Baylor Men’s Golf Finishes 13th at Fighting Illini Invite

OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILL. – Baylor men’s golf finished in 13th place at the Fighting Illini Invite after shooting 47-over-par 887 across three rounds at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. The Bears carded 17-over 297 in Sunday’s final round.

Cooper Dossey posted the Bears’ best final round with a 3-over 73 to finish tied for 53rd place at 15-over 225. Garrett May and Braden Bailey recording matching final rounds of 4-over 74, with Bailey finishing in a tie for 38th place at 10-over 220 and May tying for 53rd place at 15-over 225. Ryan Grider carded BU’s final counting score on Sunday with a 6-over 76 to finish tied for 38th place at 10-over 220. 
Colin Kober shot 7-over 77 in the final round and finished in 59th place at 17-over 227, and Travis McInroe, who was competing as an individual, shot 12-over 82 on Sunday to finish tied for 60th place at 18-over 228.

The Bears (+47) finished in front of Air Force (+82). BU placed behind Oklahoma State (-11), USC (+7), California (+16), Alabama (+18), UNLV (+20), Illinois (+22), Texas A&M (+25), Stanford (+27), South Carolina (+28), Florida State (+36), Indiana (+40) and Purdue (+46).

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor finished ninth in par-3 scoring at 12-over 3.20, 11th in par-5 scoring at 2-over 5.07 and 12th in par-4 scoring at 53-over 4.29.

BU recorded the 10th-most pars with 158 and finished 12th with 27 birdies.

Ryan Grider tied for fourth in the 75-player field with a 2-under, 2.83 par-3 scoring average.

Grider tied for 10th in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.67.

Garrett May tied for fifth with 38 pars across 54 holes.

Cooper Dossey led the team and tied for 15th overall with eight birdies.

Braden Bailey and Travis McInroe tied for 25th with seven birdies apiece.
STAT OF THE DAY
30-over – Baylor’s six players posted a combined score of 30-over across a 10-hole stretch between the fifth and 14 holes. The Bears didn’t make any birdies in that stretch, and they combined to shoot 6-over on the remaining eight holes. 
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns home to prepare for its next event, the Trinity Forest Invitational, which runs Sunday through Tuesday at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas