LAFAYETTE – The Texas A&M men's golf team dominated the par-72, 6,898 Oakbourne Country Club Tuesday afternoon, finishing off a 17-stroke victory in the Louisiana Classics, the Aggies' third consecutive title at the event.
Starting the day with a one-stroke lead, Phichaksn Maichon left the field in his wake in a tournament record eight-stroke victory. He logged his second bogeyless round of the tournament with seven birdies in the final round for a 7-under 65. Maichon's 18-under 198 tied the tournament record set by former teammate Sam Bennett in 2022. Michigan's Hunter Thomson finished in second place at 10-under 206. It marked Maichon's second career collegiate victory adding to his 2023 Bearkat Invitational title.
Texas A&M posted Tuesday's best round at 13-under 275, completing tournament play at 31-under 833. Sam Houston, the only other team to break par in the final round, was runner-up at 14-under 850.
Daniel Rodrigues joined Maichon on the Louisiana Classics All-Tournament Team. He posted Tuesday's third-lowest score at 4-under 68 to move into fourth place at 6-under 210.
Jaime Montojo carded a 10th place showing. His even 72 round Tuesday closed out his 3-under 213 tournament.
Vishnu Sadagopan fired a 2-under 70 Tuesday to move up 30 spots. He finished tied for 18th place at 1-over 217. Michael Heidelbaugh also finished in the 18th place grouping as the entire Maroon & White five finished top 20 on the day.
Playing as an individual, Aaron Pounds shot up 26 spots on the leaderboard the final day with his 2-under 70. He finished the tournament tied for 26th at 2-over 218. Jake Maggert closed out the Aggies in the field at 8-over 224.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the Tuesday's round
"They didn't finish off yesterday like they wanted to. They were a little grumpy. Dinner didn't taste quite as good as they wanted it to taste and not a lot of words were spoken. I don't think Roddy (Daniel Rodrigues) who made a triple on his last hole of round two said a word until this morning at some point. They did a heck of a job. They brought a log of energy and focus. It was a great effort. A great job."
On Phichaksn Maichon's play...
"He can get in those modes where he can just strike it. This week was one of those weeks. I don't think he missed but a handful of greens. He made load of birdies over the 54 holes. When you get a guy doing that the other guys feel it and they want to do their part and we had a really great effort."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
Starting the day with a one-stroke lead, Phichaksn Maichon left the field in his wake in a tournament record eight-stroke victory. He logged his second bogeyless round of the tournament with seven birdies in the final round for a 7-under 65. Maichon's 18-under 198 tied the tournament record set by former teammate Sam Bennett in 2022. Michigan's Hunter Thomson finished in second place at 10-under 206. It marked Maichon's second career collegiate victory adding to his 2023 Bearkat Invitational title.
Texas A&M posted Tuesday's best round at 13-under 275, completing tournament play at 31-under 833. Sam Houston, the only other team to break par in the final round, was runner-up at 14-under 850.
Daniel Rodrigues joined Maichon on the Louisiana Classics All-Tournament Team. He posted Tuesday's third-lowest score at 4-under 68 to move into fourth place at 6-under 210.
Jaime Montojo carded a 10th place showing. His even 72 round Tuesday closed out his 3-under 213 tournament.
Vishnu Sadagopan fired a 2-under 70 Tuesday to move up 30 spots. He finished tied for 18th place at 1-over 217. Michael Heidelbaugh also finished in the 18th place grouping as the entire Maroon & White five finished top 20 on the day.
Playing as an individual, Aaron Pounds shot up 26 spots on the leaderboard the final day with his 2-under 70. He finished the tournament tied for 26th at 2-over 218. Jake Maggert closed out the Aggies in the field at 8-over 224.
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 Tuesday's round
"They didn't finish off yesterday like they wanted to. They were a little grumpy. Dinner didn't taste quite as good as they wanted it to taste and not a lot of words were spoken. I don't think Roddy (Daniel Rodrigues) who made a triple on his last hole of round two said a word until this morning at some point. They did a heck of a job. They brought a log of energy and focus. It was a great effort. A great job."
On Phichaksn Maichon's play...
"He can get in those modes where he can just strike it. This week was one of those weeks. I don't think he missed but a handful of greens. He made load of birdies over the 54 holes. When you get a guy doing that the other guys feel it and they want to do their part and we had a really great effort."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | Texas A&M | 276-282-275=833 | -31 |
| 2 | Sam Houston | 283-289-278=850 | -14 |
| 3 | LSU | 286-279-290=855 | -9 |
| 4 | Wake Forest | 289-282-290=861 | -3 |
| 5 | SMU | 293-280-291=864 | E |
| 6 | Michigan | 284-286-295=865 | +1 |
| 7 | Louisiana Tech | 290-287-294=871 | +7 |
| 8 | Texas State | 289-290-295=874 | +10 |
| 9 | TCU | 290-289-297=876 | +12 |
| 10 | Rice | 292-294-291=877 | +13 |
| 11 | Little Rock | 291-294-293=878 | +14 |
| t-12 | Louisiana | 296-294-294=884 | +20 |
| t-12 | South Alabama | 288-295-301=884 | +20 |
| 14 | Illinois State | 291-292-304=887 | +23 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| 1 | Phichaksn Maichon | 64-69-65=198 | -18 |
| t-4 | Daniel Rodrigues | 70-72-68=210 | -6 |
| t-10 | Jaime Montojo | 70-71-72=213 | -3 |
| t-18 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 75-72-70=217 | +1 |
| t-18 | Michael Heidelbaugh | 72-70-75=217 | +1 |
| INDIVIDUALS | |||
| t-26 | Aaron Pounds | 73-75-70=218 | +2 |
| t-58 | Jake Maggert | 72-73-79=224 | +8 |