Men’s Golf Tied for Sixth at Valspar Collegiate

Sunday, March 17

Palm City, Fla. - Floridian National GC

Baylor

Valspar Collegiate Invitational

Men’s Golf Tied for Sixth at Valspar Collegiate

3/17/2019 11:29:00 PM | Men's Golf

Valspar Day One Results and Statistics

Braden Bailey one shot back of lead after 5-under, 66

THE RUNDOWN
PALM CITY, Fla. – Baylor men's golf is tied for sixth place after shooting even-par 281 in Sunday's first round of the Valspar Collegiate. The Bears are six shots back of the lead with two rounds remaining at Floridian National Golf Club.

No. 23 Baylor (E) is ahead of five top-11 ranked teams. The Bears lead No. 3 Vanderbilt (+1), No. 9 Georgia Tech (+1), Houston (+4), No. 11 LSU (+5), No. 2 Duke (+6), No. 35 Arkansas (+7), No. 8 Texas (+9) and No. 20 South Florida (+13). BU is tied with No. 27 Texas A&M (E) and trails No. 30 Florida State (-6), No. 31 South Carolina (-6), No. 6 Wake Forest (-6), No. 1 Oklahoma State (-5) and No. 13 Auburn (-3).

Braden Bailey got off to a strong start and was 6-under through 11 holes before finishing at 5-under 66 in a tie for second place, just one shot back of the lead. Colin Kober is tied for 30^th place after shooting 1-over 72, while Cooper Dossey and Ryan Grider posted the Bears' final counting scores with matching rounds of 2-over 73. Garrett May shot 9-over 80, while Mark Reppe, who is competing as an individual, carded 1-over 72.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor is second in the 15-team field in par-5 scoring at 7-under 4.65, 11^th in par-4 scoring at 8-over 4.18 and tied for 13^th in par-3 scoring at 8-over 3.32.
BU's lineup combined for 17 birdies, which were sixth-most in the field.
The Bears joined South Carolina as the only teams with two eagles in the first round.
Bailey is tied for second in the 84-player field in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.25 and tied for third in par-4 scoring at 3-under 3.67.
May and Grider are tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50.
Reppe is tied for 14^th in par-4 scoring at 1-under 3.89.
Grider is tied for 14^th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
Bailey made six birdies on Sunday, tied for fifth-most in the field, while Reppe and May tied for 19^th with four birdies apiece.
Grider had a team-high 12 pars, tied for 18^th-most in the field.

STAT OF THE DAY
2 – Baylor players accounted for two of the eight eagles made during the first round. Grider was one of four players to make eagle on the 575-yard, par-5 seventh hole, while Bailey was one of three players to make eagle on the 335-yard, par-4 17^th hole.

WHAT'S NEXT
Due to the threat of weather, teams will attempt to play both remaining rounds on Monday, with second-round tee times starting at 7:20 a.m. CT and teams continuing play into the final round. Baylor is paired with Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech and will start from the 10^th tee in both rounds. May has the Bears' first tee time at 7:20 a.m., and he'll be followed in eight-minute intervals by Grider, Dossey, Kober and Bailey, respectively. Reppe tees off from No. 1 at 8:56 a.m. CT. Live scoring of the Valspar Collegiate is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.