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DALLAS-The Texas A&M men's golf team continues its whirlwind fall schedule this week when the Aggies participate in the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate at Royal Oaks Country Club.
A&M will face off against a strong 14-team field that includes two-time defending national champion Augusta State, Army, Duke, Houston, Iowa, Lamar, Missouri, New Mexico, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Tulsa, and co-hosts SMU and Baylor. The first two rounds will take place on Monday with the third and final round set for Tuesday at the par-71, 7,068-yard course.
"We love Royal Oaks," head coach J.T. Higgins said. "We think it's a great golf course, it's good for us and we have a pretty good game plan for it and how to attack it. The tournament features a pretty good field, there are a lot of teams here that have had success. Arkansas is here, they've already won two or three tournaments and are a really good top-10 team. Iowa is back, they won it last year and beat us by a few strokes last week in Atlanta. UNLV has already won a tournament this year, and they're in it."
The tournament will be the third in as many weeks for the Aggies, who most recently posted a ninth-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championship last week outside Atlanta. A&M won the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate in both 2008 and 2009, and posted a runner-up finish at a rain-shortened event last fall.
Sophomore Johannes Veerman will lead the team into play this week fresh off his first career victory, earning co-medalist honors at the USCC with a 6-under 210. The Sugar Land native has a team-best 71.00 stroke average and has gone par or better in five of six rounds this season. The rest of the Aggie contingent will feature All-Americans Jordan Russell (73.67) and Cameron Peck (74.00), redshirt freshman Greg Yates and senior Geoff Shaw. Yates and Shaw will be seeing their first action of the season. In addition, sophomore Jade Scott (73.67) will compete as an individual.
"I know the guys are excited and want to get back out there," Higgins said. "They feel like they've got something to prove and that we're a lot better than we've shown so far. They want to get back out and compete and we'll have a good week."
A&M will be paired with Baylor and Augusta State in the first two rounds and will tee off in a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m.
For Aggie fans interested in attending, Royal Oaks is located just east of Central Expressway (US 75) on Greenville Avenue. The course sits south of LBJ Freeway (I-635) between Royal Lane and Meadow Road.
Fans can also follow the action through live scoring at Golfstat.com and aggieathletics.com. Updates will also be available on twitter at @AggieMensGolf.
ROYAL OAKS INTERCOLLEGIATE BREAKDOWN
October 31 and November 1
Royal Oaks Country Club (par 71, 7,068 yards)
Dallas, Texas
Co-Hosts: Baylor and SMU
The Field (14 teams): Army, Augusta State, Baylor, Duke, Houston, Iowa, Lamar, Missouri, New Mexico, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas A&M, Tulsa
Format: team stroke play, 54 holes
Defending Champions: Iowa (551, -17); Vince India (132, -10)
Rounds 1 & 2: Monday, 8:30 a.m. (CT)
Round 3: Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. (CT)
A&M lineup: Jordan Russell (Sr., 73.67); Cameron Peck (Jr., 74.00); Johannes Veerman (So., 71.00); Greg Yates (RFr., Mansfield, Texas); and Geoff Shaw (Sr., Edmond, Okla.). Jade Scott (So., 73.67) will compete as an individual.
Live Scoring: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=2789
Updates: via twitter at @AggieMensGolf
Up Next: Nov. 7 & 8 at Amelia National Intercollegiate, Fernandina Beach, Fla.