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
