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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- Sept. 8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor MGOLF in 11<sup>th</sup> Place After Day One of the Gopher Invitational<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BU’s Heffernan sets the pace for the Bears on day one<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information, contact
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">INDEPENDENCE, Minn.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">– Baylor men’s golf shot a 21-over 589 to finish day one in 11th place at the Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sunday.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Zach Heffernan continued his strong play from a season ago with a 1-under 141, leading the Bear contingent in a tie for seventh
through two rounds. He trails Noah Kent of Iowa by two shots heading into Monday's final round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Iowa leads the team standings through 36 holes with a 3-over 571, one shot ahead of host Minnesota.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Round One<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">After bogeys on four of his first six holes, Heffernan finished the front nine with three-straight birdies to card a 1-over
36 on his outward nine. The senior notched six-straight pars and closed with two birdies in his final three holes to card his first red-figure round of the season with a 1-under 70.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Drew Wrightson got off to a hot start in his first competitive tournament in over a year with three birdies on the front nine
but suffered a double-bogey at No. 8 to go out in 34. Three bogeys on his homeward half at Nos. 11, 16 and 18 dropped him back over par for the round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">In his career-first round at the No. 1 position, Jonas Appel shot a 3-over 74. The junior recorded his first birdie of the day
at No. 9 on the heels of a bogey at No. 4 and a double bogey at No. 7. After a 2-over front nine, he made bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12, dropping him back to 4-over, before playing his final four holes at 1-under, highlighted by birdies at Nos. 15 and 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Sam Dossey shot a 4-over 76 in his first round as a member of the lineup. An up-and-down front nine saw the junior shoot a 2-over
37 before closing with bogeys at Nos. 10, 12 and 14 for a 5-over 76. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Davis Ovard recorded a 10-over 81 in the first round. Ovard went out with a 6-over 41, improving by two shots on his second
nine with a 4-over 40.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Round Two<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan made a double-bogey on his first hole of the second round but battled back to even by the end of the front nine with
a pair of birdies. He finished with an even-par back-nine, rebounding from a bogey at No. 15 with a birdie at No. 17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">In round two, Wrightson capped his strong return to the lineup with an even-par 71 to move into a tie for 17<sup>th</sup>. Going
out in 35, Wrightson recorded a birdie at No. 3 before notching a bogey at No. 5. On the second nine, he dropped over par with a bogey at No. 13 but closed strong with a birdie at No. 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Appel wrapped day one in a tie for 51<sup>st</sup> after a 6-over 77 in the second round. Battling his way to a 1-over 35 on
the front side, Appel ran into trouble on the back nine with a 5-over 41 to finish the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Dossey enters the final round in a tie for 67<sup>th</sup> on the heels of an 8-over 79 on Sunday afternoon. After making six
bogeys on the front nine, Dossey settled in to play his homeward half at just 2-over.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ovard finished the day tied for 74<sup>th</sup> with a second-round 77. After making an early birdie, the sophomore dropped
a couple of shots at Nos. 4 and 8 to turn with a 1-over 36. He added a bogey at No. 15, but dropped four shots on the final hole of the day with a quadruple-bogey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan has now shot at least one round at par or better in six-straight events, dating back to the All-American Individual last season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan was just one of 11 players to shoot in red figures in the first round.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">STAT OF THE DAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">469</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
— Utilizing a redshirt last season, Drew Wrightson went 469 days between starts for the Bears and gave them a boost in his return with a 2-over 144.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears will play the final round beginning Monday morning, with tee times, live stats and scoring available at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournament-leaderboard/233131/scoring/team"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">scoreboard.clippd.com.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.<span style="color:black;background:white">
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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