STANFORD – The California men's golf team ended the opening day of The Goodwin in the middle of the pack, shooting an 8-over-par 288 over the first 18 holes of play at Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears are tied for 16th in the 30-team field with 36 holes remaining.
 
Cal finished third among the 15 teams playing in the morning wave, finishing behind only Clemson (E) and San Francisco (+3), who ended the first day in eighth and 12th place, respectively. BYU (-5), Colorado (-5) and Utah (-4) paced a group of nine teams that shot even par or lower on Thursday.
 
Cal started strong with five birdies through the first two holes and three Bears – Wenliang Xie, Ziqin (Eric) Zhou and Charlie Berridge – were par or better at the turn. Xie, who finished tied for 28th with an even par 70, had an eagle on the par-5 seventh hole. The graduate senior battled through three bogeys on the back nine with birdies on 16 and 18.
 
The Bears managed only five total birdies, including Xie's pair, on holes 10-18.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
T1	Colorado	-5	271			271
T1	BYU	-5	271			271
3	Utah	-4	276			276
T4	Pepperdine	-2	278			278
T4	Santa Clara	-2	278			278
T16	California	+8	288			288

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T30	Wenliang Xie	70			70 (E)
T48	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	71			71 (+1)
T73	Kai Hirayama	73			73 (+3)
T92	Sihao Cong	74			74 (+4)
T125	Matthew Miyamoto (I)	76			76 (+6)
T147	Charlie Berridge	78			78 (+8)

 
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The Bears will tee off hole 10 between 1-1:53 p.m. PT on Friday. They'll play alongside Clemson, LMU and Lipscomb in round two.
 
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