Presley Baggett Season 2022-23
Updated Through SEC Championship, 2022
2019 Louisiana Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year
2019 All-Louisiana Team
CAREER STATS
Low (Single Round): 70, SEC Championship (April 18, 2019; 2nd Round)
Low (Single Round to Par): -2, SEC Championship (April 18, 2019; 2nd Round)
Low (54 holes): 220, Princess Anne Invitational (October 4-6, 2019)
Low (54 holes to Par): +5, LSU Tiger Golf Classic (April 6-7, 2021)
Best Career Finish: 4th, Auburn Individual (April 4, 2022)
No. of Top 10 Finishes: 3
– Auburn Individual (4th; April 4, 2022))
– Florida State Match-Up (T8th; February 29-March 1, 2020)
– LSU Tiger Golf Classic (T6th; March 29-31, 2019)
No. of Even or Under Par Rounds: 8
No. of Rounds Played: 62
Stroke Average: 75.61
SENIOR SEASON (2021-22)
Came in on a day’s notice to take Carla Tejedo’s place when she was under the weather and helped the LSU lineup win the Clemson Invitational (3/25-27) with three rounds of 78 … Has played 62 career rounds with three top 10s … Third top 10 came in the 36-hole Auburn Individual event, shooting rounds of 75-71 to finish in a fourth place at 2-over par 146.
JUNIOR SEASON (2020-21)
Saw action in five tournaments, all in the spring 2021 portion of the season …. Averaged 75.87 for 15 rounds with two rounds of par or under – a 72 at the ICON Invitational and a final round of 1-under 71 in the LSU Tiger Golf Classic … Posted low relation to par score for 54 holes in the LSU Tiger Golf Classic with a 5-over 221 total (74-76-71) … Best finish of the season at T20 in the University Club event … Seven total rounds of par or under in her three years at LSU.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019-20)
Competed in five regular season tournaments before season was shortened by COVID-19, improving almost a stroke off her season average … Averaged 75.07 strokes over 15 rounds as the team finished the season ranked No. 12 in the nation … Best finish of season was a tie for eighth place at the Florida State Match-Up … Posted season-low +7 (223) at the Battle at the Beach in November.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2018-19)
Competed in eight regular season tournaments, the SEC Championship and NCAA East Lansing Regional … Averaged 75.70 strokes over 27 rounds … Best finish of season was a tie for sixth place at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic in March … In weather-shortened Clemson Invitational, April 7-8, finished with two-round score of 145 (+1) … Posted four rounds of even or under par over rookie season … Had a streak of 25 consecutive rounds counting toward the team score during the season … Top LSU finisher at the SEC Championship (T25; +6).
PRIOR TO LSU
Played high school golf at Germantown High School … Named the 2017-18 National Girls’ Golf Athlete of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) … Won the 2018 Mississippi Women’s Amateur Championship, beating out future teammate Kathleen Gallagher … Four-time Prep All-State Girls’ Golf Team honoree (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) … Victorious at the Mississippi Girls High School 5A Championship three times (2015, 2017, 2018) … Won the 2017 Mississippi Junior Golf Association Girls Junior Championship with three scores under par 68-69-71 … Finished runner-up in the 2017 Mississippi Women’s State Amateur tournament … Won seven tournaments as a senior in 2018.
PERSONAL
Born on October 25, 1999, in Canton, Mississippi … Right-Handed … Parents are Bryan and Jennifer Baggett … Has two older brothers, Riley and Cole … Major is Sport Administration … Favorite movie… Dumb and Dumber … Favorite TV show: The Office … Favorite animals: Mike the Tiger and my golden doodle Curry … Favorite professional golfer: Jordan Spieth … Favorite professional women’s golfer: Paula Creamer … Favorite course to play: Teeth of the Dog in the Dominican Republic … If I could play with anyone: Shaquille O’Neal, Jordan Spieth, John Krasinski.