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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">SAN ANTONIO –
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor men's golf will kick off the 2023-24 campaign at the Valero Texas Collegiate on Saturday morning on the Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The home of the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open, the Oaks Course provides a strong test for the competitors. With that in mind, head coach
Mike McGraw got his team several rounds, including three qualifying rounds ahead of the South Texas event.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">“I think we're probably as prepared as we could be," McGraw said. "We've actually seen the greens and the course we’ll see this weekend.
If the guys have done a good job getting hydrated, getting some rest, getting caught up on school, and can focus on the tournament, then we should be very prepared.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Entering his final season with the Bears, Johnny Keefer will play at the No. 1 spot for the 25<sup>th</sup>-straight event. The San Antonio
native is familiar with the Oaks course, finishing tied for 13<sup>th</sup> when the Cabo Collegiate was contested there in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Luke Dossey will play at the No. 4 spot this weekend. Dossey enters his 25<sup>th</sup> career stroke-play event and finished tied for
79<sup>th</sup> in his only other appearance at TPC San Antonio in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Austin native Trey Bosco makes his return to the lineup at the No. 3 spot. The senior last played in the lineup at the ASU Thunderbird
Collegiate in April.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Zach Heffernan will make the first start of his junior season just miles from his hometown of Boerne, Texas. At No. 4, Heffernan is making
his sixth-straight start in the lineup dating back to last season.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Jonas Appel will make his career-first appearance in the lineup at No. 5. Playing in seven events as a freshman last season, Appel was
second on the team with a stroke average of 72.00.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Freshman Davis Ovard will make his Baylor debut as an individual at TPC San Antonio.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Live scoring and stats can be found at
</span></strong><b><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=28150"><span style="background:white">Golfstat.com</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">.</span></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",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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