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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- Feb. 17, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor MGOLF Closes Day One in a Tie for 17th at the Prestige<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BU’s Heffernan shoots a 1-under 70 to lead the Bears’ Cause<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:
</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></i></a></span><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">LA QUINTA, Calif.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> — Baylor men’s golf
shot a 6-over 290 to finish Monday in a tie for 17th after one round of the Prestige on the Norman Course at PGA West.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor’s Zach Heffernan led the charge for BU, shooting a 1-under 70 to tie for 24<sup>th</sup> place as the top-finishing Bear. Oregon’s Aiden
Kraft, North Carolina’s David Ford and Kansas State’s Kobe Valociek share the overnight lead with a trio of 5-under 66s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears are knotted with No. 15 Pepperdine and Oregon State and sit just six shots out of a three-way tie for 10<sup>th</sup> place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan opened with a birdie at No. 1 and finished the front nine with a clean 1-under 34. The senior reached 3-under with an eagle at No. 12.
A double-bogey at No. 13 dropped him back to 1-under, where he would finish after five more pars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drew Wrightson finished tied for 53<sup>rd</sup> on the heels of a 1-over 72. The junior bounced back from an early bogey at No. 2 with a birdie
at No. 3. He turned at 1-over after a bogey at No. 7. He pushed back to even with a birdie at No. 10 but gave it back with a bogey at No. 13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Jonas Appel wrapped day one in a tie for 66<sup>th</sup> after a 2-over 73. The junior started strong with a birdie at No. 1 and would finish the
front nine in red figures after eight more pars. Appel played his first four holes on the back nine at 4-over with two bogeys and a double before rebounding with a birdie at No. 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Freshman Vincent Stjernfeldt shot a 4-over 75 to tie for 88<sup>th</sup> after round one. Birdies at Nos. 2 and 6 were offset by bogeys at Nos.
3 and 7 to make the turn with an even-par 35. A couple of double bogeys at Nos. 12 and 17 served as the only blemishes on the back nine as he came home with a 4-over 75.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Davis Ovard tied for 95<sup>th</sup> at the end of round one after a 5-over 76. A pair of book-end bogeys at Nos. 1 and 9 saw him make the turn
at 2-over. His first birdie of the day came at No. 10 before he hit a stretch of four-straight bogeys at Nos. 13-16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Over at the Prestige Individual Invite, Sam Dossey led the charge for BU on day one, shooting an even-par 72 to finish in ninth, while Martin Kemp
was just a shot back at 1-over. Jackson Hymer tied for 14<sup>th</sup> with a 2-over 74, a stroke ahead of Corbin Null and Aidan Gutierrez, who tied for 17<sup>th</sup>. Patricio Gonzalez shot an 8-over 80 to tie for 31<sup>st</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears were one of eight teams to make an eagle on Monday<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BU’s 63 pars tied for the second-most in the field<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Zach Heffernan tied for the best par-5 scoring average on Monday (4.00)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan's opening-round 70 ties his best opening-round score this year<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan now has four rounds this season at par or better<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">STAT OF THE DAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">11 —
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Zach Heffernan now has 11-career opening rounds at par or better<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears will be grouped with Oregon and Pepperdine in the second round, beginning Tuesday afternoon at 1:55 p.m. CT. For more information on
Baylor Men's Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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