Cowboy Golf 10th After Day One At Olympia Fields

Round 1 Results

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Oklahoma State's men's golf team opened play with a 284 on Friday during the first round of action at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational to stand in 10^th place.

The Cowboys' 4-over tally put them just five shots out of second place on a tightly bunched leaderboard. Arizona State fired a 7-under 273 to lead by six shots over three teams tied for second place at 279. Florida State Illinois and Stanford were sixth at even-par 280.

ASU's Jose Luis Ballester and Georgia Tech's Benjamin Reuter shared the top spot in the individual race with matching 6-under 64s.

Sophomore transfer Ethan Fang continued his strong start to the fall season, firing a 2-under 28 to share third place. Starting on the second nine, Fang birdied the 11^th and 15^th before carding his lone bogey of the day at the 18^th to turn in 1-under 34. He played the front nine bogey free with a birdie at the par-3 sixth hole.

Sophomore Preston Stout opened play with an even-par 70 to share 22^nd place.

Freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson bounced back from a 3-over opening nine with a 2-under 33 on the front side to finish with a 71 and tied for 32^nd place.

Junior John Wild's 75 tied him for 61^st, while sophomore Eric Lee carded a 76 and is tied for 67^th place.

The Cowboys will begin their second round tomorrow at 8:15 a.m. (CST) and will be grouped with Texas A&M and Texas Tech. Live scoring is available at golfstat.com.

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