TUCSON, Ariz. – The California men's golf team shot a 10-under-par 278 in the opening round of its 2023 spring slate on Monday and will enter the final day of the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate in a two-team tie for third place. Second-round competition was suspended at 5:55 p.m. MST due to darkness; all six competing Golden Bears had played through at least 12 holes of the second round at the time of the suspension.
 
Cal's performance throughout the first 18 holes – its 278 in round one was its second-lowest score this season – carried over into the second round, with the Bears collectively shooting 5-under before play was halted. Cal is tied for third with BYU at 15-under-par and trails only No. 11 Texas A&M (-26) and No. 11 Arizona (-22), the tournament's five-time reigning champion and host.
 
All six Bears competing in Tucson dipped below par at one point or another on Monday. Costas Panay and Jeewon Park carded first round scores of 68 and 69, respectively, to pace the group. Panay's 68 was bogey-free with birdies coming on holes 5, 6, 13 and 18. Park is tied for 11th on the individual leaderboard at 5-under through 13 holes played in the second round while Panay is tied for 15th (-4) after 12 played.
 
Aaron Du (-3) is tied for 21st while Daniel Heo (-1) and Nathan Wang (-1) – who is playing as an individual – are tied for 27th. Sampson Zheng is at even par and tied for 35th.
 
Both Du and Zheng tallied eagles on Monday; Du earned his on hole 1 of the first round while Zheng notched another on hole 10 in round two.
 
Park, at 5-under entering Tuesday's play, is five shots behind a four-way individual tie for first place.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (FIRST ROUND SCORES ONLY)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	#11 Texas A&M	-18	270
2	BYU	-13	275
3	#22 Arizona	-12	276
4	California	-10	278
T5	Long Beach State	-3	285
T5	Santa Clara	-3	285
7	Iowa State	-1	287
T8	New Mexico State	E	288
T8	SMU	E	288
T10	New Mexico	+1	289
T10	Seattle U	+1	289
12	Cal Poly	+4	292
13	Saint Mary's	+9	297
14	West Virginia	+10	298
15	Central Michigan	+12	300

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD (FIRST ROUND SCORES ONLY)

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T7	Costas Panay	68 (-4)
T12	Jeewon Park	69 (-3)
T17	Daniel Heo	70 (-2)
T28	Aaron Du	71 (-1)
T28	Nathan Wang (Ind.)	71 (-1)
T45	Sampson Zheng	73 (+1)

 
UP NEXT
The talented 15-team field will resume the second round of the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate at 8 a.m. MST on Tuesday, followed immediately by the third and final round. Live scoring from Tucson Country Club can be followed on Golfstat.com.
 
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