weeks to prepare for its next tournament, the Schooner Fall Classic, while runs Sept. 28-30 at Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.

Women’s Golf Places Eighth at Cougar Classic

Players Mentioned

Diane Baillieux

Gurleen Kaur

Fiona Liddell

Jordan Shackelford

Maria Vesga

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