Baylor women’s golf is back on the road this week, heading north to Norman, Oklahoma, for the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club.
The Bears will get a familiar kind of early-season stress test at a course that measures 6,182 yards and plays as a par 70. Belmar has hosted the Schooner Fall Classic for years, and its elevation changes and stretches of native grasses cut through the Central Oklahoma farmland, making it a demanding setup for the entire field.
This year’s tournament brings together 16 teams, including seven Big 12 programs. Baylor is also part of a group of five teams in the field that competed at the 2026 NCAA Championships at La Costa last spring, along with Florida State, Houston, Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
Baylor will send six players to Norman. Fifth-year senior Bridget Boczar will anchor the lineup after her strong showing in South Carolina.
Junior Malena Castro slots into the No. 2 position after carding two rounds under par at the Cougar Classic. Senior Yurang Li will play third, while Sophia Ellestad and Sophie Nooji are set to fill out the five-player lineup and make their first collegiate starts.
Senior Charlottee Brooke is also traveling with the team and will compete as an individual.
The Bears opened the season with a third-place finish at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C., and they did it by finishing ahead of four teams that had been placed in front of them in the preseason poll. Boczar was the top Baylor finisher there, tying for second at 5-under.
The Schooner Fall Classic begins Saturday, Sept. 19, with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. Live scoring will be available on Scoreboard by Clippd throughout the tournament.
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