Michigan
OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
Thomson Stays Among Top 20 After Second Day of OFCC/Illini Invitational
9/21/2024 8:48:00 PM | Men's Golf
» After altering Saturday's play to 36 holes, Michigan improved in the second round with a 290 and closed with a 288 to tally an 878 total and finish 15th at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational from Olympia Fields Country Club.
» Attempting to thwart expected Sunday afternoon rain and storms, the 15-team field was unable to complete the final 36 holes as three teams will return Sunday morning to finish up to a pair of holes in the final round.
» After pacing the Wolverines in the opening round with a 68 (-2), Hunter Thomson followed with rounds of 71 (+1) and 75 and is among the top 35 (unofficially) as he is tied for 33rd (214, +4).
Site: Olympia Fields, Ill.
Tournament: OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Day 2 of 3)
Course: Olympia Fields Country Club (par 70, 7,353 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 15th Place of 15 (300-290/590) after day 2
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, tie-14th (68-71/139, -1)
Next U-M Round: Sunday, Sept. 22 -- at OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Olympia Fields, Ill.), 7:30 a.m. CDT (tee times)
Team Standings (After Day 2 of 3)
 1. Arizona State   273-276 = 549 (-11)  2. Georgia Tech    279-277 = 556    North Carolina  279-277 = 556  4. Oklahoma State  284-277 = 561  5. Texas           281-283 = 564  6. Stanford        280-285 = 565    Texas A&M       286-279 = 565  8. Florida         279-287 = 566    Illinois        280-286 = 566 10. Northwestern    283-285 = 568 11. Florida State   280-289 = 569 12. Texas Tech      287-286 = 573 13. Alabama         291-286 = 577 14. Baylor          295-289 = 584 15. MICHIGAN        300-290 = 590
Top Individuals
 1. Jose Luis Ballester, Arizona State  64-66 = 130 (-10)  2. Daniel Svard, Northwestern          68-66 = 134    Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State          68-66 = 134    Benjamin Reuter, Georgia Tech       64-70 = 134  5. David Ford, North Carolina          68-67 = 135  6. Luke Potter, Texas                  68-68 = 136    Jay Leng, Stanford                  69-67 = 136  8. Christiaan Maas, Texas              69-68 = 137    Hampton Roberts, North Carolina     71-66 = 137    Connor Williams, Arizona State      69-68 = 137
Michigan Individuals
T33. Hunter Thomson  68-71-75 = 214  54. Yuqi Liu        78-70-70 = 218 T65. Dean Muratore   78-75-69 = 222 T69. RJ Arone        76-76-74 = 226 T73. Caden Pinckes   78-74-77 = 229
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