Louis Olsakovsky leads tight West Penn Amateur field
There is a tight leaderboard after Day 1 of the 121st Annual West Penn Amateur.
Ten golfers shot under par during the two rounds Monday at Indiana Country Club.
The field was paired down to the Top 30 and ties for Tuesday’s final round.
Leading the pack is McMurry Golf Club’s Louis Olsakovsky, who shot a 6-under-par, 136.
A shot back is Nemacolin Country Club’s Tanner Johnson at 5-under, and Latrobe’s Brady Pevarnik is third at 4-under.
Tied for fourth at 2-under are Austin Lemieux, Rick Stimmel, Scott Bitar and Brett Young. Tied for eighth are Michael Marsico, Mike Wolfe and second-year Penguins forward Sam Lafferty.
Sean Knapp, who qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club, is tied for 16th at 1-over par.
The leaders are scheduled to go off at 10:24 a.m.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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