Andy Ogletree shot a 3-under 67 Monday to end the opening day of the 2017 U.S. Amateur tied for fifth place at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. 

Ogletree starred at Union High School before accepting a golf scholarship at Georgia Tech, where he is a rising sophomore.

“It went really well from the start,” Ogletree said of Monday’s round. “I birdied the first hole, birdied the seventh hole and bogeyed eight and bounced back with a birdie on nine. So I turned at two under — that’s the tough side, I feel. And then I birdied 11 and just kind of coasted in. So I played really solid — I bogeyed 12 and birdied 16.”

Ogletree arrived in California a few days ago to prepare for the tournament.

“We’ve been here for a few days — I played a practice round two days ago, and played Bel-Air (Sunday),” Ogletree said. 

Play continues today, when Ogletree will attempt to make the cut of 64 who advance to match play.

“It’s one shot at a time, and don’t really think about the cut; just play each shot as good as I can,” he said. “That’s all I can really do.”