TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 25 Texas A&M men's golf stands in seventh place with play halted due to darkness late in the second round of the Arizona National Invitational Tournament.
All golfers were left short of finishing the second round with most needing to complete four holes on the par-72, 7,200-yard Catalina Course at Omni Tucson National. Tuesday's action starts at 9:30 a.m. with the completion of the second round before heading directly into the third round.
The Aggies stand at 15-under par. New Mexico leads the pack at 35-under, followed by Arizona State (-34), Arizona (-31), BYU (-22), Fresno State (-21) and Missouri (-18).
Daniel Rodrigues leads the Aggies on the leaderboard. He sits in a tie for ninth place at 7-under. After shooting 2-under 70 in the opening round, Rodrigues had a blistering stretch to open the second round with five birdies in his first 10 holes. He has four holes to finish in the second round, sitting at 5-under.
Michael Heidelbaugh paced the Maroon & White in the opening round with a 3-under 69. With three holes remaining in the second round, he sits in 21st place at 5-under.
Jaime Montojo is tied for 41st at 2-under after starting the day with an even 72. Phichaksn Maichon and Aaron Pounds round out the Aggie fivesome at even and 2-over, respectively. Playing as an individual, Vishnu Sadagopan owns a 5-over.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On play the day's action...
"Getting started in the spring, especially coming off the week of cold and rain you we had, you can expect a little rust. I knew we'd get better every day. We did better in the morning than the afternoon and I expect us to do things better tomorrow. This is a talented bunch of guys. We're just not doing the fine things that it takes to post the scores we need to compete with some of the teams like Arizona on their home course and ASU (Arizona State) that's been down here a lot or New Mexico who plays down here a couple times a year. They're good teams that are familiar with this place. We've done a nice job of doing some things, but we haven't been able to score the golf ball as efficiently as we need to. We talked about that and we'll do it better tomorrow. We are doing some things really well, but need to be more efficient around the greens.
On Daniel Rodrigues' start in the second round...
"Dani had a really nice run there in the beginning of the second round and got some puts to fall. He did a really nice job in the morning, too, but probably didn't capitalize on some of his shots as much as he could have. It was good to see those putts fall this afternoon and he's put himself in position to have a really nice golf tournament. He's helping us out. We need those good scores because they (the field) are shooting low ones out here this week."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
All golfers were left short of finishing the second round with most needing to complete four holes on the par-72, 7,200-yard Catalina Course at Omni Tucson National. Tuesday's action starts at 9:30 a.m. with the completion of the second round before heading directly into the third round.
The Aggies stand at 15-under par. New Mexico leads the pack at 35-under, followed by Arizona State (-34), Arizona (-31), BYU (-22), Fresno State (-21) and Missouri (-18).
Daniel Rodrigues leads the Aggies on the leaderboard. He sits in a tie for ninth place at 7-under. After shooting 2-under 70 in the opening round, Rodrigues had a blistering stretch to open the second round with five birdies in his first 10 holes. He has four holes to finish in the second round, sitting at 5-under.
Michael Heidelbaugh paced the Maroon & White in the opening round with a 3-under 69. With three holes remaining in the second round, he sits in 21st place at 5-under.
Jaime Montojo is tied for 41st at 2-under after starting the day with an even 72. Phichaksn Maichon and Aaron Pounds round out the Aggie fivesome at even and 2-over, respectively. Playing as an individual, Vishnu Sadagopan owns a 5-over.
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 play the day's action...
"Getting started in the spring, especially coming off the week of cold and rain you we had, you can expect a little rust. I knew we'd get better every day. We did better in the morning than the afternoon and I expect us to do things better tomorrow. This is a talented bunch of guys. We're just not doing the fine things that it takes to post the scores we need to compete with some of the teams like Arizona on their home course and ASU (Arizona State) that's been down here a lot or New Mexico who plays down here a couple times a year. They're good teams that are familiar with this place. We've done a nice job of doing some things, but we haven't been able to score the golf ball as efficiently as we need to. We talked about that and we'll do it better tomorrow. We are doing some things really well, but need to be more efficient around the greens.
On Daniel Rodrigues' start in the second round...
"Dani had a really nice run there in the beginning of the second round and got some puts to fall. He did a really nice job in the morning, too, but probably didn't capitalize on some of his shots as much as he could have. It was good to see those putts fall this afternoon and he's put himself in position to have a really nice golf tournament. He's helping us out. We need those good scores because they (the field) are shooting low ones out here this week."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | New Mexico | 273-xx | -35 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 269-xx | -34 |
| 3 | Arizona | 278-xx | -31 |
| 4 | BYU | 278-xx | -22 |
| 5 | Fresno State | 271-xx | -21 |
| 6 | Missouri | 276-xx | -18 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 283-xx | -15 |
| 8 | SMU | 278-xx | -11 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 282-xx | -10 |
| 10 | San Diego | 290-xx | -9 |
| t-11 | Santa Clara | 289-xx | -6 |
| t-11 | Saint Mary's | 284-xx | -6 |
| 13 | Wyoming | 286-xx | -5 |
| 14 | Loyola Marymount | 286-xx | -4 |
| 15 | New Mexico State | 292-xx | -3 |
| 16 | TCU | 284-xx | +1 |
| 17 | Stanford | 295-xx | +2 |
| 18 | Iowa State | 296-xx | +3 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-9 | Daniel Rodrigues | 70-xx | -7 |
| t-21 | Michael Heidelbaugh | 69-xx | -5 |
| t-41 | Jaime Montojo | 72-xx | -2 |
| t-58 | Phichaksn Maichon | 72-xx | E |
| t-74 | Aaron Pounds | 75-xx | +2 |
| INDIVIDUALS | |||
| t-87 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 77-xx | +5 |