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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 23, 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 Settles into 14th place 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 shoots its best round of the event in round three<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 finished
Wednesday in 14<sup>th</sup> place with a 58-over 898 at the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills.<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 were led by Jonas Appel's 2-over 72, 1.3 shots under the stroke average in the third round. Davis Ovard continued to lead the Bears in
the overall standings, tied for 26<sup>th</sup> after 54 holes. Connor Williams and Jose Ballester of Arizona State share the individual lead with Houston’s Wolfgang Glawe with 1-under 209s.<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 trails 13<sup>th</sup>-place West Virginia by six shots while having a two-shot cushion over UCF and a three-shot advantage over Iowa State.
After a second straight under-par round, Oklahoma State surged to the top of the leaderboard with a 1-over 841, six strokes in front of second-place Arizona State.<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">Starting on No. 10, Appel made a quick bogey but erased it with a birdie at No. 13, turning in 1-over after a bogey at No. 18. Two more bogeys
on his second nine dotted the card at Nos. 3 and 7 before closing with a birdie at No. 9, which is playing as the fourth-hardest hole this week.
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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 got off to a solid start with seven pars in his round but ran into a spot of bother playing Nos. 17 and 18 at 3-over. Back-to-back
pars began his second nine before a second bogey at No. 3. His first birdie of the day came at No. 5, where he made a bogey in each of the first two rounds before one final bogey befell him at No. 8 to finish the day tied for 55<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">Vincent Stjernfeldt turned in his best round of the week with a 5-over 75 on Wednesday. A bogey at No. 12 and a birdie at No. 13 put him at even
through his first five holes before closing the outward half with bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16. A second bogey of the round came at No. 1 to get back to 1-over before dropping four strokes with double bogeys at Nos. 5 and 7.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ovard is tied for 26<sup>th</sup> after 54 holes. The sophomore stumbled out of the gate with back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 10 and 11 but recovered
nicely with a birdie at No. 13 to turn at 1-over. He made four straight bogeys to open his inward nine before getting a stroke back with a birdie at No. 7. He finished with back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9.<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 12-over 82 to drop into a tie for 71<sup>st</sup>. He made five bogeys at Nos. 11, 12, 14, 15 and 17 to turn in 40. He made
his final three pars of the day at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, followed by bogeys at Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 around a double bogey at No. 6.<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">Jonas Appel has improved his score in each of his four-career Big 12 Championship
rounds 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">Appel made a birdie at No. 9, one of just 20 at that hole in 239 rounds.<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">72 —
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Jonas Appel shot a 72 on Wednesday, meaning he has set a career-best Big 12 round in each of his last four rounds<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 final round beginning at
8:00 a.m. off the No. 10 tee. A complete 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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