Braden Bailey continued to be a top-10 machine for the Baylor Bears,
finishing seventh in the Jerry Pate Invitational that concluded Tuesday in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.

Bailey, after shooting 64-69 on Monday, was in position to win but faltered on the final nine holes Tuesday. He wound up having to settle for a closing 72. No. 4 ranked Baylor placed third in the tournament, finishing seven shots behind Alabama and one back of Auburn.

For Port Neches-Groves ex Bailey, it was his third consecutive top 10 of the fall and his 13th in two plus seasons at Baylor. Despite the 72 on Tuesday, he lowered his season stroke average for nine rounds to 69.6.

His 64 on Monday, which featured eight birdies against two bogeys, was the second low round of the tournament.

CHIP SHOTS
Chris Stroud, after missing the cut on rounds of 75-73 at last week’s Safeway Open, tees it up in the first of two consecutive events on
foreign soil tonight. That’s right, tonight.

Stroud is part of the 78-player field at the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There is a 13-hour time difference, so Golf Channel coverage begins at 10:30 tonight. Next week, Stroud is playing in in the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges in South Korea …

Felicia Sauceda authored her second consecutive strong showing for the
Lamar Cardinals over the weekend at the Yale Invitational. A
week after firing her best ever collegiate round of two-under-par 70 to help Lamar win the Oral Roberts tournament, a strong finish by the Nederland ex enabled the Lady Cards to finish second at Yale.

Sauceda backed up a first-day 76 with a one-under 71 that was Lamar’s low
round. The tournament, originally scheduled for 54-holes, was trimmed to 36 by a final round rainout. Sauceda’s 147 tied for ninth in the 90-play field …

A handful of Dallas Cowboys legends will be at Brentwood Country Club Saturday for the first Dallas Cowboys Celebrity Golf Tournament. Included
in that group are Drew Pearson, Ed “Too Tall Jones, Mel Renfro, Preston
Pearson, Tony Casillas, Doug Donley, Everson Walls and former West Orange-Stark great Kevin Smith.

There are still openings for teams or individuals in the four-person
scramble, with the cost $350 per team. Proceeds benefit the Hurricane Harvey Relief program. Play commences with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call 237-7653 …

In the Monday Senior 50 Plus two-ball Game at Babe Zaharias, the team of
Benny Sharpe, Tony Trevino, Charlie Leard and Bob Luttrell won the front with minus-4. On the back, there was a five-way tie at minus-2 …

The Super Saturday two-ball at Zaharias saw the team of Adam Noel, Cap
Hollier, James Trahan and Dan Flood win the front with minus-1. On the back, plus 1 won for the foursome of Bim Morrow, Bryan Grant, Pete Reobroi and Wes McGuire …

In Friday’s two-ball, the team of Craig Geoffroy, Gary Fontenot, Mike Holler and Leard took the front with minus-4. The back went to the team of Morrow, Bill Hammond, Jim Mercer and Reobroi …

Format for the Thursday Senior Game was a flighted two-man scramble. The duo of Mike Landsford-Rick Pritchett won First Flight by one stroke with a 66. In Second Flight, 66 was also a winner by one shot for the team of Gerald Huebel-Robert Stansbury. In Second Flight, Harrell Guidry-Bill Jones won with a 73 …

Closest to the pin winners were Bob West (No. 2), Robert Stansbury (No. 7) and Huebel (No. 15) …

The Wednesday Zaharias DogFight was won with 15 points by the team of Tom
LeTourneau, Larry Reece and Leard, with the help of a ghost player. Closest to the pin winners were West (No. 2, No. 7) and Dillard Darbonne (No. 15) …

For those who are interested in checking out new clubs, Mizuno is holding a Demo Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Babe Zaharias. Players will be able to test Mizuno’s new driver and its MP-18 irons.
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**An earlier version misspelled the last name of Doug Donley**