April 2, 2006
Morris Williams Intercollegiate Preview
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Morris Williams Intercollegiate
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, April 3-4
Location: Austin C.C.; Austin, Texas
Par/Yardage: 72/6,906
Host: Texas
Field: 18 (Arkansas, Baylor, BYU, Fresno State, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Southern California, SMU, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech and Tulsa).
The No. 8 Baylor men's golf team returns to action after a week off at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday, April 3-4 hosted by Texas at the 6,906-yard, par-72 Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. The Bears will be looking to tie the school record with their fifth victory of the season and their fourth in the last five tournaments.
Senior Ryan Baca is ranked fifth nationally by Golfweek and leads the team with a 69.96 stroke average, which would shatter the school record. He has posted three victories this season, earned back-to-back Big 12 Golfer of the Month awards (November and February) and has been selected as one of 10 semifinalist for The Ben Hogan Award, collegiate golf's top honor.
Junior Jeremy Alcorn is second on the team with a 71.83 stroke average and has two victories this season, while junior Jeremy Frye has recorded a career-high four top-10 finishes. Sophomore Wes Williams has started every touranment this season and has a pair of top-10 finishes, while junior Colton Turnquist will be making his second straight start.
The Bears have only one tournament remaining before the Big 12 Championships as they compete at the Aggie Invitational April 15-16 at the Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas. The Big 12 Championships follow April 24-25 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.
BAYLOR LINEUP
Jeremy Alcorn [Junior]: Tied for seventh his last time out at the Border Olympics with a score of 216 (74-69-73)...Won his fifth career individual title and the Bears' fourth individual title in a row at the Louisiana Classics, moving him only one victory behind teammate Ryan Baca, the school's all-time leader in wins...Fired 9-under par 207 (69-67-71)...Tied for 13th at the Lexus Naples Intercollegiate Invitational with a score of 214 (70-73-71)...Finished 12th at the UTSA Intercollegiate, shooting 218 (75-73-70)...Appeared in all four fall events...Tied for 25th at the Hawai'i Fall Invitational with a score of 224 (75-73-76)...Claimed his fourth career individual title to tie for the most wins in Baylor's history since 1988 at the Baylor Invitational...Shot 211 (71-72-68) and tied his season-low with a final-round 68...Tied for third at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a 213 (71-74-68)...Tied for 40th at the season-opening William H. Tucker, shooting 221 (73-75-73)...Second overall on the team with a 71.81 stroke average...Ranks seventh in the Big 12 Conference and 45th nationally according to Golfstat.
Ryan Baca [Senior]: Ranks fifth nationally and second in the Big 12 Conference according to Golfstat...Won three straight tournaments, giving him a Baylor record six individual titles, one more than junior teammate Jeremy Alcorn...Leads the team with a 69.96 stroke average, which would shatter the school record of 71.61 set by Aaron Pellegrom during the 1999-2000 season...Won the UTSA Intercollegiate, setting the 54-hole school record with a 199 (64-67-68)...Played in all four fall events...Lost on the fourth playoff hole but still gets credit for a win at the Hawai'i Fall Invitational...Shot 214 (68-73-73)...Tied for fourth at the Baylor Invitational with a score of 214 (73-73-68)...Tied for 11th at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a score of 215 (71-70-74)...Tied for 10th at the season-opening William H. Tucker, shooting 215 (70-72-73)...With his seven top-10 finishes, he is tied for the school's all-time lead with Jimmy Walker at 26...With his five top-5 finishes, he raised his total to 17, two within Walker (19).
Jeremy Frye [Junior]: Recorded three straight top-10 finishes before tying for 36th last time out at the Border Olympics, where he shot 223 (74-73-76)...Tied for sixth at the Louisiana Classics with a score of 213 (72-68-73)...Tied for seventh at the Lexus Naples Intercollegiate Invitational with a score of 212 (76-68-68)...His pair of 68s tied his career-low...Tied for eighth, his second top-10 finish of the season and fourth of his career at the UTSA Intercollegiate...Shot 215 (75-69-71)...Appeared in all four fall events...Tied for 16th at the Hawai'i Fall Invitational, shooting 221 (76-69-76)...Tied for 35th at the Baylor Invitational with a score of 225 (79-73-73)...Had his best tournament of the fall by tying for seventh and firing 214 (73-70-74) at the Mason Rudolph Championship...Tied for 47th at the season-opening William H. Tucker with a score of 222 (74-80-68)...Rebounded from his only 80 round of the season by firing a career-low 68 in the third round.
Colton Turnquist [Junior]: Making his second start of the spring and third of the season...Tied for 32nd with a score of 222 (71-72-79) his last time out at the Border Olympics...Finished sixth as Baylor sent a second team to compete at the Harbor Lakes Invitational...Shot 152 (79-73)...Tied for 18th competing individually at the Hawai'i Fall Invitational, firing 222 (73-74-75)...Tied for 19th with a 221 (77-74-70) at the season-opening Baylor Invitational...His final-round 70 was his lowest of the season.
Wes Williams [Sophomore]: Recorded his second top-10 finish of the season, tying for seventh with a score of 216 (74-67-75) last time out at the Border Olympics...His second-round 67 was a career low...Tied for 22nd at the Louisiana Classics (72-70-75=217)...Tied for 20th at the Lexus Naples Intercollegiate Invitational, shooting 217 (76-68-73)...Tied for 24th at the UTSA Intercollegiate, shooting 223 (76-74-73)...Competed in all four fall events...Tied for 37th at the Hawai'i Fall Invitational, shooting 228 (79-74-75)...Had his best showing of the fall and his career by tying for sixth and firing a 69 in the final round of the Baylor Invitational...Shot 215 (73-73-69) for the tournament...Tied for 32nd in a return to his hometown of Franklin, Tenn., at the Mason Rudolph Championship...Shot 223 (75-76-72)...Tied for 47th at the season-opening William H. Tucker, shooting 222 (71-74-77).
