April 13, 2010
UP NEXT: The Men's Golf team will host the Aggie Invitational April 17-18 (Saturday-Sunday) at The Traditions Club Golf Course in Bryan, Texas. Tee times will begin at 8:00 a.m. Central on Saturday (shotgun start) and Sunday 
with split-tee starts on #1 and #10 from 7:30-9:30 a.m.
LIVE SCORING: Fans can follow the Aggies in action online at 
http://www.golfstat.com.


COURSE: Traditions will be set up to play at par-72, 7,235-yards.


THE FIELD In the Polls (12 teams):
Golfstat Cup (as of April 7): Oklahoma State (1), Texas A&M (5), Texas (7), Texas Tech (15), TCU (25), Baylor, Colorado, Kent State, New Mexico, San Diego State, SMU, and Texas-San Antonio.
Golfweek/Sagarin (as of April 11): Oklahoma State (1), Texas A&M (4), Texas (5), TCU (18), Texas Tech (19), Baylor, Colorado, Kent State, New Mexico, San Diego State, SMU, and Texas-San Antonio.
TEXAS A&M LINEUP: TBA
TEXAS A&M SCORING AVERAGES (rounds played):
Pavan - 71.93 (27); Russell - 72.32 (19); Peck - 72.78 (27); Elvira - 73.58 (24); Shaw - 73.76 (21); Shindler - 74.17 (12); Cochran - 74.44 (9); Hurley - 74.57 (23); Evans - 76.67 (3); Lach 77.33 (3)
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LAST TIME OUT: The Men's Golf team finished third at the Morris Williams Invitational on April 6 at the University of Texas Golf Club. After two rounds on day one, the Aggies stood in fifth place with rounds of 14-over and 10-over. The team was led on day one by senior Andrea Pavan and freshman Cameron Peck who both stood in 14th at five-over. The Aggies shot seven-over in the final round to finish the tournament at 31-over behind Georgia (+26) and Texas (+27). Pavan shot one-under in the final round to tie for second at four-over. The Aggies were one of three teams to post three sub-300 scores with rounds of 298-287-291.
TOURNAMENT NOTES: This year marks the fourth Aggie Invitational. Oklahoma State has won a pair of team crowns (2005 and 2009), while Texas Tech took the title in 2006. Individual champions for the tournament include: Anthony Kim of Oklahoma (2005); Spencer Levin of New Mexico (2005); Oscar Floren of Texas Tech (2006); and Rickie Fowler of Oklahoma State (2009). Kim, Levin and Fowler are current members of the PGA Tour, and Kim placed third at last weekend's The Masters (12-under).
LAST YEAR'S RECAP (April 19, 2009):
NO. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE RALLIES PAST NO. 20 AGGIES TO WIN 2009 AGGIE INVITATIONAL
BRYAN - No. 2-ranked Oklahoma State overcame a big Texas A&M lead on the closing holes on Sunday to capture the Aggie Invitational by three strokes at Traditions Golf Club.
The Cowboys led the Aggies by five shots going into the final round, but A&M charged to a 10-stroke lead with just five holes to play. Oklahoma State played the last five holes in six-under-par while the Aggies played the same stretch in five-over.
The pivotal hole was the par-5 15th, where the Cowboys beat the Aggies by five shots.
Oklahoma State sophomore Rickie Fowler birdied three of the final four holes to claim individual honors with a six-under total of 65-73=138. Freshman teammate Morgan Hoffman was one stroke back at 69-70=139. A&M sophomore John Hurley tied for fourth at 71-71=142, the highest finish of his college career.
"Oklahoma State played well but we beat ourselves," A&M Head Coach J.T. Higgins said. "We didn't close very well on the last few holes and Oklahoma State showed why they are a championship team. They always finish strong and you know they will. We are very disappointed because we had it won and let it slip through our fingers."
The Cowboys finished at six-under for the tournament (714), followed by A&M (717), Ohio State (741), No. 16 TCU (744), San Diego State (744), Kent State (745), Lamar (746), No. 12 Texas Tech (749), New Mexico (749), Baylor (761), Wichita State (763) and Kansas (780).
The tournament was shortened to 36 holes after heavy thunderstorms forced the opening round to be cancelled. The course played much more difficult than in Saturday's first round, when lift and replace rules were in effect and 39 players shot par or better. Only seven players shot par or better on Sunday and the average score was more than five strokes higher at 78.05.
A&M senior Bronson Burgoon, who shared the first-round lead with Fowler, tied for 16th at 65-81=146.
Senior Andrea Pavan tied for 16th (69-77=146) and sophomore Nacho Elvira tied for 21st (71-77=148).
Competing as individuals for the Aggies, senior Clay Hodge tied for 13th (71-74=145), freshman Austin Schauer (70-79=149) tied for 26th, and sophomore Conrad Shindler tied for 36th (73-78=151).
"In my opinion, Oklahoma State is the best team in the country," Higgins said. "I think we have showed that we can play with them. If they are good enough to win the national championship, then so are we. We are disappointed to lose to them today but we'll get ready to battle them again at the conference championship."