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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. 19, 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 Finishes tied for 17<sup>th</sup> 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 Wrightson shoots his best round since April of 2023 to lead the Bears in the final round<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
used a 1-over 285, its best round of the week, to finish tied for 17<sup>th</sup> on Wednesday at the Prestige 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">Drew Wrightson paced the Bears in the final round with a 3-under 68, his best round since the 2023 Big 12 Championship. His 1-over 214 earned him
a tie for 43<sup>rd</sup>, one shot behind Zach Heffernan, who led the Bears with an even-par 213 and a tie for 39<sup>th</sup>. San Diego’s Ryan Abuan took home individual medalist honors with an 11-under 202.
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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 11-over 863 tied with Louisville and former Baylor assistant Ryan Blagg. San Diego ran away with the team title on the strength of a 29-under
823, 16 shots ahead of second-place Texas Tech.<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 started his final round with a bang, eagling the par-5 12<sup>th</sup> hole for a second time this week. The senior reached 3-under with
another birdie at No. 16 but dropped a shot at the turn with a bogey at No. 18. Heffernan carded pars on each of the first six holes of his second nine but played his final three at 3-over with a double at No. 16 and a bogey at No. 17.<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">Wrightson opened with a bogey before quickly atoning with three birdies in his next four holes at Nos. 11, 12 and 14. A second bogey at No. 15
dropped him back to 1-under at the turn. The junior closed his week with a bogey-free inward half, dotted with a couple of birdies at Nos. 4 and 8 to shoot his first round in the 60s since the final round of the 2023 Morgan Hill Regional.<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">Ovard put together another solid day on Wednesday with an even-par 72, his first back-to-back rounds at par or better since the second and third
rounds of the Big 12 Championship last April. A quick birdie at No. 11 got the sophomore off to a quick start before dropping a shot at No. 13. Two more birdies at Nos. 15 and 17, and a bogey at No. 18 saw him make the turn with a 1-under 35. Ovard pushed
to 2-under with a birdie at No. 3 but fell back to even with a double-bogey at No. 7 to finish tied for 54<sup>th</sup>.<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 finished the day with a 3-over 74 and a tie for 86<sup>th</sup>. A steady start with six-straight pars was interrupted by three-straight
bogeys at Nos. 16-18 to turn with a 3-over 39. He bounced back with a birdie at No. 1 before a final bogey at No. 7 put him at 3-over for the day and 9-over for the championship.<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">Vincent Stjernfeldt had an up-and-down day, resulting in a 5-over 76. The freshman made four birdies, five bogeys and a pair of doubles on Wednesday
en route to a tie for 97<sup>th</sup>.<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">At the Prestige Individual Invite, Jackson Hymer led the Baylor contingent with a 6-over 222 to tie for 11th, two strokes in front of Corbin Null,
whose final-round 71 earned him a tie for 13<sup>th</sup>. Martin Kemp was two shots behind him in a tie for 17<sup>th</sup>, while Aidan Gutierrez and Sam Dossey tied for 27<sup>th</sup>. Patricio Gonzalez tied for 33<sup>rd</sup> with a 21-over 237.<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">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">Baylor’s 1-over 285 tied for the best score of the season<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">The Bears had the fourth-best par-4 scoring average (4.02)
<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">This week marked the first time since the 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional that
the Bears had multiple players finish at Par or better <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 was one of just five teams to have multiple eagles this week<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">Baylor’s 180 pars were the third-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 was one of just three players to make multiple eagles this week<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">Jonas Appel tied for the second-most pars this week with 41<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">68 —
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drew Wrightson carded his best round in nearly two years, as his last round in the 60s was in the second round of the 2023 Big 12 Championship<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 tee it up at the Cabo Collegiate in Los Cabos, Mexico, March 3-5. 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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