Braden Bailey Bio and Career Results 
Two-time All-American from Groves, Texas, has played in one of top four spots in Bears’ lineup in all 38 team tournaments over first three seasons at Baylor, including one of top two spots in 21 of last 22 tournaments ... Current 71.99 career stroke average is seventh-best in program history ... Ranks seventh in program history with 16 career top-10 finishes and seventh with eight career top-5 finishes ... Recorded top-25 finishes in 24 of 38 career events ... Joins Matthew Perrine as only players in program history to compete in three NCAA Championships ... Has played 52 of 115 career rounds at par or better, including 21 of 40 rounds during 2017-18 junior season ... Selected to 2018 Ben Hogan Award watch list ... Named Golfweek All-America Honorable Mention following 2017 sophomore and 2018 junior seasons ... Also earned PING All-Central Region honors in each of last three seasons and was selected to 2017 All-Big 12 Team ... Earned Academic All-Big 12 first team honors in each of last two seasons and was recognized on 2018 GCAA All-America Scholar team ... Has two of top-11 single-season stroke averages in program history ... Recorded 71.68 stroke average in 2017-18, which is 10th-best in school history, and posted 71.70 mark in 2016-17, which currently ranks 11th on Baylor’s single-season list ... Led team with 72.61 stroke average and 15 rounds at par or better during 2015-16 freshman season ... Joined Jimmy Walker (1997-98) and Ryan Baca (2002-03) to become third freshmen in program history to lead team in stroke average ... Six-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection and four-time member of Baylor Dean’s List.
2017-18 (Junior): Played in one of top three spots in Baylor lineup in all 13 tournaments, including five events in No. 1 spot and seven times in No. 2 spot ... Led Bears to school-record third consecutive NCAA Championship appearance ... Helped Bears to No. 16 final national ranking with 124-68-1 head-to-head record and top-five finishes in nine of 13 events ... Recorded top-20 individual finishes in nine tournaments, including six times in top-10 players ... Earned Golfweek All-America Honorable Mention, PING All-Central Region, GCAA All-America Scholar and Academic All-Big 12 team honors ... Named to Ben Hogan Award watch list ... Finished season ranked No. 73 nationally in Golfstat Division I player rankings ... Played 40 rounds with 71.68 stroke average, recording the 10th-best single-season average in program history ... Carded 21 of 40 rounds at par or better and had stretch of 14 consecutive rounds at 72 or lower ... Shot par or better in final round in nine out of 13 tournaments ... Started season with five consecutive top-10 individual finishes ... Opened season with tie for 10th place in 87-player Gopher Invitational at 2-over 215 ... Tied for sixth in 78-player field at Fighting Illini Invitational with 3-under 207 ... Shot 5-under 205 to finish in seventh place at 60-player Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate ... Carded 6-under 64 in first round at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, equaling third-best round in program history ... Tied for third place and helped team to tournament title with 6-under 207 at 73-player Royal Oaks Intercollegiate ... Won medalist honors by shooting 3-under 210 in 92-player Arizona Intercollegiate ... Recorded top-20 finishes in four consecutive tournaments beginning with tie for 15th place at 6-over 222 in 78-player Aggie Invitational ... Climbed to seventh on Baylor’s career top-10s list when he earned his 16th top-10 finish by tying for eighth place at 5-under 208 in 85-player ASU Thunderbird Invitational ... Tied for 14th place at 9-over 289 in Big 12 Championship ... Helped Bears earn school-record third consecutive NCAA Championship berth by shooting 1-over 217 to tie for 19th place in 75-player NCAA Bryan Regional ... Shot second-round 2-under 70 and finished tied for 89th with 10-over 226 in NCAA Championship ... Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls and fall Baylor Dean’s List.
