ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The No. 15 Texas A&M men's golf team carded a 6-under 282 Friday to position the Aggies in fourth place at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational.
Texas A&M and Tennessee are seven strokes behind first-place East Tennessee State (13-under 275). The Maroon & White also look to leapfrog Virginia (10-under 278) and Wake Forest (7-under 281).
Phichaksn Maichon and Jaime Montojo paced the Maroon & White in the opening round at the par-72, 7,092-yard Lakeside Course at The Golf Club of Georgia. The pair posted 3-under 69s. Maichon fired six birdies while Montojo posted five birdies, including four on his final nine holes of the day.
Maichon and Montojo trail the leaders ETSU's Algot Kleen and Virginia's Paul Chang by two strokes.
Daniel Rodrigues is tied for 13th place after posting a 2-under 70. His day included four birdies and an eagle on the par-4 No. 2. Aaron Pounds and Vishnu Sadagopan registered rounds of 2-over 74.
The Aggies begin Saturday's second round at 9:50 a.m., teeing up at No. 1 paired with Northwestern and Wake Forest.
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TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On Friday's round...
"We had it going there through 11 holes. We turned to the front and made a few birdies up on No. 1 and a couple on No. 2 plus Dani (Rodrigues) made an eagle. So we kind of got things going there, but then we kind of stalled out playing some par-4s there the next three or four holes. We scored the ball pretty good, making 18 birdies. But we have to get the ball on the fairway. We didn't do that very well today, and that is typically a strength of ours. Tomorrow we'll focus on doing a better job of that."
On the rounds by Phichaksn Maichon, Jaime Montojo and Daniel Rodrigues near the top of the leaderboard...
"Those are guys that we're going to lean on to lead us through the season. So it was good to see them have nice rounds today. But all three will tell you that they left a ton out there. I guess there is some positives in that. They fought to the end. They made a few birdies in last hole to get us in position where we are today. There's a ton of golf to play and those are competitive dues that don't like to get beat. So hopefully that'll kick in a little bit tomorrow and we'll get after it."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
Texas A&M and Tennessee are seven strokes behind first-place East Tennessee State (13-under 275). The Maroon & White also look to leapfrog Virginia (10-under 278) and Wake Forest (7-under 281).
Phichaksn Maichon and Jaime Montojo paced the Maroon & White in the opening round at the par-72, 7,092-yard Lakeside Course at The Golf Club of Georgia. The pair posted 3-under 69s. Maichon fired six birdies while Montojo posted five birdies, including four on his final nine holes of the day.
Maichon and Montojo trail the leaders ETSU's Algot Kleen and Virginia's Paul Chang by two strokes.
Daniel Rodrigues is tied for 13th place after posting a 2-under 70. His day included four birdies and an eagle on the par-4 No. 2. Aaron Pounds and Vishnu Sadagopan registered rounds of 2-over 74.
The Aggies begin Saturday's second round at 9:50 a.m., teeing up at No. 1 paired with Northwestern and Wake Forest.
For the most up-to-date information on Texas A&M men's golf follow the Aggies on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On Friday's round...
"We had it going there through 11 holes. We turned to the front and made a few birdies up on No. 1 and a couple on No. 2 plus Dani (Rodrigues) made an eagle. So we kind of got things going there, but then we kind of stalled out playing some par-4s there the next three or four holes. We scored the ball pretty good, making 18 birdies. But we have to get the ball on the fairway. We didn't do that very well today, and that is typically a strength of ours. Tomorrow we'll focus on doing a better job of that."
On the rounds by Phichaksn Maichon, Jaime Montojo and Daniel Rodrigues near the top of the leaderboard...
"Those are guys that we're going to lean on to lead us through the season. So it was good to see them have nice rounds today. But all three will tell you that they left a ton out there. I guess there is some positives in that. They fought to the end. They made a few birdies in last hole to get us in position where we are today. There's a ton of golf to play and those are competitive dues that don't like to get beat. So hopefully that'll kick in a little bit tomorrow and we'll get after it."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | East Tennessee State | 275 | -13 |
| 2 | Virginia | 278 | -10 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | 281 | -7 |
| t-4 | Texas A&M | 282 | -6 |
| t-4 | Tennessee | 282 | -6 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 283 | -5 |
| 7 | Washington | 284 | -4 |
| 8 | Duke | 285 | -3 |
| t-9 | Northwestern | 286 | -2 |
| t-9 | USC | 286 | -2 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 287 | -1 |
| t-12 | Clemson | 288 | E |
| t-12 | Pepperdine | 288 | E |
| t-12 | UCLA | 288 | E |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-7 | Phichaksn Maichon | 69 | -3 |
| t-7 | Jaime Montojo | 69 | -3 |
| t-13 | Daniel Rodrigues | 70 | -2 |
| t-55 | Aaron Pounds | 74 | +2 |
| t-55 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 74 | +2 |