LAFAYETTE – The Texas A&M men's golf team claimed their third tournament title of the season with Tuesday's victory at the Louisiana Classics.
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The Aggies played a steady final round of golf to hold off their playing partners Michigan and Little Rock along with hard-charging Middle Tennessee. Texas A&M penciled in a 1-under 287 in the last loop around the par-72, 6,898-yard Oakbourne Country Club.
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Texas A&M won the event for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Aggies finished the tournament at 24-under 840 to win by seven strokes over Little Rock (-17). Middle Tennessee (-16), East Tennessee State (-14) and Michigan (-13) rounded out the top five of the 16-team field.
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Jaime Montojo was Texas A&M's top performer at the event. He finished the tournament tied for eighth place at 6-under 210 following Tuesday's 1-under 71.
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Kris Kuvaas registered Texas A&M's best final round score with a 3-under 69. He finished the tournament at 4-under 212, joining Shiv Parmer and Aaron Pounds in 15th place. Alex Long was one stroke back in 19th place at 3-under 213.
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Other Aggies in the field included Wheaton Ennis in 29th place followed by Jack Usner in 47th and Jacob Sosa in 67th.
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Texas A&M has added three trophies to the mantle this season, including the 2nd Swing Gopher Invitational and the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational.
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UP NEXT...
The Aggies head to Floridian National Golf Club in Palm City, Florida for the Valspar Collegiate Invitational March 23-24.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the team effort into the scoreboard…
"It takes the entire team for us to have a great week. We've got good players, but we have to play five guys, and they need to be in those five rounds of golf and that's what this week was, a really great team effort to come out on top is always great. It was good to see good golf out of a lot of different guys."
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On Jaime Montojo being at the top of the leaderboard…
"Jaime had a really great week. He has played solidly all spring which is great to see. He hung in there and played a nice round today, it was good to see him play well."
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On bringing back home a trophy…
"Whenever you leave town, you want to play well enough to have the chance to win. It's always great to win a tournament. It's not easy to do especially on the back end of a busy stretch. So, to see them in there and bring home a win it's awesome to see."
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TEAM STANDINGS
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TEXAS A&M SCORES
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The Aggies played a steady final round of golf to hold off their playing partners Michigan and Little Rock along with hard-charging Middle Tennessee. Texas A&M penciled in a 1-under 287 in the last loop around the par-72, 6,898-yard Oakbourne Country Club.
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Texas A&M won the event for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Aggies finished the tournament at 24-under 840 to win by seven strokes over Little Rock (-17). Middle Tennessee (-16), East Tennessee State (-14) and Michigan (-13) rounded out the top five of the 16-team field.
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Jaime Montojo was Texas A&M's top performer at the event. He finished the tournament tied for eighth place at 6-under 210 following Tuesday's 1-under 71.
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Kris Kuvaas registered Texas A&M's best final round score with a 3-under 69. He finished the tournament at 4-under 212, joining Shiv Parmer and Aaron Pounds in 15th place. Alex Long was one stroke back in 19th place at 3-under 213.
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Other Aggies in the field included Wheaton Ennis in 29th place followed by Jack Usner in 47th and Jacob Sosa in 67th.
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Texas A&M has added three trophies to the mantle this season, including the 2nd Swing Gopher Invitational and the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational.
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UP NEXT...
The Aggies head to Floridian National Golf Club in Palm City, Florida for the Valspar Collegiate Invitational March 23-24.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the team effort into the scoreboard…
"It takes the entire team for us to have a great week. We've got good players, but we have to play five guys, and they need to be in those five rounds of golf and that's what this week was, a really great team effort to come out on top is always great. It was good to see good golf out of a lot of different guys."
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On Jaime Montojo being at the top of the leaderboard…
"Jaime had a really great week. He has played solidly all spring which is great to see. He hung in there and played a nice round today, it was good to see him play well."
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On bringing back home a trophy…
"Whenever you leave town, you want to play well enough to have the chance to win. It's always great to win a tournament. It's not easy to do especially on the back end of a busy stretch. So, to see them in there and bring home a win it's awesome to see."
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TEAM STANDINGS
| 1 | Texas A&M | -24 | 278-275-287 = 840 |
| 2 | Little Rock | -17 | 280-281-286 = 847 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | -16 | 285-285-278 = 848 |
| 4 | East Tennessee State | -14 | 284-282-284 = 850 |
| 5 | Michigan | -13 | 282-280-289 = 851 |
| 6 | New Mexico State | -12 | 277-291-284 = 852 |
| 7 | Lamar | -11 | 291-272-290 = 853 |
| 8 | North Texas | -10 | 284-287-293 = 854 |
| 9 | Louisiana | -5 | 286-283-290 = 859 |
| 10 | Sam Houston | -2 | Â 290-287-285 = 862 |
| 11 | Oral Roberts | -1 | 283-292-288 = 863 |
| 12 | Illinois State | E | 294-284-286 = 865 |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech | +1 | 289-288-288 = 865 |
| t-14 | South Alabama | +2 | 288-288-290 = 866 |
| t-14 | Texas State | +2 | 290-284-292 = 866 |
| 16 | Southern Illinois | +4 | 289-288-288 = 868 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-8 | Jaime Montojo | -6 | 70-69-71 = 210 |
| t-15 | Kris Kuvaas | -4 | 68-75-69 = 212 |
| t-15 | Shiv Parmar (i) | -4 | 69-69-74 = 212 |
| t-15 | Aaron Pounds | -4 | 70-68-74 = 212 |
| t-19 | Alex Long | -3 | 70-69-74 = 213 |
| t-29 | Wheaton Ennis | -2 | 72-69-73 = 214 |
| t-47 | Jack Usner (i) | +1 | 68-77-72 = 217 |
| t-67 | Jacob Sosa (i) | +6 | 72-76-74 = 222 |