Baylor Men’s Golf Heads to NCAA Louisville Regional

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 11, 2019

Baylor Men’s Golf Heads to NCAA Louisville Regional
Bears will make their 22nd consecutive NCAA Regional appearance
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – The No. 25-ranked Baylor men's golf team is headed to the NCAA Louisville Regional, which runs Monday through Wednesday at University of Louisville Golf Club. The 54-hole tournament will be contested on a par-71, 7,217-yard course.

Baylor is the No. 5 seed in a 13-team field at the Louisville Regional. The top five teams after three rounds advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be played May 24-29 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.

The Bears are appearing in an NCAA Regional for a 22nd consecutive season, extending one of the nation’s longest active streaks, and Baylor is looking to extend its school record with a fourth consecutive NCAA Championship berth. BU is one of 12 programs to appear at every NCAA Championship since 2016, joining Alabama, Arizona State, Auburn, Clemson, Illinois, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Stanford, Texas and Vanderbilt.

Baylor’s lineup is led by senior Garrett May in the No. 1 spot. He’s followed by junior Colin Kober at No. 2, junior Cooper Dossey at No. 3, senior Braden Bailey at No. 4 and sophomore Ryan Grider at No. 5. Sophomore Mark Reppe is the Bears’ designated alternate, and the tournament allows for substitutions in the lineup between each round.

The Bears will tee off from No. 10 for Monday’s first round in pairings with golfers from Louisville and Arkansas State. Grider has Baylor’s first tee time at 7 a.m. CT (8 a.m. in Louisville), and he’ll be followed by Bailey at 7:11 a.m., Dossey at 7:22 a.m., Kober at 7:33 a.m. and May at 7:44 a.m. Pairings will be assigned for the second and third rounds based on team and individual standings.

The 13-team Louisville Regional field is comprised of No. 1 seed Oklahoma State, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 North Florida, No. 4 Louisville, No. 5 Baylor, No. 6 Arkansas State, No. 7 Iowa State, No. 8 West Virginia, No. 9 Arizona, No. 10 Mississippi State, No. 11 New Mexico, No. 12 Jacksonville State and No. 13 Southern Illinois.

Additional regionals will be played in Pullman, Wash. (Palouse Ridge Golf Club), Stanford, Calif. (Stanford Golf Course), Myrtle Beach, S.C. (TPC Myrtle Beach), Athens, Ga. (University of Georgia Golf Course) and Austin, Texas (University of Texas Golf Club).

The 81-team NCAA Tournament field will be narrowed to 30 teams with the top five at each of the six regional sites advancing to the NCAA Championship. Additionally, the low individual on a non-advancing team at each of the six regional sites earns an NCAA Championship berth.

Baylor head coach Mike McGraw has led the Bears to NCAA Regionals in each of his five seasons guiding the program, and BU is riding a school-record streak of three consecutive seasons advancing the NCAA Championship. The Bears have played in eight NCAA Championships (1960, 1966, 1967, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018) iun program history.

BU advanced to the NCAA Championship last season by taking third place in a 13-team field at the Bryan Regional. The Bears have finished among the top four teams in each of their last three Regionals, including a tie for fourth place at the 2016 NCAA Kohler (Wisc.) Regional, a tie for first place at the 2017 NCAA Stanford (Calif.) Regional and third place at the 2018 NCAA Bryan (Texas) Regional.

Live scoring for all NCAA Men’s Golf Tour visit www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.

NCAA Louisville Regional Seeds (Golfstat ranking)
1. Oklahoma State (No. 1)
2. Auburn (No. 16)
3. North Florida (No. 13)
4. Louisville (No. 22)
5. Baylor (No. 25)
6. Arkansas State (No. 32)
7. Iowa State (No. 31)
8. West Virginia (No. 48)
9. Arizona (No. 46)
10. Mississippi State (No. 57)
11. New Mexico (No. 70)
12. Jacksonville State (No. 126)
13. Southern Illinois (No. 125)

BAYLOR NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES
1990 – 14th
1993 – 13th
1998 – 19th
1999 – t-15th
2000 – 10th
2001 – 20th
*2002 – 7th
2003 – 27th
2004 – 25th
2005 – t-17th
2006 – 20th.
2007 – 18th
2008 – 25th
2009 – 7th
*2010 – t-5th
2011 – 7th
2012 – 11th
2013 – t-10th
2014 – 10th
2015 – 6th
*2016 – t-4th
*2017 – t-1st
*2018 – 3rd
* - advanced to NCAA Championship

BAYLOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
1960 – t-9th
1966 – 24th
1967 – t-31st
2002 – 19th
2010 – t-25th
2016 – 27th
2017 – t-5th
2018 – 30th


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

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