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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 23, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<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 Bound for NCAA Championship<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">Bears making school-record fourth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance</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><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white"> Baylor
men’s golf is headed to the 2019 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, which runs Friday through Wednesday at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The Bears will extend their school record with a fourth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance and will compete
at the Championship for the ninth time in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">A 30-team field will compete for the national title on the par-72, 7,550-yard course at Blessings. All 30 teams are scheduled
for three rounds of stroke play Friday through Sunday. The top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on those teams continue to Monday’s fourth round of stroke play, and the top eight teams after 72 holes move on to match play to determine the national champion.
The individual national champion will be crowned after Monday’s fourth round of stroke play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Quarterfinals and semifinals matches are scheduled for Tuesday, and the national title match will be played Wednesday. Golf
Channel will provide live coverage of the tournament beginning with Monday’s final round of stroke play and culminating with Wednesday’s national title match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor’s lineup is led by senior Garrett May in the No. 1 spot. He’s followed by junior Cooper Dossey at No. 2, junior Colin
Kober at No. 3, senior Braden Bailey at No. 4 and sophomore Ryan Grider at No. 5. Sophomore Mark Reppe is the Bears’ designated alternate, and he can be subbed into the lineup in between any round throughout the Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Bailey will become the first player in program history to compete at four NCAA Championships. May and Dossey will appear in
their third consecutive Championships, while Grider is appearing in the Bears’ Championship lineup for a second consecutive season. Kober is making his NCAA Championship lineup debut after traveling to the last two NCAA Championships as the designated alternate,
though he was not subbed into the lineup for either event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Prior to the Championship, Kober was named winner of the NCAA Elite 90 Award for the second consecutive season. The Elite 90
is presented to the student</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">‐</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">athlete
with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s championships. Kober, who holds a 4.0 cumulative grade point average while majoring in accounting, was presented with the award during the Championship
banquet on Thursday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor is paired with Liberty and Illinois for Friday’s first round, and those teams will tee off from No. 10 starting at 7:45
a.m. CT. Grider is up first for the Bears, followed by Bailey at 7:56 a.m., Kober at 8:07 a.m., Dossey at 8:18 a.m. and May at 8:29 a.m. The Bears will again play with Illinois and Liberty in Saturday’s second round, though they’ll start the second round from
the first tee beginning at 1:05 p.m., with individual lineup order set by first-round results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Live scoring for the NCAA Championship is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
for updates throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">NCAA Championship Field (Regional Finish)<br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 1 Oklahoma State (1<sup>st</sup> in Louisville)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 2 Arizona State (t-2<sup>nd</sup> in Stanford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 3 Wake Forest (3<sup>rd</sup> in Myrtle Beach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 4 Vanderbilt (3<sup>rd</sup> in Athens)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 5 Oklahoma (3<sup>rd</sup> in Pullman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 6 Texas (1<sup>st</sup> in Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 7 USC (5<sup>th</sup> in Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 8 Georgia Tech (4<sup>th</sup> in Pullman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 9 Duke (2<sup>nd</sup> in Athens)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 10 California (4<sup>th</sup> in Myrtle Beach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 11 Auburn (2<sup>nd</sup> in Louisville)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 12 Stanford (1<sup>st</sup> in Stanford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 13 North Florida (5<sup>th</sup> in Louisville)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 14 LSU (5<sup>th</sup> in Stanford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 16 Georgia (1<sup>st</sup> in Athens)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 17 South Carolina (t-5<sup>th</sup> in Pullman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 18 Pepperdine (4<sup>th</sup> in Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 19 Clemson (3<sup>rd</sup> in Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 20 Texas A&M (1<sup>st</sup> in Pullman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 21 Louisville (4<sup>th</sup> in Louisville)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 22 Liberty (5<sup>th</sup> in Athens)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 23 Illinois (1<sup>st</sup> in Myrtle Beach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 25 Baylor (3<sup>rd</sup> in Louisville)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 26 North Carolina (t-2<sup>nd</sup> in Stanford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 30 TCU (2<sup>nd</sup> in Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 32 BYU (2<sup>nd</sup> in Pullman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 34 UNLV (5<sup>th</sup> in Myrtle Beach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 46 Ohio State (2<sup>nd</sup> in Myrtle Beach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 58 Georgia Southern (4<sup>th</sup> in Stanford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">No. 60 SMU (4<sup>th</sup> in Athens)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1960
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">– t-9<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1966</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – 24<sup>th<o:p></o:p></sup></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1967</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – t-31<sup>st</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – 19<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – t-25<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – 27<sup>th</sup><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">
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<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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