Aggies, Maichon Cruise to Louisiana Classics Titles

Monday, March 11

Lafayette, La.

Texas A&M

Louisiana Classics

Mar 12, 2024 | Men's Golf

Final Results

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.

By: Thomas Dick, Texas A&M Athletics Communications

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 10^th 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 18^th place at 1-over 217. Michael Heidelbaugh also finished in the 18^th 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 26^th 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

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