No. 10 Aggie Golf Wins 44th Annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate

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Texas A&M

John A. Burns Intercollegiate

The No. 10 Texas A&M men’s golf team won its second straight tournament of the spring season with a five-stroke team victory at the 44th annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate.

Feb 22, 2020 | Men's Golf

Burns Final Results

By: Brad Marquardt, Athletics Communications

Lihu'e, Kaua'I, Hawai'i – The No. 10 Texas A&M men's golf team won its second straight tournament of the spring season with a five-stroke team victory at the 44^th annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate which concluded on Saturday at the Wailua Golf Course.

The Aggies built on the spring season-opening win at the Sea Best Invitational by outclassing the field at the Burns Intercollegiate. Texas A&M fired a final round, 12-under par 276 and finished the three-day tournament at 19-under as a team and well ahead of a Burns Intercollegiate field that featured seven teams in the Golfstat.com team rankings.

"I couldn't be any more proud of these guys. They really came ready to play today," Aggie head coach J.T. HIggens said. "We started off with a couple of birdies and we just kept increasing the lead throughout the day. We played rock-solid golf up and down the lineup. They earned it; they fought really hard. It was a great job by them."

All five Aggies were at par or better on Saturday with junior Walker Lee leading the way with a 4-under par 68. Lee finished eagle-birdie to put the finishing touch on the Aggies' strong victory. Sophomore Sam Bennett and freshman Jimmy Lee closed with 3-under par rounds of 69, while senior Dan Erickson posted a 2-under 70 and freshman William Paysse contributed an even-par 72.

"It was such a great team effort," Higgins added. "We had seven guys finish in the top 30 (including individuals), which is a great sign, and the young guys like Sam, Willie and Jimmy just keep getting better. All three of them were in the top 15. And Dan and Walker played really well too.

"That's two-for-two (team victories) this spring and I can't think of a better way to get things started."

In the final player standings, all five scoring Aggies placed among the top 25, including Bennett and Jimmy Lee who were both in the top 10. Bennett, who flirted with the lead all day, tied for third at 6-under, while Jimmy Lee tied for seventh at 4-under. Rounding out the scorers were Paysse at 2-under (t15th) and Walker Lee and Erickson at 1-under (t22nd).

Among the non-scoring individual Aggies, senior Brandon Smith tied for 15^th (-2), senior Josh Gliege tied for 30^th (+1) and junior Reese Ramsey tied for 47^th (+4).

Trailing the Aggies were New Mexico (-14), BYU (-8), Illinois (-7), UNLV (+1), UNCW (+1), St. Mary's (+2), California (+2), Arizona (+2), Virginia (+3), North Carolina (+5), Long Beach State (+11), CSU Fullerton (+14), Santa Clara (+15), Grand Canyon (+16), UTEP (+21), UC Irvine (+23), Utah (+25), Washington State (+29), Hawaii (+31) and Northern Colorado (+35).

Aggies on the Leaderboard (Final):

Place	Team	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Texas A&M	288	281	276	845
T3	Sam Bennett	69	72	69	210
T7	Jimmy Lee	71	72	69	212
T15	William Paysse	73	69	72	214
T22	Walker Lee	77	70	68	215
T22	Dan Erickson	75	70	70	215

Individuals:

T15	Brandon Smith	73	73	68	214
T30	Josh Gliege	69	75	73	217
T48	Reese Ramsey	78	69	73	220

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