SANTA CRUZ – Daniel Heo nearly sunk an ace on the 18th hole and shot 3-under-par 67 to highlight the California men's golf team's opening round of the Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. Cal ended the day in sixth place and just five strokes outside of the top five after a 1-over-par 351.
 
Heo finished the first round in a tie for seventh place individually after carding his lowest 18-hole score since early October and trails co-leaders Filip Jakubcik (Arizona) and Taiga Kobayashi (Nihon University) by only two strokes with 36 holes left to play. Heo was even par through 12 holes before recording an eagle on No. 13 and birdies on 16 and 18. The Cal junior's tee shot on 18 nicked the pin for a near-eagle, and he put away his sixth under-par hole of the day shortly after.
 
Redshirt freshman Sihao Cong and graduate Wenliang Xie joined Heo inside the top 20 individually with even par 70s. Xie also notched an eagle for the Bears on hole 9; all six Bears carded a birdie or better on No. 9.
 
San Diego State (-12), Arizona (-5), Stanford (-5), Nihon University (-5) and UNLV (-4) make up the top five teams after 18 holes.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	San Diego State	-12	338			338
T2	Arizona	-5	345			345
T2	Stanford	-5	345			345
T2	Nihon U.	-5	345			345
T5	Santa Clara	-4	346			346
6	California	+1	351			351

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T7	Daniel Heo	67			67 (-3)
T20	Sihao Cong	70			70 (E)
T20	Wenliang Xie	70			70 (E)
T43	Charlie Berridge	72			72 (+2)
T43	Kai Hirayama	72			72 (+2)
T80	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	76			76 (+6)

 
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The Bears start round two of the Western Intercollegiate between 9:48-10:12 a.m. PT on Tuesday.
 
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