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Betsy Rawls Invitational
Women's Golf finishes second at Betsy Rawls Invitational
10.11.2020 | Women's Golf
Senior Kaitlyn Papp records her 10th collegiate top-five finish.
Senior Kaitlyn Papp turned in her 10th collegiate top-five finish Sunday and the Texas women's golf team placed second at the Betsy Rawls Invitational at UT Golf Club.
The Longhorns carded an 11-under-par three-round total of 853 [293-279-281]. Baylor captured the tournament title with an impressive 22-under-par 842 [289-279-274]. The Bears recorded the second-lowest 54-hole team total in the history of the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
Baylor's Gurleen Kaur took home the individual title with a 13-under-par 203 [72-65-66]. Oklahoma State's Isabella Fierro, who won the Betsy Rawls Invitational last season, placed second with a 12-under-par 204 [67-71-66].
Since the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Texas has now recorded 22 top-three team tournament finishes.
As a team, the Longhorns logged a field-best 56 birdies and added 165 pars on the week. Texas had the best scoring average of any team in the field on par-four holes [4.03, +4].
LINEUP AT A GLANCE
- Papp earned her 10th collegiate top-five finish and her 20th collegiate top-10 individual finish on Sunday. She totaled an eight-under-par 208 [73-67-68]. Sunday's 68 marked her 18th career round in the 60s and her second consecutive such round. Papp's 14 birdies on the weekend led her team and were second-most among all golfers in the field.
- Sophomore Sophie Guo tied for 16th with an even-par 216 [74-73-69]. Her third-round 69 was a season-best and her eighth career round in the 60s. Guo totaled 33 pars and 11 birdies on the weekend.
- Junior Hailee Cooper [73-71-73] and freshman Ashley Park [76-70-71] tied for 19th with three-round totals of 217 [+1]. Park's 37 pars led her team.
- Freshman Bentley Cotton tied for 22nd with a two-over-par 218 [73-71-74].
- Senior Kelly Xac, competing as an individual, placed 51st at 266 [92-81-93].
TEXAS HEAD COACH RYAN MURPHY
"I thought it was a great final round. We played pretty solid golf today. Pappy had a nice 68 and a nice top-five finish for her. It's a little easier to swallow when you lose by 11 than it is to lose by one or two. It wasn't that tight at the very end. We would have had to play an extraordinary round today if we were going to catch the Bears. We didn't get it going on that level. I was proud of them. I thought it was a solid day and a really solid final two rounds of the tournament."
UP NEXT
Texas returns to action Oct. 26-28 when it travels to Atlanta, Ga., to participate in the prestigious East Lake Cup. The event will be televised by Golf Channel.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Baylor – 289-279-274=842 [-22]
2. Texas – 293-279-281=853 [-11]
3. Oklahoma – 299-287-270=856 [-8]
4. Iowa State – 291-288-294=873 [+9]
5. TCU – 293-290-294=877 [+13]
6. North Texas – 292-304-283=879 [+15]
7. Texas Tech – 297-302-288=887 [+23]
8. Kansas – 299-297-295=891 [+27]
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Gurleen Kaur [Baylor] – 72-65-66=203 [-13]
* 2. Isabella Fierro [Oklahoma State] – 67-71-66=204 [-12]
3. Hannah Screen [Oklahoma] – 69-69-68=206 [-10]
T4. Kaitlyn Papp [Texas] – 73-67-68=208 [-8]
T4. Libby Winans [Oklahoma] – 76-68-64=208 [-8]
TEXAS GOLFERS
T4. Kaitlyn Papp – 73-67-68=208 [-8]
T16. Sophie Guo – 74-73-69=216 [E]
T19. Hailee Cooper – 73-71-73=217 [+1]
T19. Ashley Park – 76-70-71=217 [+1]
T22. Bentley Cotton – 73-71-74=218 [+2]
* 51. Kelly Xac – 92-81-93=266 [+21]
* - denotes golfer competing as an individual
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