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Aggies Head to Final Round of Louisiana Classics in Second Place
Mar 10, 2025 | Men's Golf
LAFAYETTE – The Texas A&M men's golf team wrapped up day one of the Louisiana Classics in second place after Monday's two rounds at Oakbourne Country Club.
The Aggies fired rounds of 4-under 284 and 8-under 280 at the par-72, 6,898-yard course. Sitting at 12-under through two rounds, the Maroon & White head into Tuesday's final round chasing the leader LSU who sports a 15-under 561 score. The top five is rounded out by Louisiana (-7), Little Rock (+1) and Sam Houston (+3).
Defending tournament champion Phichaksn Maichon heads the Aggies on the leaderboard. He is tied for second place at 5-under 139. He opened with a 2-under 70 and followed with seven-birdie second round to score 3-under 69. Maichon is three strokes behind the leader Malon Potgieter of host Louisiana (-8).
Wheaton Ennis and Aaron Pounds are tied with two golfers for ninth place at 3-under. They recorded rounds of 69 with Pounds posting an eagle and four birdies on the first circuit and Ennis working a bogeyless round with three birdies in the afternoon loop.
Michael Heidelbaugh is tied for 14th place at 1-under 143 with scores of 73 and 70.
Other notable Aggies are Jaime Montojo and Vishnu Sadagopan who are entered in the field as individuals. They are tied for 23rd place at 1-over 145.
The final round begins with tee times at 7:30 p.m. The Aggies are in the final group with LSU and Louisiana, starting from No. 1 at xxx
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 grueling 36-hole day...
"Whenever you play 36 holes you know you have to bring your patience. You have to be ready for a long day and understand there's going to be some ebb-and-flow today the day. You're not going to play perfect golf for 10 hours like it takes to play. You just have to stand up to that challenge and be ready for it. You have to post the best scores you can using your patience, sticking to strategy and not being emotional."
On tomorrow's challenge...
"We're looking to win a golf tournament tomorrow. LSU is a quality team. They're ranked in the top 10 in the country. Louisiana's got a good team and they're playing on their home course. So we have to be ready to go from the first hole through 18 tomorrow and put a great score together.
Nobody really had their best stuff today. I'm looking for the guys to do a little better job tomorrow – be cleaner. We were a little sloppy today and gave some shots away that we shouldn't have. So I expect the guys to do a better job of that tomorrow and get after it, because I know they want to leave with a W as well."
TEAM STANDINGS
TEXAS A&M SCORES
The Aggies fired rounds of 4-under 284 and 8-under 280 at the par-72, 6,898-yard course. Sitting at 12-under through two rounds, the Maroon & White head into Tuesday's final round chasing the leader LSU who sports a 15-under 561 score. The top five is rounded out by Louisiana (-7), Little Rock (+1) and Sam Houston (+3).
Defending tournament champion Phichaksn Maichon heads the Aggies on the leaderboard. He is tied for second place at 5-under 139. He opened with a 2-under 70 and followed with seven-birdie second round to score 3-under 69. Maichon is three strokes behind the leader Malon Potgieter of host Louisiana (-8).
Wheaton Ennis and Aaron Pounds are tied with two golfers for ninth place at 3-under. They recorded rounds of 69 with Pounds posting an eagle and four birdies on the first circuit and Ennis working a bogeyless round with three birdies in the afternoon loop.
Michael Heidelbaugh is tied for 14th place at 1-under 143 with scores of 73 and 70.
Other notable Aggies are Jaime Montojo and Vishnu Sadagopan who are entered in the field as individuals. They are tied for 23rd place at 1-over 145.
The final round begins with tee times at 7:30 p.m. The Aggies are in the final group with LSU and Louisiana, starting from No. 1 at xxx
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 grueling 36-hole day...
"Whenever you play 36 holes you know you have to bring your patience. You have to be ready for a long day and understand there's going to be some ebb-and-flow today the day. You're not going to play perfect golf for 10 hours like it takes to play. You just have to stand up to that challenge and be ready for it. You have to post the best scores you can using your patience, sticking to strategy and not being emotional."
On tomorrow's challenge...
"We're looking to win a golf tournament tomorrow. LSU is a quality team. They're ranked in the top 10 in the country. Louisiana's got a good team and they're playing on their home course. So we have to be ready to go from the first hole through 18 tomorrow and put a great score together.
Nobody really had their best stuff today. I'm looking for the guys to do a little better job tomorrow – be cleaner. We were a little sloppy today and gave some shots away that we shouldn't have. So I expect the guys to do a better job of that tomorrow and get after it, because I know they want to leave with a W as well."
TEAM STANDINGS
| 1 | LSU | -15 | 279-282=561 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | -12 | 284-280=564 |
| 3 | Louisiana | -7 | 289-280=569 |
| 4 | Little Rock | +1 | 291-286=577 |
| 5 | Sam Houston | +3 | 290-289=579 |
| 6 | South Alabama | +5 | 300-281=581 |
| 7 | Rice | +7 | 287-296=583 |
| 8 | Oral Roberts | +10 | 292-294=586 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | +11 | 300-287=587 |
| 10 | Texas State | +12 | 289-299=588 |
| 11 | Illinois State | +16 | 297-295=592 |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee | +17 | 299-294=593 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-2 | Phichaksn Maichon | -5 | 70-69=139 |
| t-9 | Wheaton Ennis | -3 | 72-69=141 |
| t-9 | Aaron Pounds | -3 | 69-72=141 |
| t-14 | Michael Heidelbaugh | -1 | 73-70=143 |
| t-57 | Jacob Sosa | +8 | 79-73=152 |
| INDIVIDUAL | |||
| t-23 | Jaime Montojo | +1 | 72-73=145 |
| t-23 | Vishnu Sadagopan | +1 | 73-72=145 |
| t-51 | Alex Long | +7 | 74-76=150 |
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