The Aggies won their third title of the season at the Arizona Intercollegiate Victory – Texas A&M Athletics

TUCSON, Ariz. Well. 11 The Texas A&M men’s golf team earned its third tournament trophy of the season with a 36-under par performance at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate at Tucson Country Club.

The Maroon & White shot 828 (270-278-280) on the par-72, 7,072 course to beat host No. 22 Arizona (-33) by three strokes. California (-23), BYU (-16) and Long Beach State (-11) rounded out the top five.

The Maroon & White led Arizona by two strokes and all 10 golfers had one hole to play. Vishnu Sadagopan sealed the deal with a birdie to end the run, and A&M picked up its third win of the season.

Arizona and Texas A&M were tied with four holes left, but Sam Bennett led a late charge posting three birdies down the stretch. He carded a 4-under-par 68 to lead Ol’ Sarge by strokes going into the final round.

Bennett and Phichaksn Maichon tied for sixth at 9-under, 207. Jaime Montojo also landed in the top 10 with an eighth-place finish at 8-under, 208. BYU’s Zac Jones was medalist at 16-under 200.

The Aggies five finished with Sadagopan in 11th^th ranked 6-under, 210 and Daniel Rodriguez sending 3-over, 219.

Michael Heidelbaughwho competed as an individual was also tied for 11th^th at 6-year-olds, 210.

Texas A&M finished the second round Tuesday morning at 10-under, 278, a five-shot lead over Arizona and California at 29-under-par, 549. Maichon highlighted A&M’s second-round 5-under, 67, including eight birdies. Bennett card 3 under 69.

The Aggies will return to action on the 16th-18th. in February when they travel to Lihue, Hawaii for the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at Ocean Course Hokuala.

team SCORE
Texas A&M 270-278-280=828 (-36)

Arizona 276-277-278=831 (-33)
California 278-276-287=841 (-23)
Brigham Young 275-285-288=848 (-16)
Long Beach State 285-280-288=853 (-11)
SMU 288-282-284=854 (-10)
New Mexico 289-284-284=858 (-6)
Iowa State 287-285-287=859 (-5)
Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 297-283-280=860 (-4)
Santa Clara 285-289-291=865 (+1)
West Virginia 298-291-280=869 (+5)
Cal Poly 292-281-298=871 (+7)
Seattle 289-288-294=871 (+7)
New Mexico State 288-291-296=875 (+11)
Central Michigan 300-304-300=904 (+40)

INDIVIDUAL SCORE

T6th Phichaksn Maichon 70-67-70=207 (-9)
T6th Sam Bennett 70-69-68=207 (-9)
T8th Jaime Montojo 66-71-71=208 (-8)
T11th Vishnu Sadagopan 68-71-71=210 (-6)
T11th Michael Heidelbaugh (i) 69-69-72=210 (-6)
T50th Daniel Rodriguez 66-80-73=219 (+3)

TEXAS A&M QUOTES

Senior Sam Bennett
With a strong goal…

“It was good. It was a pretty frustrating round for me at first. I didn’t get many putts to drop, but I was able to stay patient. Coach (Matt) Fast and (Brian Kortan) told me on the 15th that we were tied, so I knew I had to make a few birdies coming down the stretch. I was able to make three of my last four pretty crucial birdies to close out Arizona on my home course. It feels good.”

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