Tar Heels Finish Fourth at Olympia Fields

University of North Carolina junior William Register (Burlington) shot his second consecutive even-par 70 to lead the Tar Heels past four top-20 teams to a fourth-place finish in the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational Sunday at the Olympia Fields Country Club North Course.

Carolina shot 7-over-287 on Sunday, but held off Florida State (ranked #18), UNLV (#25), Arizona State (#12), Texas (#1) and USC (#8) for fourth place. The Tar Heels shot 294-285-287 for a three-day total of 866, 26-over.

Host school Illinois, the second-ranked team in the nation by Golfweek, won the event at 5-over 845. Fourth-ranked Oklahoma State was second at 858, Texas A&M was third at 864 and the Tar Heels…