Olympia Fields Four Ball: Haggard, Noel lead

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (May 29, 2014) -- Chris Haggard and Chris Noel shot a first-round 67 and lead by a shot at the 2014 Olympia Fields Four Ball. At Olympia Fields Country Club, Haggard and Noel lead a national field entering the second round of action on Friday. Steve Hoffman and Ryan Utnage are alone in second after shooting 68 while the teams of Tom DeStefani and Larry Meyers, Terry Werner and Skip Runnels and Danny Riskam and Pete Mangold all shot 69 and are tied for third place. DeStefani and Meyers also lead the Senior Division, finishing a shot better than Tom Norton and John Peters after Round 1. Defending champions Mike Wagner and Brett Martin are not in the field but 2012 winner Brad Nurski is, although he's with a different partner. The Olympia Fields Four Ball is a 36-hole championship played on the North and South courses at Olympia Fields, which will host the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship. The annual event draws a solid field of national mid-amateurs.