WACO, Texas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The Baylor men's golf team is headed to the All-American Intercollegiate, which runs Friday through Sunday at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas, and is hosted by Rice and Houston.

The three-day, 54-hole event will be played on the par-72, 7,096-yard tournament course, most noted as the Shell Houston Open stop on the PGA tour. No. 34 Baylor is one of 16 teams in the field including No. 30 Arkansas, No. 47 Charleston Southern, Charlotte, No. 38 Houston, Houston Baptist, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, Rice, Sam Houston State, No. 32 SMU, No. 27 South Carolina, Troy and UTSA.

The Bears are returning to action following a tournament title in their spring opener at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational, where they shot 11-over-par 863 to win the tournament in back-to-back years. All five competitors in Baylor's lineup finished among the top 25 individually.

After the victory in San Antonio, BU moved up 10 spots and is ranked No. 34 nationally in the latest GolfStat rankings. Baylor returns with the same lineup for the second week in a row, though in a different order this time around. The Bears are led by seniors Andreas Gjesteby and Frederik Andersen, followed by freshman Braden Bailey, sophomore Matthew Perrine and sophomore Nick Thornton. Junior Hunter Shattuck will play as an individual.

Baylor will be playing in the All-American Intercollegiate for a ninth time and the first time since 2012. The Bears' first participated in the event in 1990, and Baylor's best result in the tournament came with a second-place finish in 1994. Baylor has previously played the All-American in 1990 (7th), 1992 (7th), 1993 (8th), 1994 (2nd), 1995 (16th), 1996 (12th), 2008 (6th) and 2012 (5th).

Friday's first round begins at 9 a.m. CT with players teeing off from both the first and 10th holes. Baylor players will begin on the 10th tee, with Thornton up first at 9 a.m. He'll be followed in nine-minute intervals by Perrine, Bailey, Andersen and Gjesteby, respectively. Shattuck will also tee off from the 10th at 10:30 a.m. Members of the Baylor lineup are paired with players from SMU and Rice.

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