Men’s Golf Wraps up Day One at Big 12 Match Play Championship

Monday, October 11

Hockley, Texas - Golf Club of Houston Oaks

Baylor

Big 12 Match Play Tournament

Johnny Keefer Big 12 Match Play Championship

Men’s Golf Wraps up Day One at Big 12 Match Play Championship

10/11/2021 9:43:00 PM | Men's Golf

Johnny Keefer Wins Eighth Career Match Play Match

By: Matt Roberts

HOCKLEY, Texas – Johnny Keefer closed strong on Baylor's first day at the Big 12 Match Play Championships with a two-up win over Texas' Cole Hammer.

Keefer now has eight-career match-play wins after splitting his two matches on Monday.

The Bears dropped their opening match against Oklahoma State but got solid contributions from a couple of match-play rookies. Sophomore Luke Morgan fell three-down through his first seven holes but battled his way back to tie that match by winning three straight holes at No. 1, No. 2 and, No. 3.

Morgan played alongside senior Mark Reppe who battled his way to a tie match through 13 holes as well before the Oklahoma State team of Brian Stark and Dillon Stewart each rallied to defeat Reppe and Morgan 2&1.

In the afternoon session, Morgan had another strong showing taking on Texas' Pierson Coody. Morgan took a three-up lead through eight holes and had the match at all-square through 14 holes before Coody closed Morgan out for the 2&1 win.

Junior Johnny Keefer led the Bears in the afternoon session battling Texas' Cole Hammer to a two-up victory. The match was close throughout with Hammer taking a one-up lead through four holes and then again after nine. Keefer would get the match back to square on their tenth hole of the match before taking his first lead of the afternoon on the 14^th hole. Keefer held a one-up lead on the 18^th tee of the match, and closed it out with a birdie putt for the two-up victory.

HIGHLIGHTS

Johnny Keefer led the field in par-4 scoring playing them in 7-under par for the day, four shots better than anyone else in the field.
All three of Baylor's match-play rookies held a lead at some point in at least one of their two matches on Monday.

STAT OF THE DAY
Johnny Keefer improved his career match play record to 8-3-1 on Monday with his two-up win over Texas' Cole Hammer.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will play their final two sessions of pool play against sixth-seeded TCU and 10^th-seeded Iowa State. The morning session will begin with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start while the afternoon session is slated to begin with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Live stats and scoring can be found at Golfstat.com. For more information on Baylor Men's Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.