STOCKTON – Three Golden Bears are tied for 19th individually after shooting under-par first rounds at the Pacific Invitational on Monday at Stockton Country Club. The California men's golf team ended the opening round of the three-day, 54-hole tournament in a tie for fifth place with a 3-under-par 281.
 
San Diego (-12) is the leader after 19 holes played, with host Pacific (-9), Grand Canyon (-8) and California Baptist (-8) separating the Bears from the top of the leaderboard. The Cal lineup was paced by 1-under-par 70s by Daniel Heo – who already owns two top-six finishes in as many tournaments this fall – freshman Ziqin (Eric) Zhou, who made his collegiate stroke-play debut, and fellow rookie Matthew Miyamoto.
 
Senior Papon Sawatyanon, playing as an individual, carded the best round by a Bear on Monday with a 2-under-par 69. Sawatyanon teed off hole 10 and got off to a hot start, tallying birdies on holes 12, 17 and 18 to go along with an eagle on hole 14 for a 4-under-par 32 on the back nine. He's tied for 11th individually entering the final 36 holes.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	San Diego	-12	272			272
2	Pacific	-9	275			275
T3	Grand Canyon	-8	276			276
T3	California Baptist	-8	276			276
T5	California	-3	281			281
T5	Washington State	-3	281			281

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T11	Papon Sawatyanon (Ind.)	69			69 (-2)
T19	Daniel Heo	70			70 (-1)
T19	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	70			70 (-1)
T19	Matthew Miyamoto	70			70 (-1)
T33	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	71			71 (E)
T46	Wenliang Xie	72			72 (+1)

 
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The Bears will start round two between 8:30-9:06 a.m. PT on hole 1 Tuesday. They'll play alongside California Baptist (-8) and Washington State (-3). Sawatyanon, playing as an individual, will tee off hole 10 at 8:30 a.m. PT.
 
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