PUEBLO, Colo. – Zach Burch is in sole possession of first place after the first round at the Farmers Insurance Sam Proal Invitational West/South Central Region Preview for the Texas A&M University-Commerce men's golf team, who is tied for third place after the first 18 holes at the Pueblo Country Club on Monday.
 
Burch (Lubbock – Cooper) shot a 66 on Monday to lead by a stroke in the 100-golfer field. He is just ahead of six golfers, who are tied for second place with a score of 67 on Monday, including Luis Martinez (Caracas, Venezuela).
 
A&M-Commerce compiled a team score of 278 on Monday, tied with Midwestern State and St. Mary's. The three-team pack is four strokes back of the 18-hole leader, Oklahoma Christian. The hosts, Colorado State-Pueblo are in second place with a score of 277. Nineteen teams are competing in the tournament. 
 
Nathan McCulloch (Edinburgh, Scotland) carded in a score of 70 to finish tied for 20^th place. Tripp Wallace (Lubbock – Frenship) and Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk (Phuket, Thailand) close out the Lion group with scores of 75 and 77, respectively.
 

Pos.	Team	Round 1	Total
1	Oklahoma Christian	274	274
2	Colorado State-Pueblo	277	277
T3	A&M-COMMERCE	278	278
T3	Midwestern State	278	278
T3	St. Mary's	278	278
6	Colorado Mesa	280	280
7	Simon Fraser	283	283
8	Colorado Christian	284	284
9	UT Tyler	287	287
T10	Fort Lewis College	288	288
T10	Holy Names	288	288
12	Texas A&M International	289	289
13	Colorado-Colorado Springs	290	290
14	Western New Mexico	291	291
15	Lubbock Christian	293	293
16	Saint Martin's	294	294
17	South Dakota Mines	299	299
18	Cal State East Bay	300	300
19	Colorado Mines	307	307

 

T3	A&M-COMMERCE	278	278
1	Zach Burch	66	66
T2	Luis Martinez	67	67
T20	Nathan McCulloch	70	70
T65	Tripp Wallace	72	72
T73	Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk	77	77