Women’s Golf in 13th at Darius Rucker

Friday, March 8

Hilton Head Island, S.C. - Long Cove Club

Baylor

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Women’s Golf in 13th at Darius Rucker

3/8/2019 6:29:00 PM | Women's Golf

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Day One Results and Statistics

Gurleen Kaur made pars on all 18 holes during first round

THE RUNDOWN
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Baylor women's golf is in 13^th place after shooting 15-over-par 299 in Friday's first round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. BU is just two shots back of the top-10 with two rounds left at Long Cove Club.

No. 36 Baylor (+15) leads Oklahoma State (+17), No. 33 North Carolina (+21) and No. 16 Alabama (+15). Ten of 12 teams ahead of the Bears are higher-ranked. BU trails No. 10 South Carolina (-2), No. 19 Florida State (E), No. 13 Wake Forest (+1), No. 3 Duke (+5), LSU (+6), No. 23 Furman (+7), No. 14 Virginia (+7), No. 11 Auburn (+10), No. 4 UCLA (+11), No. 38 Georgia (+13), No. 7 Vanderbilt (+14) and No. 6 Arkansas (+14).

Gurleen Kaur posted Baylor's best round on Friday by making 18 consecutive pars to finish the day in a tie for 10^th place individually at even-par 71. Maria Vesga recovered from a slow start to make 10 pars and one birdie over her final 11 holes and finish the round at 4-over 75 in a tie for 44^th place.

Erica Chiang was 1-over through 13 holes, but she finished at 5-over 76 in a tie for 52^nd place, and Diane Baillieux posted Baylor's final counting score at 6-over 77 in a tie for 67^th place. Baillieux was the only Baylor player to make multiple birdies in the first round and was 1-over through 12 holes. Emma Bradley took the turn at 1-over and finished the day tied for 84^th place at 10-over 81.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor is tied for second in the 16-team field in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.93, tied for 10^th in par-3 scoring at 5-over 3.25 and 14^th in par-4 scoring at 21-over 4.38.
Baylor is tied for seventh in the field with 58 pars and tied for 15^th with five birdies.
Baillieux is tied for fourth in the xx-player field in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.67.
Kaur is tied for 12^th in par-4 scoring at even-par 4.00.
Vesga, Baillieux and Kaur are tied for 12^th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.

STAT OF THE DAY
18 – Gurleen Kaur made par on all 18 holes, recording two more pars than any other golfer in the 90-player field. Kaur entered the tournament with a team-high 202 pars over 306 holes during the 2018-19 season.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor is paired with Northwestern and Oklahoma State for Saturday's second round, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. CT with tee times from the first and 10^th tees. BU players will start on the back-9, with Bradley up first at 8:20 a.m. She'll be followed in 10-minute intervals by Baillieux, Chiang, Vesga and Kaur, respectively. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.