Sept. 14, 2014 Fighting Illini Final Results 
THE RUNDOWN
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - The Baylor men's golf team shot 20-over-par 300 in Sunday's final round of the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational to finish at 36-over 876, taking third place in the 15-team field.
The Bears finished 15 strokes behind first place Illinois (+21) and four strokes back of Florida State (+32). Baylor placed ahead of the nation's top three teams from the final 2013-14 rankings, finishing 21 strokes ahead of last year's No. 1 Alabama (+57), nine strokes ahead of No. 2 Oklahoma State (+45) and six strokes ahead of No. 3 Stanford (+42).
Three Baylor players finished among the tournament's top 25 individuals. Kyle Jones shot 3-over-par 73 in the final round to finish the tournament in a tie for fourth place at 5-over215, while Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen shot 5-over-par 75 on Sunday and finished in a tie for 12th place at 8-over par 218, and Andreas Gjesteby moved up one spot into a tie for 25th after shooting 5-over-par 75 in the final round to finish at 13-over 223.
Senior Filippo Zucchetti shot 9-over on Sunday to finish in a tie for 30th place at 14-over-par 224, and Niclas Mansson posted a final round 7-over-par 77 to tie for 42nd place at 18-over 228.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Jones and Gjesteby led the field in par-5 scoring average at 4.50 over the course of three rounds.
• Jones had the fifth-lowest par-3 scoring average for the tournament at 2.92.
• Bjerch-Andresen had 35 pars over 54 holes played, giving him the 12th-most pars made by any player in the field.
• Baylor led the field in par-5 scoring average at 4.80. The Bears were 6-under on par-5 holes for the tournament.
• Baylor had the second-most birdies over the three-day tournament, making 34 birdies as a team.
• Three Baylor players birdied the 15th hole on Sunday. Jones, Gjesteby and Bjerch-Andresen accounted for three of the 16 birdies made on this hole in the final round.
• Gjesteby had one of only two eagles made during the entire tournament by the 75-player field.
STAT OF THE ROUND
9 - the number of birdies made by both Jones and Gjesteby over the three days. They had the third-most birdies of anyone in the 75-player field.
TOP QUOTES
"The guys played beautifully Saturday," head coach Mike McGraw said. "I don't know if I have seen any rounds better than that in nine years at Olympia Fields, so I was really proud of that round Saturday. We opened the tournament okay, nothing special. We played 13 holes in the rain on Friday, so I thought we were in decent shape. Saturday's round was extraordinary. That gave them a little confidence after putting together a round like that. They really just didn't play well today, but it happens."
"Kyle Jones had another great week, tying for fourth. I really don't think he is hitting on all cylinders right now. He is playing well, but he has got a little bit more in the tank. He was third last week and fourth this week, and this week's field was a lot better than last week's. This finish was against some of the best players in the country. While he is not completely satisfied because he knows he left some strokes out there, he also knows it was a good finish."
"These five guys that played in these first two tournaments obviously know a lot more about their games now. Olympia Fields tests every part of your game. It tests everything you do in golf, so all those guys were pushed to their limits this week. They also had some weaknesses exposed, and the good news is they get to go out and work on those things, refine those things and hopefully fine tune those things to come out and compete at Duke in almost a month."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has a month to practice before heading to Durham, N. C. for the Rod Myers Invitational, which runs Oct. 11-12. Follow @BaylorMGolf on twitter for updates throughout the season.
