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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 – Sept. 10, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor MGOLF Set to Open 2022-23 Season at Gopher Invitational</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">BU won its last trip to Windsong Farm in 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><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">WACO, Texas</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"> – Baylor men’s golf will
open its 2022-23 season at the Gopher Invitational beginning Sunday in Independence, Minn.</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">The Bears aim to return to the postseason for the 24<sup>th</sup> time in 25 seasons. Head coach Mike McGraw likes what he saw from his
team over the summer and is excited to see them compete at Windsong Farm.<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 love this time of year, it is so full of promise,” he said. “I am very excited about this group. This is also a fantastic golf course.”<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 lineup will be led again by Johnny Keefer. He played out of the No. 1 position in every team event last season and qualified for the
NCAA Norman Regional as an individual. The senior knows this team returns a lot of experience and is poised for a good season in 2022-23.<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 have pretty high expectations,” he said. “I think we will be a lot better than last year. We have some young, hungry guys, and we’ve
added a few talented freshmen, so there's just a lot of desire to be good, and I think Minnesota is a great spot to 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">Drew Wrightson will play out of the No. 2 spot coming off a freshman season where he played in eight stroke-play events, the second-most
on the team. Wrightson notched a career-best tie for 5<sup>th</sup> at the DBU Classic in April.<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">Tyler Isenhart will make his 12<sup>th</sup> career start playing at the No. 3 spot in the lineup. The senior is coming off a tie for 11<sup>th</sup>
as an individual at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic in his final start of the 2021-22 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">Zach Heffernan will make his season debut at the No. 4 spot. Last year as a freshman, 82.1% of Heffernan's rounds counted toward the team
score, which ranked third on the team. <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 grabbed the final qualifying spot and will play at No. 5 this week. The senior from Austin was in the starting lineup for the
final two events of last 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">Round one begins Sunday morning with a 7:15 a.m. CT shotgun start, with round two to follow. Monday’s final round will also begin with
a 7:15 a.m. shogun start. Live stats can be found at </span></strong><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=25514"><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.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;font-weight:normal"><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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