Baylor Men’s Golf Returns to Action at Fighting Illini Invitational

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 19, 2019

Baylor Men’s Golf Returns to Action at Fighting Illini Invitational
Bears opened season by winning Gopher Invitational
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s golf returns to action at the Fighting Illini Invitational, which runs Friday through Sunday in Olympia Fields, Ill. The 54-hole tournament will be contested on a par-70, 7,219-yard course at Olympia Fields Country Club.



Baylor is part of a 15-team Fighting Illini Invitational field that includes No. 31 Alabama, California, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Texas, Texas A&M and UNLV.



BU’s lineup is led by a pair of seniors with Cooper Dossey at No. 1 and Colin Kober at No. 2. Freshman Johnny Keefer is at No. 3, followed by redshirt junior Travis McInroe at No. 4 and junior Mark Reppe at No. 5.



Friday’s first round begins at 8 a.m. CT with tee times from the first and 10th tees. Baylor is paired with California and Florida State and will start from the first tee, with Reppe up first at 9:30 a.m. He’ll be followed in nine-minute intervals by McInroe, Keefer, Kober and Dossey, respectively.



Saturday’s second round pairings will be set based on standings, with the first groups teeing off at 8 a.m., and Sunday’s final round begins at 7:30 a.m.



The Bears enter the tournament ranked No. 6 in the initial Golfweek/Sagarin rankings after opening the season with a win at the Gopher Invitational on Sept. 9. BU was two strokes better than second-place Texas A&M and six shots in front of Arkansas and Oklahoma tied in third place. Keefer led the way with a tie for third place at 3-under, while Dossey finished alone in fifth place at 2-under. McInroe tied for 30th place at 6-over, and Kober and Reppe tied for 36th at 7-over.



This marks Baylor’s seventh consecutive year competing at the Fighting Illini Invitational. The Bears’ best finish came in 2014 when they took third place in a 15-team field. BU finished ninth in 2013, tied for 12th in 2015, 10th in 2016, fourth in 2017 and 13th in 2018.



Dossey will be making his fourth appearance at the Fighting Illini Invitational. He tied for 36th place after shooting 11-over as a freshman in 2016, tied for 18th place with a 4-over as a sophomore in 2017 and tied for 53rd place at 15-over as a junior last season.



McInroe is playing Olympia Fields for the third consecutive season. He shot 11-over to tie for 56th place as a redshirt freshman in 2017 and tied for 60th place at 18-over last year. Kober is returning to the tournament for the second straight season after finishing in 59th place at 17-over a year ago.



Dossey enters the tournament ranked second in program history with a 71.89 career stroke average, while Kober ranks 11th on the all-time list at 73.07. Dossey’s 10 career top-10 finishes are 12th-most at Baylor, and he’ll reach 100 stroke play rounds in his BU career if he completes all three rounds at the Fighting Illini Invite.



Live scoring for the Fighting Illini Invitational is available at www.golfstat.com<http://www.golfstat.com>. 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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