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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 – April 24, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor MGOLF Readies for Big 12 Championship<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU makes its seventh trip to Whispering Pines for the Big 12 Championship<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">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WM_Roberts@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"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">TRINITY, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor men’s golf will
open play at the Big 12 Championship on Monday morning at Whispering Pines, looking to secure a spot in the postseason.</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor’s best finish in its seven Big 12 Championship appearances at Whispering Pines is fifth place three times, including the last trip
in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Bears, coming off a sixth-place finish at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate, need a win in Trinity to clinch a postseason berth, and head
coach Mike McGraw is confident this team can get it done.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">“There's no reason we can't win the golf tournament — just no reason at all,” McGraw said. “We have plenty of talented players, and our
guys are close to home, so I think we can go out there, and if we play well, we can contend to win the championship.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Playing out of the No. 1 spot for the 11th time this season, junior Johnny Keefer said he likes the look of the team after the sixth-place
finish in a loaded field in Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">“I think all of our guys are in really good shape right now,” he said. “We have a lot of momentum coming from ASU, and I think we can play
really well this week. We all have the right attitude, we know what's at stake, and we know what we have to do.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Mark Reppe, who made the All-Tournament Team last year, will play out of the No. 2 spot for the eighth time this season. The senior feels
like this team was able to cut it loose in Phoenix and believes that will carry over to this week.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">“We really have nothing to lose,” he said. “I think a lot of us went out and played a little bit more free. I think taking that same mentality
to Big 12 is going to help us a lot, and if we just do that, we'll see where the chips fall.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Luke Dossey shot a career-best 67 in the final round of the Thunderbird and will play at the No. 3 spot this week. The junior is making
his fifth spring start and enters having shot under par in two of his last three rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">This week, Zach Heffernan will play at No. 4, marking his fourth start in the lineup this spring. The freshman tied a career-best with
a 71 in the second round of the Thunderbird Collegiate in his last start.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Fellow freshman Drew Wrightson will play at No. 5, making his sixth start of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The 72-hole event will begin with 36 holes on Monday, followed by 18 holes in each of the last two rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday. BU
will be paired with Kansas on day one and open the championship on No. 10 at 8:22 a.m. In the afternoon session, they will tee off on No. 1 beginning at 1:52 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Live scoring is available at
</span></strong><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=24316&utm_medium=sidearm-email&utm_source=big12sports.com&utm_campaign=Big+12+Men%e2%80%99s+Golf+Championship+Set+for+Whispering+Pines&utm_content=29ae725d-d68d-4c26-b19c-0b08d2679b05"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Golfstat.com.</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">
For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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