Baylor Women's Golf Finishes Fifth at Stanford Intercollegiate
STANFORD, Calif. – Baylor women’s golf finished off a 2-over 854 on Sunday to finish in fifth place at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
The Bears were led by sophomore transfer Sera Hasegawa, whose 4-under 209 tied her for seventh, her best finish since the SoCon Championship last April with East Tennessee State. Rosie Belsham also carded her first top-10 of the season with a 3-under 210, which was good enough to tie for ninth.
Host and top-ranked Stanford won the event with a score of 15-under 837, 10 shots better than second-place San Jose State. Stanford sophomore Rose Zhang took home individual medalist honors with a score of 13-under 200.
THE RUNDOWN
Starting on No. 5, Hasegawa birdied her first hole of the day and added another at No. 12 to go bogey-free on her opening nine. She made a third birdie on her 11th hole of the day before carding her only bogey of the round at No. 18. The sophomore added another birdie at No. 3 to put a bow on a 3-under 68 and a tie for seventh place.
Belsham also started on No. 5, but bogeyed her opening hole before getting it back with a birdie at No. 8. The junior added a birdie at No. 12 to get into red figures for the first time on Sunday. She added a birdie on her 12th hole of the day at No. 16. After making a birdie at her penultimate hole, Belsham closed strong with a birdie on the final hole to notch a top-10 finish.
Silje Ohma finished tied for 25th, her second-straight top-25 finish to begin her collegiate career. The freshman bogeyed her opening hole of the round for a third-straight day, but it would be her last bogey of the round for a second time in those three days. Ohma followed the bogey at No. 6 with 17-straight pars for a 1-over 72.
BaiMai Seema finished tied for 68th following a 4-over 75 in the final round. Seema bogeyed two of her first three holes before carding her first birdie of the day at No. 12. After giving a stroke back at 13, she birdied 16 but dropped three shots with a bogey at No. 17 and a double bogey at No. 18. Seema closed her round with seven-straight pars.
Britta Snyder shot a 7-over 77 on Sunday and finished tied for 82nd. The junior opened with three-straight bogeys at Nos. 8-10. After three-straight pars, Snyder sandwiched a birdie at No. 15 between bogeys at Nos. 14 and 16 to close her opening nine. On her closing nine, she carded birdies at Nos. 1 and 6 but made bogeys at Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6.
HIGHLIGHTS
BU finished ahead of six teams currently ranked ahead of them in the latest GolfStat rankings.
The Bears were one of just two teams to have multiple individuals finish in the top 10.
Sunday marked the second time in the last four events that Baylor had multiple players finish in the top 10 (2022 Stillwater Regional & 2022 Stanford Intercollegiate).
Sera Hasegawa recorded the first top-10 of her Baylor career.
BU led the field in par-3 scoring average this week (3.00).
Baylor led the field with three eagles this weekend.
Rosie Belsham led the field in par-3 scoring average (2.67).
Silje Ohma’s 42 pars were the second-most in the field this week.
STAT OF THE DAY
12 – with 12 career top-10s, Rosie Belsham is one of just 10 players in program history to have at least 12 career top-10's.
WHAT’S NEXT
BU will compete in the Battle at The Beach Oct. 28-30 at Golf Club De Campestre in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. For more information on Baylor Women's Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.