Just as the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Saints are champions until somebody else wins new trophies, Texas A&M is the reigning NCAA golf champion.
The Aggies defeated Arkansas 3 and 2 in the finals of the 2009 tournament at Inverness.
They’ll be back at the national event to defend their crown, and they’ll be arriving with an attitude.
“A lot of people give us grief and say that it was a fluke and we weren’t deserving,” A&M junior Conrad Shindler said. “We don’t take that lightly. We want to prove that last year was for real.”
The Aggies will begin defense of their title next Tuesday at The Honors Course. All 30 teams will play three rounds of stroke play; then the top eight teams will advance to match play, just like last year.