The No. 25-ranked UNLV men’s golf team shot an opening-round 18-over-par 298 on Friday and is in 13th place in the 15-team Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Illinois.
No. 2-ranked Illinois, the lone team under par at 6-under 274, leads second-place Texas A&M by six strokes. The field features 12 teams ranked by Golfweek among the nation’s top 32.
Sophomore Harry Hall paces the Rebels at 1-over 71, which put him in a four-way tie for 12th place, six strokes behind the co-leaders.
Junior John Oda and freshman Yash Majmudar are tied for 40th at 5-over 75, and juniors Shintaro Ban and Ben Davis are tied for 60th at 7-over 77 in the 78-player field.