Baylor MGOLF Finishes Sixth at the Big 12 Championship

Wed Apr 26 16:19:56 CDT 2023

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 26, 2023

Baylor MGOLF Finishes Sixth at the Big 12 Championship
BU’s Drew Wrightson shoots the second-best 72-hole Big 12 Championship score in program history
For more information, contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Baylor men’s golf finished sixth on Wednesday at the Big 12 Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club.

Drew Wrightson shot a 2-over 282 to lead the Bears and finish in a tie for sixth to earn a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament Team. His 72-hole score of 282 is second only to Bill Alcorn’s 279 as Baylor’s best 72-hole score in the Big 12 Championship. The sophomore is also the first Bear to make the all-tournament team since Mark Reppe and Colin Kober earned the honor in 2021 at Prairie Dunes. Tyler Isenhart shot a 2-under 68 on Wednesday, which tied for the tenth-best Big 12 Championship round in program history.

Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg won the individual title in convincing fashion, with a 15-under 265, eight-shots clear of second-place Jonas Baumgartner.

Baylor’s 40-over 1,160 edged seventh-place Kansas State by a shot and eighth-place Kansas by three shots. Oklahoma finished 18-shots ahead of second-place TCU to win the team title with a 1-under 1,119.

THE RUNDOWN
Wrightson played his first five holes at 1-under with a birdie at No. 14, but bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16 dropped him back to 1-over par at the turn. The Geneva, Ill., native got things rolling on his second nine with birdies at Nos. 2, 3 and 6 to dip back into red figures. A final bogey of the day came at No. 7 to cap off a great week with a 1-under 69.

Johnny Keefer came home in a tie for 20th after a 2-over 72 in the final round. Keefer made a birdie at No. 11, before giving a stroke back with a bogey at No. 13. He finished his first nine with two more birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 to make the turn with a 2-under 33. On the front nine, Keefer made bogeys at Nos. 2, 5 and 6 to fall back over par, and after a birdie at No. 7, he finished with a double bogey at No. 9.

Isenhart finished his week in a tie for 30th following his 2-under 68 on Wednesday. The junior opened with a bogey and made another at No. 13 for a 2-over 37 on his opening nine. He finished strong on his inward nine with birdies at Nos. 1 and 4 and an eagle at the par-5 seventh, for his first under-par round of the week.

Zach Heffernan notched his career-best finish at the Big 12 Championship with a tie for 30th following a 3-over 73 on Wednesday. Starting on the back nine, Heffernan made a pair of bogeys at Nos. 12 and 13 before carding a birdie at No. 14. A double bogey at No. 15 put him at 3-over through nine. The Boerne native started his final nine with five-straight pars and bounced back from a bogey at No. 6 with a birdie at No. 7 for an even-par 35 inward half.

Luke Dossey finished 40th on the heels of a 2-over 72 on Wednesday. Following an early birdie at No. 11, the senior made three-straight bogeys at Nos. 12, 13 and 15 but finished strong with birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 to make the turn at even par. Dossey played his second nine at 2-over with bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9 to sign for a 2-over 72, his best score of the week.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   BU tied for the second-best round of the day on Wednesday with a 1-over 281.
  *   Baylor shot two of its five best Big 12 Championship rounds this week (280, 281)
  *   The Bears have had an all-tournament team performer in two of the last three Big 12 Championships.
  *   All five BU players tied or set their individual best Big 12 Championship single-round score this week.
  *   Drew Wrightson’s 2-over 282 is the second-best 72-hole Big 12 Championship score in program history.
  *   Wrightson was second to only individual champion, Ludvig Aberg, in par-4 scoring average this week (3.88).
  *   Tyler Isenhart’s final-round 68 tied the best fourth-round Big 12 Championship score in program history.

QUOTABLE
Head coach Mike McGraw — “We dug ourselves a deep hole with our performances in the first and third rounds. It was nice to finish on a good note today. We played really solid golf today.”

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will find out its regional destination with the NCAA men's golf selection show on Wednesday, May 3, at 12 p.m., CT on Golf Channel.

For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

—BaylorBears.com—

Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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