August 29, 2007
The Texas A&M men's golf team is ranked No. 11 nationally in the the preseason Golf World/Nike Coaches' poll released on Wednesday.
In their seventh season under Head Coach J.T. Higgins, the experienced Aggies return all five starters from last year's team that was the runner-up at the Big 12 Championship and was ranked 13th at the end of the season.
Junior Bronson Burgoon is a returning All-American and, along with seniors Bobby Gates and Martin Piller, earned All-Big 12 honors last spring. Senior Trey Todd and sophomore Austin Schauer also are returning starters.
The Aggies open the season at the Inverness Intercollegiate Sept. 10-11 in Toledo, Ohio.
Defending NCAA champion Stanford is ranked No. 1 with Alabama, Georgia, Florida and UCLA rounding out the top five.
GOLF WORLD/NIKE GOLF COACHES?â„¢ POLL
Men?â„¢s Division I ?- Preseason Edition
RANK TEAM POINTS
1. Stanford (19) 759
2. Alabama (3) 714
3. Georgia (3) 679
4. Florida (1) 659
5. UCLA (6) 636
6. Southern Cal. 609
7. Oklahoma State 587
8. Georgia Tech 501
9. Clemson 465
10. Charlotte 411
11. Texas A&M 366
12. UNLV 362
13. Coastal Carolina 338
14. Tennessee 331
15. Florida State 325
16. Lamar 291
17. Duke 283
18. Arizona State 278
19. Louisville 189
20. South Carolina 180
21. East Tennessee State 178
22. Texas 172
23. Wake Forest 166
24. Georgia State 142
25. Arizona 138
Others receiving votes: Minnesota, 129; BYU, 115; Tulsa, 107; North Carolina, 94; Auburn, 57; Texas Tech, 31; Michigan State, 21; Washington, 12; East Carolina, 11; Northwestern, 11; Vanderbilt, 11; TCU, 9; Mississippi, 5; Central Florida, 5; Chattanooga, 4; Virginia Tech, 3; New Mexico, 2; Pepperdine, 2; Southeastern Louisiana, 2; Penn State, 1; UC-Irvine, 1.