Sept. 21, 1999

DALLAS, Texas - Aaron Pellegrom shot an amazing three-round score of 207, landing in first place to lead the Baylor men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the SMU Invitational, held September 20- 21 at Stone Bridge Country Club in McKinney, Texas.

This is Pellegrom's second consecutive tournament to finish in first place. He ended at nine under par 65-71-71--207 to edge Kent's Ben Curtis, a 1998 All-American who shot 67- 68-73--208.

The Bears finished the tournament on Tuesday with a combined score of 278-305-306--889, placing behind Kent (871), North Texas (883) and Texas A&M (884).

The Bears overall had outstanding finishes with Troy Ceasar tying for 28th place, with a final score of 227. Brandon Sanders tied at 37, shooting an overall 229. Jimmy Walker finished with a three- round 233 score while Johnathon Davison shot an overall 234.

The Bears will be back in competition on October 11-12 at the Red River tournament in Dallas, Texas.