Women’s Golf Dominates Day One at The Rainbow Wahine Invitational

Monday, October 25

Kapolei, O‘ahu - Kapolei GC

Baylor

Rainbow Wahine Invitational

Women’s Golf Dominates Day One at The Rainbow Wahine Invitational

10/25/2021 9:23:00 PM | Women's Golf

Round One Stats

Britta Snyder Leads the Field; One of Five Bears in the Top-10

By: Matt Roberts

KAPOLEI, Hawaii – The Baylor women's golf team dominated their way to a 12-shot on Monday in round one of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational.

Five of Baylor's six players finished inside the top-10 led by Britta Snyder, who leads by one over Cal State Fullerton's Elina Saksa, after a three-under 69.

Snyder started her day with a birdie at the first, one of four front-nine birdies for her. She stayed hot on the back-nine with a birdie at No. 11, which started a run of three birdies in a four-hole stretch.

Gurleen Kaur and Rosie Belsham are just two shots back of Snyder in a tie for 3^rd after each shot a 1-under 71 on Monday. Belsham got off to a quick start with a birdie at the third, and another one at par-5 seventh to put her at one-under for the day. An even-par 36 coming home, got Belsham in the clubhouse with a 71.

Kaur got off to a steady start with three straight pars, followed by her first birdie of the day at the par-4 fourth. Kaur played her next 13 holes at one-over-par before punctuating her round with a birdie at the par-4 18^th.

Antonia Matte and Hannah Karg both finished in a tie for sixth at plus-one. Matte birdied No. 1 and finished with 16 pars over her next 17 holes for a one-over 73.

Playing as an individual this week, Karg bounced back from an early bogey with a birdie at the par-3 eighth, to shoot an even-par 36 on the front-nine. She finished with nine pars over her next ten holes to complete round one with a one-over 73.

BaiMai Seema finished inside the top-15 after a 3-over 75 in her opening round on Monday.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor dominated on the par-4's as a team, playing them eight shots better than the second-best team in the field, Cal State Fullerton.
Baylor led the field in par-4 scoring at 4.85 (-3), that was two shots better than Santa Clara (-1)
Baylor's 60 pars were the most in the field.
Their 16 Birdies were also best in the field, on Monday.
Britta Snyder led the field in par-4 scoring with a stroke average of 3.90. Her 2.75 stroke average on the par-3's was second-best in the field.
Snyder's 7 birdies were the most in the field through round one.
Gurleen Kaur led the field in par-5 scoring average with a 4.75 scoring average.
Antonia Matte led the field with 16 pars on Monday.
Hannah Karg was second with 15 pars in round one.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Head Coach Jay Goble -- "It was a solid start on a windy and challenging day," Goble said. "I think the golf course played a little tricky today with the normal Oahu trade winds blowing about 15-20 mph all day. Over the next two days, we will have a lighter wind and I believe we now have a solid grasp on how to score on this course. I believe they will be ready for a solid round tomorrow"

WHAT'S NEXT
Hannah Karg will begin her second round at 2:00 p.m. (CST). As a team, Baylor's second round will begin with BaiMai Seema teeing off at 3:36 p.m. (CST). Antonia Matte and Rosie Belsham will go at 3:44 p.m. (CST) and 3:52 p.m. (CST) respectively. Gurleen Kaur will tee off at 4:00 p.m. (CST) and Britta Snyder will look to build on her first-round lead with a 4:08 p.m. (CST) tee time on Tuesday. Live scores and stats are available at Golfstat.com. For more information on Baylor Women's Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.