Pounds Leads Field Heading to Last Round of Gopher Invitational

INDEPENDENCE, Minn. – The No. 20 Texas A&M men's golf team were headlined by junior Aaron Pounds on the opening day of the 2nd Swing Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club.
 
Pounds owns a share of the tournament lead after Sunday's two rounds. His 6-under 136 tally is tied with South Carolina's Frankie Harris atop the leaderboard. Pounds registered a 2-under 69 on his first loop around the par-71, 7,464-yard course. In the second round he logged five birdies, including four in the first six holes to pencil in a 4-under 67.
 
The Aggies are in second place heading into Monday's final round. The Maroon & White logged a 1-under 567 after two circuits, including the tournament's lowest second score of 8-under 276.
 
In his collegiate debut, freshman Shiv Parmar is tied for 21^st place at 1-over 143 with rounds of 73 and 70. Jacob Sosa is also in 21^st place with his rounds of 72 and 71. After opening with a 77 in the morning, Wheaton Ennis registered a 3-under 68 and heads into Monday tied for 29^th at 3-over 145.
 
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UP NEXT...
Action wraps up at the 2nd Swing Gopher Invitational with Monday's third round starting at 7 a.m.
 
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the round...
"We had a really good afternoon round. We weren't very efficient this morning, but we cleaned it up and finished very well this afternoon. This course is a really good test and you have to stack shots to post a good score."
 
On the individual performances...
I'm very proud of Shiv (Parmar) in his first action as an Aggie. Aaron was solid all day and really did a great job in both rounds. We got great contributions from (Jacob) Sosa and W (Wheaton Ennis). Sosa put together a solid 36 holes and W answered the bell this afternoon after tough morning round. We are in great position going into the final round.
 
TEAM STANDINGS

1	West Virginia	-5	285-278=563
2	Texas A&M	-1	291-276=567
3	South Carolina	+2	292-278=570
4	Louisville	+3	290-281=571
5	Miami (Ohio)	+4	287-285=572
6	Marquette	+5	285-288=573
7	Iowa State	+9	293-284=577
t-8	Wisconsin	+11	288-291=579
t-8	Rutgers	+11	294-285=579
t-10	Minnesota	+12	288-292=580
t-10	Nebraska	+12	288-292=580
12	Little Rock	+15	290-293=583
13	St. Thomas (Minn.)	+16	285-299=584
14	Furman	+17	295-290=585
15	Northern Illinois	+26	300-294=594

 
TEXAS A&M SCORES

t-1	Aaron Pounds	-6	69-67=136
t-21	Shiv Parmar	+1	73-70=143
t-21	Jacob Sosa	+1	72-71=143
t-29	Wheaton Ennis	+3	77-68=145
t-70	Jack Usner	+10	77-75=152