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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 5, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor Men’s Golf Earns No. 7 Seed at NCAA Stillwater Regional<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears earn their 23<sup>rd</sup> consecutive NCAA Tournament bid</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
</span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white"> The
Baylor men's golf team has been awarded the No. 7 seed at the Stillwater Regional of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. Pairings for all six regional sites were revealed Wednesday during the NCAA Men’s Golf Selection Show on Golf Channel.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor earned its 23<sup>rd</sup> consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, extending one of the nation's longest active streaks. The
three-day, 54-hole tournament is hosted by Oklahoma State and is scheduled for May 17-19 at Karsten Creek Golf Club, which is one of six regional sites. Karsten Creek is a par-72, 7,460-yard course in Stillwater, Okla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Additional regionals will be played in Noblesville, Ind. (The Sagamore Club), Tallahassee, Fla. (Seminole Legacy Golf Club),
Albuquerque, N.M. (Championship Course at UNM), Kingston Springs, Tenn. (Golf Club of Tennessee) and Cle Elum, Wash. (Tumble Creek Golf & Country Club).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">The 13-team Regional field is comprised of No. 1 seed Oklahoma State, No. 2 Illinois, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 SMU, No. 5 Notre Dame,
No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Baylor, No. 8 Sam Houston State, No. 9 Little Rock, No. 10 Ole Miss, No. 11 Northwestern, No. 12 College of Charleston and No. 13 Middle Tennessee State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">The top five teams from each of the six Regionals will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be played May 28-June 2
at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Additionally, the low individual from a non-advancing team will also earn an individual spot into the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor head coach Mike McGraw has led the Bears to NCAA Regionals six times. The Bears have played in nine NCAA Championships
(1960, 1966, 1967, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), and BU is riding a school-record streak of four consecutive NCAA Championship appearances. The 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor is one of 10 programs to advance to every NCAA Championship since 2016, joining Arizona State, Auburn, Clemson, Illinois,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Texas and Vanderbilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">The Bears have finished among the top four teams in each of their last four 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, third place at the 2018 NCAA Bryan (Texas) Regional and third place at the 2019 NCAA Louisville (Ky.) Regional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Live scoring for all six NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram
and Facebook for updates throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">NCAA Stillwater Regional Seeds (Golfstat ranking)<br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">1. Oklahoma State (No. 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">2. Illinois (No. 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">4. SMU (No. 21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">5. Notre Dame (No. 31)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">7. Baylor (No. 38)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">8. Sam Houston State (No. 50)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">9. Little Rock (No. 55)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">10. Ole Miss (No. 45)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">11. Northwestern (No. 71)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">12. College of Charleston (No. 81)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">13. Middle Tennessee State (No. 83)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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