LIHU'E, Hawai'i – The Texas A&M men's golf team moved up three spots on the leaderboard Friday to move into a tie for fifth place on at the 47th John A. Burns Intercollegiate.
The Aggies carded a 2-over 290 at the par-72, 7,156-yard Ocean Course at Hokuala to finish tied with New Mexico six shots off the lead at 3-under 573. Arizona paces the field at 9-umder 567, followed by Grand Canyon (-7), Long Beach State (-6) and Utah (-5).
Phichaksn Maichon and Daniel Rodrigues both fired 1-under 71 on a day where scoring conditions were tough and the Maroon & White posted the third-lowest score of the round. Maichon ended the round tied for 12th at 3-under 141 and Rodrigues was one stroke back in 15th place at 2-under 142.
Michael Heidelbaugh and Jaime Montojo posted rounds of 74 and enter the final round tied for 31st at 1-over 145.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the round...
"We always want to have a chance to win the tournament and we do. We are six back and in good position to do just that. It was another round where we were a couple shots from a really good day, but we're making progress."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
The Aggies carded a 2-over 290 at the par-72, 7,156-yard Ocean Course at Hokuala to finish tied with New Mexico six shots off the lead at 3-under 573. Arizona paces the field at 9-umder 567, followed by Grand Canyon (-7), Long Beach State (-6) and Utah (-5).
Phichaksn Maichon and Daniel Rodrigues both fired 1-under 71 on a day where scoring conditions were tough and the Maroon & White posted the third-lowest score of the round. Maichon ended the round tied for 12th at 3-under 141 and Rodrigues was one stroke back in 15th place at 2-under 142.
Michael Heidelbaugh and Jaime Montojo posted rounds of 74 and enter the final round tied for 31st at 1-over 145.
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 the round...
"We always want to have a chance to win the tournament and we do. We are six back and in good position to do just that. It was another round where we were a couple shots from a really good day, but we're making progress."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | Arizona | 278-289=567 | -9 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 278-291=569 | -7 |
| 3 | Long Beach State | 273-297=570 | -6 |
| 4 | Utah | 279-292=571 | -5 |
| t-5 | Texas A&M | 283-290=573 | -3 |
| t-5 | New Mexico | 282-291=573 | -3 |
| 7 | California | 282-293=576 | E |
| t-8 | Fresno State | 290-287-577 | +1 |
| t-8 | San Diego State | 282-295=577 | +1 |
| 10 | BYU | 287-292=579 | +3 |
| 11 | UNLV | 286-294=580 | +4 |
| 12 | Washington State | 278-304=582 | +6 |
| 13 | Georgia Southern | 288-295=583 | +7 |
| 14 | Saint Mary's | 294-296=590 | +14 |
| t-15 | Little Rock | 287-304=591 | +15 |
| t-15 | UTEP | 293-298=591 | +15 |
| 17 | San Francisco | 291-303=594 | +18 |
| t-18 | Hawaii | 292-303=595 | +19 |
| t-18 | UC Santa Barbara | 295-300=595 | +19 |
| 20 | USC | 298-308=606 | +30 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-12 | Phichaksn Maichon | 70-71=141 | -3 |
| t-15 | Daniel Rodrigues | 71-71=142 | -2 |
| t-31 | Michael Heidelbaugh | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| t-31 | Jaime Montojo | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| t-89 | Aaron Pounds | 74-78=152 | +8 |
| INDIVIDUALS | |||
| t-89 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 75-77=152 | +8 |
| t-102 | Joe Stover | 81-75=156 | +12 |