Buente, Kovach Lead East Side Amateur at 4-under
Blaine Buente and Chris Kovach find themselves at the top of the leaderboard after Round 1 of the 13th East Side Amateur Saturday at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course in Alton, IL. They each shot 4-under 68 on the 6,941 yard Arnold Palmer designed course. Chad Niezing will join them in the final group, he had the lone 3-under 69 on the day.
A total of 11 players shot in red figures on Saturday. Chris Dale and recent Normandie Amateur champion Ryan Haxel had 2-under rounds of 70, they will be in the penultimate group with defending champion Skip Berkmeyer who shot 1-under 71.
Round 2 begins at 7:00am Sunday, the final group will start their round at 11:40am. For the full field results from Saturday’s Round 1 and Round 2 groupings follow the link below to the Plaza Motors Scoreboard.
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