ERIN, Wis. – The No. 17 Texas A&M men’s golf team broke the seal on the 2023-24 campaign with two freshmen making their debuts in round one of the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills.
The Aggies carded a 12-over 300 on the par-72, 7,731 course to sit in eighth place after the first round of action. Texas A&M sits 13 strokes off the pace with Purdue holding the lead at 1-under 287.
On a day when just 11 golfers found the sunny side of par, Jaime Montojo led the Maroon & White with a 1-under 71 to sit in a tie for sixth place.
Playing as an individual, Michael Heidelbaugh was next on the leaderboard with a 2-over 74 to land in a tie for 17th.
The other Aggie returnees were Phichaksn Maichon (75 – t-32th), Vishnu Sadagopan (76 – t-38th) and Daniel Rodrigues (78 – t-56th).
In their collegiate debuts, Jake Maggert posted a 76 playing as an individual and Jack Usner logged a 78 as the Aggie fivesome.
The Aggies’ start Monday’s round on hole 10 with tee times starting at 9 a.m.
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TEAM STANDINGS
| 1 | Purdue | -1 (287) |
| 2 | Marquette | +1 (289) |
| 3 | Augusta | +3 (291) |
| 4 | California | +6 (294) |
| 5 | Chattanooga | +8 (296) |
| t-6 | Nevada | +10 (298) |
| t-6 | Cincinnati | +10 (298) |
| 8 | Texas A&M | +12 (300) |
| 9 | Wisconsin | +13 (301) |
| 10 | Penn State | +18 (306) |
| 11 | Dayton | +21 (309) |
| 12 | UC Davis | +23 (311) |
TEXAS A&M SCORES
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