Bechadergue, Fouratt Lead Seton Hall in BIG EAST Round One

Thursday, April 21

Pine Mountain, Ga. / Callaway Resort and Gardens

All Day

Seton Hall University

First Round

Bechadergue, Fouratt Lead Seton Hall in BIG EAST Round One

4/21/2022 5:28:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Seton Hall is tied for fifth place following round one at Callaway Gardens.

PINE MOUNTAIN, GA. – Graduate student Margot Bechadergue (Aix-En-Provence, France) and senior Sarah Fouratt (Santa Maria, Calif.) each shot a 2-over-par, 74, to pace the Seton Hall women's golf team to a fifth-place standing after round one of the 2022 BIG EAST Championship at Callaway Resort & Gardens.

After a bogey on hole No. 2, Bechadergue had a par or birdie on her next 10 holes. She was 1-under-par on the front nine to lead the Pirates at the turn. On the back, Bechadergue was solid, but her approach on the 18^th hole sailed over the green and she had to settle for her lone double-bogey of the day.

Fouratt struggled early, bogeying holes 4-5-6, but bounced back nicely with birdies in three of the next five holes. She had the best back-nine on the team, shooting even-par on the second half of the round.

Bechadergue and Fouratt are tied for seventh place overall and trail a trio of individual leaders by five strokes entering Friday's second round.

As a team, the Pirates had a very "Jekyll and Hyde" opening round. The Hall was brilliant on the front nine, shooting a collective 1-over-par through nine holes, but it struggled mightily on the longer, more difficult back-nine. Through 18 holes, the Pirates are tied with St. John's for fifth place following an 18-over-par, 306. Xavier has an 11-stroke lead on the field at 1-over-par. Creighton is currently in second place, just six strokes ahead of Seton Hall.

Ana Sarrias Pro (Cadiz, Spain) played well in her first-ever BIG EAST Championship round. The freshman was even-par after birdies on the first and fourth holes at the turn. Sarrias Pro had a 3-over-par, 6, on the par-3, 14^th hole, but bounced back nicely to shoot just 1-over-par over the final four holes. She's currently tied for 19^th place after a 6-over-par, 78.

Like Sarrias Pro, Ludovica Busetto (Padova, Italy) had a stellar front-nine, shooting even par thanks to birdies on the fourth and ninth holes. She struggled on the back-nine though, collecting bogeys or worse on six of the nine holes, including a 3-over-par, 7, on the par-4, 13^th hole. Busetto carded an 8-over-par, 80, in round one.

Ginevra Zavagli (Rome, Italy) was 4-over-par on both the front and back nines on Thursday. She was 1-under-par through the first four holes, but faded thereafter. She too is 8-over-par after 18 holes with an 80.

Tournament Details:
2022 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Host: BIG EAST Conference
Location: Pine Mountain, Ga.
Resort: Callaway Resort and Gardens
Course: Mountain View
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,182 yards
Dates: April 21-23, 2022

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THE COURSE
Callaway Resort & Gardens' golf pedigree stretches back more than six decades to 1949, when architect J.B. McGovern, with considerable input from Cason Callaway, designed the first nine holes of the Lake View Course. Completed and opened in 1951, Lake View perfectly captured Mr. Callaway's vision that "playing golf should be a pleasant experience in beautiful surroundings."

The Callaways understood the beauty and importance of golf. Mr. Callaway was on the founding Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Golf Association. Almost from the beginning, the Gardens served as a competition venue, with Jack Key of Columbus, Ga. winning Callaway's first-ever tournament, the 1951 Men's One-day Golf Tourney.

This challenging, but playable layout on the Mountain View course will test your strategic and shot-making abilities, just as it did for PGA Tour pros when it hosted the Buick Challenge from 1991 to 2002. The list of winners is a who's-who of Tour stars, with champions including Davis Love III, David Duval, Steve Elkington, David Toms, and Jonathan Byrd.

THE FIELD
The field will be limited to only the six member schools of the BIG EAST Conference. Below are the teams in order of their by their Golfstat ranking.

Xavier – 96
SETON HALL – 134
Georgetown – 140
Creighton – 165
St. John's – 176
Butler – 199

THE FORMAT
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

THE STAKES
The BIG EAST will crown a team champion, which earns an automatic berth to the 2022 NCAA Championship. The individual champion also receives an NCAA Championship invitation.

TEE TIMES
The field will play one round (18 holes) over each day for three days. Competition on each day will begin at 8:00 a.m. Seton Hall will be paired with golfers from Butler and St. John's in round two on Friday. Ludovica Busetto will get the Pirates started with a tee time of 8:00 a.m. on the first hole.

THE RESULTS
Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com. Full day results will also be available at SHUPirates.com.

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