No. 17 Aggies Lead Badger Invitational After Round One – Texas A&M Athletics

MADISON, Wisc. – The 17^th-ranked Texas A&M men’s golf team holds a three-shot lead after the first round of play at the Badger Invitational, shooting a 9-under 279 Monday at the University Ridge Golf Course.
 
The Aggies are ahead of Western Carolina (-6) and Illinois State (-5) while Marquette and South Florida (-4) round out the top five.
 
William Paysse and Vishnu Sadagopan led the way for the Maroon & White as the duo carded 4-under 68s and are tied for second. Paysse made the turn at 2-under after birdies on Nos. 2 and 7 before a birdie on No. 11 to move to 3-under. The Belton, Texas, native registered back-to-back birdies on holes 13 and 14 prior to a bogey on No. 17.
 
Sadagopan, who began the round on hole two, quickly moved to 2-under birdieing two of his first three holes. Following a birdie on No. 9, the sophomore moved to 5-under with a pair of birdies on Nos. 12 and 14 before a bogey on his final hole of the round.
 
Michael Heidelbaugh is in 15^th after shooting a 2-under 70. The Dallas native was 1-over after eight holes but reeled off birdies on Nos. 11, 15 and 16 to move to 2-under. Sam Bennett and Daniel Rodrigues are tied for 37^th at 1-over.
 
At the individual tournament at Pleasant View Golf Course, Dallas Hankamer tied for first at 1-under before ultimately falling to Purdue’s Kentaro Nanayama in a playoff. Jaime Montojo placed third at 1-over, and Evan Myers finished fifth at 4-over.
 
The Aggies return to the course Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. and are paired with Western Carolina and Illinois State. Live scoring is available through Golfstat and can be found here.
 

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Head Coach Brian Kortan Quotes
On today’s round…
“William and Vishnu shot good scores. They both gave up a shot at the end and they would prefer not to do that but those guys had good a good day. Michael Heidelbaugh had a good day. Two-under is never a bad score for us. Sam and Daniel are obviously not happy with the way they played, but when you are leading a golf tournament, it is hard to complain about much.
 
On finishing out the tournament Tuesday…
“We need to play a clean round of golf….