Baylor Men’s Golf Wins Rice Intercollegiate
HOUSTON – Baylor men’s golf opened its spring season by winning the Rice Intercollegiate with a 36-hole score of 13-under-par 563 on Monday afternoon at Houston’s Westwood Golf Club.
Baylor’s Colin Kober and Johnny Keefer shared the individual title with matching scores of 5-under-par 139. Kober shot 2-under 70 in the first round and followed with a 3-under 69 in the second round, while Keefer started with a 1-over 73 in the morning before finishing with a career-best 6-under 66 in the afternoon.
Ryan Grider tied for third place at 3-under 141 after a bogey-free final round of 4-under 68. Trey Bosco tied for ninth place at 1-over 145, while Tyler Isenhart tied for 16th place at 4-over 148 and Brandon Hoff tied for 24th place at 7-over 151. The Bears also had two individuals competing in the tournament, with Luke Morgan finishing tied for 22nd place at 6-over 150 in his collegiate debut, and Luke Dossey tying for 26th place at 8-over 152.
Baylor (-13) finished in front of Houston (-7), Sam Houston State (+6), Lamar (+12), Rice (+30) and Houston Baptist (+31).
BU led the tournament with 45 birdies, and the Bears had the top four players in par-4 scoring average, with Kober leading the way at 4-under 3.80, followed by Grider and Bosco at 2-under 3.90 and Keefer at 1-under 3.95.
HIGHLIGHTS
Baylor led the six-team field in par-3 scoring (+6, 3.13), par-4 scoring (+1, 4.01), par-5 scoring (-8, 4.83) and birdies (45). BU was second with 132 pars.
Keefer led the 44-player field in par-5 scoring at 6-under 4.25, while Kober tied for third at 4-under 4.50 and Isenhart and Morgan tied for ninth at 2-under 4.75.
Grider, Isenhart and Bosco tied for third in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00, while Hoff tied for eighth at 1-over 3.13.
Keefer led the tournament with 12 birdies, while Kober and Grider tied for second with nine birdies apiece.
Isenhart and Dossey tied for third with 25 pars, and Hoff tied for sixth with 24 pars.
STAT OF THE DAY
12 – Johnny Keefer made a tournament-high 12 birdies, three more than any other player. Keefer made birdies on nine of the 18 holes over Monday’s two rounds of play, including five birdies in a seven-hole stretch beginning with his 10th hole played in the final round.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns to the Houston area to compete in the All-American Intercollegiate, which runs Feb. 14-16 at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. BU will remain in Houston for an additional day to host the 38th-annual Curtis Hankamer Classic on Feb. 17 at the Golf Club of Houston. Registration information is available here. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for year-round updates. To support the Baylor Men’s Golf program, join the Chip-In-Club.
