Men’s Golf Finishes Eighth at ASU Thunderbird Collegiate

Saturday, April 13

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ASU Thunderbird Invitational

Men’s Golf Finishes Eighth at ASU Thunderbird Collegiate

4/13/2019 10:19:00 PM | Men's Golf

ASU Thunderbird Final Results and Statistics

Colin Kober ties for third place individually, his second top-5 of the spring

THE RUNDOWN
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Baylor men's golf shot 4-over-par 856 across three rounds to finish in eighth place at the 2019 ASU Thunderbird Collegiate. The Bears carded 6-over 290 in Sunday's final round at Papago Golf Course, dropping them four spots in the leaderboard after entering the round in fourth place.

No. 25 Baylor (+4) earned head-to-head wins over No. 43 Marquette (+9), Saint Mary's (+13), No. 32 UNLV (+14), No. 31 BYU (+17), Colorado (+22) and Utah (+25). The Bears placed behind No. 2 Arizona State (-20), No. 7 Texas (-8), No. 37 UCLA (-7), a second squad from No. 2 Arizona State (-2), No. 1 Oklahoma State (-2), No. 23 North Carolina (E) and No. 36 Iowa State (+3).

Colin Kober shot 2-under 69 in the final round to finish tied for third place at 6-under 207. It was Kober's second top-5 finish in his last three tournaments and marks a fourth consecutive tournament that a Baylor player has recorded a top-5 individual finish.

Garrett May also shot 2-under 69 in the final round to climb into a tie for 11^th place at 2-under 211 for the tournament. Braden Bailey and Ryan Grider carded matching final rounds of 5-over 76, with Grider finishing tied for 51^st place at 8-over 221 and Bailey tied for 63^rd place at 11-over 224. Cooper Dossey placed 50^th at 7-over 220 after a final round of 6-over 77.

Baylor also entered a pair of individuals in the tournament. Brandon Hoff shot 11-over 82 in the final round at tied for 72^nd place at 16-over 229, while Mark Reppe shot 8-over 79 on Sunday to finish tied for 76^th place at 20-over 233.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor led the 14-team field in par-3 scoring at 10-over 3.17, tied for eighth in par-4 scoring at 21-over 4.13 and finished ninth in par-5 scoring at 13-under 4.71.
BU also led the tournament with 182 pars, three more than any other team.
May and Dossey tied for second in the 80-player field in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00, while Kober tied for seventh at 1-over 3.08.
Kober ranked third in the field in par-4 scoring at 5-under 3.85.
May tied for 15^th in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.56.
Dossey tied for second in the field with 39 pars across 54 holes, while May tied for fourth with 38 pars and Bailey and Kober tied for 12^th with 37 pars apiece.
Kober led the team and tied for 12^th in the field with 12 birdies, six of which came in Sunday's final round.

STAT OF THE DAY
4 – Colin Kober made four birdies on a five-hole stretch from the 12^th to 16^th holes, helping him climb into the top-5. Kober was 2-under for the tournament with seven holes remaining, which would've tied for 10^th place, but he played his final seven holes at a combined 4-under to jump into a tie for third place. The only player to finish ahead of Kober were No. 6-ranked Chun An Yu (-12) of Arizona State and No. 15-ranked Cole Hammer (-8) of Texas.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has completed its regular season and has less than two weeks until the 2019 Big 12 Championship, which will be played April 26-28 at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.