ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The No. 15 Texas A&M men’s golf team faces a challenging course and elite field when the Aggies tee it off at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational Friday through Sunday.
The 14-team tournament field features seven teams ranked in the Golf Coaches Association of America top 25, including three of the top 10 teams. The Aggies are one of two SEC squads in the field, joined by Tennessee. The combatants also include five teams from the ACC as well as three from the Pac 12 as part of the national flavor converging on the tournament.
The stout field includes six teams that played in the 2023 NCAA Championships, including three squads which advanced to match play. Twelve of the 14 teams played in NCAA Regional competition.
The competitors are slated to play 18 holes each of the three days on the par-72, 7,092-yard Lakeside Course at The Golf Club of Georgia.
The Aggies are headed to the tournament for the seventh consecutive season and the 14th time overall. Ol’ Sarge’s charges best showing at the tournament came in 2021 with a runner-up finish. They finished third in 2010 and 2019.
Texas A&M’s lineup features four returnees, including two 2022-23 PING All-America Honorable Mention performers in Phichaksn Maichon and Daniel Rodrigues. Jaime Montojo and Vishnu Sadagopan are joined by newcomer Aaron Pounds to round out the Aggie fivesome.
The Aggies opened the season with a third-place finish at the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills. The Maroon & White finished sixth at the SEC Match Play hosted by Jerry Pate and followed with a 3-2 win against No. 12 Tennessee. In its most recent outing, Texas A&M tied for ninth in the loaded 15-team field at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational.
Friday’s action starts from No. 10 at 9:15 a.m., paired with Clemson and USC. The Aggies begin Saturday’s play from No. 1 at 9:50 a.m. grouped with Northwestern and Wake Forest. Sunday’s tee times will based on team standings through the first two rounds.
THE FIELD
Texas A&M (15)
Georgia Tech (3)
Tennessee (5)
Washington (7)
Virginia (14)
East Tennessee State (17)
Duke (22)
Charlotte
Clemson
Northwestern
Pepperdine
USC
UCLA
Wake Forest
THE LINEUP
Team
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