Baylor Women’s Golf Ties for Seventh at Betsy Rawls Invite
AUSTIN, Texas – Baylor women’s golf shot a final round of 1-over 289 on Sunday at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, climbing one spot to finish tied for seventh place with a three-round total of 18-over 882 at UT Golf Club.
BU (+18) recorded wins over TCU (+21), Yale (+31), North Texas (+32), Texas State (+33), UNLV (+40), New Mexico (+48) and SMU (+53). Baylor tied Denver (+18) and placed behind Texas (-19), Kent State (-17), Oklahoma State (-13), Miami (-6), Maryland (+5) and Colorado (+14).
The Bears were short-handed with Diane Baillieux forced to withdraw due to injury, so all four BU players scores counted. Gurleen Kaur stepped up, delivering a clean round with four birdies and 14 pars to post 4-under 68 and finish tied for 22nd individually at 2-over 218.
Elodie Chapelet recorded an even-par 72 to tie for 16th place at 1-over 217, while Erica Chiang shot 2-over 74 and tied for 28th place at 4-over 220. Fiona Liddell carded 3-over 75 in the final round and finished tied for 48th place at 11-over 227.
HIGHLIGHTS
Baylor finished sixth in the 15-team field in par-4 scoring at 24-over 4.18, seventh in par-3 scoring at 6-over 3.12 and seventh in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.94.
Gurleen Kaur tied for ninth in par-4 scoring at even-par 4.00.
Elodie Chapelet tied for 13th in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.75.
Chapelet tied for sixth in the field with 37 pars across 54 holes, while Fiona Liddell posted 36 pars and Kaur and Erica Chiang had 35 pars apiece.
Kaur led the team with nine birdies.
STAT OF THE DAY
7th – Baylor climbed one spot into a tie for seventh place after the final round, marking a fourth consecutive tournament the Bears have finished in the top half of the field. BU placed fourth in each of its first three tournaments during the 2019-20 season.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor wraps up its fall schedule with a trip to the Bahamas to play in the White Sands Invitational, which runs Oct. 28-30 at Ocean Club in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.