Shepherd Tied for 13th After First Round of Olympia Fields

Friday, September 20

Chicago, IL

Indiana University

Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational

Shepherd Tied for 13th After First Round of Olympia Fields

9/20/2019 6:13:00 PM | Men's Golf

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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Junior Ethan Shepherd is tied for 13^th after the first round of the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational. Shepherd shot an even-70 on the day to lead Indiana.

Tournament: Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational
Location: Olympia Fields, Ill.
Course: Olympia Fields Country Club
Indiana team standing: 15th – 298 (+18)
Top Indiana individual: Ethan Shepherd T13th – 70 (E)
Online Scoring: GolfStat.com

CHIP-INS
• Indiana started play on the No. 10 tee.

• Shepherd hit par on the first 10 holes he played on and is tied for the sixth-most pars in the field with 14. The junior bogeyed holes No. 2 and 3 before rebounding with a pair of birdies on No. 4 and No. 7.

• Sophomore Mitch Davis carded a 38 on the back nine before improving by two strokes on the final nine holes to end the day tied at 56^th at 4-over-par.

• Jack Sparrow is tied for 67^th after carding a 76. Sparrow had three birdies on the day, including hole No. 1, which is the longest on the course at 580 yards.

• Senior Brock Ochsenreiter birdied No. 1 and No.18 and finished the day tied for 79^th at 8-over-par.

• Sophomore Harry Reynolds shot a 38 on the back nine and finished the round tied for 82^nd.

BY THE NUMBERS
Pos.    Name                           R1        Total (to par)
T13     Ethan Shepherd            70        70 (E)
T56     Mitch Davis                  74        74 (+4)
T67     Jack Sparrow                76        76 (+6)
T79     Brock Ochsenreiter      78        78 (+8)
T82     Harry Reynolds             79        79 (+9)

UP NEXT
• The second round will tee off on Saturday morning beginning at 9 a.m. ET. Indiana will tee off at 10 a.m. ET off the No. 10 tee.