PAUMA VALLEY – Freshman Ethan Fang carded back-to-back 70s to pace the No. 18 California men's golf team across 36 holes played at the Pauma Valley Invitational on Monday. The Golden Bears are in ninth place after shooting 288-285 (573, +5) on the first day at Pauma Valley Country Club.
 
The top five teams in the field are 6-under-par or better, led by Vanderbilt (-15) and Oklahoma State (-12).
 
Fang – who has already earned a pair of top-10 finishes this spring – sits just outside of the top 10 after 36 holes in a tie for 12th at 2-under-par (140). The freshman played bogey-free golf over his final 23 holes of the day and will enter Tuesday six shots off Oklahoma State's Jonas Baumgartner (-8) for the individual lead. Kuangyu (Tony) Chen (T30th, +1) posted Cal's lowest 18-hole score of the day with a second-round 69; three straight birdies on holes 12-14 were sandwiched by bogeys on 11 and 15, but the redshirt junior closed out his round with a fourth birdie on hole 6.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Vanderbilt	-15	274	279		553
2	Oklahoma State	-12	279	277		556
T3	Oklahoma	-6	287	275		562
T3	San Diego	-6	279	283		562
T3	UCLA	-6	285	277		562
6	BYU	E	289	279		568
7	South Florida	+3	288	283		571
8	SMU	+4	288	284		572
9	California	+5	288	285		573
10	Colorado State	+6	286	--		--
11	Fresno State	+8	287	289		576
12	TCU	+9	292	--		--
13	LMU	+12	292	288		580
14	Pacific	+14	288	--		--
15	Saint Mary's	+18	297	289		586

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T12	Ethan Fang	70	70		140 (-2)
T30	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	74	69		143 (+1)
T43	Daniel Heo	73	72		145 (+3)
T43	Jeewon Park (Ind.)	73	72		145 (+3)
T56	Nathan Wang	73	74		147 (+5)
T67	Eric Lee	72	77		149 (+7)

 
UP NEXT
Third-round tee times begin at 7:40 a.m. PT on Tuesday.
 
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