SANTA CRUZ – Freshmen Eric Lee and Ethan Fang were California's low golfers in the opening round of the 77th Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday, shooting 1-under-par 69 and even-par 70, respectively.
 
The Golden Bears withstood a slow start that included four double bogeys on the first nine holes on the way to finishing tied for fourth place at 6-over-par (356) after 18 holes played. Four Cal players shot even par or better on the back nine, led by Lee, who carded three birdies across his final seven holes and is tied for 12th individually. Fang, who got back to even par with a birdie on hole 18, is close behind Lee in a tie for 16th. Sampson Zheng (+1) finished tied for 22nd after birdies on 16 and 18 to close his day.
 
Cal trails leader Arizona (-2) by eight shots but is just two behind Stanford (+4) for second place. The Bears are tied with Oregon (+6) for fourth place and sit one shot behind third-place Washington (+5), which they will play alongside in round two.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Arizona	-2	348			348
2	Stanford	+4	354			354
3	Washington	+5	355			355
T4	California	+6	356			356
T4	Oregon	+6	356			356
T6	Chattanooga	+8	358			358
T6	San Jose State	+8	358			358
8	BYU	+9	359			359
9	San Diego State	+10	360			360
10	Texas	+13	363			363
11	Pepperdine	+20	370			370
12	UNLV	+22	372			372
13	Hawaii	+25	375			375
14	UC Irvine	+37	387			387

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T12	Eric Lee	69			69 (-1)
T16	Ethan Fang	70			70 (E)
T22	Sampson Zheng	71			71 (+1)
T41	Aaron Du	73			73 (+3)
T41	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	73			73 (+3)
T50	Jeewon Park	74			74 (+4)
T63	Charlie Berridge (Ind.)	75			75 (+5)

 
UP NEXT
Cal's six-man lineup tees off hole 1 between 12:04-12:28 p.m. PT on Tuesday alongside Washington. Charlie Berridge, playing as an individual, starts at 8:04 a.m. PT.
 
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