Bears Close Strong At El Macero Classic
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Nathan Wang solidified a top-20 finish at the El Macero Classic by shooting 1-over par 73 on Sunday.

Bears Close Strong At El Macero Classic

Cal Moves Up Four Spots On Final Day

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EL MACERO – The California men's golf team tied its best round of the El Macero Classic on Sunday with a second consecutive even-par 288 to move up four spots and finish 11th out of 20 teams.

Daniel Heo (76-72-70 – 218, +2) led the Golden Bears by carding a 2-under 70 in round three and jumped 21 spots on the individual leaderboard from 57th to 36th. Heo's third-round score tied Nathan Wang and Aaron Du for the lowest single-round mark of the tournament for the Bears. After both shot 2-under on Saturday, Wang and Du matched one another again by shooting 1-over 73 in round three.

Wang (72-70-73 – 215, -1) cemented his place in the top 20, carding a 1-under 215 through 56 holes and ending in a tie for 17th individually. Du (74-70-73 – 217, +1) ended in 32nd place.

As a team, the Bears finished at 7-over 871 for the tournament, which was won by San Diego (283-288-279 – 850).

CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Place Name R1 R2 R3 Total
T17 Nathan Wang 72 (E) 70 (-2) 73 (+1) 215 (-1)
T32 Aaron Du 74 (+2) 70 (-2) 73 (+1) 217 (+1)
T36 Daniel Heo 76 (+4) 72 (E) 70 (-2) 218 (+2)
T77 Jeewon Park 74 (+2) 76 (+4) 77 (+5) 227 (+11)
T77 Simon Kwon 75 (+3) 80 (+8) 72 (E) 227 (+11)
 
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