Michigan
OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
Thomson Among Top Five After First Day of OFCC/Illini Invitational
9/20/2024 5:57:00 PM | Men's Golf
» With an opening-round 300 team total, Michigan positioned itself 15th after the first day of play at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational at the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club.
» As storms rolled through the Chicago area, the first round was suspended an hour and a half midway through the round.
» Fresh off his win earlier in the week (Canadian Collegiate), Hunter Thomson used 12 pars, four birdies and a pair of bogeys to card an opening 68 (-2) tying him for third among the 78-golfer field.
Site: Olympia Fields, Ill.
Tournament: OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Day 1 of 3)
Course: Olympia Fields Country Club (par 70, 7,353 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 15th Place of 15 (300) after day 1
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, tie-5th (68, -2)
Next U-M Round: Saturday, Sept. 21 -- at OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Olympia Fields, Ill.), 7:30 a.m. CDT (tee times)
Team Standings (After Day 1 of 3)
 1. Arizona State   273 (-7)  2. Georgia Tech    279    Florida         279    North Carolina  279  5. Stanford        280    Florida State   280    Illinois        280  8. Texas           281  9. Northwestern    283 10. Oklahoma State  284 11. Texas A&M       286 12. Texas Tech      287 13. Alabama         291 14. Baylor          295 15. MICHIGAN        300
Top Individuals
 1. Jose Luis Ballester, Arizona State  64 (-6)    Benjamin Reuter, Georgia Tech       64  3. HUNTER THOMSON, U-M                 68 (-2)    David Ford, North Carolina          68    Luke Clanton, Florida State         68    Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State          68    Ian Gilligan, Florida               68    Ethan Gao, Stanford                 68    Daniel Svard, Northwestern          68    Luke Potter, Texas                  68
Michigan Individuals
 T3. Hunter Thomson  68 (-2) T67. RJ Arone        76 T74. Yuqi Liu        78 T74. Dean Muratore   78 T74. Caden Pinckes   78
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