Baylor Men’s Golf Beats TCU on Day One at Big 12 Match Play

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 2, 2020

Baylor Men’s Golf Beats TCU on Day One at Big 12 Match Play
Bears won four of six individual matches to claim three points in pool play
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>


THE RUNDOWN
HOCKLEY, Texas – Baylor men’s golf started off the 2020 Big 12 Match Play Championship with a 4-2 victory over TCU on Friday morning at Golf Club at Houston Oaks.



The Bears got individual victories from Johnny Keefer, Colin Kober, Cooper Dossey and Ryan Grider to clinch the match. Keefer got the Bears on the board first with a 4&2 win over TCU’s Spencer Ball. Keefer was 2-down after four holes, but didn’t lose another hole the rest of the way. He won the fifth and seventh holes to bring it all-square, and took the lead for good by winning the 12th hole. He then won the 13th, 14th and 16th holes to secure the win.



Kober was close behind, giving the Bears a second point with a 4&3 win over TCU’s Jacob Olesen. Kober jumped out to a 5-up lead by winning the first, third, fourth, seventh and eighth holes. After Olesen cut the lead to 3-up after 11 holes, Kober won the 12th and 13th to go back to 5-up, and he clinched the match by halving the 15th hole.



The Bears trailed most of the day in the four remaining pairings, but Dossey and Grider rallied to win their matches. Dossey took a 1-up win over TCU’s Aymeric Laussot. He won the second hole to go 1-up, but Laussot won the next two to reverse the score, and the match remained all-square from the fifth through 11th holes. Laussot won thew 12th and 13th holes to put Dossey 2-down with five to play, but Dossey won the 14th, 16th and 17th holes to take the lead, and he secured the match by halving the final hole.



Grider clinched the match for the Bears with a 2-up victory over Mateo Fernandez. Neither player was more than 1-up for the entire match until Grider won the final hole, and Grider led for only one of the first 16 holes. Fernandez was 1-up with three to play, but Grider brought the match all-square with a win on the 16th hole, then won the 17th hole to go 1-up and officially clinch the match for the Bears. Grider won the final hole to punctuate the win.


Brandon Hoff dropped a 1-up match against TCU’s Chris Berzina. Hoff never led in the match, but the largest deficits he faced were 2-down after nine and 14 holes. Both times Hoff fell 2-down he responded with a win to cut it to 1-down, but Berzina held on to win the match 1-up.



Freshman Trey Bosco fell 3&2 in his match against TCU’s Gustav Frimodt. Bosco never led in the match, but he kept it within two holes until dropping the 16th holes to end the match. Frimodt was 2-up through six holes, but Bosco responded by winning the next two holes to bring the match all-square through eight. Frimodt won the ninth,12th and 16th holes to secure the match.



Baylor had the afternoon off, while the other four teams in Pool A competed. BU will play two matches Saturday and two more on Sunday. The Bears face Oklahoma at 8 a.m. CT Saturday, then take on West Virginia in the afternoon. BU wraps up pool play against Iowa State at 8 a.m. Sunday, and the Bears will face a team from Pool B in the afternoon.



Pool A Standings (Max Point Total):

Oklahoma 2-0 – 6 pts (12)

Baylor 1-0 – 3 pts (12)

TCU 1-1 – 3 pts (9)

Iowa State 0-1 – 0 pts (9)

West Virginia 0-2 – 0 pts (6)



Pool B Standings (Max Point Total):

Oklahoma State 1-0-1 – 4 pts (7)

Texas 1-1 – 3 pts (6)

Kansas 1-1 – 3 pts (6)

Texas Tech 0-1-1 – 1 pt (4)


WHAT'S NEXT

Baylor faces Oklahoma at 8 a.m. CT Saturday, then takes on West Virginia in the afternoon. Live scoring 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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