Baylor MGOLF Finishes 12th at the Cabo Collegiate

Tue Mar 5 17:41:45 CST 2024

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- March 5, 2024

Baylor MGOLF Finishes 12th at the Cabo Collegiate
BU’s Keefer and Ovard card top-25 finishes
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

LOS CABOS, Mexico – Baylor men’s golf wrapped up the Cabo Collegiate on Tuesday with a 12th-place finish at Twin Dolphin Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Johnny Keefer tied for 20th, leading the way for BU with a 1-over 214, followed closely by Davis Ovard and his 2-over 215. Stanford’s Michael Thorbjornsen captured individual medalist honors with a 10-under 203 one-shot clear of Ole Miss’ Michael La Sasso.

The Bears finished four shots behind 11th-place Arizona and eight shots in front of 13th-place Rice. No. 6 Arizona State won the team championship by nine shots over Texas Tech.

THE RUNDOWN
Keefer’s final round started with a bogey at No. 10, a double at 11 and another bogey at No. 12. From that point, he played the final six holes of his opening nine at 1-under with birdies at Nos. 13 and 17 around a bogey at No. 15. One more birdie at No. 1 got him back to 2-over, but he dropped a pair of shots down the stretch at Nos. 3 and 8.

Ovard’s tie for 23rd is his best stroke-play finish in the lineup this year. The Frisco, Texas, native began with a bang, carding four straight birdies to open the round. He made the turn at 4-under and got to 5-under with another birdie at No. 3. Ovard scattered three bogeys over his final seven holes at Nos. 4, 7 and 9 to close out his 2-under 69.

Tyler Isenhart shot a 1-over 72 and finished the week in a tie for 35th. The senior opened his round with a bogey on his first hole of the day for the second time in three days. He rebounded birdie at No. 16 but dropped another shot with a bogey at No. 17. He made the turn at even thanks to a birdie at No. 1. His second nine included a pair of bogeys at Nos. 3 and 10 around a birdie at No. 7.

Luke Dossey finished 75th this week on the heels of a 5-over 76 on Tuesday. The senior opened with a bogey on his first hole of the day at No. 15 but followed it up with four pars and a birdie at No. 2. On his final hole of his first nine, Dossey made a quadruple-bogey 7 to drop back to 4-over on the round. He played his final nine holes at 1-over with just one bogey at No. 8 to finish with his best score of the week.

Luke Morgan finished the Cabo Collegiate in 65th place after a 6-over 77 in the final round. He played his first seven holes at even par, bouncing back from an opening-hole bogey at No. 13 with a birdie at No. 16. The senior ran into a bit of trouble on the front nine with bogeys at Nos. 2, 4 and 5, followed by a double bogey at No. 6. He added one more bogey to his card on the final hole of the day at No.12.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Three of BU’s five players shot at least one round at even-par or better this week.
  *   Johnny Keefer tied for the third-best par-5 scoring average this week (4.33).
  *   Keefer’s 15 birdies also tied for the third most.
  *   Davis Ovard’s 2-under 69 gives him at least one-under-par round in his two starts in the lineup this spring.

QUOTABLE
Mike McGraw Baylor men’s golf head coach — “Honestly, there’s really not much I can say about this finish except that it was extremely disappointing. We will get back to work and get ready for Houston’s event next week.”

STAT OF THE DAY
71.47 — Johnny Keefer’s career stroke average remains at 71.47, .08 shots ahead of Jimmy Walker (71.55) for the lowest career scoring average.

WHAT’S NEXT
The Bears will compete in the All-American Intercollegiate March 18-19 at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on X, 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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