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Alberto Sanchez In Contention at Olympia Fields Invitational

Alberto Sanchez In Contention at Olympia Fields InvitationalAlberto Sanchez In Contention at Olympia Fields Invitational
Steve Rodriguez

OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILL. – The Arizona State Men’s Golf team closed day two at the Fighting Illini/Olympia Fields Invitational in fifth place. At 13-over, the Sun Devils sit eight strokes back from the leader Stanford (5-over).

Senior Alberto Sanchez followed a first round 68 with an even par-70. The Nogales, Arizona native notched three birdies on the round.  Sanchez remains in contention at 2-under par for the tournament and sits in third place, six shots off the lead.

After carding a 4-over 74 in round two, Jon Rahm dropped eight spots placing the senior tied for 15th. The World No. 1 Amateur is 3-over thru two rounds and is nine shots off the lead.

Jared du Toit carded a 3-over 73 for the second-consecutive round. The Sun Devil newcomer is 6-over par for the tournament.

Third round action is slated to begin at 5:50 a.m. MST. Live team/player leaderboards and stats are available at Golfstat.com.