Thomson Tied Atop Leaderboard, Wolverines Fifth After Day 1 of Border Olympics

Monday, February 17

Laredo, Texas

8:00 AM CT

Michigan

Border Olympics

Hunter Thomson (Michigan Photography)

Thomson Tied Atop Leaderboard, Wolverines Fifth After Day 1 of Border Olympics

2/17/2025 7:59:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: Tom Wywrot

» After team totals of 283 and 296, Michigan sits fifth with a 579 36-hole total after the first day of the Border Olympics being played at the Laredo Country Club.
» Posting back-to-back 70s (-1), Hunter Thomson is in a three-way tie for the top spot individually with a 140 (-2) total. Starting the spring, Thomson has four of five rounds at or below par (1 par, 3 sub-par).
» Yuqi Liu is among the top 20, sitting tied for 16th after carding a 146 (70-76) total.
» Michigan is making its fifth straight visit to the Border Olympics.

Site: Laredo, Texas
Tournament: Border Olympics (Day 1 of 2)
Course: Laredo Country Club (par 71, 7,257 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 5th of 16 (283-296/579) after day 1
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, t-1st (70-70/140, -4)
Next U-M Round: Tuesday, Feb. 19 -- at the Border Olympics, 7:30 a.m. CT (shotgun)

Team Standings (After Day 1 of 2)

 1. Houston             284-289 = 573 (+5)
 2. Louisiana           286-288 = 574
 3. New Mexico State    284-292 = 576
 4. Miami (Ohio)        288-290 = 578
 5. MICHIGAN            283-296 = 579
 6. Rice                296-286 = 582
 7. ULM                 284-303 = 587
 7. Troy                287-297 = 584
 9. Sam Houston         291-301 = 592
10. Lipscomb            301-288 = 589
11. UTRGV               296-298 = 594
12. Lamar               290-305 = 595
13. Wright State        291-308 = 599
13. Augusta             299-300 = 599
15. Illinois State      304-296 = 600
16. Houston Christian   306-307 = 613

Top Individuals

 1. HUNTER THOMSON, U-M              70-70 = 140 (-2)
    Kyle Bennett, Louisiana          70-70 = 140
    Laurenz Schiergen, Houston       69-71 = 140
 4. Aidan Thomas, New Mexico State   70-71 = 141
    Ethan Klose, New Mexico State    70-71 = 141
    Lukas Boandl, Rice               72-69 = 141
    Malan Potgieter, Louisiana       69-72 = 141
 8. Daniel Zou, Rice                 74-68 = 142
    Hudson Weibel, Houston           70-72 = 142
    Louis Anceaux, ULM               70-72 = 142

Michigan Individuals

 T1. Hunter Thomson   70-70 = 140
T18. Yuqi Liu         70-76 = 146
T40. RJ Arone         72-76 = 148
T46. Dean Muratore    71-78 = 149
T59. Ben Hoagland     79-74 = 153
T59. Nicolas Simon    73-80 = 153*

* playing as individual