Atop the Leaderboard Once More: Men’s Golf Round 1 Recap in Illini

OLYMPIA FIELDS – Round one of the Fighting Illini Invitational has concluded and the Sun Devils are atop the leaderboard once more. 

Sitting at 7-under, the team is six strokes ahead of Georgia Tech, Florida, and North Carolina who are tied for second. With a bogey free round, Josele Ballester is tied for first at 6-under with Georgia Tech’s Benjamin Reuter. A little farther down the leaderboard, Peer Wernicke and Connor Williams are tied for eleventh at 1-under.

ASU currently has the lowest scoring average on the par 4 holes and the second most birdies of the tournament at 16. As an individual, Josele Ballester has the lowest scoring average on the par 4’s as well as the most birdies at six. 

Round two tee times start at 9:30 a.m. CST. for the Sun Devils tomorrow morning and the tournament will try and get 36 holes in with storms approaching Sunday.

OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB/FIGHTING ILLINI INVITE

OLYMPIA FIELD COUNTRY CLUB

OLYMPIA FIELD, IL

SEPT. 20-22

TEAMS (15)

Arizona State 273/-7

Georgia Tech 279/-1

Florida 279/-1

North Carolina 279/-1

Stanford 280/E

Florida State 280/E

Illinois 280/E

Texas 281/+1

Northwestern 283/+3

Oklahoma State 284/+4

Texas A&M 286/+6

Texas Tech 287/+7

Alabama 291/+11

Baylor 295/+15

Michigan 300/+20

INDIVIDUALS

T1. Josele Ballester, ASU 64/-6

T1. Benjamin Reuter, Georgia Tech 64/-6

T11. Connor Williams, ASU 69/-1

T11. Peer Wernicke, ASU 69/-1

T32. Nick Prieto, ASU 71/+1

T37. Preston Summerhays, ASU 72/+2

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