LIHU’E, Hawai’i – The Texas A&M men’s golf team continues the spring slate Thursday at the 46th annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate. The par 72, 7,156 yard Ocean Course at Hokuala is site of the three-day, 54-hole tournament.
Texas A&M trots out a formidable lineup headlined by three-time All-American Sam Bennett. He is joined by Daniel Rodrigues, Phichaksn Maichon, Jamie Montojo and Michael Heidelbaugh. Vishunu Sadagopan is also slated to compete as an individual at the event.
The Aggies enter the fray slotted and No. 10 in the Golfstat Ranking and Bushnell/Golfweek Division Coaches Poll and No. 11 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Collegiate Ranking presented by StrackaLine.
The Aggies will see familiar faces at the tournament. Seven other teams played at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate two weeks ago which Texas A&M claimed by three-strokes over host Arizona.
The field includes 21 teams, including three teams in the Golfstat Rankings top 20. Nine conferences are represented, including five each from the Pac-12 and Mountain West and four teams from the West Coast Conference. Texas A&M is the lone representative of the SEC.
Texas A&M owns a pair of titles at the Burns Intercollegiate, winning the tournament in 2009 and 2018. Aggies have earned medalist honors at the event on four occasions, including Andrea Pavan in 2010, John Hurley in 2011 and Chandler Phillips going back-to-back in 2017 and ’18,
In Texas A&M’s visit to the tournament last year, they finished fifth, but Bennett wowed the crowd in the final round, firing a tournament record 8-under 64 to finish second at 11-under. Bennett’s charge helped the Aggies jump five spots on the final day.
The tournament is named for the John A. Burns, the governor of Hawai’i from 1962-74. Tiger Woods (1996) headlines the list of former medalists at the event. Other victors who have gone on to win tournaments on the PGA Tour include Steve Pate (1983), Notah Begay (1995), Bo Van Pelt (1997) and Ryan Moore (2005).
Texas A&M has three victories in the 2022-23 campaign, including the Badger Invitational, the Blessings Collegiate Invitational and the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate.
Action starts all three days with shotguns starts slated for 12:30 p.m Central. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
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