STANFORD – Aaron Du's first-round 63 highlighted the California men's golf team's first 36 holes played at the Pac-12 Championships on Friday at Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears are in eighth place as a team at 4-over par (351-353 – 704) with another 36 holes remaining over the next two days.
 
Du (-5, 135) tallied seven birdies throughout the first round, including six across the final 12 holes. The junior was tied for third after 18 holes before falling back into a tie for seventh at the end of the day with a second-round 71. Sampson Zheng (E) shot a 2-under 68 in the second round to climb 18 spots into a tie for 28th. Simon Kwon (+3), Daniel Heo (+4) and Jeewon Park (+4) are in ties for 43rd and 47th, respectively.
 
Fourth-ranked Arizona State (-24) is in front of the field while Colorado (-20) and Washington (-14) round out the top three.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Arizona State	-24	331	345		676
2	Colorado	-20	344	336		680
3	Washington	-14	343	343		686
4	Oregon	-13	342	345		687
5	Stanford	-9	350	341		691
6	Washington State	-7	344	349		693
7	Arizona	+1	352	349		701
8	California	+4	351	353		704
9	Utah	+9	361	348		709
10	USC	+10	356	354		710
11	Oregon State	+13	351	362		713
12	UCLA	+14	366	348		714

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T7	Aaron Du	64	71		135 (-5)
T28	Sampson Zheng	72	68		140 (E)
T43	Simon Kwon	74	69		143 (+3)
T47	Daniel Heo	72	72		144 (+4)
T47	Jeewon Park	71	73		144 (+4)
T61	Nathan Wang	72	74		146 (+6)

 
UP NEXT
Third-round action begins for Cal between 10-11 a.m. PT on Saturday. The Bears will tee off hole 10 alongside Arizona (+1) and Utah (+9).
 
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