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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 – Sept. 21, 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 Takes Lead at Fighting Illini Invite<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 were four shots better than rest of field in 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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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk495348662"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor men’s golf turned in the best round of the day to climb atop the leaderboard at 4-over-par 564 after two rounds at the Fighting Illini Invitational.
The Bears entered the day tied for fifth place and shot 1-over 281 in Saturday’s second round at Olympia Fields Country Club, which was four strokes better than any other team in the 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 (+4) has a one-shot lead over Georgia Tech (+5) entering Sunday’s final round. Pepperdine (+7) is in third place, followed by North Carolina (+13), Illinois
(+16), Texas (+17), Texas A&M (+18), Florida (+19), Florida State (+19), Oklahoma State (+20), California (+25), Northwestern (+28), Alabama (+28), UNLV (+32) and Indiana (+41).<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">Freshman Johnny Keefer bounced back from a 7-over 77 in the first round to shoot a team-best 1-under 69 in Saturday’s second round. He climbed 36 spots on the individual
leaderboard into a tie for 37<sup>th</sup> place at 6-over 146. Cooper Dossey carded even-par 70 to move into sole possession of second place at 2-under 138, one shot back of Oklahoma State’s Austin Eckroat (-3). Dossey has posted four of five rounds at par
or better this season.<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">Travis McInroe and Colin Kober rounded out the Baylor scorecard with matching rounds of 1-over 71. McInroe moved into a tie for 15<sup>th</sup> place at 2-over 142,
while Kober climbed into a tie for ninth place at 1-over 141. Mark Reppe is tied for 44<sup>th</sup> place at 8-over 148 after shooting his second straight round of 4-over 74.<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 ranks second in the 15-team field in par-3 scoring at 2-over 3.05, second in par-5 scoring at 6-under 4.70 and fourth in par-4 scoring at 19-over 4.16.<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 26 birdies are tied for second-most in the field, and the Bears rank fifth with 116 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 is tied for fourth in par-5 scoring at 2-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%">Cooper Dossey is tied for fifth in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.88, tied for seventh in par-4 scoring at even-par 4.00 and tied for 16<sup>th</sup> in par-5 scoring at 1-under
4.75.<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%">Colin Kober and Keefer are tied for 11<sup>th</sup> in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.<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 leads the tournament with 30 pars across 36 holes, including 17 pars in the second round.<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%">Travis McInroe is tied for second in the field with eight birdies over 36 holes.<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">4 – Baylor’s 1-over-par 281 in the second round was four shots better than any other team in the field. Oklahoma State was closest to the Bears with a round of 5-over,
while the Bears were at least six shots better than the remaining 13 teams in the field.<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">Sunday’s final round is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. CT. Baylor is in the final group of teams to tee off at 9 a.m., paired with golfers from Georgia Tech and Pepperdine.
Reppe is up first at 9 a.m., and he’ll be followed in nine-minute intervals by Keefer, McInroe, Kober and Dossey, respectively. Live scoring 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>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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