SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Charlie Berridge and Wenliang Xie carded an ace apiece while Daniel Heo totaled 10 birdies for a second-round score of 63 to highlight the California men's golf team's opening day of the season at The Tindall on Monday. The Golden Bears – playing in their first tournament under first-year Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Michael Wilson – finished the first 36 holes of play tied for second place at 15-under-par (275-278 – 553).
 
Cal is tied with No. 25 Pepperdine (-15) for second place, trailing only No. 24 Utah (-20) with 18 holes left to play.
 
Berridge, a senior, grabbed the spotlight early on with an eagle on hole 12 – he started on hole 9 – followed by his ace on the par 3, 227-yard hole 13. Using a 5-iron, Berridge sunk the hole-in-one to quickly move to 5-under-par for the day. He stayed bogey-free throughout round one, tallying two birdies on the front nine to finish with a collegiate-best 18-hole score of 64 (-7).
 
Close behind Berridge in round one was Xie, a graduate transfer from Seton Hall making his debut in the Blue and Gold. After a bogey on his opening hole on 11, Xie was flawless the rest of the way, registering five birdies, including four in his final five holes to round out a 4-under-par 67. Despite an up-and-down second round that ended in a 4-over-par 75, Xie joined Berridge with an ace of his own on the par 3, 118-yard hole 2, sinking a hole-in-one with a 56-degree wedge.
 
The rest of the day was all Heo, who amassed 10 birdies on the way to a collegiate-low 63 (-8) in round two. Heo, starting on hole 10, reeled off four straight birdies to begin round two and found himself at 9-under-par through 17 holes before a bogey on hole 9 ended his day.
 
Heo and Berridge will enter Tuesday's third and final round at 7-under-par, just two strokes behind clubhouse leader Davis Johnson (-9) of Utah.
 
Redshirt senior Kuangyu (Tony) Chen bounced back from a 3-over-par 74 in the opening round with a second-round 69 (-2) to move into a tie for 31st individually.
 
Freshman Matthew Miyamoto, making his collegiate debut, finished the day tied for 54th (147, +5). He had an eagle on hole 12 in round one.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	#24 Utah	-20	273	275		548
T2	California	-15	275	278		553
T2	#25 Pepperdine	-15	275	278		553
4	#13 Arizona	-12	275	281		556
5	South Carolina	-8	283	277		560

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T5	Charlie Berridge	64	71		135 (-7)
T5	Daniel Heo	72	63		135 (-7)
T29	Wenliang Xie	67	75		142 (E)
T31	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	74	69		143 (+1)
T54	Matthew Miyamoto	72	75		147 (+5)

 
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Cal starts the final round of The Tindall on hole 1 between 9:05-9:57 a.m. PT Tuesday alongside Utah (-20), Pepperdine (-15) and Arizona (-12).
 
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