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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- April 22, 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 in 13th place after 36 Holes at the Big 12 Championship
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BU’s Ovard was one of 10 players to shoot in red figures on Tuesday<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">TULSA, Okla.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> — Baylor men’s golf fought
through 36 holes to finish Tuesday in 13th place at the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills Country Club.<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 home of the 2022 PGA Championship played tough on Tuesday with a stroke average of 74.41, almost 4.5 shots over par. Starting on No. 10, BU
held its ground early in the first round, sitting at the top of the leaderboard for much of its first nine. However, it struggled on the inward half, shooting 15-over on the way in to drop into the bottom half of the field. The Bears shot a 21-over 301 in
the second round, falling to 31-over after round two. <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 led the way for Baylor in the first two rounds with a 3-over 143 to tie for ninth. Ovard shot a second-round 68, one of just 10 rounds
in red figures on day one. The sophomore is seven shots off the pace of the overnight leader, Arizona State’s Connor Williams.<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"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">First Round<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">Zach Heffernan started the round in red numbers with a birdie at No. 10, followed by a bogey at No. 11. With no further blemishes on the back half,
he made the turn at even par. The senior carded a string of bogeys on Nos. 1, 5, and 9 to finish the round tied for 19th with a 3-over 73.<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 also started quickly, landing an early birdie at No. 12, but gave the shot back with a bogey on No. 13 to turn at level par. Cruising
in his second nine, Ovard stumbled a bit down the stretch with a double bogey at No. 4 and three straight bogeys at Nos. 7-9 to close out round one.<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">Similarly, Jonas Appel turned in a 5-over 75 for the first round. The junior opened with seven straight pars before running into some trouble,
playing his next five holes at 7-over, making bogeys at Nos. 17, 18, 1 and 3, around a double-bogey at No. 2. He would finish strong, however, playing his final six holes at 2-under on the strength of birdies at Nos. 5 and 6.<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 shot a 7-over 77 in the morning session. He got off to a steady start with just three bogeys on his outward nine at Nos. 11, 16
and 18. After two more bogeys at Nos. 3 and 4, he found his first birdie of the day at No. 5 but would finish with three straight bogeys at Nos. 7-9.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Vincent Sternfeldt carded 8-over 78 in the morning round, jumping into red figures quickly with a birdie at No. 13. Following a 4-over close to
his outward nine, the freshman had a string of five bogeys at 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 to finish the morning session tied for 70th 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">Second Round<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">Ovard got off to a quick start in the second round, making a birdie at No. 1, and after giving a shot back with a bogey at No. 4, he carded back-to-back
birdies at Nos. 5 and 6. Back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 9 and 10 put him back at even par, but he settled in to play his final eight holes at 2-under on the strength of birdies at Nos. 11 and 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">Jonas Appel picked up a shot from his first round, shooting a 4-over 74 in the afternoon to tie for 41<sup>st</sup>. An up-and-down first nine
saw Appel make just two pars at Nos. 8 and 9 after making birdies at Nos. 2, 4 and 5 and bogeys at Nos. 1, 3, 6 and 7. His second nine included just four pars around bogeys at Nos. 10, 13, 14 and 15 and a birdie at No. 11.<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">Zach Heffernan shot a 9-over 79 in the second round to fall into a tie for 56<sup>th</sup>. The senior bogeyed five of his first nine holes at
Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9. After a triple bogey at No. 11, he made one final bogey at No. 12 before closing with six straight 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 shot a 10-over 80 to drop 14 spots into a tie for 74<sup>th</sup>. Four straight pars to open the round gave way to three bogeys
at Nos. 5, 8 and 9 to close his front nine. Starting with two pars on the back nine, he played his final seven holes at 7-over.
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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">Davis Ovard shot his third round at par or better in Big 12 Championship Play.<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">Ovard lowered his Big 12 Championship scoring average to 72.17 on Tuesday
<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">In three career Big 12 Championship rounds, Jonas Appel has improved his score
in each round<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 had one of just 12 birdies on No. 10 today, which played as the
fourth-hardest hole on Day one<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">10 —
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Davis Ovard shot one of just 10 under-par rounds on Tuesday<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" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears will tee it up alongside West Virginia, UCF and Iowa State in the third round beginning at
8:30 a.m. off the No. 10 tee. A full list of tee times, live scoring, and stats for the tournament will be available on
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/233986/scoring/team"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Clippd.Scoreboard.com.</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">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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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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