Women’s Golf Ties for Eighth Place at Evans Derby

Monday, March 25

Opelika, Ala. - Saugahatchee CC

Baylor

Evans Derby Experience

Women’s Golf Ties for Eighth Place at Evans Derby

3/25/2019 3:38:00 PM | Women's Golf

Evans Derby Final Results and Statistics

Kaur and Vesga both earn fifth career top-10 finishes

THE RUNDOWN
OPELIKA, Ala. – Baylor women's golf finished tied for eighth place with a 54-hole total of 29-over-par 893 in the 2019 Evans Derby Experience. The Bears carded 15-over 299 in Monday's final round at Saugahatchee Country Club.

All seven teams that finished ahead of Baylor are top-14 ranked nationally. The No. 39-ranked Bears (+29) trailed only No. 11 Florida State (+6), No. 3 Duke (+10), No. 2 Texas (+10), No. 8 Arkansas (+10), No. 7 Florida (+16), No. 14 Kent State (+21) and No. 13 Auburn (+25). BU tied No. 9 South Carolina (+29) and finished ahead of No. 45 Mississippi State (+37), No. 41 Ole Miss (+37), No. 32 Clemson (+41), No. 18 Alabama (+43) and No. 36 Louisville (+48).

Baylor's Gurleen Kaur and Maria Vesga finished tied for eighth place individually at 1-over 217. Both Kaur and Vesga earned their fifth career top-10 finishes, with Vesga posting a final round of 2-under 70 and Kaur shooting 1-over 73.

Erica Chiang shot 5-over 77 in the final round to finish tied for 42^nd place at 12-over 228, while Emma Bradley posted the Bears' final counting score at 7-over 79 to finish tied for 67^th place at 16-over 232. Diane Baillieux took 81^st place at 27-over 243, while individual Amelia McKee tied for 48^th place at 3-over 75.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor finished fifth in the 14-team field in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.98, tied for fourth in par-4 scoring at 9-over 3.15 and 12^th in par-4 scoring at 49-over 4.33.
Baylor's 177 pars were fourth-most in the tournament.
Vesga tied for eighth in par-4 scoring at 2-over 4.07, while Kaur tied for 12^th at 3-over 4.10.
Kaur and Chiang tied for eighth in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.75.
Vesga and McKee tied for 11^th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00, while Kaur and Baillieux tied for 20^th at 1-over 3.08.
Vesga made 42 pars across 54 holes, tied for third-most in the field, while Baillieux tied for 11^th with 38 pars.
Kaur recorded a team-high eight birdies, which tied for 21^st in the tournament. She also made one of only six eagles during the three-day event.

STAT OF THE DAY
5 – Baylor finished ahead of five top-45 ranked teams and tied with a top-10 squad. All seven teams that placed ahead of Baylor were top-14 ranked entering the tournament.

TOP QUOTE
"We beat who we were supposed to beat this week, and I'm really excited to see Maria (Vesga) play such a great round today, and for Gurleen to have another good finish in a solid field," head coach Jay Goble said. "We've still got lots of golf between now and the Big 12 Championship, and I think we're trending in the right direction."

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has one more regular season tournament before beginning postseason play. The Bears are scheduled to play the Bruzzy Challenge, which runs April 1-2 at Lantana Golf Club in Lantana, Texas. BU then heads to the 2019 Big 12 Championship, held April 14-16 at Golf Club of Oklahoma in Broken Arrow, Okla. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.