Men’s Golf Wraps up Day One at The Colonial Collegiate Invite

Monday, October 4

Fort Worth, Texas - Colonial CC

Baylor

Colonial Collegiate Invitational

Men’s Golf Wraps up Day One at The Colonial Collegiate Invite

10/4/2021 8:40:00 PM | Men's Golf

Johnny Keefer is Tied for Second Entering the Final Round

By: Matt Roberts

Fort Worth, Texas – Baylor men's golf wrapped up day one of the Colonial Collegiate Invitational in a tie for 11th place after a 36-hole score of 584.

Junior Johnny Keefer finds himself in contention for the second time in three events after shooting a two-under par 138, good enough for a tie for second entering Tuesday's final round.

Sitting at even par after 10 holes in his opening round, Keefer made a run of four-straight birdies before finishing his round with a 2-under 68. His steady play carried over to his afternoon round where he shot an even-par 70, climbing up five spots into a tie for second.

Freshman Zach Heffernan made his collegiate debut on Monday shooting a pair of three-over 73's to put himself in a tie for 37th. After starting his day at three over after just two holes, Heffernan was able to settle in with a couple of birdies on his inward half highlighted by one at No. 3, the first leg of the famed 'Horrible Horshoe'. In his second round, he carded a pair of front-nine birdies on his way to his three-over 73.

Senior Mark Reppe is in a tie for 50th after 36-holes. He got off to a promising start finding his way into red figures through his first nine holes before finishing with a two-over-par 72 in the first round. Reppe followed that up with a six-over 76 in the second round to get to eight-over for the tournament in a tie for 50th.

Junior Luke Dossey accounted for a pair of counting scores on the day en route to shooting a 12-over 152 to put him in a tie for 66th with 18 holes to play.

Baylor is just a shot outside of the top-10 and six shots away from ninth place Florida entering the final round. At one-over-par, Pepperdine holds a one-shot lead in the tournament over Oklahoma and Wake Forest.

HIGHLIGHTS:
· Junior Johnny Keefer was 3-under on the par-4's on Monday which was third-best in the field.
· With his 68 and 70 on Monday, junior Johnny Keefer now has shot par or better in five of his eight rounds this fall.
· Freshman Zach Heffernan took advantage of the Par-5's in his first collegiate rounds playing them in two-under-par through two rounds, second-best in the field.

WHAT'S NEXT:
The final round gets underway for Baylor Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. They will be going off the No. 10 tee and will be playing alongside Vanderbilt and San Diego State. Scout McNealy will be first off followed by Luke Dossey at 8:54 a.m. Mark Reppe will get going just after nine at 9:03 followed by Zach Heffernan at 9:12 a.m. Johnny Keefer will take his spot in the anchor position fighting for the individual title at 9:21 a.m. Live stats can be found on golfstat.com. For more information on Baylor Men's Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.