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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"><a name="_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 25, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<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 Climbs to 25<sup>th</sup> Place at NCAA 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 posted 13<sup>th</sup>-best score out of 30 teams in Saturday’s 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<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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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor men’s golf climbed four spots into 25<sup>th</sup> place after shooting 7-over-par 295 in Saturday’s second round of the NCAA Championship
at Blessings Golf Club. The Bears improved by 19 strokes from their first round, which tied the second-largest improvement in the 30-team field.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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 (+33) needs to make up eight strokes and pass 10 teams in Sunday’s third round to advance to Monday’s fourth and final round of stroke play. The Bears’ 7-over
on Saturday tied for the 13<sup>th</sup>-best score in the field and allowed them the move ahead of LSU (+34), Illinois (+36), Louisville (+39), Duke (+42) and BYU (+53). There are 12 teams leading BU by nine or fewer strokes entering the third round.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Oklahoma State (-10) leads the field, followed by Stanford (+2), Texas A&M (+7), Auburn (+10), Texas (+12), Oklahoma (+16), Wake Forest (+17), Ohio State (+17), California
(+17), Clemson (+18), Vanderbilt (+19), Arizona State (+22), Georgia Tech (+24), Georgia (+24), SMU (+25) forming the current top-15 teams. Teams outside the current projected cut to Monday’s fourth round include UNLV (+26), Pepperdine (+27), North Carolina
(+28), South Carolina (+28), North Florida (+30), TCU (+30), Georgia Southern (+31), Liberty (+32), USC (+32), Baylor (+33), and five teams behind the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Cooper Dossey led the Bears with a 2-under 70 in Saturday’s second round, moving up 63 spots on the individual leaderboard into a tie for 59<sup>th</sup> place at 6-over
150. Dossey’s 63-spot jump was second-best in the 156-player field. He started the round with consecutive birdies and remained at par or better the entire round. After falling back top even-par through eight holes, Dossey birdied Nos. 8 and 11 to get back
to 2-under. He punctuated his round with a chip-in birdie on No. 18.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Braden Bailey improved by eight strokes with an even-par 72, climbing 45 spots into a tie for 77<sup>th</sup> place at 8-over 152. Bailey started with a bogey on No.
1, but he immediately got back to even-par with a birdie on No. 2 and he would not go above par the rest of the round. He made seven consecutive pars before ending the string with an eagle on the par-5 15<sup>th</sup> hole.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Garrett May trimmed two shots off his first-round score with a 3-over 75. He made birdies on Nos. 1 and 6 and was 1-under through six holes, and he finished with eight
pars and four bogeys over his final 12 holes, placing him in a tie for 77<sup>th</sup> at 8-over 152.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Colin Kober repeated with a score of 6-over 78 to move into a tie for 111<sup>th</sup> place at 12-over 156. Kober recovered from a double bogey on No. 4 with a birdie
on No. 6 and took the turn at 1-over before shooting 5-over after the turn. Ryan Grider shot 9-over 81 and is tied for 138<sup>th</sup> place at 16-over 160.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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"><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%">Baylor is tied for ninth in the 30-team field in par-5 scoring at 6-under 4.85, ranks 21<sup>st</sup> in par-4 scoring at 40-over 4.40 and tied for 26<sup>th</sup> in par-3
scoring at 16-over 3.40.<b><o:p></o:p></b></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’s 24 birdies are tied for 21<sup>st</sup> in the field, while the Bears rank 24<sup>th</sup> with 90 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%">Bailey’s eagle on No. 15 was one of just three eagles on that hole in the second round and one of only 10 eagles made anywhere on the course on Saturday.<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 sixth in the 156-player field in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.50.<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%">Dossey leads the team and is tied for 27<sup>th</sup> in the field with seven birdies across 36 holes.<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%">Dossey’s chip-in birdie on No. 18 was one of only nine birdies out of 156 attempts on Saturday, making it the third-most difficult hole to birdie in the round.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<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’s 19-stroke improvement from the first round tied for second-best in the field behind only Pepperdine, which trimmed 21 shots off its first-round score. Vanderbilt
also improved by 19 strokes. Dossey and Bailey accounted for the majority of Baylor’s improvement, with Dossey shooting 10 strokes lower and Bailey shaving eight shots off of his score.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><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"><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 is paired with LSU and Illinois for Sunday’s third round, and those teams will tee off on the back-9 starting at 1:17 p.m. CT. Grider is up first for the Bears,
followed by Kober at 1:28 p.m., Bailey at 1:39 p.m., May at 1:50 p.m. and Dossey at 2:01 p.m. Following Sunday’s third round, the top 15 teams will advance to Monday’s final round of stroke play, with scores carrying over. Once 72 holes of stroke play are
complete, the top eight teams advance to match play to determine the national champion. Live scoring of the NCAA 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<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"><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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