Women’s Golf in Sixth after First Round in Bahamas

Monday, October 28

Paradise Island, Bahamas - Ocean Club GC

Baylor

White Sands Invitational

Women’s Golf in Sixth after First Round in Bahamas

10/28/2019 6:40:00 PM | Women's Golf

White Sands Day One Results and Statistics

Kaur and Liddell both shot 1-under 71 in first round

THE RUNDOWN
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Baylor women's golf is in sixth place after shooting 3-over-par 291 in Monday's first round of the White Sands Invitational at Ocean Club Golf Course. The Bears are four shots back of third place with two rounds remaining.

Baylor (+3) trails only Texas (-12), Arkansas (-5), Houston (-1), Clemson (E) and Georgia (+1). The Bears lead Ohio State (+5), Mississippi State (+6), Oklahoma (+7), North Texas (+7), Tennessee (+8), Tulane (+11), SMU (+11) and New Mexico (+12).

Baylor was led by Gurleen Kaur and Fiona Liddell, who both shot 1-under 71 to tie for 12^th place. Kaur made a tournament-high six birdies, including five on the back-9, while Liddell played a clean round with one birdie and 17 pars.

Jordan Shackelford posted a 1-over 73 to tie for 27^th place, while Elodie Chapelet rounded out the team scorecard with a 4-over 76 to tie for 53^rd place. Anika Veintemilla, who is competing as an individual, shot 1-over 73 to tie for 27^th place, and Erica Chiang is tied for 64^th place at 5-over 77.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor ranks third in the 14-team field in par-4 scoring at 4-over 4.08, tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.90 and 12^th in par-3 scoring at 6-over 3.30.
BU is tied for third in the field with 15 birdies and tied for eighth with 56 pars.
Kaur is tied for the tournament lead with six birdies, while Chiang is tied for 10^th with four birdies.
Kaur is tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50.
Veintemilla and Liddell are tied for 13^th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
Shackelford, Kaur and Liddell are tied for 12^th in par-4 scoring at even-par 4.00.
Liddell and Veintemilla are tied for 16^th in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.75.
Liddell posted a tournament-high 17 pars in the first round.

STAT OF THE DAY
5 – Gurleen Kaur made five birdies on the back-9 on her way to shooting 3-under 33 after the turn. She made birdies on Nos. 10, 11, 13, 17 and 18, and she added a birdie on No. 6 to lead the tournament with six first-round birdies.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor is paired with Clemson and Georgia for Tuesday's second round, which is a 7 a.m. CT shotgun start. Liddell and Kaur will start from the fifth tee, while Chapelet and Shackelford start on No. 6, Chiang starts on No. 7 and Veintemilla begins on No. 16. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.