The Texas A&M men’s golf team wrapped up play at the 2015 Aggie Invitational on Sunday at Traditions Club, finishing in fifth place.
Oklahoma (302-288-294=884, +20) rallied to overtake second-place Texas Tech (308-291-288=887, +23) atop the leaderboard during Sunday’s closing holes to win the Aggie Invitational for the first time. SEC squads claimed spots 3-5 on the leaderboard with Arkansas (298-293-297=888, +24), LSU (297-298-296=891, +27) and A&M (303-287-304=894, +30) rounding out the top five in the team standings.
“Today wasn’t a very good round,” Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins said. “However, we did put ourselves in a position to win again. That’s the third time this year we’ve been in the final group with a chance to win a golf tournament, but it really hasn’t gone our way. I feel like our second round was really great and if we can put a few rounds like that together we’re going to have a good run.”
Individually, Aggie junior Ben Crancer (75-66-77=218, +2) carded his seventh career top-five finish, ending play with a share of third place. Meanwhile, California’s K.K. Limbhasut (73-69-72=214) took individual medalist honors back home to Berkely after finishing at two-under par.
Junior Andrew Lister (75-78-71=224, +8 ) posted Texas A&M’s lowest round of the day, carding a one-under par 71 to finish in a tie for 18thplace.
“That’s what is keeping me positive about this team,” Higgins added. “You’ve got a guy like Lister, who hasn’t been playing great, but goes out and puts together an under-par round in difficult conditions. We’ve got guys who can do it, but we’ve got to start putting it together with more than one guy at a time.”
Third-year Aggie Adrià Arnaus (73-75-77=225, +9) earned a share of 21st, while senior Greg Yates (81-70-79=230, +14) and freshman Andrew Paysse (80-76-80=236, +20) rounded out the A&M lineup in 36th and 50th place, respectively.
A&M sophomore Jake Goodman (77-74-71=222, +6) finished in a tie for 12th to highlight a quartet of Aggies completing as individuals. JuniorCharlie Benell (80-79-79=238, +22) in 60th place, sophomore Mickey Werenski (83-82-85=250, +34) in 69th and freshman Connor Black (86-83-87=256, +40) in 74th also played in the event as individuals.