Arkansas golfers Julian Perico and Segundo Oliva Pinto got off to hot starts on Monday at the 120th U.S. Amateur Championship in Bandon, Ore.
Perico fired a 4-under 67 in an early morning round at the Bandon Trails Course, while Oliva Pinto, playing in the next group, followed him with a 3-under 68 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.
Aman Gupta, a sophomore at Oklahoma State, held the first-round lead after shooting a 7-under 64 on the Trails course.
The players will swap courses for Tuesday's final round of stroke play. The top 64 players will open match play on Wednesday.