Sunday, October 22
Greenville, S.C.
Texas A&M
at
Furman Intercollegiate
Aggies Finish Third, Rodrigues Places Fourth at Furman Intercollegiate
Oct 23, 2023 | Men's Golf
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Texas A&M men's golf senior Daniel Rodrigues finished in fourth place at the Furman Intercollegiate to lead the Aggies to a third-place showing at the event.
Rodrigues posted a 2-over 73 for Monday's final round to register a three-round tally of 5-under 208. He finished behind a trio of Chattanooga players, including medalist Paul Conroy who shot 8-under 205.
Vishnu Sadagopan tied for 12th place at 1-under 212 following Monday's 2-over 73.
Phichaksn Maichon posted the field's only final-round sub-70 score. His 4-under 67 moved him up 31 spots on the leaderboard Monday, finishing tied for 16th along with teammate Michael Heidelbaugh at even 213 for the three circuits.
The Aggies registered a team score of 10-under 842 and were bested only by host Furman (-20) and Chattanooga (-19) in the 15-team field.
In his collegiate debut, redshirt freshman Joe Stover tied for 24th place at 2-over-215. He moved up 12 spots on the final day with his round of 71.
The Maroon & White contingent was rounded out by a pair of true freshmen. Jack Usner tied for 32nd at 4-over 217 and Aaron Pounds was one stroke back in 38th place.
Texas A&M was playing without the services of Jaime Montojo, who ranks second on the team with a 70.83 stroke average. Montojo is returning from Spain after making his DP World Tour debut over the weekend.
The tournament closed the book on the fall season. Texas A&M returns to action January 29-30 when the Aggies head to Tucson for the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National Resort.
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 today's round...
"It was nice to see P (Phichaksn Maichon) jump back into it after a bad day yesterday. It was nice to see him play a more P-like round. The rest of the guys kind of just hung in there. It wasn't great. We were scrappy and fought to the end, but at the end of the day we have to do some things better. We have to take care of the golf ball a little better. We're not scoring it really well and haven't scored it very well on a regular basis all semester. There's definitely some things we need to coach to and work to and we'll do a nice dive into things with the players. We'll talk about things and work on getting better for the spring."
On working on the small things...
"It's doing the little things well. To be a really good golf team, you have to do the little things well every time you tee it up because the big things are the ones that have the most variables. That being said, hitting the driver we've been really pretty good at. We're not taking penalty shots, we're hitting fairways. What we're not doing is the little things. We're not clean inside of eight feet. We're not getting the ball up-and-down like we need to. Those things need to be a lot more consistent. They need to be there every day for us to be the team we want to be. We know that. We've identified it. And we've been putting work to it. At times this week we had good stretches, but over 54 holes we didn't have enough of those stretches to withstand a golf course that's fairly challenging."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
Rodrigues posted a 2-over 73 for Monday's final round to register a three-round tally of 5-under 208. He finished behind a trio of Chattanooga players, including medalist Paul Conroy who shot 8-under 205.
Vishnu Sadagopan tied for 12th place at 1-under 212 following Monday's 2-over 73.
Phichaksn Maichon posted the field's only final-round sub-70 score. His 4-under 67 moved him up 31 spots on the leaderboard Monday, finishing tied for 16th along with teammate Michael Heidelbaugh at even 213 for the three circuits.
The Aggies registered a team score of 10-under 842 and were bested only by host Furman (-20) and Chattanooga (-19) in the 15-team field.
In his collegiate debut, redshirt freshman Joe Stover tied for 24th place at 2-over-215. He moved up 12 spots on the final day with his round of 71.
The Maroon & White contingent was rounded out by a pair of true freshmen. Jack Usner tied for 32nd at 4-over 217 and Aaron Pounds was one stroke back in 38th place.
Texas A&M was playing without the services of Jaime Montojo, who ranks second on the team with a 70.83 stroke average. Montojo is returning from Spain after making his DP World Tour debut over the weekend.
The tournament closed the book on the fall season. Texas A&M returns to action January 29-30 when the Aggies head to Tucson for the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National Resort.
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 today's round...
"It was nice to see P (Phichaksn Maichon) jump back into it after a bad day yesterday. It was nice to see him play a more P-like round. The rest of the guys kind of just hung in there. It wasn't great. We were scrappy and fought to the end, but at the end of the day we have to do some things better. We have to take care of the golf ball a little better. We're not scoring it really well and haven't scored it very well on a regular basis all semester. There's definitely some things we need to coach to and work to and we'll do a nice dive into things with the players. We'll talk about things and work on getting better for the spring."
On working on the small things...
"It's doing the little things well. To be a really good golf team, you have to do the little things well every time you tee it up because the big things are the ones that have the most variables. That being said, hitting the driver we've been really pretty good at. We're not taking penalty shots, we're hitting fairways. What we're not doing is the little things. We're not clean inside of eight feet. We're not getting the ball up-and-down like we need to. Those things need to be a lot more consistent. They need to be there every day for us to be the team we want to be. We know that. We've identified it. And we've been putting work to it. At times this week we had good stretches, but over 54 holes we didn't have enough of those stretches to withstand a golf course that's fairly challenging."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | Furman | 269-277-286=832 | -20 |
| 2 | Chattanooga | 277-272-284=833 | -19 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 277-280-285=842 | -10 |
| 4 | James Madison | 289-279-291=859 | +7 |
| 5 | Richmond | 289-281-290=860 | +8 |
| 6 | USC Aiken | 293-276-295=864 | +12 |
| t-7 | Gardner-Webb | 289-283-296=868 | +16 |
| t-7 | Western Carolina | 290-281-297=868 | +16 |
| 9 | Campbell | 279-289-302=870 | +18 |
| t-10 | High Point | 296-289-291=876 | +24 |
| t-10 | William & Mary | 289-294-293=876 | +24 |
| 12 | Presbyterian | 293-293-294=880 | +28 |
| 13 | Davidson | 289-290-303=882 | +30 |
| 14 | Francis Marion | 290-301-294=885 | +33 |
| 15 | Charleston Southern | 292-287-307=886 | +34 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-3 | Daniel Rodrigues | 70-65-73=208 | -5 |
| t-12 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 71-68-73=212 | -1 |
| t-16 | Michael Heidelbaugh | 68-71-74=213 | E |
| t-16 | Phichaksn Maichon | 69-77-67=213 | E |
| t-47 | Aaron Pounds | 70-76-72=218 | +5 |
| INDIVIDUALS | |||
| t-36 | Joe Stover | 75-69-71=215 | +2 |
| t-32 | Jack Usner | 69-71-77=217 | +4 |
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