Women’s Golf in Eighth Place at Evans Derby

Sunday, March 24

Opelika, Ala. - Saugahatchee CC

Baylor

Evans Derby Experience

Women’s Golf in Eighth Place at Evans Derby

3/24/2019 5:49:00 PM | Women's Golf

Evans Derby Day Two Results and Statistics

Gurleen Kaur two shots back of individual lead entering final round

THE RUNDOWN
OPELIKA, Ala. – Baylor women's golf is in eighth place after shooting 10-over-par 298 in Sunday's second round of the Evans Derby Experience. BU tied for the sixth-best round of the day and climbed one spot on the leaderboard at 18-over 594 entering Monday's final round.

No. 39 Baylor (+18) leads six top-45 ranked teams, including No. 9 South Carolina (+22), No. 45 Mississippi State (+22), No. 32 Clemson (+25), No. 41 Ole Miss (+25), No. 36 Louisville (+32) and No. 18 Alabama (+38). BU is just four shots back of the top-five and trails No. 2 Texas (+3), No. 3 Duke (+6), No. 8 Arkansas (+8), No. 11 Florida State (+9), No. 14 Kent State (+14), No. 7 Florida (+16) and No. 13 Auburn (+17).

Baylor's best round of the day came from freshman Emma Bradley, who carded a 1-over 73 to climb into a tie for 52nd place at 9-over 153. Maria Vesga shot 2-over 74 to move into a tie for 19th place at 3-over 147, and Erica Chiang posted 3-over 75 to climb into a tie for 42nd place at 7-over 151.

Gurleen Kaur carded the Bears' final counting score at 4-over 76 to move into a tie for eighth place at even-par 144, and she enters the final round two shots back of the co-leaders and one shot back of five players tied for third place. Diane Baillieux shot 8-over 80 to tie for 76th place at 15-over 159, while Amelia McKee, who is competing as an individual, shot 7-over 79 and is tied for 60th place at 10-over 154.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor ranks fourth in the 14-team field in par-3 scoring at 4-over 3.10 and in par-5 scoring at even-par 5.00, while BU is 11th in par-4 scoring at 30-over 4.30.
Baylor's 122 pars are third-most in the field, two back of the tournament lead.
Kaur is tied for second in the 87-player field in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.63, while Chiang is tied for ninth at 2-under 4.75.
Baillieux and Kaur are tied for 14th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
Vesga is tied for 14th in par-4 scoring at 2-over 4.10.
Vesga ranks third in the tournament with 28 pars across 36 holes, while Baillieux is tied for 15th with 25 pars.

STAT OF THE DAY
13 – Vesga strung together 13 consecutive pars after posting a bogey on her third hole, No. 12. She ended the streak with a birdie on her 17th hole, No. 8, to get back to even-par on the day.

WHAT'S NEXT
Monday's final round is an 8:15 a.m. CT shotgun start. Baylor players are paired with golfers from Kent State, Florida and Auburn. Kaur will start on the fifth hole, while Vesga tees off on No. 6, Chiang begins her round on No. 7 and Baillieux and Bradley tee off from No. 8. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.