Strong Finish Gives Aggies Fifth Place Showing at Southern Highlands

LAS VEGAS – The Texas A&M men's golf team moved up three spots on the leaderboard Tuesday to finish tied for fifth at the Southern Highlands Collegiate.
 
A 5-under 283 in Tuesday's circuit at the par-72, 7,510-yard put the Maroon & White in a four-way tie with No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 11 Florida and No. 24 Pepperdine at 19-over 883.
 
No. 2 Auburn, the only squad to break par, won the tournament at 9-under 855 followed by host UNLV (+1), New Mexico (+7) and No. 9 Virginia (+10).
 
Michael Heidelbaugh powered the Aggies all tournament long finishing in a tie for sixth place at 1-under 215. He fired a double eagle round, closing with a 5-under 67 Tuesday.
 
Aaron Pounds was the next A&M golfer on the leaderboard, finishing tied for 39th at 9-over 225
 
Phichaksn Maichon, who scuffled the first two rounds, registered five birdies for the last loop to post a 4-under 68. He finished tied for 47th along with Wheaton Ennis at 10-over 226. Jaime Montojo rounded out the Aggie fivesome in 54th place at 11-over 227
 
UNLV's Caden Fioroni won the tournament at 9-under 207.
 
The Aggies return to action next Monday at the Louisiana Classics, looking to win the tournament for the fourth consecutive season.
 
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TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the final round...
"We posted a good score today. We let a great day get away from us the last few holes. Michael (Heidelbaugh) was excellent the entire tournament. I'm really proud of him. It was great to see P (Phichaksn Maichon) come back from uncharacteristically poor rounds the last two days. We really had solid contributions from everyone this week.
 
"Playing Southern Highlands can expose you if you aren't fully committed to what you're doing. With the better weather, the guys did a much better job of that. We certainly got exposed at times, but overall we played very well most of the tournament."
 
TEAM STANDINGS

1	Auburn	-9	287-287-281=855
2	UNLV	+1	290-287-288=865
3	New Mexico	+7	295-293-283=871
4	Virginia	+10	297-295-282=874
t-5	Texas A&M	+19	302-298-283=883
t-5	Florida	+19	307-295-281=883
t-5	Oklahoma	+19	307-285-291=883
t-5	Pepperdine	+19	295-292-296=883
9	USC	+20	307-294-283=884
10	Illinois	+23	302-295-289=887
11	San Diego State	+29	303-304-286=893
12	SMU	+31	317-293-285=895
13	Georgia Tech	+32	303-302-291=896
14	Washington	+44	312-302-294=908
15	Georgia	+48	311-306-295=912

 
TEXAS A&M SCORES

t-6	Michael Heidelbaugh	-1	73-75-67=215
t-39	Aaron Pounds	+9	76-74-75=225
t-47	Wheaton Ennis	+10	79-74-73=226
t-47	Phichaksn Maichon	+10	78-80-68=226
t-54	Jaime Montojo	+11	75-75-77=227