Baylor pulls one shot ahead of Georgia Tech at Olympia Fields

With senior Cooper Dossey, the North & South Amateur champion, leading the charge, Baylor overtook Georgia Tech on Saturday at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invite and will now take a slim one-shot lead into the final round.

No team went under par on Saturday at the par-70 Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club, but Baylor’s team total was a 1-over 281. That was two shots better than the team’s first-round effort. For the tournament, they stand at 4 over, one shot better than Georgia Tech.

Dossey’s second-round 70 left him at 2 under, one shot behind Oklahoma State’s Austin Eckroat. (Eckroat’s team, meanwhile, climbed four spots on the leaderboard from 14th to 10th.)

Tech, interestingly, has its own leading man who is Pinehurst-proven. U.S. Amateur champion Andy Ogletree is making his first start with the Yellow Jackets this season after missing the Carpet Capital Collegiate – which his team won – because he was overseas representing the winning U.S. Walker Cup team.

The Yellow Jackets backed up to a 7-over 287 on Saturday after having gone 2 under as a team. Ogletree also had a second-round 70 and is part of a four-way tie for third at 1 under that also includes Pepperdine freshman William Mouw, Florida State’s Jamie Li and Ogletree’s Walker Cup teammate Cole Hammer, a Texas sophomore.

Both Baylor and Georgia Tech enter this week’s event after having won their season opener. For Baylor, that was the Gopher Invitational in Minnesota.