STANFORD – California's Sampson Zheng carded a 2-under par 68 for the second consecutive round and moved into the individual top 20 during the third round of the Pac-12 Men's Golf Championships on Saturday at Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears as a team dropped back one spot to ninth place with a third-round 351 and will enter Sunday's fourth and final round at 5-over par.
 
Zheng (-3) climbed nine spots into a tie for 19th and Simon Kwon (+2) jumped eight spots to a tie for 34th with his second straight 1-under 69, but the performances were not enough for Cal (351-353-351 – 1055) to gain ground on the top half of the field. Aaron Du (-3), Cal's top performer so far at the tournament, fell back from seventh to a tie for 16th with a 2-over 72 on Saturday. Daniel Heo (+5) and Jeewon Park (+5) shot identical 71s in round three and are tied for 46th.
 
Zheng, who is ranked 27th nationally by Golfstat, is 4-under par over the past 36 holes played following a first-round 72. The junior carded five birdies on Saturday, including four in a seven-hole span between 16 and 4.
 
Colorado (-17) and Washington (-17) are tied atop the leaderboard through 54 holes played after leapfrogging Arizona State (-15). Cal is four shots behind Arizona (+1) and Utah (+1), which are tied for seventh. Stanford's Michael Thorbjornsen (-13) is the clubhouse leader heading into Sunday, with Colorado's Dylan McDermott (-11) close behind.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T1	Colorado	-17	344	336	353		1033
T1	Washington	-17	343	343	347		1033
T3	Arizona State	-15	331	345	359		1035
T3	Stanford	-15	350	341	344		1035
5	Oregon	-12	342	345	351		1038
6	Washington State	-8	344	349	349		1042
T7	Arizona	+1	352	349	350		1051
T7	Utah	+1	361	348	342		1051
9	California	+5	351	353	351		1055
10	Oregon State	+15	351	362	352		1065
11	USC	+18	356	354	358		1068
12	UCLA	+27	366	348	363		1077

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T16	Aaron Du	64	71	72		207 (-3)
T19	Sampson Zheng	72	68	68		208 (-2)
T34	Simon Kwon	74	69	69		212 (+2)
T46	Daniel Heo	72	72	71		215 (+5)
T46	Jeewon Park	71	73	71		215 (+5)
T59	Nathan Wang	72	74	73		219 (+9)

 
UP NEXT
The Pac-12 Men's Golf Championships will conclude on Sunday, with Cal teeing off hole 10 between 7:30-8:30 a.m. PT alongside Arizona and Utah.
 
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