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Aggies Surge to Second Place at NCAA Regional
May 13, 2025 | Men's Golf
AUBURN – The No. 12 Texas A&M men's golf team registered one of Tuesday's two scores under par in the second round of the NCAA Auburn Regional, moving into second place for the last day of action.
The Aggies posted a 1-under 287 at the par-72, 7,607-yard Auburn University Club to leap four spots on the leaderboard. Texas A&M owns a 1-under 575 after two circuits.
The Maroon & White head to the final round eight strokes above the cutoff for advancing to the NCAA Championship. The top five teams at each of the six NCAA regional sites earn spots at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California for the championship May 23-28.
The host Tigers lead the field at 19-under 557, followed by Texas A&M (-1), New Mexico State (E), UCLA (+2) and Georgia Tech (+4) in the top five. Purdue (+7), SMU (+8) and Charleston (+12) start the last loop in sixth through eighth place.
Aaron Pounds paced the Aggies in Tuesday's play. He fired a 2-under 70 with four birdies. His two-round tally of 1-under 143 puts Pounds in a tie for 11th place.
All-SEC First Teamer Phichaksn Maichon is the top Aggie on the leaderboard. He posted an even 72 and sits in eighth place with a 2-under 142.
Michael Heidelbaugh is alone in 17th place with an even 144. He started the day with a 33 going out and registered an even 72, matching Monday's effort.
Wheaton Ennis and Jaime Montojo also duplicated their Monday scores with a 1-over 73 and 2-over 74, respectively. Ennis is in a logjam for 23rd place at 2-over 146 and Montojo is tied for 33rd at 4-over 148.
UP NEXT...
Texas A&M is paired with Auburn and New Mexico State for Wednesday's final round. The teams tee off at No. 1 starting at 7:30 a.m.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the today's round…
"We didn't finish quite like we wanted to, so we gave a few strokes back at the end, but overall we played really steady, solid golf. We kept everything in front of us and put ourselves in a really nice spot for the last round."
On going into tomorrow's round knowing if they play good golf, they won't need to look at the leaderboard...
"It comes down to we're in control of what we want to do. What we need to do is be us. We talk about 'finishing.' It's one of the emphases of our program. We finish off rounds. We finish off tournaments. We keep our eyes forward and take care of what we can take of – which is our ability to play the way we want to play. That's what we'll talk about tonight and that's what we'll do tomorrow."
On the individual rounds...
"It was a good round for Aaron (Pounds). I know he's disappointed with finishing with a bogey, but he was really solid, made some good birdies and some nice up-and-downs when he needed to. It was really the same with Mike (Heidelbaugh). He just kind of got unlucky there at the end, but they were leading us today. P (Phichaksn Maichon) hung in there even though he didn't have his best stuff and put up a score. Jaime (Montojo) and Wheaton (Ennis) fought to the end and they'll be ready to go tomorrow."
TEAM STANDINGS
TEXAS A&M SCORES
The Aggies posted a 1-under 287 at the par-72, 7,607-yard Auburn University Club to leap four spots on the leaderboard. Texas A&M owns a 1-under 575 after two circuits.
The Maroon & White head to the final round eight strokes above the cutoff for advancing to the NCAA Championship. The top five teams at each of the six NCAA regional sites earn spots at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California for the championship May 23-28.
The host Tigers lead the field at 19-under 557, followed by Texas A&M (-1), New Mexico State (E), UCLA (+2) and Georgia Tech (+4) in the top five. Purdue (+7), SMU (+8) and Charleston (+12) start the last loop in sixth through eighth place.
Aaron Pounds paced the Aggies in Tuesday's play. He fired a 2-under 70 with four birdies. His two-round tally of 1-under 143 puts Pounds in a tie for 11th place.
All-SEC First Teamer Phichaksn Maichon is the top Aggie on the leaderboard. He posted an even 72 and sits in eighth place with a 2-under 142.
Michael Heidelbaugh is alone in 17th place with an even 144. He started the day with a 33 going out and registered an even 72, matching Monday's effort.
Wheaton Ennis and Jaime Montojo also duplicated their Monday scores with a 1-over 73 and 2-over 74, respectively. Ennis is in a logjam for 23rd place at 2-over 146 and Montojo is tied for 33rd at 4-over 148.
UP NEXT...
Texas A&M is paired with Auburn and New Mexico State for Wednesday's final round. The teams tee off at No. 1 starting at 7:30 a.m.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the today's round…
"We didn't finish quite like we wanted to, so we gave a few strokes back at the end, but overall we played really steady, solid golf. We kept everything in front of us and put ourselves in a really nice spot for the last round."
On going into tomorrow's round knowing if they play good golf, they won't need to look at the leaderboard...
"It comes down to we're in control of what we want to do. What we need to do is be us. We talk about 'finishing.' It's one of the emphases of our program. We finish off rounds. We finish off tournaments. We keep our eyes forward and take care of what we can take of – which is our ability to play the way we want to play. That's what we'll talk about tonight and that's what we'll do tomorrow."
On the individual rounds...
"It was a good round for Aaron (Pounds). I know he's disappointed with finishing with a bogey, but he was really solid, made some good birdies and some nice up-and-downs when he needed to. It was really the same with Mike (Heidelbaugh). He just kind of got unlucky there at the end, but they were leading us today. P (Phichaksn Maichon) hung in there even though he didn't have his best stuff and put up a score. Jaime (Montojo) and Wheaton (Ennis) fought to the end and they'll be ready to go tomorrow."
TEAM STANDINGS
| 1 | #1 Auburn | -19 | 275-282 = 557 |
| 2 | #12 Texas A&M | -1 | 288-287 = 575 |
| 3 | New Mexico State | E | 288-288 = 576 |
| 4 | #13 UCLA | +2 | 283-295 = 578 |
| 5 | #25 Georgia Tech | +4 | 284-296 = 580 |
| 6 | Purdue | +7 | 288-295 = 583 |
| 7 | #24 SMU | +8 | 286-298 = 584 |
| 8 | Charleston | +12 | 296-292 = 588 |
| 9 | Little Rock | +15 | 291-300 = 591 |
| 10 | Loyola Maryland | +18 | 300-294 = 594 |
| 11 | TCU | +20 | 289-307 = 596 |
| 12 | Oregon | +21 | 297-300 = 597 |
| 13 | USC Upstate | +36 | 309-303 = 612 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| TEAM | |||
| t-8 | Phichaksn Maichon | -2 | 70-72 = 142 |
| t-11 | Aaron Pounds | -1 | 73-70 = 143 |
| 17 | Michael Heidelbaugh | E | 72-72 = 144 |
| t-23 | Wheaton Ennis | +2 | 73-73 = 146 |
| t-33 | Jaime Montojo | +4 | 74-74 = 148 |
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