Boilermakers in Middle of Pack After Day One at Notre DameBoilermakers in Middle of Pack After Day One at Notre Dame

Boilermakers in Middle of Pack After Day One at Notre Dame

The Purdue men’s golf team had a solid opening day at the Fighting Irish Classic, sitting in a sixth-place tie after 36 holes at the Warren Golf Course.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team had a solid opening day at the Fighting Irish Classic, sitting in a sixth-place tie after 36 holes at the Warren Golf Course.

Purdue tallied a 36-hole total of 5-over par 565 on rounds of even-par 280 and 5-over par 285, to be in a sixth-place tie out of 15 teams.

The top five teams are North Carolina (-11), UCLA (-8), Louisville (-13) and Georgia Southern (+1) and Notre Dame (+1) tied for fourth. Five other teams (Iowa, Little Rock, Tennessee, Oklahoma State and Indiana) are within six shots of the Boilermakers.

Kentaro Nanayama leads Purdue at 1-under par 139 on rounds of 67-72.

Supapon Amornchaichan had a wild opening day to sit in 22nd place at 1-over par 141 on rounds of 72-69. In his second round, Amornchaichan was 4-over par through seven holes, but birdied five of his last 11 holes for his 1-under round of 69.

Sam Easterbrook and Jenson Forrester are tied for 34th at 3-over par 143. Easterbrook tallied rounds of 73-70, while Forrester recorded 18-hole scores of 69-74.

Andre Zhu is tied for 52nd at 6-over par 146 (72-74), but had the highlight of the day with a hole-in-one on the par-3 4th hole in the first round.

Purdue will be paired with Notre Dame and Georgia Southern in Tuesday’s final round, beginning at 9 a.m. ET, in South Bend, Indiana.