THOUSAND OAKS – The California men's golf team found itself in the thick of a talented 14-team field after 18 holes played Monday at the Southwestern Invitational. The Golden Bears shot a spring-opening, 9-over-par 293 at Sherwood Country Club and are tied for eighth with 36 holes remaining.
 
Three Bears finished round one among the top 30, led by Kuangyu (Tony) Chen and Ziqin (Eric) Zhou, who are tied for 23rd at 1-over-par. Both were even par through 17 holes before carding bogeys on No. 18. Charlie Berridge is close behind in a tie for 29th at 2-over-par; the senior overcame a tough first nine holes with a 3-under-par back nine, tallying birdies on holes 10, 11, 14 and 18.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	San Diego State	-8	276			276
2	Vanderbilt	-2	282			282
3	USC	-1	283			283
4	UNLV	+1	285			285
5	San Jose State	+2	286			286
T8	California	+9	293			293

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T23	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	72			72 (+1)
T23	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	72			72 (+1)
T29	Charlie Berridge	73			73 (+2)
T50	Sihao Cong	76			76 (+5)
T62	Daniel Heo	78			78 (+7)

 
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Round two will see the Bears tee off hole 1 between 9-9:44 a.m. PT alongside No. 19 Pepperdine (+7) and No. 14 Florida (+9).
 
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