WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Senior Barend Botha carded an even-par 72 and is tied for 17th place following the opening round of the NCAA West Lafayette Regional at the par-72, 7,461-yard Kampen Course at Purdue's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Botha registered a birdie and bogey on both the front and back nines to finish his day at even-par.
The George, South Africa native opened his day with six straight pars before notching a birdie on the par-five, 598-yard No. 7 hole. He then bogeyed the next hole before getting back in the red by notching a birdie at the par-four, 477-yard No.