Baylor Women's Golf Claims Fourth-Place Finish at the FSU Match Up

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Baylor women’s golf concluded the Florida State Match Up in fourth place with a 3-under 861 Saturday morning at the Seminole Legacy Golf Course.

Rosie Belsham shot under par for a third straight round and claimed her second top-five finish of the season with a 9-under 207. Sera Hasegawa’s 5-under 211 allowed her to claim her first top-10 finish of the season, as she came home tied for sixth.

Baylor finished two strokes behind Georgia, while Duke won the team title, carding a 30-under 834. Duke’s Katie Li built on her lead from day one to finish with individual medalist honors at 12-under 204 overall, just three strokes ahead of Belsham.

11th Annual Florida State Match Up/March 15-16, 2024
Seminole Legacy Golf Club/Tallahassee, Florida/Par 72
1.-Duke, 834
2.-Florida State, 844
3.-Georgia, 859
4.-Baylor, 861
5.-SMU, 871
6.-Ohio State, 874
7.-Alabama, 876
8.-Nebraska, 878
T9.-Indiana, 891
T9.-Kansas, 891
11.-Coastal Carolina, 915
12.-Campbell, 916
13.-Delaware, 923
14.-Daytona St. College, 929

THE RUNDOWN

Belsham carded a 1-under 71 to complete this tournament with all three rounds in red figures. After seven straight pars, the senior carded a bogey at No. 8 and a birdie at No. 9 to make the turn even. Two birdies at Nos. 11 and 14 pushed her into the red, and she stayed there despite a bogey at No. 17. 

Sera Hasegawa closed her tournament tied for sixth with a 1-over 73. Hasegawa pushed under par with two birdies at Nos. 3 and 4. At No. 8, she carded a bogey but closed her first nine at 1-under. A birdie at No. 11 and two bogeys at Nos. 12 and 13 dropped Hasegawa back to even par. A final birdie at No. 17 and a double bogey put her back in the red, but a double bogey at No. 18 dropped her to 1-over for the day.

Silje Ohma concluded the tournament tied for 30th after a 1-over 73. The sophomore started with a pair of front-nine birdies at Nos. 2 and 8, around two bogeys at Nos. 3 and 7. Making the turn at even, Ohma recorded a birdie at No. 11 and fell back over par with four bogeys at Nos. 12, 13, 15 and 16. She finished the round strong with two birdies at Nos. 17 and 18.

BaiMai Seema started the day with a double bogey at No. 1 but bounced back with a birdie at No. 3. She carded two bogeys at Nos. 7 and 9 to close out the outward half. On the back nine, she made four bogeys at Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 16 with birdies at Nos. 15 and 17. Seema finished the event tied for 49th with a 5-over 77.

Ashleen Kaur started with a bogey at No. 2 and closed the front nine with a double bogey at Nos. 9 and another at No. 10. The freshman bounced back with a birdie at No. 11 but dropped five more shots with bogeys at Nos. 13, 15 and 17 as well as a double bogey at No. 14. Kaur ended her tournament tied for 52nd with at 9-over 81.

On the individual side, Yoonjeong Huh matched Seema's score, carding a 5-over 77 to round out the tournament tied for 52nd.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Baylor had two players finish in the top 10 for the first time since the Big 12 Championship last April at Dallas Athletic Club.
• BU joined Duke, Florida State and SMU as the only schools with multiple representatives in the top 10.
• Belsham’s 9-under 207 ranks as the seventh-best 54-hole score on a par-72 course in program history.
• Belsham now has eight top-5 and 18 top-10 finishes in her Baylor career.
• Belsham finished second in par-5 scoring average (4.17).
• Hasegawa tied for second in par-4 scoring average (3.90).
• Hasegawa’s tie for sixth was her best finish since tying for sixth at the NCAA Pullman Regional last May.

QUOTABLE:

Head coach Jay Goble: “I’m very happy for Rosie [Belsham], who was out there grinding for every shot this week. She is playing some really solid golf right now, and I feel confident she will finish out her senior year on a high note. I was also really pleased with what Sera was able to put together this weekend. This team continues to ascend, and I’m really excited for what the next two months of golf will look like for this group.”

WHAT’S NEXT

Baylor will play in the Ping/ASU Invitational, March 28-30, at Papago Golf Club in Phoenix, Ariz.