Men's Golf Heads to Oklahoma for Perry Maxwell

May 13, 2004

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Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate

Dates: Sat.-Sun., May 15-16
Location: Dornick Hills C.C.; Ardmore, Okla.
Par/Yardage: 70/6,453
Host: Oklahoma State
Field: 14 (Arkansas, Augusta State, Baylor, Colorado, North Florida, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Penn State, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas-Arlington, Tulsa).

The Baylor men's golf team will tune up for next week's NCAA Central Regional as it competes in the Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate Saturday and Sunday at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla.

Baylor is coming off a ninth-place showing at the Big 12 Championship April 26-27 in Hutchinson, Kan., where it shot 895 (299-297-299).

The Bears are led by junior Ryan Baca, a two-time All-Big 12 selection, who ranks 55th in the nation with a 72.19 stroke average. Baca finished fifth at the Big 12 Championship, his second straight Top-5 showing and fourth of the season.

The Bears will not have much time off as they head to the NCAA Central Regional hosted by Purdue May 20-22 at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind.

BAYLOR LINEUPPlayer          2003-04 AverageJeremy Alcorn   73.74 (27)Jon Antunes     74.91 (32)Ryan Baca       72.19 (32)Will Doughtie   77.03 (29)Jeremy Frye     74.52 (26)

* Jeremy Alcorn [Freshman]: Tied for 13th at the Big 12 Championship with a score of 221 (74-71-76) his last time out...Tied for 16th (72-68-77=217) at the Border Olympics...Tied for 22nd (72-71-73=216) at the Morris Williams Invitational...Tied for 10th (78-69-71=218) at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate (3/7-3/9)...Fired a career-low 69 in the second round at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Had a career-high finish, tying for seventh with a career-low 216 (71-74-71) at the Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Tied for 58th (72-75-80=227) at the Gator Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Played in three tournaments in the fall... Best finish was 29th at the C.C. of Louisiana Invitational...Average score was 75.22 for nine rounds...Also finished 33rd at the Baylor Invitational.

* Jon Antunes [Senior]: Tied for 29th with a score of 225 (76-73-76) in his last appearance at the Big 12 Championship...Tied for 21st (71-74-73=218) at the Border Olympics...Tied for 53rd (76-76-74=226) at the Morris Williams Invitaional...Tied for 12th (74-70-75=219), his highest finish of the year and lowest round (70), at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Tied for 26th (75-74-74=223) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Tied for 41st (76-71-76=223) at the Gator Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Competed in five tournaments this fall...Had a season-best finish of tied for 22nd with a season-low 54 hole total of 218 at the C.C. of Louisiana Invitational...Fired a season-low 70 in the first round of the Stonebridge Invitaional...Named a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar and earned First-Team Academic All-Big 12 honors...Also made the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

* Ryan Baca [Junior]: Finished fifth in his last outing at the Big 12 Championship with a score of 215 (71-73-71)...Tied for second (69-71-68=208) with the second-lowest 54-hole total of his career in his last appearance at the Border Olympics...Fired a second-round 67(74-67-73=214) and finished tied for 12th at the Morris Williams Invitational...Tied for seventh (73-71-73=217) at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Captured his third career title with a score of 209 (72-70-67) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Fired a season-low 4-under par 67 in the final round...Tied for 15th (76-69-72=217) at the Gator Inviational (3/1-3/2)...Traveled to all five tournaments this fall...Finished the fall with a stroke average of 73.57...Had his highest finish of the fall by tying for second at the C.C. of Lousiana Invitational with a season-low total of 211...Fired four rounds of 69 (twice at the C.C. of Louisana and once each at the Mason Rudolph Invitational and the Baylor Invitational)...Currently ranks second all-time at Baylor with 12 Top-5 and 19 Top-10 finishes...He trails current Nationwide Tour money leader Jimmy Walker by seven in each category.

* Will Doughtie [Senior]: Finished 60th at the Big 12 Championship with a score of 253 (80-86-87) in his last tournament...Tied for 23rd (74-70-75=219) at the Border Olympics...Finished tied for 80th (79-89-77=245) at the Morris Williams Invitational...Tied for 26th (84-74-72=230) at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Tied for 52nd (78-76-76=230) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Finished 65th (78-75-77=230) at the Gator Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Competed in four tournaments in the fall...Highest finish was a tie for eighth at the William H. Tucker with a season-low total of 216 (74-70-72)...Twice had season-low rounds of 70, once at the William H. Tucker and again at the Baylor Invitational.

* Jeremy Frye [Freshman]: Tied for 52nd in his last appearance at the Big 12 Championship with a score of 234 (78-80-76)...Tied for 41st (74-74-74=222) at the Border Olympics...Tied for 53rd (76-74-76=226) at the Morris Williams Invitational...Tied for 16th (73-82-70=225) at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Tied for 22nd (73-76-73=222) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Tied for 41st (71-73-79=223) in his last outing at the Gator Invitational...Played in four tournaments in the fall...Finished fourth at the Baylor Invitational shooting back-to-back sub 70 rounds...Also Finished tied for 15th at the Stonebridge Invitational...Ended the fall with the best stroke average on the team with a 73.54 for 11 rounds.

BAYLOR NOTES
Baylor at the Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate
The Bears are competing at the Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate for the first time since 1999, where they recorded their highest-ever finish at the event by placing fifth...Baylor finished 11th in 1996, 10th in 1997 and tied for 12th in 1998.

Last Time Out
Baylor finished ninth at the Big 12 Championship with a score of 895 (299-297-299)...The Bears were led by junior Ryan Baca, who finished fifth with a score of 215 (71-73-71), and freshman Jeremy Alcorn, who tied for 13th by shooting 221 (74-71-76).

Looking Ahead
Baylor will be making its seventh straight postseason appearance when it competes in the NCAA Central Regional hosted by Purdue May 20-22 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind...The top 10 teams and two additional individuals from each of the three 27-team regionals (East - New Haven, Conn.; West - Sunriver, Ore.) advance to the 2004 NCAA Championship June 1-4 at The Homestead Cascades Course in Hot Springs, Va.

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