Legendary men’s golf coach and three time national champion Mike McGraw announced his retirement Wednesday afternoon due to needing to be available to care for his wife’s health.
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Baylor golf is teeing back up for the spring season, as the team looks to find new light and start the new year strong.
Former Baylor golfer Ben Crane reflects on his year at Baylor and his time in Waco’s influence on his two-decade PGA career.
In the midst of the fall season Men’s and Women’s golf are finding the right momentum.
Silje Ohma is one of the best golfers in Baylor history. She enters her final season looking to forge a national legacy.
Baylor men’s golf head coach Mike McGraw is one of the most decorated coaches in the nation. Hoisting three national championships and 21 championship appearances throughout his career, McGraw has brought a “leave it better” mentality and image of success to Waco.
Baylor’s golf teams took to Grand Haven, Mich., this week to compete in the Folds of Honor Collegiate tournament. The women’s team took second while the men finished 11th.
Baylor Women’s Golf begins their season next week with the Folds of Honor Collegiate Invitational.
Baylor Men’s Golf season begins Sept. 8 at the Folds of Honor Collegiate Invitational, marking a fresh start for the Bears.
Baylor men’s golf carded its best round of the week Thursday but closed the season in a tie for 14th in the Big 12 Championship with a 69-over 1,189 at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla.
Needing 11th place or higher to become eligible for the postseason, Baylor women’s golf squeezes by, placing 11th in the Big 12 Championship. They shot 49-over 901 after the final round on Thursday at Houston Oaks Country Club in Hockley, Texas.
“Today was a tough day for the Bears,” head coach Jay Goble said. “I feel like we were prepared and ready to have a great day, but this game humbles you quickly. We will regroup and get ready to have a much better day tomorrow.”
Baylor men’s golf ended the Cabo Collegiate strong, finishing tied for 11th place after an even-par 284 in the final round Tuesday at the Twin Dolphins Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.
After an underwhelming ending to the 2024 season — placing 14th in the final rounds of the 2023-24 NCAA Championship — Baylor men’s golf has been training hard to rebound in 2025.
Hasegawa said that she loves the coaches in the Baylor program. Since transferring, she has improved her skills and made friendships within the team that allow her to be inspired and competitive at the same time.
After upsetting top-ranked Arizona State Tuesday, Baylor men’s golf closed out Big 12 Match Play with a 4-1 championship loss to BYU on Wednesday at the Clubs at Houston Oaks Country Club in Hockley.
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah bring the conference’s membership to 16.
Despite no Big 12 Championships for any program as of May 2, Baylor Athletics kept it moving with another year filled with winning seasons. Here’s a glance at the best sports moments of the 2023-24 year, even though both golf teams, softball, baseball and track and field are still competing.
“This golf course will test you, but par is a good score,” McGraw said. “The reality is, if you play well, you’re probably going to make it [to nationals]. If you don’t, you’re probably not going to make it. So ideally, we just need to do what we’ve been doing lately, and that will probably be good enough to get out.”
“I think every tournament since the Aggie — even though the finishes might not be first — we know we’re getting better and starting to yield the fruit of hard work,” McGraw said. “We still have a long way to go to be the team we want to be, but you can feel the energy, so I love that.”
It was Big 12 Championships week, as several Baylor Athletics programs took part in the annual postseason tournament or event. But since not every sport has started its postseason yet, here’s everything you may have missed in Baylor Athletics over the weekend.
“Aggie was a big, big turning point for us,” Dossey said. “It was nice, because we played really good team golf. Everyone contributed a lot. A lot of us were in contention individually. Then, in Arizona, I remember coach just kind of told us before the last round, ‘Let’s go build some momentum before conference,’ and that’s exactly what we did.”
No. 4 seed Baylor women’s golf is set to tee off in the Big 12 Championship event on Thursday morning at the Clubs at Houston Oaks Country Club in Hockley. The Bears are looking for their second-ever Big 12 Championship.
With basketball season over, it’s time for the other sports to entire the limelight. Whether it was a series sweep in the mountains or several blunders to the Texas Longhorns, here is everything you may have missed in Baylor Athletics over the weekend.
Baylor women’s golf finished tied for third in the Veritex Bank Texas Showdown on Tuesday after a strong showing on day one, which helped the Bears find poll position and win the stroke-play portion. The Bears finished match-play with a 5-1 loss to SMU in Tuesday’s morning session and followed that up with a 2.5-2.5 tie against UCF on at the Dallas Athletic Club in Dallas.
Baylor men’s golf wrapped up the All-American Intercollegiate with an eighth-place finish, thanks to a 3-over 291 on Tuesday at The Golf Club of Houston.
Not everyone’s spring break was spent laying out on the beach, as Baylor Athletics kept its spring slate moving through the time off from class. Here’s everything you may have missed over the annual hiatus.
“It was certainly not the week we were looking for, but I saw glimpses of what this team can be,” McGraw said. “Now it’s time to get home and clean up a few things and get back after it in Cabo.”
“We prepared, we’re excited, we’ve waited and now we’re getting ready to go compete,” McGraw said.
Here’s a one-stop shop for all things Baylor Athletics from the weekend.