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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 11, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor MGOLF Set to Defend Its Title at the Aggie Invitational</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BU returns four players with experience at Traditions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For more information, contact
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">BRYAN, Texas —
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor men’s golf will begin its title defense on Saturday morning at the Aggie Invitational.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">The 2024 champions bring back Zach Heffernan, Davis Ovard and Jonas Appel, who all finished in the top 20 a season ago, while Drew Wrightson
has two previous starts in Bryan. The team's familiarity with the course is a definite plus for head coach Mike McGraw, but he knows Traditions can pack a punch, and his team needs to be ready.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">“Anytime you can go into a tournament as the defending champion, it feels good,” McGraw said. “That being said, this is a difficult golf course
where we will have to play well, or you can get exposed. I really want to see us put together three good rounds and take some momentum into Southern Hills in a couple of weeks.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Heffernan will play at No. 1 this week after finishing tied for fourth in Bryan a season ago. The senior is making his team-leading fourth start
at the Aggie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Jonas Appel will play at No. 2 for the second straight week after leading the Bears with a top-20 finish at Maridoe a few weeks ago. The junior
finished tied for 17<sup>th</sup> in his debut at Traditions in 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Drew Wrightson will get the nod at No. 3 this week. The redshirt junior has two appearances at The Aggie, his best finish coming in 2023 when
he tied for 34<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Vincent Stjernfeldt makes his return to the lineup at the No. 4 position. The freshman has appeared in the lineup in five tournaments this season,
with his best showing coming at the Big 12 Match Play, where he went 3-1-1 back in October.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Davis Ovard will play at No. 5 on the heels of a 29<sup>th</sup>-place finish at Maridoe. The sophomore tied for ninth in his career-first start
at the Aggie last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Sam Dossey will play as an individual for the second straight event. After an opening-round 74, Dossey went on to finish tied for 42<sup>nd</sup>
in his last start at the Maridoe Collegiate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Once available, a full list of hole assignments, live scoring, and stats for the tournament will be available on
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/233461/scoring/team"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">Clippd.Scoreboard.com.</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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