Men’s Golf in Sixth at Big 12 Championship

Saturday, April 27

White Sulphur Springs W.Va. - The Greenbrier

Baylor

Big 12 Championship

Men’s Golf in Sixth at Big 12 Championship

4/27/2019 8:48:00 PM | Men's Golf

Big 12 Championship Day One Results and Statistics

Bears improved by 19 shots from first to second round

THE RUNDOWN
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Baylor men's golf is in sixth place after shooting 7-over-par 567 across two rounds at the Big 12 Championship on Saturday. The Bears carded 13-over 293 in the first round and improved by 19 strokes to 6-under 274 in the second round at The Greenbrier's Old White TPC.

Baylor (+7) is one shot back of the top-5 entering Sunday's final round. The Bears trail Oklahoma State (-14), TCU (-6), Oklahoma (-2), Texas (-2) and Texas Tech (+6). BU leads Iowa State (+9), Kansas State (+13), West Virginia (+15) and Kansas (+17).

Garrett May leads the team and is tied for eighth overall at 1-under 139. He shot 3-over 73 in the first round, then made five birdies over his first eight holes in the second round on his way to recording a 4-under 66. Colin Kober is tied for 18^th individually at 1-over 141 after rounds of 1-over 71 and even-par 70. He made a tournament-high 29 pars across 36 holes, including a streak of 10-straight pars to end the day.

Cooper Dossey shot 3-over 73 and even-par 70 to tie for 25^th place at 3-over 143, while Braden Bailey trimmed 11 strokes off his score from a 9-over 79 first round to a 2-under 68 second round, which has him tied for 37^th place at 7-over 147. Ryan Grider is in 48^th place at 12-over 152 after consecutive rounds of 6-over 76.

HIGHLIGHTS

All five Baylor players tied or improved their scores from the first to second rounds, including three players who combined to trim 21 strokes off their first-round scores.
Bailey had the biggest improvement from 79 to 68, while May improved from 73 to 66, Dossey improved from 73 to 70 and Kober improved from 71 to 70.
Baylor is tied for second in the field in par-5 scoring at 7-under 4.65, tied for eighth in par-4 scoring at 19-over 4.16 and eighth in par-3 scoring at 10-over 3.25.
The Bears' 28 birdies are fifth-most in the field, and BU is tied for seventh with 109 pars.
May is tied for second in par-4 scoring at 3-under 3.88 and in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.25.
Bailey is tied for fourth in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.88.
Kober is tied for fifth in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50 and tied for 11^th in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
Kober is tied for the tournament lead with 29 pars, while May ranks third in the field with nine birdies.

STAT OF THE DAY
19 – Baylor trimmed 19 strokes off its score between the first and second rounds, improving from a 13-over 293 to a 6-under 274. The Bears' first-round score tied for eighth-best in the 10-team field, while their second-round score was second-best.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor players are paired with golfers from Texas Tech for Sunday's final round, which begins at 7 a.m. CT. The Bears will begin from the first tee with Grider up first at 7 a.m. He'll be followed by Bailey at 7:09 a.m., Dossey at 7:18 a.m., Kober at 7:27 a.m. and May at 7:36 a.m. Live scoring of the Big 12 Championship is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.