Baylor Men's Golf Finishes 12th at the Cabo Collegiate

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.