Querencia Final Results and Statistics

THE RUNDOWN
QUERENCIA, Mexico ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor men's golf finished in third place after shooting 1-under-par 283 in Tuesday's final round at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate at the Los Cabos Querencia Golf Course. The Bears finished at 5-under-par 847 over three rounds, ahead of nine teams ranked above No. 34 BU in the latest GolfStat rankings.

Georgia (-18) won the tournament and led the field by 10 strokes, with South Florida (-8) finishing second. Baylor (-5) was followed by California (-3) and Stanford (-3) in a tie for fourth place. Vanderbilt (-1) took sixth place, followed by Florida State (+16), Mississippi (+19), Arkansas (+20) and Washington (+21) and LSU (+21) tied for 10th place. Houston (+28) and Oregon State (+28) tied for 12th place, Wake Forest (+33) took 14th and Rice (+42) finished in 15th place.

Freshman Braden Bailey climbed 18 spots to finish with a career-best seventh-place finish after carding a final-round score of 5-under-par 66 and a three-round total of 4-under-par 209. Bailey recorded six birdies to one bogey in his final round.

Frederik Andersen shot 2-over 73 on the day and 1-over 214 through three rounds, placing him in a tie for 14th place. Matthew Perrine finished in a tie for 18th after shooting 1-over 72 in his final round and recording a three-round score of 2-over-par 215. Hunter Shattuck carded a 4-over 75 third round score and tied for 24th place with a final score of 3-over 216. Andreas Gjesteby shot 1-over 72 on the day and finished in a tie for 41st place at 7-over 220.

HIGHLIGHTS
- Baylor finished in front of nine teams with higher rankings than the Bears' No. 34: No. 14 California, No. 7 Stanford, No. 15 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Florida State, No. 28 Arkansas, No. 29 Washington, No. 18 LSU, No. 31 Houston and No. 2 Wake Forest. - Baylor lead the tournament with 58 birdies across three rounds. - Baylor finished second in par-4 scoring at 6-over 4.04. - The Bears tied for third in par-5 scoring at 5-under 4.89. - Baylor tied for fourth in par-5 scoring at 8-over 3.13. - Braden Bailey tied for third in par-5 scoring at 5-under 4.44 - Frederik Andersen tied for seventh in par-4 scoring at 2-under 3.94. - Bailey led the field with 16 birdies over 54 holes. - Matthew Perrine made 38 pars, placing him in a tie for sixth in pars-recorded. - Hunter Shattuck tied for fourth in birdies recorded with 13 through three rounds.

STAT OF THE DAY
58 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor made a tournament-best 58 birdies over 54 team holes played.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"This was a definite step in the right direction for this team, especially against one of the toughest fields in all of college golf," head coach Mike McGraw said. "I feel as if the guys are beginning to believe in this team. Braden Bailey's round today was outstanding."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return to tournament play in 10 days at the two-day Border Olympics, which will be played March 11-12 at the Laredo Country Club. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter for updates throughout the season.