Baylor Men’s Golf Places Sixth at Big 12 Championship
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Baylor men’s golf finished in sixth place with a three-round total of 6-over-par 846 at the 2019 Big 12 Championship. The Bears shot 1-under-par 279 in Sunday’s final round on The Old White TPC at The Greenbrier, which was the third-best score of the day.
Baylor (+6) was just four strokes back of third place. The Bears finished behind Oklahoma State (-13), TCU (-2), Oklahoma (+2), Texas (+2) and Texas Tech (+4). BU earned head-to-head wins over Kansas State (+7), Iowa State (+16), Kansas (+20) and West Virginia (+24).
Senior Garrett May earned All-Tournament honors after finishing in a tie for fifth place individually at 5-under 205, which was two shots back of the lead. May’s 205 was the best 54-hole total by a Baylor player in 23 all-time Big 12 Championships. He shot 4-under-par 66 in the final round, matching his second-round score and equaling the second-best round by a BU player at the Big 12 Championship.
Cooper Dossey shot even-par 70 for a second consecutive round and finished tied for 17th place at 3-over 213. Colin Kober tied for 31stplace at 7-over 217 after a final round of 6-over 76, and Braden Bailey took 35th place at 8-over 218 after a final round 1-over 71.
BU sophomore Ryan Grider withdrew with an injury and was replace by fellow sophomore Mark Reppe, who was making his postseason debut. Reppe strung together three consecutive birdies to start the back-9 and finished at 2-over 72.
HIGHLIGHTS
May recorded the best individual finish by a Baylor player at a Big 12 Championship since Kyle Jones also tied for fifth place at the 2015 event. It was May’s fifth career top-5 and 13th career top-10 finish.
May’s 205 was the best 54-hole total by a Baylor player at a Big 12 Championship. He shot 66 in both the second and third rounds, tying the second-best single round by a BU player at the tournament.
May became the 13th different Baylor player to earn Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team honors.
Baylor ranked second in the field in par-5 scoring at 12-under 4.60, sixth in par-4 scoring at 19-over 4.11 and 10th in par-3 scoring at 20-over 3.33.
Baylor’s 45 birdies were third-most in the field, and the Bears ranked ninth with 160 pars.
May led the 50-player field in par-5 scoring at 5-under 4.17 and tied for the tournament lead in par-4 scoring at 6-under 3.83.
Dossey tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.50.
Bailey tied for eighth in par-3 scoring at 1-over 3.08.
Kober tied for fourth in the field with 39 pars across 54 holes.
May’s 14 birdies were third-most in the tournament.
STAT OF THE DAY
846 – Baylor’s 54-hole total of 846 was 15 strokes better than the program’s previous best 54-hole total at the Big 12 Championship, while May’s 205 was the best 54-hole score by a BU player at any of the 23 all-time Big 12 Championships.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor is expected to earn its 22nd consecutive NCAA Regional invitation and will be sent to one of six regional sites – Austin, Texas, Louisville, Ky., Athens, Ga., Stanford, Calif., Pullman, Wash. or Myrtle Beach, S.C. Regional fields will be announced live on Golf Channel at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday, and the three-day Regionals will run May 13-15.