Men’s Golf One Shot Back at All-American

Sunday, February 17

Humble, Texas - Golf Club of Houston

Baylor

All-American Intercollegiate

Men’s Golf One Shot Back at All-American

2/17/2019 5:12:00 PM | Men's Golf

All American Day One Results and Statistics

Sophomore Mark Reppe holds individual lead at 4-under 68

THE RUNDOWN
HUMBLE, Texas – Baylor men's golf is one shot back of the lead after shooting 4-under-par 284 in Sunday's first round of the All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston.

The No. 37-ranked Bears (-4) trail only Sam Houston State (-5). BU leads Houston (-2), UTSA (-1), Charlotte (-1), Rice (+4), No. 34 South Carolina (+4), No. 49 Ole Miss (+5), Louisiana-Lafayette (+6), UT Arlington (+7), North Texas (+7), McNeese State (+9), New Mexico State (+12) and Lamar (+15).

Sophomore Mark Reppe, who is making his first appearance in a five-player Baylor lineup, leads the 84-player field after carding a 4-under 68. The Bears started on the back-9, and Reppe made birdies on No. 10 and No. 12 to get to 2-under. After a bogey on No. 14, Reppe strung together five consecutive pars before pulling away with four straight birdies between the second and fifth holes to move to 5-under. He finished with another birdie on No. 7 between bogeys on Nos. 6 and 9.

Junior Colin Kober posted the Bears' second-best round of the day at 1-under 71 to sit in a tie for 13^th place. Senior Garrett May carded even-par 72 to tie for 16^th place, and junior Cooper Dossey recorded BU's final counting score with a 1-over 73 to tie for 25^th place.

Senior Braden Bailey started with a quadruple bogey on No. 10, but he played the rest of the round at 1-under to finish at 3-over 75 in a tie for 53^rd place. Sophomore Ryan Grider and redshirt junior Austin Cotton are competing as individuals, with Grider tied for 25^th place at 1-over 73 and Cotton tie for 79^th place at 8-over 80.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor is tied for the tournament lead in par-3 scoring at 2-over 3.10 and in par-5 scoring at 7-under 4.65.
Baylor also leads the 14-team field with 21 birdies and ranks fifth in par-4 scoring at 4-over 4.08.
Reppe is tied for the lead in the 84-player field in par-4 scoring at 4-under 3.60, while Kober is tied for third at 2-under 3.80.
May leads all players in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.00 after carding birdies on all four par-5 holes.
May is also tied for the tournament lead in par-3 scoring at 1-under 2.75, while Dossey and Grider are tied for sixth at even-par 3.00.
Grider is tied for seventh in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50.
Reppe leads the field with seven birdies, while May is tied for fifth with five birdies and Kober is tied for 10^th with four birdies.

STAT OF THE DAY
7 – Mark Reppe made seven birdies in his round of 4-under 68. He had a streak of four consecutive birdies between the second and fifth holes, which was the longest streak of anyone in the 84-player field. Only four other golfers had streaks of three straight birdies.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor is in the final group to tee off from the first hole in Monday's second round and is paired with Sam Houston State and Houston. Bailey has the first tee time at 9:30 a.m. CT, and he'll be followed by Dossey at 9:39 a.m., May at 9:48 a.m., Kober at 9:57 a.m. and Reppe at 10:06 a.m. Grider tees off from No. 10 at 9:03 a.m. and Cotton starts from No. 10 at 9:48 a.m. Live scoring of the All-American Intercollegiate is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.