March 15, 2007

WACO, Texas - The Baylor men's golf team is set to begin the Border Olympics golf tournament in Laredo, Texas on Mar. 16-17. The 54-hole tournament will be played on a 7,241-yard, par 72 course at the Laredo Country Club.

The Bears return as the tournament's defending champion along with 10 of the top 11 schools in last year's tournament. This year's features ninth-ranked Lamar and eight other teams that played in the 2006 NCAA Regional Championships. Those teams include Baylor, Houston, Arkansas, Notre Dame, SMU, Texas-Arlington, Vanderbilt, and Washington State. The other teams in the tournament include Arkansas-Little Rock, Louisiana-Lafayette, Memphis, North Texas, Rice, South Alabama, Texas State and UTEP.

Baylor enters the tournament following a 17th-place showing at the General Hackler Invitational at Murrells Inlet, S.C. last weekend. Prior to the Gen. Hackler, Baylor posted three straight top-three finishes, and placed in the top-seven in all five prior tournaments this year.

The Bears are led by redshirt freshman Colton Williams () with a 73.47 stroke average this year. Williams earned a fourth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics two weeks ago. Seven different Baylor golfers have recorded top-ten finishes this year, with senior Jeremy Alcorn earning the honor on two different occasions.

The tournament tees off with a shot gun start at 8:45 a.m. on Friday. The teams will play 36 holes on Friday and another 18 holes on Saturday, with the third round also beginning at 8:45 a.m.