Women’s Golf Leads after First Round at IJGA Collegiate

Sunday, February 16

Guadalajara, Mexico - Guadalajara CC

Baylor

IJGA Collegiate Invitational

Women’s Golf Leads after First Round at IJGA Collegiate

2/16/2020 3:46:00 PM | Women's Golf

IJGA Day One Results and Statistics

Elodie Chapelet and Gurleen Kaur among top-five individually

THE RUNDOWN
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Baylor women's golf is in first place after shooting 3-under-par 285 in Sunday's first round of the IJGA Collegiate Invitational. The Bears lead a 14-team field at Guadalajara (Mexico) Country Club which includes three top-10 and 12 top-50 ranked teams.

No. 25 Baylor (-3) is in front of No. 8 Stanford (-2), No. 41 Virginia (-1), No. 18 LSU (E), No. 5 South Carolina (+2), No. 2 Arizona State (+4), No. 36 Clemson (+5), No. 37 Texas A&M (+5), No. 15 Arkansas (+5), No. 30 Florida State (+5), California (+8), No. 42 Tennessee (+9), Maryland (+13) and No. 49 Michigan (+14).

The Bears are led by Elodie Chapelet, who made seven birdies as part of a 4-under 68 to sit in a tie for second place in the 73-player field. Gurleen Kaur made five birdies and is tied for fifth place after carding 2-under 70, while Fiona Liddell shot even-par 72 and is tied for 18^th place. Erica Chiang posted the Bears' final counting score at 3-over 75 to sit in a tie for 40^th place, and Diane Baillieux is tied for 48^th place at 4-over 76.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor leads the 14-team field in par-4 scoring at 2-over 4.04, ranks second in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00 and eighth in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.95.
Baylor's 17 birdies were second-most in the first round, and BU tied for second with 57 pars on Sunday.
Chapelet leads the tournament with seven birdies, while Kaur is tied for fourth with five birdies and Liddell is tied for 10^th with four birdies.
Kaur is tied for the tournament lead in par-4 scoring at 2-under 3.80, while Chapelet is tied for seventh at 1-under 3.90.
Chiang and Chapelet are tied for second in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.75, and Kaur is tied for 11^th at even-par 3.00.
Chapelet is tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50.
Baillieux is tied for third in the field with 14 pars across 18 holes, and Chiang is tied for ninth with 13 pars.

STAT OF THE DAY
7 – Elodie Chapelet posted a tournament-leading seven birdies in Sunday's first round, including a stretch with six birdies over eight holes. She started the round on the back-9, made her first birdie on No. 13, then posted consecutive birdies on No. 15 and No. 16 before making the turn with another birdie on No. 18, starting a string of three consecutive birdies. She posted her seventh birdie on No. 7 and finished the round with consecutive pars.

WHAT'S NEXT
Tee times for Monday's second round begin at 8:15 a.m. CT from the first and 10^th tees. Tuesday's final round pairings will be set based on standings through 36 holes. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.