Men’s Golf Finishes Sixth at Stillwater Regional

Tuesday, May 18

Stillwater, Okla. - Karsten Creek GC

Baylor

NCAA Stillwater Regional

Men’s Golf Finishes Sixth at Stillwater Regional

5/18/2021 10:27:00 PM | Men's Golf

NCAA Stillwater Regional Final Results and Statistics

Bears come up one stroke short of fifth-straight NCAA Championship appearance

STILLWATER, Okla. – Baylor men's golf came up one stroke short of advancing to a fifth-straight NCAA Championship, as the Bears tied for sixth place at 16-over-par 880 in the NCAA Stillwater Regional at Karsten Creek Golf Course.

Baylor (+16) shot 16-over 304 in the final round and were sitting above the cutline when they finished their round Tuesday, but all five Little Rock (+15) players made birdie on the 18^th hole to leap the Trojans ahead of the Bears into fifth place, clinching the final NCAA Championship berth awarded in Stillwater.

Regional-host No. 4 Oklahoma State (-28), No. 9 Illinois (-14), No. 21 SMU (E), No. 49 Sam Houston (+12) and Little Rock (+15) earned NCAA Championship berths. The Bears finished tied for sixth place with No. 15 Auburn (+16) and ahead of No. 30 Notre Dame (+20), Northwestern (+25), No. 44 Ole Miss (+27), College of Charleston (+37), Middle Tennessee State (+39) and No. 35 Alabama (+41).

Baylor's best final-round scores came from Cooper Dossey and Ryan Grider, who both carded 1-over 73. Johnny Keefer contributed a 6-over 78, and Colin Kober shot 8-over 80 to post the Bears' final counting score.

Grider tied for eighth place at 3-under 213 and finished one shot back of earning the individual NCAA Championship berth awarded to the top individual on a non-advancing team. Dossey tied for 30^th place at 6-over 222, Keefer took 38^th place at 9-over 225 and Kober and Reppe tied for 50^th place at 13-over 229.

Baylor made its 23^rd-consecutive NCAA Regional appearance, but had their school-record streak snapped at four-straight NCAA Championship berths. Grider finished the season with a team-best 73.03 stroke average across 30 rounds, posting a team-best four top-10 individual finishes. Dossey was second on the team with a 73.14 stroke average across 22 rounds, and Keefer finished third with a 73.17 stroke average over 24 rounds.

STAT OF THE DAY I
71.84 – Cooper Dossey finished his Baylor career with a 71.84 stroke average across 134 rounds, which was the second-best career stroke average in program history behind only Jimmy Walker's 71.55. Dossey's 134 rounds were ninth-most in program history, while he tied for ninth with 14 career top-10 finishes and tied for eighth with seven career top-5 finishes.

STAT OF THE DAY II
73.12 – Colin Kober finished his BU career with a 73.12 stroke average across 99 rounds, which was the 12^th-best career scoring average in program history.

STAT OF THE DAY III
73.38 – Ryan Grider wrapped up his Baylor career with a 73.38 stroke average over 97 rounds, which was the 15^th-best mark in school history.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has completed the 2020-21 season. The Bears will lose Cooper Dossey, Colin Kober, Ryan Grider and Travis McInroe to graduation, but return eight members of this season's team for 2021-22, including Mark Reppe, Johnny Keefer and Luke Dossey, who were among the Bears' lineup and alternate for postseason play. BU also returns Brandon Hoff, Trey Bosco, Tyler Isenhart, Luke Morgan and Scout McNealy. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for year-round updates. To support the Baylor Men's Golf program, join the Chip-In-Club.