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<h1 align="right" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:right;text-indent:.5in"><a name="_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 27, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor Men’s Golf in Sixth at Big 12 Championship<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears improved by 19 shots from first to second round</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
</span></span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">THE RUNDOWN</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor men’s golf is in sixth place after shooting 7-over-par 567 across two rounds at the Big 12 Championship on Saturday. The Bears carded
13-over 293 in the first round and improved by 19 strokes to 6-under 274 in the second round at The Greenbrier’s Old White TPC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor (+7) is one shot back of the top-5 entering Sunday’s final round. The Bears trail Oklahoma State (-14), TCU (-6), Oklahoma (-2), Texas (-2) and Texas Tech (+6).
BU leads Iowa State (+9), Kansas State (+13), West Virginia (+15) and Kansas (+17).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Garrett May leads the team and is tied for eighth overall at 1-under 139. He shot 3-over 73 in the first round, then made five birdies over his first eight holes in
the second round on his way to recording a 4-under 66. Colin Kober is tied for 18<sup>th</sup> individually at 1-over 141 after rounds of 1-over 71 and even-par 70. He made a tournament-high 29 pars across 36 holes, including a streak of 10-straight pars to
end the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cooper Dossey shot 3-over 73 and even-par 70 to tie for 25<sup>th</sup> place at 3-over 143, while Braden Bailey trimmed 11 strokes off his score from a 9-over 79 first
round to a 2-under 68 second round, which has him tied for 37<sup>th</sup> place at 7-over 147. Ryan Grider is in 48<sup>th</sup> place at 12-over 152 after consecutive rounds of 6-over 76.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">All five Baylor players tied or improved their scores from the first to second rounds, including three players who combined to trim 21 strokes off their first-round scores.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Bailey had the biggest improvement from 79 to 68, while May improved from 73 to 66, Dossey improved from 73 to 70 and Kober improved from 71 to 70.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Baylor is tied for second in the field in par-5 scoring at 7-under 4.65, tied for eighth in par-4 scoring at 19-over 4.16 and eighth in par-3 scoring at 10-over 3.25.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The Bears’ 28 birdies are fifth-most in the field, and BU is tied for seventh with 109 pars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">May is tied for second in par-4 scoring at 3-under 3.88 and in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.25.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Bailey is tied for fourth in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.88.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Kober is tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50 and tied for 11<sup>th</sup> in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Kober is tied for the tournament lead with 29 pars, while May ranks third in the field with nine birdies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">STAT OF THE DAY<br>
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">19 – Baylor trimmed 19 strokes off its score between the first and second rounds, improving from a 13-over 293 to a 6-under 274. The Bears’ first-round score tied for
eighth-best in the 10-team field, while their second-round score was second-best.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WHAT'S NEXT</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor players are paired with golfers from Texas Tech for Sunday’s final round, which begins at 7 a.m. CT. The Bears will begin from the first tee with Grider up first
at 7 a.m. He’ll be followed by Bailey at 7:09 a.m., Dossey at 7:18 a.m., Kober at 7:27 a.m. and May at 7:36 a.m. Live scoring of the Big 12 Championship is available at
</span></span><a href="http://www.golfstat.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.golfstat.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.
Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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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