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<h1 align="right" class="" style="text-align:right"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 18, 2022</span></b><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></h1>
<h2 align="left" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Baylor MGOLF’s Keefer Finishes Tied for 11<sup class="">th</sup> at NCAA Norman Regional</span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The BU junior notches career-best postseason finish</span></b></h2>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span class="" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><span class="" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu" class="">WM_Roberts@Baylor.ed</a>u</span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white">NORMAN, Okla. – </span></strong><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">Johnny
Keefer shot a 3-under 69 for the second time in three days on Wednesday at the Norman Regional to finish as the best individual at Jimmie Austin Golf Club.</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">The junior finished four shots back of South Carolina’s Evans Lewis, who shot a 6-under 210 to claim the individual berth
into the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk.</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">Keefer’s 69 tied for the third-best round of the day and was one of just six sub-70 rounds recorded in the final round.</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">Needing to make up ground starting the day, Keefer opened strong with a pair-of birdies on the front nine, including a third
birdie in as many days at the par-5 8<sup class="">th</sup>, en route to a bogey-free 34 on the front nine.</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">Chasing down Lewis, Keefer made a birdie at the 11<sup class="">th</sup> to get to 3-under and within three shots with seven
holes to play, but a bogey at the 12<sup class="">th</sup> dropped him back to 2-under. From there, he made five-straight pars and closed with a birdie at No. 18 to finish the 54-hole tournament with a 3-under 213.</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white">HIGHLIGHTS</span></strong></p>
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</span></span></strong><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">Keefer is the fifth player in program history to shoot two sub-70 rounds in an NCAA regional.</span></strong></p>
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</span></span></strong><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">He finished his season with a stroke average of 71.34, the seventh-best single-season average in program history.</span></strong></p>
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</span></span></strong><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">He lowered his career stroke average to 71.74 to maintain the second-best mark in program history, trailing only Jimmy Walker’s
71.55 from 1997-01.</span></strong></p>
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</span></span></strong><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">The junior finished the year with a team-leading 18 rounds at par or better, giving him 37 for his career.</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white">QUOTE OF THE DAY</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">Head coach Mike McGraw: “Johnny had a terrific week. He left a few shots out there, but didn’t miss a single putt inside
7 feet, so that’s really good. He hung in there when things got going bad and kept his attitude positive and stayed calm. He played well, and I was proud to be his coach this week.”</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:white; font-weight:normal">For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.</span></strong></p>
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