PALM CITY, Fla. – The Texas A&M men's golf team wrapped up day one at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational tied for eighth place with Oklahoma after Monday's two rounds at Floridian National Golf Club.
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The Aggies carded rounds of 7-under 277 and 5-under 279 at the par-71, 7,088-yard Floridian National Golf Club to finish the day at 12-under 556. Auburn leads the field at 30-under, while Duke (-14) sits just ahead of Texas A&M on the leaderboard.
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Wheaton Ennis and Shiv Parmar paced the Aggies, tied for 10th place individually at 6-under 136. The pair both fired bogey-free rounds of 4-under 67 to open the tournament and followed with circuits of 2-under 69.
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Aaron Pounds sits inside is tied for 38th place at 2-under 140, posting scores of 2-under 69 and even 71. Jack Usner completed to loops tied for 57th place with a 2-over 144 tally.
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UP NEXT...
The Aggies wrap action at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational. The final round features a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start with Texas A&M in foursomes with Arkansas, Duke and Houston.
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TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the rounds by Wheaton Ennis and Shiv Parmar finishing the day in the top 10...
"Shiv and W were solid all day. They stayed out of trouble for the most part and gave themselves chances to make birdies. They will tell you they left a few strokes out there, but if you get five scores like that every round your team will be in great shape."
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On being in the mix with a lot of high-caliber teams...
"It's a great field with a lot of great teams. And I think we're one of those teams. We have a chance to be a really good golf team. We just need to continue doing the little things a little better and keep our confidence at all times. We'll battle. These guys will fight. We're looking forward to doing that tomorrow."
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TEAM STANDINGS
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TEXAS A&M SCORES
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The Aggies carded rounds of 7-under 277 and 5-under 279 at the par-71, 7,088-yard Floridian National Golf Club to finish the day at 12-under 556. Auburn leads the field at 30-under, while Duke (-14) sits just ahead of Texas A&M on the leaderboard.
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Wheaton Ennis and Shiv Parmar paced the Aggies, tied for 10th place individually at 6-under 136. The pair both fired bogey-free rounds of 4-under 67 to open the tournament and followed with circuits of 2-under 69.
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Aaron Pounds sits inside is tied for 38th place at 2-under 140, posting scores of 2-under 69 and even 71. Jack Usner completed to loops tied for 57th place with a 2-over 144 tally.
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UP NEXT...
The Aggies wrap action at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational. The final round features a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start with Texas A&M in foursomes with Arkansas, Duke and Houston.
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TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the rounds by Wheaton Ennis and Shiv Parmar finishing the day in the top 10...
"Shiv and W were solid all day. They stayed out of trouble for the most part and gave themselves chances to make birdies. They will tell you they left a few strokes out there, but if you get five scores like that every round your team will be in great shape."
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On being in the mix with a lot of high-caliber teams...
"It's a great field with a lot of great teams. And I think we're one of those teams. We have a chance to be a really good golf team. We just need to continue doing the little things a little better and keep our confidence at all times. We'll battle. These guys will fight. We're looking forward to doing that tomorrow."
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TEAM STANDINGS
| 1 | Auburn | -30 | 264-274 = 538 |
| 2 | Texas Tech | -28 | 273-267 = 540 |
| 3 | Texas | -20 | 268-280 = 548 |
| 4 | Florida State | -19 | 269-280 = 549 |
| 5 | Arkansas | -18 | 270-280 = 550 |
| 6 | Houston | -15 | 271-282 = 553 |
| 7 | Duke | -14 | 280-274 = 554 |
| t-8 | Texas A&M | -12 | 277-279 = 556 |
| t-8 | Oklahoma | -12 | 274-282 = 556 |
| 10 | Southern California | -10 | 277-281 = 558 |
| t-11 | Pepperdine | -8 | 279-281 = 560 |
| t-11 | Wake Forest | -8 | 286-274 = 560 |
| 13 | Arizona State | -7 | 278-283 = 561 |
| 14 | North Carolina | -6 | 282-280 = 562 |
| 15 | Rice | +5 | 282-291 = 573 |
| 16 | Augusta | +12 | 286-294 = 580 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
| t-10 | Wheaton Ennis | -6 | 67-69 = 136 |
| t-10 | Shiv Parmar | -6 | 67-69 = 136 |
| t-38 | Aaron Pounds | -2 | 69-71 = 140 |
| t-57 | Jack Usner | +2 | 74-70 = 144 |
| 81 | Jaime Montojo | +9 | 76-75 = 151 |