Baylor Men’s Golf in Third Place at Cabo Collegiate

SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico – Baylor men’s golf is in third place after shooting 6-under-par 278 in Sunday’s first round of the Querencia Cabo Collegiate at Los Cabos Querencia. The Bears are nine shots back of the lead and one stroke back of second place entering Monday’s second round.

No. 36 Baylor (-6) trails only No. 9 Arizona State (-15) and No. 1 Oklahoma State (-7). The Bears lead No. 48 Ole Miss (-3), No. 3 Vanderbilt (+1), No. 50 Arizona (+3), No. 12 LSU (+5), Houston (+6), No. 19 Texas A&M (+8), No. 27 Florida State (+13), Rice (+13), No. 14 Alabama (+17) and No. 32 Arkansas (+21).

Baylor has four players among the top-25 individually with 36 holes to play. Junior Colin Kober and sophomore Ryan Grider are tied for fifth place and two shots back of the lead after shooting matching rounds of 3-under 68, with both recording five birdies, 11 pars and two bogeys. Senior Braden Bailey and junior Cooper Dossey both made three birdies, 12 pars and three bogeys to tie for 21st place at even-par 71.

Senior Garrett May carded a 5-over 76 to tie for 51st place, and sophomore Mark Reppe, who is competing as an individual, is tied for 44th place at 4-over 75.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor ranks second in the 13-team field in par-4 scoring at 1-under 3.98 and tied for second in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.73. The Bears are tied for seventh in par-3 scoring at 4-over 3.20.

Baylor ranks fourth in the field with 18 birdies and fourth with 56 pars.

Dossey, Grider and Kober are tied for second in the 74-player field in par-4 scoring at 2-under 3.82.

Bailey is tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.33.

Reppe, Grider and Kober are tied for 15th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.

Grider and Kober are tied for sixth in the field with five birdies apiece.

Bailey and Dossey are tied for 12th with 12 pars through 18 holes.

STAT OF THE DAY
6-under – Baylor’s four counting scores combined to shoot 6-under on the back-9 after carding even-par on the front-9. Dossey and Bailey both shot 2-under 33 after the turn, while Kober and Grider posted 1-under 34 on the back-9.

WHAT'S NEXT

Monday’s second round is a 10 a.m. CT shotgun start. Baylor is paired with Arizona State, Oklahoma State and Ole Miss. Kober and Grider will tee off from No. 1, while Dossey will start on the second tee, Bailey will tee off on No. 3 and May will begin on No. 5. Reppe will tee off on No. 16. Live scoring of the Querencia Cabo Collegiate is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.