University of North Carolina junior Ben Griffin shot 4-under-par 66 and is tied for fifth place after the first round of the 2016 United States Amateur Men’s Golf Championship at the Oakland Hills Country Club.
UNC teammate William Register, also a rising junior, overcame a slow start and finished his round with an even par 70. The Burlington, N.C., native bogeyed his second hole and triple bogeyed his third to stand 4-over par with 15 holes to play. Register played the next eight holes in 4-under with consecutive birdies on his ninth, 10th and 11 holes.