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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete results and statistics attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="right" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:right;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 14, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor Men’s Golf in 11<sup>th</sup> Place at Fighting Illini Invite<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Travis McInroe and Ryan Grider among top-15 individuals</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILL. – </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor men’s golf is in 11<sup>th</sup> place after shooting 12-over-par 292 in Friday’s first round of the Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields Country Club.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">BU (+12) leads Florida State (+13), Purdue (+15) and Air Force (+28) and is nine shots back of third place with 36 holes remaining. The Bears trail California (-7), Oklahoma State (-7), South Carolina (+3),
UNLV (+3), Alabama (+4), Illinois (+5), Texas A&M (+6), USC (+7) Indiana (+8) and Stanford (+10).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor took the turn at even-par, but the Bears played the final five holes at a combined 14-over. The BU lineup posted eight birdies and eight bogeys or worse on the front-9, but the Bears made only four
birdies and recorded 18 bogeys or worse after the turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Redshirt sophomore Travis McInroe, who is playing as an individual, carded the best score by a Baylor player with a 1-under 69 to sit in a tie for 11<sup>th</sup> place. McInroe was 3-under through 11 holes
before bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18 dropped him to 1-under. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sophomore Ryan Grider carded an even-par 70 and is tied for 13<sup>th</sup> place. He was 1-under through 13 and bounced back from a bogey on No. 14 with a birdie on the next hole to get back to 1-under, but
a bogey on No. 18 dropped him to even-par. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Junior Colin Kober posted a 3-over 73 to tie for 31<sup>st</sup> place, while senior Braden Bailey carded 4-over 74 to tie for 49<sup>th</sup> and sophomore Cooper Dossey made four birdies on the front-9 and
took the turn at 3-under before finishing with a 5-over 75 in a tie for 58<sup>th</sup> place. Senior Garrett May was 2-over through 15 holes, but he played the final three at 4-over to finish with a 6-over 76 in a tie for 64<sup>th</sup> place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Baylor tied the third-best par-3 scoring average at 2-over 3.10, tied for ninth in par-4 scoring at 11-over 4.18 and finished the day 14<sup>th</sup>
in par-5 scoring at 5-over 5.50.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The BU lineup combined to tie for ninth in the field with 52 pars and tie for eighth with 12 birdies.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Travis McInroe is tied for second in the 75-player field in par-4 scoring at 2-under 3.83.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Cooper Dossey and Ryan Grider are tied for third in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.75.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Grider is tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.50.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Braden Bailey and Colin Kober are tied for 19<sup>th</sup> in par-4 scoring at 1-over 4.08.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Bailey is tied for 11<sup>th</sup> in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Grider’s 14 pars are tied for fourth-most in the field.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Dossey and McInroe are tied for sixth in the field with four birdies apiece.<b><br>
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<o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">STAT OF THE DAY<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1 – BU players combined to make one birdie over the final six holes after sinking a combined 15 birdies over the first 12 holes. Dossey and McInroe had four birdies apiece, Bailey added three birdies, Grider and Kober
had two birdies apiece and May made one birdie.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WHAT'S NEXT<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor is paired with Stanford and Florida State for Saturday’s second round, which begins at 8 a.m. CT. BU players will tee off from No. 10, with May up first at 8:30 a.m. He’ll be followed in nine-minute intervals
by Dossey, Bailey, Kober and Grider, respectively. McInroe is in the final group to tee off from No. 10 at 9:51 a.m. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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