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Men's Golf Tied for Seventh at Tavistock

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Men's Golf 10/19/2014 12:00:00 AM
Oct. 19, 2014

Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Day One Results Get Acrobat Reader

THE RUNDOWN
ORLANDO, Fla. -
The Baylor men's golf team shot 5-under-par 283 in Sunday's first round of the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, placing the Bears in a tie for seventh place heading into Monday's second round at Lake Nona Golf Club.

The Bears trail tournament leader Texas Tech (-21) by 16 strokes and second place Florida State (-18) by 13 strokes. Baylor is five strokes out of the top five, which includes Vanderbilt (-17), Illinois (-12) and North Florida (-10).

Two Baylor players finished the day among the top 30 individuals. Junior Andreas Gjesteby is tied for eighth place after posting an opening round of 4-under 68. Kyle Jones shot 2-under-par 70 and is tied for 27th place.

Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen shot 1-under 71 and is in a tie for 36th place, while Filippo Zucchetti and Frederik Andersen both posted opening rounds of 2-over 74 to finish the day tied for 53rd place.

HIGHLIGHTS
? Andersen, Jones and Gjesteby are all tied for fourth in par-3 scoring average at 2.75.
? Jones had 14 pars in round one, which tied the fourth-most made by any player in the 75-player field.
? The Bears shot 3-under on hole No. 10, including birdies made by Bjerch-Andresen, Zucchetti and Gjesteby. The field average on the hole is +0.09 to par.
? Gjesteby made five birdies in the opening round, including one of just four birdies made by the entire field on hole No. 6.

STAT OF THE ROUND
2.90 - the Bears' team average on par-3 holes in the opening round, which leads the field. Baylor shot 2-under as a team on par 3 in the first round.

WHAT'S NEXT
Monday's second round tee times for the Bears begin at 7 a.m. CT. Baylor is paired with UCF and California. BU will tee off on hole No. 1 with Andersen up first, followed by Zucchetti, Bjerch-Andresen, Jones and Gjesteby in 10-minute intervals, respectively. For live scoring information throughout the tournament, visit www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on twitter for updates throughout the season.

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Players Mentioned

Frederik Andersen

Frederik Andersen

6' 0"
Junior
Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen

Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen

6' 4"
Junior
Andreas Gjesteby

Andreas Gjesteby

5' 9"
Sophomore
Kyle Jones

Kyle Jones

5' 10"
Junior
Filippo Zucchetti

Filippo Zucchetti

6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Frederik Andersen

Frederik Andersen

6' 0"
Junior
Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen

Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen

6' 4"
Junior
Andreas Gjesteby

Andreas Gjesteby

5' 9"
Sophomore
Kyle Jones

Kyle Jones

5' 10"
Junior
Filippo Zucchetti

Filippo Zucchetti

6' 2"
Junior