LOS CABOS, Mexico – The California men's golf team finished the first round of the Cabo Collegiate tied for 12th place after shooting a 15-over-par 299 Sunday at Twin Dolphin Club.
 
Cal is just six strokes outside of the top half of the 14-team field – which includes eight top 30 squads – with 36 holes to play. Arizona State (-8) paced the field on day one with three golfers among the top five individually.
 
Sihao Cong carded a 1-over-par 72 and is only five shots behind co-leaders Preston Summerhays (Arizona State) and Preston Stout (Oklahoma State) after the first 18 holes. The redshirt freshman, who started on hole 9, was 4-over-par through his first 10 holes, but climbed the leaderboard with birdies on 1, 5 and 6.
 
The Bears collectively struggled on the back nine holes at Twin Dolphin, managing four birdies while shooting 13-over as a unit. Graduate senior Wenliang Xie, playing in his first tournament of the spring season, matched Cong with a 2-under front nine on the way to a 5-over-par 76 for the day.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Arizona State	-8	276			276
2	Oklahoma State	-3	281			281
3	Arkansas	+3	287			287
T4	Stanford	+4	288			288
T4	Ole Miss	+4	288			288
T12	California	+15	299			299

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T17	Sihao Cong	72			72 (+1)
T33	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	74			74 (+3)
T50	Wenliang Xie	76			76 (+5)
T58	Charlie Berridge	77			77 (+6)
T70	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	80			80 (+9)

 
UP NEXT
The Bears will play alongside Houston (14th, +20) in the second round, teeing off holes 14-18 at 7:30 a.m. PT.
 
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