Cal In Seventh After 36 Holes At San Diego Classic

Monday, March 6

Chula Vista, CA

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Lamkin San Diego Classic

Simon Kwon shot under par over 36 holes of play at the San Diego Classic on Monday.

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3/6/2023 9:07 PM | Men's Golf

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Simon Kwon Pacing Bears Individually Through Two Rounds

By: Cal Athletics

CHULA VISTA – The California men's golf team is in sole possession of seventh place at the Lampkin San Diego Classic after completing 36 holes of play on Monday. The Golden Bears shot 3-over par (290-289 – 579) on the first day of competition at the San Diego Country Club and were led by a strong individual effort from Simon Kwon, who is tied for ninth at 3-under par (71-70 – 141).

San Diego State leads the field at 15-under and is one of five teams under par with one round to play on Tuesday. The Bears are six shots behind fifth-place UCLA (-3) while San Diego sits in sixth at 1-over.

Kwon totaled eight birdies and an eagle throughout his first 18 holes and is six strokes behind clubhouse co-leaders Petr Hruby (-9) of Washington and Christoph Bleier of Colorado State. The sophomore Bear shot 4-under across his final 10 holes of play on Monday to move back into the top 10. Sampson Zheng is tied for 17th at 1-under (72-71 – 143) while Costas Panay (+3) and Tony Chen are tied for 40th and 53rd, respectively.

Jeewon Park (+2) is tied for 33rd while playing as an individual.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	#30 San Diego State	-16	275	285		560
2	New Mexico	-12	288	276		564
3	#20 Colorado State	-9	285	282		567
4	#34 Washington	-4	288	284		572
5	UCLA	-3	287	286		573
6	San Diego	+1	296	281		577
7	California	+3	290	289		579
T8	San Francisco	+6	286	296		582
T8	Wyoming	+6	298	284		582
T10	LMU	+15	295	296		591
T10	Hawaii	+15	289	302		591
12	#35 BYU	+16	298	294		592
13	Nevada	+20	296	300		596
14	Saint Mary's	+25	301	300		601
15	Denver	+27	297	306		603

CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T9	Simon Kwon	71 (-1)	70 (-2)		141 (-3)
T17	Sampson Zheng	72 (E)	71 (-1)		143 (-1)
T33	Jeewon Park (Ind.)	71 (-1)	75 (+3)		146 (+2)
T40	Costas Panay	73 (+1)	74 (+2)		147 (+3)
T53	Tony Chen	74 (+2)	74 (+2)		148 (+4)
T67	Ethan Chung	77 (+5)	74 (+2)		151 (+7)

UP NEXT
The Bears will start the third round of the San Diego Classic in nine-minute increments on hole 1 starting at 8 a.m. PST on Tuesday. Cal's quintet will be grouped with Wyoming and San Francisco. Individual Jeewon Park will tee off of hole 10 at 8:36 a.m. PST alongside fellow individuals from Wyoming and San Diego State.

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