Baylor
Valspar Collegiate
Men's Golf in Fourth at Valspar Collegiate
3/18/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Valspar Collegiate Day One Results and Statistics 
THE RUNDOWN
PALM CITY, Fla. - Baylor men's golf is in fourth place after shooting even-par 284 in Sunday's first round of the Valspar Collegiate at Floridian National Golf Club. The Bears are seven shots back of the lead with 36 holes remaining.
No. 9-ranked Baylor (E) trails only No. 1 Oklahoma State (-7), No. 2 Texas A&M (-3) and No. 22 Wake Forest (-1). The Bears lead No. 37 Duke (+2), No. 23 Florida State (+2), No. 3 Georgia Tech (+3), No. 12 LSU (+3), No. 16 Arkansas (+4), No. 20 South Florida (+5), No. 28 Pepperdine (+8), No. 31 South Carolina (+9), No. 14 Texas (+10), Houston (+12), Lamar (+17) and UT Arlington (+18).
Matthew Perrine turned in the Bears' best round of the day with a 4-under 67 to sit in a tie for second place in the 90-player field, one shot back of Wake Forest's Parker Gillam (-5). Perrine began on No. 9 and was 1-under through 14 holes, but he made a birdie No. 5 and an eagle on the par-5, 577-yard seventh hole to move to 4-under before finishing with a par on No. 8.
Garrett May carded an even-par 71 to finish the day in a tie for 15th place. Braden Bailey started the day 2-over through his first nine holes, but he made a birdie on his 10th hole and finished with eight consecutive pars to record a 1-over 72, which has him in a tie for 25th place. Ryan Grider recorded Baylor's final counting score with a 3-over 74, which has him tied for 49th place, and Travis McInroe shot 7-over 78 to sit in a tie for 78th place.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Baylor leads the 16-team field in par-3 scoring at 2-under 2.92, ranks tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.90 and is 10th in par-4 scoring at 11-over 4.24.
- Baylor's 55 pars were second-most in the tournament's first round behind only LSU with 62.
- Garrett May and Ryan Grider are tied for the tournament lead in par-3 scoring at 2-under 2.60.
- Matthew Perrine is tied for the lead in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.00, and he is tied for fourth in par-4 scoring at 1-under 3.89.
- Braden Bailey is tied for the tournament lead with 15 pars and tied for 14th in par-4 scoring at even-par 4.00.
- Perrine posted a team-best four birdies, which tied for 16th-most in the field.
- Perrine was one of two golfers in the 90-player field to make eagle on the 577-yard, par-5 seventh hole, and he was one of only six golfers to make an eagle at any point in the first round.
STAT OF THE DAY
67 - Matthew Perrine shot 4-under 67 for the second time in his last three rounds. He also posted a 4-under 67 in the second round of the Querencia Cabo Collegiate. Perrine's 67 on Sunday included an eagle, four birdies, 11 pars and two bogeys.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor players are paired with golfers from Duke and Florida State for Monday's second round, which is a 7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start. Perrine will start from No. 4, Bailey and May will tee off from No. 5, Grider begins on No. 6 and McInroe starts from the seventh tee. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.
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