Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| place | player | country | score | to par |
| t1 | terry diehl | united states | 69 | - 1 |
| t1 | rod funseth | united states | 69 | - 1 |
| t1 | hubert green | united states | 69 | - 1 |
| t1 | grier jones | united states | 69 | - 1 |
| t1 | florentino molina | argentina | 69 | - 1 |
| t1 | larry nelson | united states | 69 | - 1 |
| t1 | tom purtzer | united states | 69 | - 1 |
| t8 | sam adams | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | george burns | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | al geiberger | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | morris hatalsky | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | joe inman | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | steve melnyk | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | mike morley | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | don padgett | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | arnold palmer | united states | 70 | e |
| t8 | bob e smith | united states | 70 | e |
Title:
1977 u.s. open (golf)
Statement:
seven of the competitors came in equal first place
Answer:
supported