GREENVILLE, S.C. – Texas A&M men’s golf senior Daniel Rodrigues opened the Furman Intercollegiate with rounds of 1-under 70 and 6-under 65 Sunday to sit in third place heading into the final round.
Rodrigues’ two-round tally of 7-under 135 at The Furman Golf Club, which plays at par 71 and 7,005 yards, is one stroke behind the co-leaders Paul Conroy of Chattanooga and Erik Johansson of Campbell.
Michael Heidelbaugh and Vishnu Sadagopan are also in the top 10, tied for ninth place at 3-under 139. The duo flip-flopped rounds of 68 and 71 with Heidelbaugh going sub-70 the first round and Sadagopan firing the 3-under the second round.
Texas A&M is in third place heading into Monday’s final round. The Maroon & White carded rounds of 7-under 284 and 4-under 280 to end the day at 11-under. Furman leads the field at 22-under 546 on its home course. Chattanooga is three strokes back at 19-under 549.
Jack Usner, playing as an individual in his second career tournament, is in 15th place at 2-under 140 (69-71).
Aaron Pounds and Phichaksn Maichon rounded out the Aggie fivesome with two-round scores of 4-over 146. Joe Stover, making his collegiate debut playing as an individual, is tied for 36th place at 2-over 144.
The third-round trophy chase has the Aggies paired with first-place Furman and second-place Chattanooga teeing off with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
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TEAM SCORES
1 | Furman | 269-277=546 | -22 |
2 | Chattanooga | 277-272=549 | -19 |
3 | Texas A&M | 277-280=557 | -11 |
t-4 | Campbell | 279-289=568 | E |
t-4 | James Madison | 289-279=568 | E |
6 | USC Aiken | 293-276=569 | +1 |
7 | Richmond | 289-281=570 | +2 |
8 | Western Carolina | 290-281=571 | +3 |
9 | Gardner-Webb | 289-283=572 | +4 |
t-10 | Charleston Southern | 292-287=579 | +11 |
t-10 | Davidson | 289-290=579 | +11 |
12 | William & Mary | 289-294=583 | +15 |
13 | High Point | 296-289=585 | +17 |
14 | Prebyterian | 293-293=586 | +18 |
15 | Francis Marion | 290-301=591 | +23 |
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