No. 13/14/15 Women’s Golf moves into first-place after Saturday’s second-round at Big 12 Championship

HOCKLEY, Texas. — The No. 13/14/15 Texas Women’s Golf crew carded a match finest three-over-par 287 on Saturday to surge into the lead at the Big 12 Championship after two rounds at The Clubs at Houston Oaks. UT has recorded a 10-over-par 578 (291-287) via 36 holes, with 18 holes remaining on Sunday. Four Longhorns are at present among the many top-10 people, with three within the top-5. Freshman Bohyun Park, who shot a team-best one-under-par 70 on Saturday, leads the Longhorns and is in second place within the particular person standings at even-par 142 (72-70). Senior Sara Kouskova and sophomore Bentley Cotton are tied for third at three-over-par 145, whereas Graduate Brigitte Thibault is tied for tenth at six-over-par 148 (74-74). Texas enters (*12*) remaining spherical in search of its fourth title within the final 5 Big 12 Championships.



Park birdied her very first gap of the day on the No. 1, par-5 gap and would observe it up with 4 extra birdies on holes 6, 8, 10 and 13. Park’s spherical of 70 offers her a complete of 11 rounds at par or higher this season, which ties Kouskova because the crew chief in that class. Cotton additionally birdied the opening gap of the day and proceeded to register 9 straight pars earlier than recording her first bogey on gap 11. The sophomore completed her spherical along with her second birdie of the day on the ultimate gap, posting an even-par 71 to provide her eight rounds at par or higher on the season. Kouskova and Thibault every fired a three-over-par 74 on Saturday to assist place them within the top-10 individually. Kouskova’s spherical included an eight gap stretch of bogey-free, two-under-par golf, whereas Thibault recorded 10-straight pars from holes two via 11.

In addition to the Longhorns (No. 13 within the newest WGCA Coaches Poll, launched on April 15, 2022), the nine-team Big 12 Championship subject consists of: No. 6 Oklahoma State, No. 15 Baylor, No. 21 Texas Tech, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma and TCU.



No. 13 Texas holds a nine-stroke benefit over No. 6 Oklahoma who’s at present in second place at 19-over-par 587 (295-292). No. 15 Baylor sits at third 21-over-par 589 (288-301). 

Lianna Bailey of Oklahoma State holds the lead in particular person subject via two rounds at four-under-par 138 (70-68). Park is 4 strokes again at even-par 142 (72-70), whereas a bunch of three gamers are tied for third at three-over-par 145, together with Kouskova and Cotton. 

The Big-12 Conference Championship concludes with 18 holes on Sunday, April twenty fourth. Texas might be paired with No. 6 Oklahoma State and No. 15 Baylor for (*12*) remaining spherical. Third spherical tee instances start at 8 a.m. CT, whereas Texas will not start teeing off till 10 a.m. CT.



The Lineup

• Freshman Bohyun Park shot a one-under-par 70 and is second place at even-par 142 (72-70). Park led the crew with 5 birdies (No. 1, par-4; No. 6, par-4; No. 8, par-5; No. 10, par-4; No. 13, par-3) on the day.
• Senior Sara Kouskova carded a three-over-par 74 and is tied for third at three-over-par 145 (71-74). Kouskova tallied three birdies (No. 1, par-4; No. 8, par-5; No. 11, par-5) through the second spherical.
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• Sophomore Bentley Cotton fired an even-par 71 and can also be tied for third at even-par 145 (74-71). Cotton registered two birdies (No. 1, par-4;No. 18, par-4) on Saturday.
• Graduate Brigitte Thibault posted a three-over-par 74 for the second day in a row and is tied for tenth at six-over-par 148 (74-74).
• Junior Sophie Guo bounced after a troublesome opening spherical with a one-over-par 72 on day two and is tied for thirty first at 12-over-par 154 (82-72). Guo posted two birdies (No. 10, par-4; No. 17, par-4) on the day to assist transfer up 11 spots within the standings.