2016-17 (Sophomore): Played in one of top three spots in Baylor lineup in all 12 tournaments, including 10 times as No. 1 player ... Led Bears to first No. 1 national ranking in program history, first NCAA Regional title and first NCAA Championship match play berth ... Earned Golfweek All-America Honorable Mention, PING All-Central Region, All-Big 12 and Academic All-Big 12 recognition ... Recorded 71.70 stroke average over 37 rounds, which was eighth-best single-season stroke average in program history at the time ... Posted 16 rounds at par or better, including 12 rounds below 70, and counted 81.1 percent of rounds toward team score (30 of 37) ... Earned four top-five finishes, including career-first medalist honor at 2016 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate ... Tied for 33rd place at Fighting Illini Invitational after shooting 10-over 220 ... Tied fourth-best tournament score in program history with 11-under 202 (66-67-69) at Maui Jim Intercollegiate, which tied for fourth place in 93-player field ... Shot first-round 67 on way to 4-over 214 and 19th-place finish at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate ... Led Bears to tournament title and won career-first medalist honor, tying teammate Matthew Perrine with 10-under 203 at Royal Oaks Intercollegiate ... Shot 67-69-67 at Royal Oaks, finishing fall season with seven of final nine rounds below 70 ... Opened spring season by leading team to second straight tournament title at The All-American ... Took second place individually in 96-player field at The All-American, shooting 72-66-71 at Golf Club of Houston ... Helped BU to second place in 15-team field at Querencia Cabo Collegiate, carding 1-under 212 to tie for 21st place individually ... Led BU to third tournament title of season at Linger Longer Invitational, carding 10-under 206 to tie for third place individually ... Tied for 43rd place with 6-over 150 at Aggie Invitational ... Bears took second place at Aggie Invitational, marking sixth consecutive top-three finish and launching BU to its first No. 1 ranking in program history in April 3, 2017 Golfweek/Sagarin rankings ... Tied for 28th place at The Maxwell with 9-over 219 ... Carded 27-over 307 to finish in 36th place at Big 12 Championship ... Helped Bears become co-champions at NCAA Stanford Regional, marking first regional title in program history ... Shot career-best 6-under 64 in second round, which tied Baylor record for lowest round in NCAA Tournament play ... Helped team tie for seventh place in stroke play portion of NCAA Championship, earning first match play berth in program history ... Shot 9-over 297 to tie for 56th place in 156-player NCAA Championship field ... Defeated Oklahoma’s Max McGreevy, 2&1, in match play quarterfinals to give Bears second point of match, but dropped final three to fall 3-2 ... Named to Fall and Spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls and Baylor Dean’s Lists.
2015-16 (Freshman): Played as No. 3 or No. 4 player in Baylor lineup in all 13 tournaments ... Earned PING All-Central Region honors ... Posted team-best 72.61 stroke average, joining Jimmy Walker (73.97 in 1997-98) and Ryan Baca (71.76 in 2002-03) to become third freshman in program history to lead team in stroke average ... Played team-high 15 of 38 rounds at par or better ... Recorded six top-10 individual finishes, including two top-five finishes ... Placed among top 25 individuals in nine of 13 tournaments ... Counted 81 percent of rounds (30.67 of 38) toward team score ... Made collegiate debut at Gopher Invitational, tied for 65th place at 19-over 232 ... Shot even-par 70 in first round at Fighting Illini Invitational, went on to lead team with season-best tie for 18th-place finish at 5-over 215 ... Posted team’s second-best finish with tie for 33rd place at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, shooting 6-over 216, including final round of even-par 70 ... Began fall season carding 5-over 218 for ninth place finish at Oak Hills Invitational, earning career-first top-10 finish ... Tied for 21st place at All-American after shooting 3-over 219 ... Post seventh place finish at Querencia Cabo Collegiate with 4-under 209, including season-best 66 in final round ... Shot 4-under 140 to tie for eighth place while leading team tournament title at Border Olympics ... Tied for 65th place at Linger Longer Invitational with 16-over 232 ... Earned season-best tie for fourth place at Aggie Invitational with 1-under 215 ... Shot 2-under 138 at The Maxwell to tie for seventh place ... Tied for 19th place at Big 12 Championship with 9-over 297 ... Helped team to tie for fourth place at NCAA Kohler (Wis.) Regional, securing sixth NCAA Championship berth in program history ... Led team with 3-under 213 at Kohler Regional, which tied for fifth place individually ... Shot final-round 68, helping team climb in front of Idaho to claim final NCAA Championship berth awarded at Kohler Regional ... Shot team-best 5-over 215 at NCAA Championship to tie for 36th place individually ... Named to Fall and Spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls and Fall Baylor Dean’s List.
High School: Lettered four years for head coach Ricky Keyes at Port Neches-Groves High School ... Three-time first-team all-state selection ... Four-time district champion ... Recorded 10 high school tournament wins ... 2013 Texas Cup Invitational winner ... Placed second at 2014 Texas Cup Invitational ... Seven top-10 finishes in AJGA tournaments out of 10 starts ... Named to 2015 Academic All-State Elite Team.
Personal: Son of Brad and Darla Bailey... Finance major.
BAYLOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Best round: 64, twice; last at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall 2017)
Best finish: t-1st at Royal Oaks (fall 2016); 1st at Arizona Intercollegiate (spring 2018)
Lowest 18-hole score: 64 at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall 2017)
Lowest 36-hole score: 133 at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall 2017)
Lowest 54-hole score: 202 at Maui Jim Intercollegiate (fall 2016)
Tournament Titles: two; Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (fall 2016) & Arizona Intercollegiate (spring 2018)
Top 3 finishes: six; last at Arizona Intercollegiate, 1st (spring 2018)
Top 5 finishes: eight; last at Arizona Intercollegiate, 1st (spring 2018)
Top 10 finishes: 16; last at ASU Thunderbird Invitational, t-8th (spring 2018)
Top 25 finishes: 24; last at NCAA Bryan Regional, t-19th (spring 2018)
| CAREER STATS |
| Scorecard |
| Year |
Events |
Rds |
Strokes |
Avg |
Par + |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
Top 25 |
| 2015-16 |
13 |
38 |
2,759 |
72.61 |
15 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
| 2016-17 |
12 |
37 |
2,653 |
71.70 |
16 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
| 2017-18 |
13 |
40 |
2,867 |
71.68 |
21 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
| Career |
38 |
115 |
8,279 |
71.99 |
31 |
8 |
16 |
24 |
| CAREER TOURNAMENT RESULTS |
| 2015-16 (FRESHMAN) |
| Tournament |
Scores |
+/- |
Place |
| Gopher Invitational (3) |
81-77-74=232 |
+19 |
t-65th/81 |
| Fighting Illini Invitational (3) |
70-73-72=215 |
+5 |
t-18th/77 |
| Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (3) |
72-74-70=216 |
+6 |
t-33rd/60 |
| Oak Hills Invitational (3) |
78-67-73=218 |
+5 |
9th/84 |
| All-American (3) |
73-76-70=219 |
+3 |
t-21st/90 |
| Querencia Cabo Collegiate (4) |
73-70-66=209 |
-4 |
7th/75 |
| Border Olympics (3) |
71-69=140 |
-4 |
t-8th/101 |
| Linger Longer Invitational (3) |
77-81-74=232 |
+16 |
t-65th/77 |
| Aggie Invitational (3) |
70-72-73=215 |
-1 |
t-4th/81 |
| The Maxwell (3) |
68-70=138 |
-2 |
t-7th/73 |
| Big 12 Championship (3) |
76-73-71-77=297 |
+9 |
t-19th/50 |
| NCAA Kohler (Wis.) Regional (3) |
74-71-68=213 |
-3 |
t-5th/75 |
| NCAA Championship (3) |
72-73-70=215 |
+5 |
t-36th/156 |
| 2016-17 (SOPHOMORE) |
| Tournament |
Scores |
+/- |
Place |
| Fighting Illini Invitational (1)Â |
74-74-72=220 |
+10 |
t-33rd/78 |
| Maui Jim Intercollegiate (1) |
66-67-69=202 |
-11 |
t-4th/93 |
| Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (1) |
67-74-73=214 |
+4 |
19th/60 |
| Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (3) |
67-69-67=203 |
-10 |
t-1st/72 |
| The All-American (2) |
72-66-71=209 |
-7 |
t-2nd/96 |
| Querencia Cabo Collegiate (1) |
73-72-67=212 |
-1 |
t-21st/80 |
| Linger Longer Invitational (1) |
67-69-70=206 |
-10 |
t-3rd/84 |
| Aggie Invitational (1) |
76-74=150 |
+6 |
t-43rd/75 |
| The Maxwell (1) |
71-75-73=219 |
+9 |
t-28th/80 |
| Big 12 Championship (1) |
82-71-75-79=307 |
+27 |
36th/50 |
| NCAA Stanford Regional (1) |
76-64-74=214 |
+4 |
t-27th/75 |
| NCAA Championship (1) |
74-76-72-75=297 |
+9 |
t-56th/156 |
| Match Play Quarterfinals vs. Oklahoma's Max McGreevy, Won 2&1 |
| 2017-18 (JUNIOR) |
| Tournament |
Scores |
+/- |
Place |
| Gopher Invitational (1) |
74-71-70=215 |
+2 |
t-10th/87 |
| Fighting Illini Invitational (2) |
69-68-70=207 |
-3 |
t-6th/78 |
| Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (1) |
64-69-72=205 |
-5 |
7th/60 |
| Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (1) |
66-70-71=207 |
-6 |
t-3rd/73 |
| Arizona Intercollegiate (1) |
72-69-69=210 |
-3 |
1st/92 |
| All-American Intercollegiate (1) |
73-75-72=220 |
+4 |
t-58th/99 |
| Querencia Cabo Collegiate (2) |
79-73-67=219 |
+6 |
t-36th/80 |
| Valspar Collegiate (2) |
72-75-75=222 |
+9 |
t-55th/90 |
| Aggie Invitational (2) |
74-76-72=222 |
+6 |
t-15th/78 |
| ASU Thunderbird Invitational (3) |
66-71-71=208 |
-5 |
t-8th/85 |
| Big 12 Championship (2) |
71-72-73-73=289 |
+9 |
t-14th/50 |
| NCAA Bryan Regional (2) |
73-72-72=217 |
+1 |
t-19th/75 |
| NCAA Championship (2) |
76-70-80=226 |
+10 |
t-89th/156 |
