Tar Heel freshman Austin Greaser is tied for seventh place after an opening-round 69 on Friday at the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational.
The University of North Carolina is ninth in the 15-school field, which includes 10 teams that competed in the 2019 NCAA Championship.
UNC shot 6-over-286, eight strokes behind Georgia Tech, the day-one leader at 2 under. The Yellow Jackets were the only team to shoot under par. Pepperdine is second at even par, Texas is third at 1 over, Florida State is 2 over and Texas A&M, Baylor and California are tied for fifth at 5 over.