Baylor Men’s Golf Ties for Ninth at Valspar Collegiate

Tue Mar 19 10:22:10 CDT 2019

Complete results and statistics attached.

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 19, 2019

Baylor Men’s Golf Ties for Ninth at Valspar Collegiate
Braden Bailey ties for fifth individually, earning ninth career top-5 finish
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
PALM CITY, Fla. – Baylor men’s golf finished tied for ninth place after shooting 4-under-par 848 across three rounds in the Valspar Collegiate. The Bears shot 5-under 279 in the second round on Monday morning and finished with a 1-over 285 in the final round on Monday afternoon at Floridian National Golf Club. Results were finalized on Tuesday morning when the final two teams completed their third rounds.

No. 23 Baylor (-4) tied with No. 30 Florida State (-4) and placed ahead of No. 11 LSU (+1), No. 9 Georgia Tech (+3), Houston (+11), No. 35 Arkansas (+17) and No. 20 South Florida (+31). The Bears placed behind No. 6 Wake Forest (-25), No. 13 Auburn (-19), No. 31 South Carolina (-15), No. 1 Oklahoma State (-14), No. 3 Vanderbilt (-11), No. 27 Texas A&M (-6), No. 2 Duke (-5) and No. 8 Texas (-5).

Bradley Bailey shot 2-under 69 in the morning and even-par 71 in the afternoon to finish tied for fifth place at 7-under 206 for the tournament. It was Bailey’s ninth career top-5 finish, which ranks seventh in program history, and he moved into a tie for fifth in program history with his 18th career top-10 finish.

Cooper Dossey shot 1-under 70 and even-par 71 on Monday to finish tied for 33rd place at 1-over 214. Colin Kober posted 1-under 70 and 4-over 75 to tie for 43rd place at 4-over 217. Garrett May bounced back from a 9-over first round to shoot 1-under 70 and 2-under 69 on Monday, climbing 26 spots from 77th place to a tie for 51st place at 6-over 219. Ryan Grider shot 2-over 73 in the second round and 3-over 74 in the final round to finish tied for 55th place at 7-over 220. Mark Reppe, who was competing as an individual, made seven birdies in the second round on his way to a 2-under 69 and finished with a 2-over 73 to tie for 33rd place at 1-over 214.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Baylor tied for the tournament lead in par-5 scoring at 23-under 4.62, ranked ninth in par-4 scoring at 14-over 4.10 and tied for 13th in par-3 scoring at 20-over 3.27.
  *   Baylor’s lineup combined to card 56 birdies, seventh-most in the 15-team field.
  *   Reppe tied for second in the 84-player field in par-4 scoring at 5-under 3.80, while Bailey tied for seventh at 4-under 3.85.
  *   May tied for fourth in par-5 scoring at 7-under 4.42, Grider tied for seventh at 6-under 4.50 and Bailey and Kober tied for 14th at 4-under 4.67.
  *   Dossey tied for 15th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
  *   Bailey led the team with 15 birdies, tied for seventh-most in the field, while Dossey, May and Reppe recorded 12 birdies apiece.
  *   Kober led the team and tied for 17th in the tournament with 34 pars across 54 holes.

STAT OF THE DAY
23-under – Baylor’s lineup combined to post a 23-under 4.62 par-5 scoring average for the tournament. The Bears tied with Florida State for the best par-5 scoring average in the 15-team field. May led the way at 7-under 4.42, while Grider posted 6-under 4.50, Bailey and Kober both shot 4-under 4.75 and Dossey carded 2-under 4.83.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has two tournaments in early April to wrap up the regular season before beginning postseason play. BU plays in the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas, which runs April 6-7. The Bears then head to Karsten Golf Club in Tempe, Ariz., for the April 12-13 ASU Thunderbird Invitational. Postseason play starts with the Big 12 Championship, which runs April 26-28 at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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