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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.25in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MGOLF moves up 2 spots in final round at Cabo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.25in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wrightson shoots 3-under 68, Ovard cards eagle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262628">Jerry Hill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="mailto:Jerry_hill@baylor.edu">Jerry_hill@baylor.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">LOS CABOS, Mexico –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Closing with the fifth-best round of the day, Baylor men’s golf shot even-par 284 in Tuesday’s final round and moved up two spots to tie for 11<sup>th</sup> in the Cabo Collegiate at 26-over-par
878. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Carding five birdies, including three on his last six holes, Drew Wrightson tied for the fourth-best round of the day at 3-under 68 and moved up 23 spots
to tie for 33<sup>rd</sup> with a 54-hole total of 6-over 219. Sophomore Davis Ovard was one of 10 players to record an eagle this week, making a three on the par-5, 571-yard 13<sup>th</sup> hole.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Going into the final round at 13<sup>th</sup>, the Bears passed top-ranked Ole Miss and tied Cal for 11<sup>th</sup> at 26-over, just two shots out of the
top 10 and seven behind seventh-place Stanford. Third-ranked Arizona State was the wire-to-wire winner, shooting 14-under 838 to beat No. 6 Oklahoma State by five shots.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">ASU’s Pongsapak Laopakdee, OSU’s Preston Stout and Florida State’s Tyler Weaver tied for medalist honors at 8-under-par 205.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Wrightson opened with one of his two bogeys on the day at the 17<sup>th</sup> but shot 4-under on his last 17 holes with five birdies and one bogey in his 3-under-par round of 68. The redshirt junior carded birdies at Nos. 1 and 6 before a bogey at the eighth
to make the turn at even par. He got to red numbers with birdies at Nos. 11, 13 and 16.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Jonas Appel shot his best round of the week, recording five birdies in an even-par 71 that left him tied for 27<sup>th</sup> at 5-over 218. The junior got
to 3-under for the day with birdies at Nos. 16, 17 and 2 before a stretch of five bogeys in seven holes and a birdie at the par-4 10<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Senior Zach Heffernan also had his best score of the tournament, shooting 1-over 72 with a birdie on his penultimate hole, the 13<sup>th</sup>. He strung
together 13 pars and tied for the tournament lead with 39 pars overall. After a couple bogeys, he birdied the par-3 8<sup>th</sup> hole and tied for 44<sup>th</sup> at 8-over 221.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Ovard had an up-and-down of 2-over 73, with two birdies, the eagle at No. 13, two bogeys and a pair of double bogeys. The sophomore had birdies at Nos.
2 and 16, sandwiched between bogeys at Nos. 3 and 7 and double bogeys at Nos. 10 and 15. He tied for 58<sup>th</sup> at 13-over 226.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">After a team-leading score of 1-over 72 on Monday, freshman Vincent Stjernfeldt struggled to a 6-over 77 to tie for 58<sup>th</sup> with Ovard at 226. His
round included birdies at Nos. 5, 7 and 14. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>HIGHLIGHTS</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Davis Ovard was one of 10 players in the tournament that made an eagle this week, including six at the par-5, 571-yard 13<sup>th</sup> hole.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears beat a top-ranked Ole Miss team, with the Rebels shooting the highest score of the day at 11-over 295 and finishing 13<sup>th</sup> at 28-over 880.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Only three players in the 80-player field shot a lower score than Drew Wrightson’s 3-under-par 68.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor tied for fourth in pars with 166, including 51 in Tuesday’s final round.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Zach Heffernan tied for the most pars in the tournament with 39, including 13 on Tuesday.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">STAT OF THE DAY</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
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<b>13 — </b>Baylor’s four scoring golfers shot 4-under on the par-5 13<sup>th</sup>, including an eagle by Davis Ovard and birdies by Zach Heffernan and Drew Wrightson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white">QUOTABLE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<i><span style="background:white">Head Coach <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/coaches/mike-mcgraw/2385"><span style="color:#154734">Mike McGraw</span></a> on Tuesday’s final round -
</span></i><span style="background:white">"I loved the way our guys hung in there all day. Making those late birdies was huge for our confidence and a step in the right direction.”<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<b>WHAT'S NEXT</b><br>
Baylor will head to Myrtle Beach, S.C., next for The Hackler on March 16-18. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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