Cowgirl Golf Atop Big 12 Leaderboard After 18 Holes

Sunday, April 18

The Woodlands, TX / Club at Carlton Woods

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Oklahoma State University

Big 12 Championship Day 1

Photo by: Liz Parke

April 18, 2021 | Cowgirl Golf

• Team Leaderboard
• Individual Leaderboard

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – The quest for a 10th Big 12 Championship got off to a roaring start for the Oklahoma State women's golf team. After 18 holes, the Cowgirls lead the field by four strokes and four OSU golfers are within four shots of the individual lead at The Club at Carlton Woods.

The Cowgirls carded a 9-under 279, which is the team's second lowest round of the season and tied for the 13th lowest round in school history. It was also one stroke off the Big 12 Championship single-round record. OSU was a combined 10-under on par-4 and par-5 holes and led the field with 21 birdies.

Maja Stark recorded her fourth consecutive round in the 60s and is just three strokes off the lead behind Gurleen Kaur of Baylor. The Cowgirl sophomore racked up four birdies to end the first day at 3-under 69.

Three other Cowgirls – Isabella Fierro, Lianna Bailey and Rina Tatematsu – posted rounds of 2-under 70 and are tied for 5th heading into Monday's round. Han-Hsuan Yu is tied for 13th at even par after four birdies and a solid back-9.

Oklahoma State owns 23 conference championships, including nine Big 12 titles – three more than any other league foe. Monday's second round will begin at 10 a.m. for Oklahoma State, and live scoring can be found at GolfStat.com.

2021 Big 12 Championship
Team Leaderboard
1. Oklahoma State (-9) 279
2. Baylor (-5) 283

Individual Leaderboard
1. Gurleen Kaur, Baylor (-6) 66
T2. Maja Stark, Oklahoma State (-3) 69
T2. Mikhaela Fortuna, Oklahoma (-3) 69
T2. Gala Dumez, Texas Tech (-3) 69

The Cowgirls
T2. Maja Stark (-3) 69
T5. Isabella Fierro (-2) 70
T5. Lianna Bailey (-2) 70
T5. Rina Tatematsu (-2) 70
T13. Han-Hsuan Yu (E) 72