LAS VEGAS – The Texas A&M men's golf team opened action at the Southern Highlands Collegiate tied for third place after a first-round tally of 6-under 282.
The Maroon & White are knotted with Pepperdine and San Diego State four strokes behind the leader No. 23 Florida (-10) and two strokes shy of second-place No. 17 Illinois (-8).
Jaime Montojo paced the Maroon & White at 3-under 69 at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club He fired five birdies on the day and enters the second of three rounds tied for seventh place, three strokes behind the leader Jack Lundin of Missouri.
Vishnu Sadagopan registered four birdies to post a 2-under 70. He is tied for 15th place.
Aiming for his fifth consecutive top 10 performance, Daniel Rodrigues is tied for 24th at 1-under 71. Michael Heidelbaugh closed out A&M's scoring with an even 72. Phichaksn Maichon rounded out the Aggie fivesome at 1-over 73.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the day's action...
"It's was a really nice round. Southern Highlands is such a challenging course. It challenges you in every aspect of how you play the game. All our guys did a really good job. They weren't perfect. We know they won't be perfect, but they executed really well at a really high level and did the things they needed to put good scores on the board. All our guys kept themselves in position to shoot a good score all day long. That is something we need to do more of and we'll have to do it the rest of this tournament to compete for a trophy with this strong field."
On the Jaime Montojo's round...
"Jaime's been trending toward starting to put some rounds together, so it was great to see him play really well today. He did a really good job. He hit most of the greens and put himself in position to shoot a good score basically the whole day."
On Monday's expected conditions...
"It's going to get harder. The wind is going to blow really hard tomorrow with potential gusts into the 30s and 40s. It could be completely different tomorrow, but we've put ourselves in a really good position. I like where our guys are at and I like that we're getting better."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
The Maroon & White are knotted with Pepperdine and San Diego State four strokes behind the leader No. 23 Florida (-10) and two strokes shy of second-place No. 17 Illinois (-8).
Jaime Montojo paced the Maroon & White at 3-under 69 at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club He fired five birdies on the day and enters the second of three rounds tied for seventh place, three strokes behind the leader Jack Lundin of Missouri.
Vishnu Sadagopan registered four birdies to post a 2-under 70. He is tied for 15th place.
Aiming for his fifth consecutive top 10 performance, Daniel Rodrigues is tied for 24th at 1-under 71. Michael Heidelbaugh closed out A&M's scoring with an even 72. Phichaksn Maichon rounded out the Aggie fivesome at 1-over 73.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the day's action...
"It's was a really nice round. Southern Highlands is such a challenging course. It challenges you in every aspect of how you play the game. All our guys did a really good job. They weren't perfect. We know they won't be perfect, but they executed really well at a really high level and did the things they needed to put good scores on the board. All our guys kept themselves in position to shoot a good score all day long. That is something we need to do more of and we'll have to do it the rest of this tournament to compete for a trophy with this strong field."
On the Jaime Montojo's round...
"Jaime's been trending toward starting to put some rounds together, so it was great to see him play really well today. He did a really good job. He hit most of the greens and put himself in position to shoot a good score basically the whole day."
On Monday's expected conditions...
"It's going to get harder. The wind is going to blow really hard tomorrow with potential gusts into the 30s and 40s. It could be completely different tomorrow, but we've put ourselves in a really good position. I like where our guys are at and I like that we're getting better."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | #23 Florida | 278 | -10 |
| 2 | #17 Illinois | 280 | -8 |
| t-3 | Texas A&M | 282 | -6 |
| t-3 | Pepperdine | 282 | -6 |
| t-3 | San Diego State | 282 | -6 |
| 6 | #1 North Carolina | 283 | -5 |
| t-7 | #15 Oklahoma | 284 | -4 |
| t-7 | #21 Texas | 284 | -4 |
| 9 | #16 New Mexico | 286 | -2 |
| t-10 | #4 Arizona State | 287 | -1 |
| t-10 | #2 Auburn | 287 | -1 |
| 12 | Missouri | 290 | +2 |
| 13 | UNLV | 291 | +3 |
| 14 | TCU | 293 | +5 |
| 15 | Georgia | 297 | +9 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-7 | Jaime Montojo | 69 | -3 |
| t-15 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 70 | -2 |
| t-24 | Daniel Rodrigues | 72 | E |
| t-36 | Michael Heidelbaugh | 72 | E |
| t-45 | Phichaksn Maichon | 73 | +1 |