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Aggies in Striking Distance Going to Last Round of Southern Highlands
Feb 26, 2024 | Men's Golf
LAS VEGAS – The Texas A&M men's golf team enters the final round of action at the Southern Highlands Collegiate nine strokes off the lead after Monday's action.
The Maroon & White fought wind gusts in the 40s to record a second-round score of 14-over 302 at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club. The Aggies are tied with Missouri for ninth place 8-over 584. No. 15 Oklahoma leads the field with the only score below par at 1-under 575. No. 1 North Carolina (+2), No. 23 Florida (+3), No. 21 Texas (+3) and San Diego State rounded out the top five.
Daniel Rodrigues was the Aggies' top scorer Monday with a 1-over 73. Playing for his fifth consecutive top 10 finish, he enters the final round tied for 16th place at even 144. Missouri's Jack Lundin leads the field at 8-under 136.
Jaime Montojo is next on the leaderboard for Texas A&M at 2-over 146 which puts in a logjam of nine golfers in 26th place. Phichaksn Maichon carded a 2-over 74 in the second round and is tied for 35th place at 3-over 147.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the day's action...
"All the teams in our group struggled a little bit. But that's golf. You have tee times and you have to handle the conditions you're presented with. We didn't do that as well as we could have. We needed to be more disciplined and efficient the entire round. We were at times and we weren't that far from having a good round. In the end, you're the score you post and we've go to do a better job of taking care of the golf ball and be more efficient."
On the opportunity to leapfrog some elite teams in the final round...
"That's what we signed up for. We knew coming in this would be a good field. It's a field we should be in and it's a field we can compete in. We're getting close and we had a good round yesterday. We're not that far from the top, within 10 shots. We have to play a great round tomorrow. I know the guys are resilient and they will battle all day tomorrow to do the best they can."
TEAM SCORES
TEXAS A&M SCORES
The Maroon & White fought wind gusts in the 40s to record a second-round score of 14-over 302 at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club. The Aggies are tied with Missouri for ninth place 8-over 584. No. 15 Oklahoma leads the field with the only score below par at 1-under 575. No. 1 North Carolina (+2), No. 23 Florida (+3), No. 21 Texas (+3) and San Diego State rounded out the top five.
Daniel Rodrigues was the Aggies' top scorer Monday with a 1-over 73. Playing for his fifth consecutive top 10 finish, he enters the final round tied for 16th place at even 144. Missouri's Jack Lundin leads the field at 8-under 136.
Jaime Montojo is next on the leaderboard for Texas A&M at 2-over 146 which puts in a logjam of nine golfers in 26th place. Phichaksn Maichon carded a 2-over 74 in the second round and is tied for 35th place at 3-over 147.
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 day's action...
"All the teams in our group struggled a little bit. But that's golf. You have tee times and you have to handle the conditions you're presented with. We didn't do that as well as we could have. We needed to be more disciplined and efficient the entire round. We were at times and we weren't that far from having a good round. In the end, you're the score you post and we've go to do a better job of taking care of the golf ball and be more efficient."
On the opportunity to leapfrog some elite teams in the final round...
"That's what we signed up for. We knew coming in this would be a good field. It's a field we should be in and it's a field we can compete in. We're getting close and we had a good round yesterday. We're not that far from the top, within 10 shots. We have to play a great round tomorrow. I know the guys are resilient and they will battle all day tomorrow to do the best they can."
TEAM SCORES
| 1 | #15 Oklahoma | 284-291=575 | -1 |
| 2 | #1 North Carolina | 283-295=578 | +2 |
| t-3 | #23 Florida | 278-301=579 | +3 |
| t-3 | #21 Texas | 284-295=579 | +3 |
| 5 | San Diego State | 282-298=580 | +4 |
| t-6 | #17 Illinois | 280-301=582 | +6 |
| t-6 | #2 Auburn | 287-295=582 | +6 |
| 8 | #4 Arizona State | 287-296=583 | +7 |
| t-9 | Texas A&M | 282-302=584 | +8 |
| t-9 | Missouri | 290-294=584 | +8 |
| 11 | Pepperdine | 282-304=586 | +10 |
| 12 | #16 New Mexico | 286-301=587 | +11 |
| 13 | UNLV | 291-298=589 | +13 |
| 14 | TCU | 292-301=593 | +17 |
| 15 | Georgia | 297-297=594 | +18 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-16 | Daniel Rodrigues | 71-73=144 | E |
| t-26 | Jaime Montojo | 69-77=146 | +2 |
| t-35 | Phichaksn Maichon | 73-74=147 | +3 |
| t-43 | Vishnu Sadagopan | 70-78=148 | +4 |
| t-57 | Michael Heidelbaugh | 72-79=151 | +7 |
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