BATON ROUGE, La. – Junior Cameron Champ finished in third place individually as the Texas A&M men's golf team wrapped up its regular season Thursday with a fourth-place showing at the Tiger Classic.
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Champ (-4) shot both rounds of the one-day event under par, including an opening-round 69. His four-under performance trailed only a pair of LSU golfers, champion Nathan Jeansonne and runner-up Luis Gagne. The showing marked Champ's second straight top-three finish and his third of the season. He has played his last six rounds under par.
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"Champ played great," Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins said. "He was calm and cool all day. He stuck to his game plan and really played with poise. He really has played great this spring."
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As a team, the Aggies finished in fourth among the seven-team field. They shot an opening-round 303 on the par-72, 7,419-yard University Club course before wrapping up with a 299. Tournament host LSU won the Classic with a 6-over score across the 36 holes.Â
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"Not sure if this is what I had envisioned when I signed us up for this tourney, but I do think it will be good for us moving forward," Higgin added. "It exposed some areas we need improvement and the boys got a taste of how courses are set up for championships. This was as good of prep as we could have asked for heading into the postseason. "
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In the 44-player field, Aggie junior Andrew Paysse (+9) held a share of 15th finishing with a final-round 75. First-year Aggie Josh Gliege (+11) sat two strokes back of Paysse in a tie for 21st. Sophomore Chandler Phillips (+12) carded a 78 in both rounds to wrap up play in 23rd while fellow sophomore Brandon Smith (+15) finished in a tie for 27th.
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Up next for the Aggies is the 2017 SEC Men's Golf Championships which will take place at the Sea Island Golf Club at St. Simons Island, Ga., April 21-24.
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Champ (-4) shot both rounds of the one-day event under par, including an opening-round 69. His four-under performance trailed only a pair of LSU golfers, champion Nathan Jeansonne and runner-up Luis Gagne. The showing marked Champ's second straight top-three finish and his third of the season. He has played his last six rounds under par.
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"Champ played great," Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins said. "He was calm and cool all day. He stuck to his game plan and really played with poise. He really has played great this spring."
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As a team, the Aggies finished in fourth among the seven-team field. They shot an opening-round 303 on the par-72, 7,419-yard University Club course before wrapping up with a 299. Tournament host LSU won the Classic with a 6-over score across the 36 holes.Â
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"Not sure if this is what I had envisioned when I signed us up for this tourney, but I do think it will be good for us moving forward," Higgin added. "It exposed some areas we need improvement and the boys got a taste of how courses are set up for championships. This was as good of prep as we could have asked for heading into the postseason. "
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In the 44-player field, Aggie junior Andrew Paysse (+9) held a share of 15th finishing with a final-round 75. First-year Aggie Josh Gliege (+11) sat two strokes back of Paysse in a tie for 21st. Sophomore Chandler Phillips (+12) carded a 78 in both rounds to wrap up play in 23rd while fellow sophomore Brandon Smith (+15) finished in a tie for 27th.
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Up next for the Aggies is the 2017 SEC Men's Golf Championships which will take place at the Sea Island Golf Club at St. Simons Island, Ga., April 21-24.