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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete results and statistics attached, along with trophy photo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 8, 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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><o:p>&nbsp;</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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor Men’s Golf Wins Gopher Invitational<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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears claim 13<sup>th</sup> tournament title of McGraw era by two strokes over Texas A&amp;M</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,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">
<br>
INDEPENDENCE, Minn. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor men’s golf battled through tough conditions and an hour-long lightning delay to claim the 2019 Gopher Invitational title by two strokes over
 Texas A&amp;M. The Bears shot 4-over-par 288 in Monday’s final round to finish atop the leaderboard in the 13-team field at 4-under 848.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor (-4) recorded wins over Texas A&amp;M (-2), Arkansas (&#43;2), Oklahoma (&#43;2), West Virginia (&#43;6), Marquette (&#43;15), Purdue (&#43;16), Kent State (&#43;18), Utah (&#43;19), Minnesota
 (&#43;25), North Carolina State (&#43;28), Michigan State (&#43;29) and Iowa (&#43;29).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Bears entered the round with a three-shot lead and extended it to as many as seven strokes, but Texas A&amp;M fought back and took a one-shot lead about two-thirds
 of the way through the round. The Bears and Aggies were tied at 6-under when the tournament entered an hour-long lightning delay with the final players for each team on the 14<sup>th</sup> hole. BU had a one-shot lead with only freshman Johnny Keefer remaining
 on the course and two holes to play. Keefer made a par on No. 17, while Texas A&amp;M’s Williams Paysse hit his drive out-of-bounds and made a double-bogey.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">With a three-shot lead on the final hole, Keefer was able to take an unplayable lie when his drive found tall grass on the edge of the bunker. He hit his third shot
 on the par-5 18<sup>th</sup> into the middle of the fairway, put his fourth on the green and secured the Baylor win with a two-putt bogey.<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">Keefer tied for third place in his collegiate debut. He shot 3-over 74 in the final round and finished three shots back of the individual medalist. Cooper Dossey recorded
 is fifth career top-5 finish by taking fifth place at 2-under 211 after a final round of 1-under 70. Travis McInroe posted his third consecutive rounds of 2-over 73 to tie for 30<sup>th</sup> place at 6-over 219. Colin Kober and Mark Reppe tied for 36<sup>th</sup>
 place at 7-over 220, with Reppe recording a final round of even-par 71 and Kober shooting 8-over 79.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</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 tied for the lead in the 13-team field in par-3 scoring at 3-over 3.05, ranked fourth in par-4 scoring at 18-over 4.11 and tied for sixth in par-5 scoring at 6-under
 4.87.<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’s 46 birdies led the field, but the Bears ranked tied for ninth with 169 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%">Johnny Keefer tied for third in the 70-player field in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.92 and tied for third in par-4 scoring at 1-under 3.97.<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%">Cooper Dossey tied for seventh in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00 and tied for third in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.56.<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%">Keefer tied for the tournament lead with 14 birdies across 54 holes, while Dossey tied for ninth with 10 birdies.<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%">Travis McInroe and Dossey led the team and tied for 11<sup>th</sup> overall with 37 pars over 54 holes.<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 recorded his 10<sup>th</sup> career top-10 finish, taking over sole possession of 12<sup>th</sup> on the Bears’ all-time list.<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 also earned his fifth career top-5 finish, and he improved his career stroke average to 71.89, which is second-best in program history.<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">13 – this was Baylor’s 13<sup>th</sup> tournament win under head coach Mike McGraw. The Bears played their first tournament under McGraw on the same course five years
 ago, winning the 2014 Gopher Invitational. It was McGraw’s 43<sup>rd</sup> win as a Division I head coach, and it was the Bears’ first title since winning the inaugural Big 12 Match Play Championship on Oct. 14, 2018.<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 returns to tournament action in 11 days at the Fighting Illini Invitational. The three-day, 54-hole tournament runs Sept. 20-22 at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country
 Club. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.&nbsp;<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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">--&nbsp;<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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