Cowgirl Golf Rewrites Record Books In Bringing Home 10th Big 12 Championship

Tuesday, April 20

The Woodlands, TX / Club at Carlton Woods

All Day

Oklahoma State University

Big 12 Championship Day 3

Photo by: Liz Parke

Cowgirl Golf Rewrites Record Books In Bringing Home 10th Big 12 Championship

April 20, 2021 | Cowgirl Golf

• Team Leaderboard
• Individual Leaderboard

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – The Oklahoma State women's golf team won the 2021 Big 12 Championship in record-breaking fashion, capturing the program's 24th conference championship and 10th title in the Big 12 era – four more than any other league foe.

The Cowgirls rewrote the Big 12 record books with blistering performances at The Club at Carlton Woods. OSU set new Big 12 Championship team records for the lowest 18-hole score (270), 36-hole score (549) and shattered the old 54-hole record by 26 strokes after carding the second lowest mark in school history at 34-under 830.

The Cowgirls took turns posting rounds for record books as well. One day after Isabella Fierro recorded the first 7-under 65 in Big 12 Championship history, fellow sophomore Maja Stark posted a 6-under 66 in the third round to earn runner-up honors.

Stark stormed up the leaderboard thanks to six birdies on the back-9 on Tuesday. Her last 18 holes tied for the second best round in Big 12 Championship history, and her final score of 12-under 204 broke the old tournament 54-hole record (set by Cowgirl Kenzie Neisen's in 2016) by three strokes. Gala Dumez of Baylor bested Stark by two strokes to claim the 2021 Big 12 individual championship.

Oklahoma State head coach Greg Robertson has now won the last seven conference tournaments he has coached at. He and assistant coach Maddi Swaney have coached the Cowgirls to five event wins so far in 2020-21.

Four Cowgirls finished inside the top-10, which marked just the fourth time that has ever happened in the event's 24-year history. Fierro entered the final round tied for the lead, but a 2-over 74 dropped the All-American into a tie for sixth place. Still, her 7-under 209 is tied for the eighth-lowest score in the event's history.

Rina Tatematsu was steady all week in The Woodlands, Texas and earned an eighth-place finish in her first conference tournament. The freshman shot 70-69-71 (-6) 210 and led the event with a 4.33 average score on par-5 holes.

Buoyed by a bogey-free 5-under second round, Lianna Bailey earned her first career top-10 finish at the Big 12 Championship. The junior tied for ninth at 5-under 211 and her 13 birdies tied for the seventh most at the event.
Han-Hsuan Yu finished strong with three birdies on her final five holes to finish in a tie for 24th at 4-over 220.

The Cowgirls will learn their NCAA Regional destination on Wednesday, April 28 during the NCAA Selection Show, which airs at 1 p.m. CT on the Golf Channel. Regionals are May 10-12 at the following sites; Baton Rouge, Louisiana (University Club), Columbus, Ohio (OSU Golf Club – Scarlet Course), Louisville, Kentucky (University of Louisville Golf Club) and Stanford, California (Stanford Golf Course).

2021 Big 12 Championship
Team Leaderboard
1. Oklahoma State (-34) 279-270-281 – 830
2. Texas Tech (-18) 290-276-280 - 846

Individual Leaderboard
1. Gala Dumez, Texas Tech (-14) 69-66-67 – 202
2. Maja Stark, Oklahoma State (-12) 69-69-66 – 204

The Other Cowgirls
T6. Isabella Fierro (-7) 70-65-74 – 209
8. Rina Tatematsu (-6) 70-69-71 – 210
T9. Lianna Bailey (-5) 70-67-74 – 211
T24. Han-Hsuan Yu (+4) 72-78-70 – 220