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News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
STANFORD – The No. 19 Texas A&M men’s golf team earned a spot in next week’s NCAA Championship with a third-place showing at the NCAA Stanford Regional.
Phichaksn Maichon earned a runner-up finish in the loaded field with his tournament tally of 11-under 199. The Bangkok, Thailand, native tied Minnesota’s Ben Warian and Florida State’s Frederick Kjettrup checking in two strokes behind regional medalist Max Herendeen of Illinois who logged a score of 13-under 197. Maichon, who registered just one bogey in his 54 holes, posted a 2-under 68 on the day.
The Aggies shot 2-over 282 in the final round at the par-70, 6,727-yard Stanford Golf Course, closing out the tournament at 19-under 821. The Maroon & White finished behind regional champion No. 18 Illinois (-36) and runner-up No. 16 Florida State (-28). The two other NCAA Championship spots went to SMU (-10) and host Stanford (-10). No. 7 Ole Miss finished one stroke below the cutoff.
Texas A&M moved on to the NCAA Championship for the third consecutive year and the fifth time in the last six regionals.
Daniel Rodrigues finished tied for 10th place. He registered a 1-over 71 Wednesday and turned in a three-round tally of 5-under 205.
Jaime Montojo’s 2-under 68 matched Maichon for the Aggies’ best third round score. He closed out the tournament in 18th place at 2-under 208. Montojo record Texas A&M’s tournament leading seventh eagle of the regional on No. 16 and followed it with a birdie on 17 as he posted a combined 6-under on his final three holes of Tuesday and Wednesday’s action.
Michael Heidelbaugh and Aaron Pounds placed 28th and 59th, respectively.
The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship is slated for May 24-29 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Brian Kortan
On the challenge of regionals…
“It’s a really competitive week. The stakes are the highest. The chance to move on and compete for a national championship. It’s a tough week and you can never take it for granted. You look at all the regionals and there are some teams that aren’t going to San Diego (site of the national championship) who clearly had great years, but didn’t have great weeks this week. Our sport has become incredibly competitive. I don’t take it for granted and I know the guys don’t either. They know it’s what they play for – a chance to win the whole thing – but you can’t even talk about it unless you get there. I’m thankful for their effort and their great play and we’ll be ready to compete in San Diego.”
On Phichaksn Maichon’s runner-up finish…
“P was great all week. Makes one bogey in 54 holes. He grinded all three days and fought for every shot. It was a really good performance.”
On what he liked of what he saw from the players Wednesday…
“We were very steady. We were unspectacular, but we were steady. At the end of the day, the score doesn’t look great to the naked eye. We kind of let our guard down a little bit the last two or three holes and gave up a few shots. But in general, it was a helluva week. P was incredible. Dani (Rodrigues) was basically at par or better the entire week in every round. Jaime (Montojo) finished out his round incredibly strong for the second straight day. We got two great rounds out of Mike (Heidelbaugh) and Aaron (Pounds) contributed. That’s the recipe for a great team. Having five guys working their tails off and putting themselves in position to succeed.”
TEAM SCORES
1 |
Illinois |
263-270-271=804 |
-36 |
2 |
Florida State |
267-267-278=812 |
-28 |
3 |
Texas A&M |
271-268-282=821 |
-19 |
4 |
SMU |
285-265-280=830 |
-10 |
5 |
Stanford |
269-284=277=830 |
-10 |
6 |
Ole Miss |
271-276-284=831 |
-9 |
7 |
UCLA |
277-280-278=835 |
-5 |
8 |
Augusta |
280-278-283=841 |
+1 |
t-9 |
UNLV |
281-277-289=847 |
+7 |
t-9 |
Missouri |
286-276-289=847 |
+7 |
11 |
Liberty |
286-286-281=853 |
+13 |
12 |
Fresno State |
286-282-290=858 |
+18 |
13 |
Sacramento State |
296-275-290=862 |
+22 |
14 |
Siena |
287-299-288=874 |
+34 |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
t-2 |
Phichaksn Maichon |
66-65-68=199 |
-11 |
t-10 |
Daniel Rodrigues |
67-67-71=205 |
-5 |
t-18 |
Jaime Montojo |
71-69-68=208 |
-2 |
t-28 |
Michael Heidelbaugh |
67-67-76=210 |
E |
t-59 |
Aaron Pounds |
75-69-75=219 |
+9 |