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<b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 23, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Baylor MGOLF Set to Open the Big 12 Championship</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For more information, contact: </span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;">HUTCHINSON, Kan.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> – Baylor men's golf opens its postseason run on Monday
morning when it tees off in the Big 12 Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Monday will mark the 14<sup>th</sup> time the Big 12 Championship has been played in Hutchinson, which was the site of Baylor’s only Big 12 Championship win in 2001.
The final round will be covered live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Head coach Mike McGraw is looking forward to returning to Prairie Dunes this week.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">“We have been playing very well this spring, so I'm pretty excited about it,” he said. “I'm particularly excited because we get to go play a championship golf course.
I know every time I'm interviewed about Prairie Dunes, I always say good things, but it's such a great golf course that the kids can't help but have a good attitude about being there.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Johnny Keefer will play take his usual position at the No. 1 spot. The senior, who enters with a streak of seven-straight rounds at par or better, is making his
third start at the Big 12 Championship, coming off a 16<sup>th</sup>-place finish at the Big 12 Championship a season ago, which was his best finish.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Drew Wrightson will play at the No. 2 spot this week. The sophomore enters the Big 12 Championship in the midst of his best stretch in a Baylor uniform with a top-five
and two top-10 finishes this spring. He finished tied for 33<sup>rd</sup> last year at The Big 12 Championship in Whispering Pines.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Tyler Isenhart has been on a roll himself, making his 11<sup>th</sup> start in the lineup this season and will play at the No. 3 position. The Illinois native will
get his first crack at the Big 12 Championship this week. The senior heads to Hutch, playing three of his last five rounds at par or better.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Luke Dossey will make his second appearance in the lineup this spring, penciled in at No. 4. The senior is coming off a tie for 20<sup>th</sup> at the Thunderbird
Collegiate, where he shot two rounds under par en route to his second top-25 finish of the spring. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Zach Heffernan will make his third-straight start at the No. 5 position. Heffernan enters the Big 12 Championship with at least one round at par or better in every
event this spring. He finished tied for 37<sup>th</sup> in his only other appearance at the Big 12 Championship last season.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white; font-weight: normal;">Live scoring and stats can be found at </span></strong><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=25779" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;">Golfstat.com.</span></a><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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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