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Aggies in Eighth Place after Round One of Southern Highlands Collegiate – Texas A&M Athletics

Aggies in Eighth Place after Round One of Southern Highlands Collegiate - Texas A&M Athletics


LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The No. 15 Texas A&M men’s golf team finished round one tied for eighth place at the prestigious Southern Highlands Collegiate. The Aggies carded a 1-under, 287 at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club in Sunday’s action.
 
William Paysse led the Maroon & White with a 3-under, 69. The senior fired three birdies in a bogeyless round to finish the day tied for 11th place.
 
Freshman Jaime Montojo is tied for 15th place at 2-under, 70. He logged five birdies on the day, including three on the front nine.
 
Dallas Hankamer and Daniel Rodrigues shot 2-over, 74 and Sam Bennett finished the round at 3-over, 75.
 
North Carolina leads the field at 17-under, 271 with Pepperdine in second place at 10-under, 278. Third place (-5) through 14th place (+2) are separated by seven strokes.
 
Three players are tied atop the leaderboard at 8-under, 64, including Florida’s Yuxin Lin, North Carolina’s Austin Greaser and Pepperdine’s Sam Choi.
 
The second of the three rounds is slated for Monday. The Aggies tee off on the first hole at 11 a.m. Central paired with TCU and Oklahoma. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com
 

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TEXAS A&M SCORES
 t-11  William Paysse         69 (-3)

 t-15  Jaime Montojo          70 (-2)

 t-50  Dallas Hankamer        74 (+2)

 t-50  Daniel Rodriguez       74 (+2)

 t-61  Sam Bennett            75 (+3)

 
TEAM SCORES
   1   North Carolina        271 (-17)

   2   Pepperdine            278 (-10)

 t-3   Texas                 283 (-5)

 t-3   Florida               283 (-5)

   5   Illinois              285 (-3)

 t-6   New Mexico            286 (-2)

 t-6   TCU                   286 (-2)

 t-8   Texas A&M             287 (-1)

 t-8   Oklahoma              287 (-1)

 t-8   UNLV                  287 (-1)

  11   Georgia Tech          288 (E)

  12   San Diego State       289 (+1)

t-13   Georgia               290 (+2)

t-13   SMU                   290 (+2)

  15   UCF                   296 (+8
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