Aggies Finish Sixth at Valspar Collegiate Invitational

Monday, March 27

Palm City, Fla.

Texas A&M

Valspar Collegiate

COLLEGE STATION, TX - April 10, 2022 - Vishnu Sadagopan of the Texas A&M Aggies during the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Club in College Station, TX. Photo By Brendall O'Banon/Texas A&M Athletics

Mar 28, 2023 | Men's Golf

Final Results

By: Thomas Dick, Texas A&M Athletics Communications

PALM CITY, Fla. – Texas A&M sophomore Vishnu Sadagopan fired a career-low 7-under, 64 in Tuesday's final round as the No. 14 Aggies moved up to sixth place on the leaderboard at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational.

Texas A&M registered a 5-under, 279 on the last day to finish at 9-under, 843, at the par-71, 6,943-yard Floridian National Golf Club. The Maroon & White pulled even with No. 2 Arizona State in the last round. No. 4 North Carolina won the tournament with a tally of 825.

Sadagopan started the day with birdies on three of his first five holes and capped off the round with birdies on his last two holes. The product of Pearland, Texas, registered a bogeyless round with seven birdies. Sadagopan tied for 26^th overall at 2-under, 211.

Daniel Rodrigues was Texas A&M's top finisher at the tournament. He carded a 3-under, 210 to finish tied for 20^th place. Texas Tech's Ludvig Aberg won the tournament with at 11-under, 202.

Sam Bennett finished even, 213 to tie for 33^rdplace. William Paysse and Jaime Montojo rounded out the Aggie fivesome at 215 and 219.

Michael Heidelbaugh, playing as an individual, made a late run up the leaderboard. He fired a 3-under, 68 Tuesday to finish tied for 48^th at 3-over, 216.

Texas A&M wraps up the regular season on April 10-11 when the Maroon & White hosts the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Club. Bennett is slated to play the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, from April 6-9.

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TEXAS A&M SCORES

t-20	Daniel Rodrigues	69-70-71=210 (-3)
t-26	Vishnu Sadagopan	75-72-64=211 (-2)
t-33	Sam Bennett	70-70-73=213 (E)
t-42	William Paysse	73-70-72=215 (+2)
t-67	Michael Heidelbaugh (i)	76-72-68=216 (+3)
t-56	Jaime Montojo	70-77-72=219 (+6)

TEAM SCORES

1	#4 North Carolina	275-278-272=825 (-27)
2	#3 Texas Tech	277-273-281=831 (-21)
3	#10 Texas	280-283-274=837 (-15)
t-4	#7 Florida State	272-286-281=839 (-13)
t-4	Ohio State	281-282-276=839 (-13)
t-6	#14 Texas A&M	282-282-279=843 (-9)
t-6	#2 Arizona State	278-281-284=843 (-9)
8	#9 Pepperdine	284-288-274=846 (-6)
t-9	Duke	279-293-275=847 (-5)
t-9	Wake Forest	286-286-275=847 (-5)
11	#18 Georgia Southern	284-285-280=849 (-3)
12	Northwestern	288-283-282=853 (+1)
13	Houston	286-282-286=854 (+2)
14	Marquette	285-292-292=869 (+17)
15	Minnesota	291-293-286=870 (+18)
16	Lamar	294-300-295=890 (+38)

TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head coach Brian Kortan
On Tuesday's final...
"It was a roller coaster, except for Vish (Vishnu Sadagopan). Lots of birdies, lots of bogeys, but the guys hung in there. We made some birdies to finish up the round and we tied for sixth in a really good field. It's not what we're looking for, but we're seeing some stuff we're looking for. We're headed in the right direction."

On Vishnu's performance...
"Vish carried us today. But we've had that happened a few times this year, where someone has shot really low to carry us for a round. Willie (William Paysse) has done it. Jaime (Montojo) has done it. Sam (Bennett) has done it. Danny (Daniel Rodrigues) has done it. So we've had some guys step up and really help us finish off some tournaments. It was great to see Vish do that today and finish off strong."