BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – California put itself in position at the ACC Men's Golf Championship with a 1-under-par 287 in the first round Thursday at The Club at Olde Stone.
 
The Golden Bears (-1) ended the first 18 holes in sixth place and were one of six teams to shoot under par, joining clubhouse leader Virginia (-10), Louisville (-7), reigning conference champion North Carolina (-5), SMU (-4) and Wake Forest (-2).
 
Wenliang Xie led the way with a 2-under-par 70 and is tied for sixth individually. The graduate senior – who was a third-place finisher at the 2024 Big East Championship for Seton Hall – totaled five birdies, including four over his final 18 holes, and will enter the second round just three shots behind individual leader Bryan Lee (-5) of Virginia.
 
Freshmen Ziqin (Eric) Zhou and Sihao Cong shot even-par 72 and are tied for 25th while junior Daniel Heo is in 33rd at 1-over.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Virginia	-10	278			278
2	Louisville	-7	281			281
3	North Carolina	-5	283			283
4	SMU	-4	284			284
5	Wake Forest	-2	286			286
6	California	-1	287			287

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T6	Wenliang Xie	70			70 (-2)
T25	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	72			72 (E)
T25	Sihao Cong	72			72 (E)
T33	Daniel Heo	73			73 (+1)
T50	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	75			75 (+3)

 
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Cal will play the second round alongside SMU (-4) and Wake Forest (-2). Tee times are between 6:22-7:06 a.m. PT on hole 10.
 
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