Oak Hills Invitational Final Results and Statistics

THE RUNDOWN
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor men's golf defended its 2015 Oak Hills Invitational title by carding a 4-over-par 288 final round on Tuesday, winning the 2016 event with a final score of 11-over-par 863. The Bears led the field by five strokes, pulling ahead of Big 12-rival Oklahoma, which took second with a final score of 16-over 868.

Baylor entered the third round in a tie with the Sooners at 7-over-par 575 after Monday's first two rounds of play. Baylor had two players shoot below par in the final round ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Andreas Gjesteby shot 2-under 69 to finish tied for 20th place at 8-over 221, and sophomore Matthew Perrine shot 1-under 70 to tie for 14th place at 7-over 220.

Frederik Andersen finished in fifth place in the 84-player field at 3-over 216 after shooting 5-over-par 76 in his final round. Braden Bailey climbed two spots to finish in ninth place after carding a 2-over 73 and a final score of 5-over 218.

Nick Thornton shot 9-over 80 in the final round and finished tied for 24th place at 9-over 222. Hunter Shattuck (+12, 225) and Jackson Heazel (+15, 228) competed for Baylor as individuals and tied for 37th place and 49th place, respectively.

Baylor (+11) was followed by Oklahoma (+16), Louisiana Tech (+23), North Texas (+33), McNeese State (+34), UTSA (+35), Wichita State (+38), Southeastern Louisiana (+42), Sam Houston State (+44), Texas State (+47), UMKC (+49), Houston Baptist (+60), Southern Mississippi (+63), Tulsa (+64) and Louisiana-Lafayette (+68).

HIGHLIGHTS
- Baylor led the tournament in par-3 scoring at 12-over 3.20, ranked second in par-5 scoring at 17-under 4.62 and finished third in par-4 scoring at 37-over 4.22.
- Baylor recorded a tournament-best 49 birdies.
- Baylor finished third in the field with 152 birdies.
- Frederik Andersen led the tournament in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.92.
- Matthew Perrine tied for second in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00.
- Braden Bailey tied for first in par-5 scoring at 7-under 4.22.
- Nick Thornton tied for seventh in pars recorded with 34.
- Andreas Gjesteby tied for fifth in birdies recorded with 11 for the tournament.
- Baylor (2015, 2016) joined Kansas (2004, 2005), Texas Tech (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and Oklahoma (2013, 2014) as the only back-to-back Oak Hills Invitational champions.
- Big 12 schools have won the tournament in each of the last eight years and 14 of 17 times overall.

STAT OF THE DAY
4 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the number of times Baylor has won the Oak Hills Invitational. The Bears won the inaugural event in 2000, claimed the tournament title again in 2006 and have won back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016.

TOP QUOTE
"I am really proud of the guys getting off to this type of start to the spring," head coach Mike McGraw said. "We should be able to build momentum going forward. Oak Hills Country Club was terrific."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return to tournament competition in 10 days at the All-American, which will run Feb. 19-21 at Golf Club of Houston. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter for updates throughout the season.