CARLSBAD – California freshman Ziqin (Eric) Zhou carded a bogey-free 4-under-par 68 to pace the Golden Bears in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Men's Golf Championship at Omni La Costa on Saturday. Cal – the 29th seed in the 30-team championship field – shot 7-over-par 295 in the second round and is in 10th place overall at 8-over (289-295–584) through 36 holes.
 
The Bears, who started the second round in eighth at 1-over, own a four-shot lead on three teams – Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Texas A&M – that are tied for 15th at 12-over entering Sunday's third round. Following 54 holes of competition, the top 15 teams, along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team, will advance for one additional round of stroke play on Monday to determine the top eight teams for match-play competition and the 72-hole stroke-play individual champion.
 
Zhou was masterful a day after tallying only one birdie to three bogeys in a 2-over 74 opening round. The Cal rookie sank four birdies on holes 4, 5, 10 and 11 while climbing 51 places into a tie for 12th on the individual leaderboard at 2-under. Charlie Berridge (-1) is one shot behind Zhou despite a 3-over 75 on Saturday; the senior – who will return to Cal for a fifth year in 2025-26 – was tied for fourth to start the day after shooting a 68 in round one. Daniel Heo, who also went low Friday with a 3-under 69, shot 76 in the second round and is tied for 32nd at 1-over.
 
Sihao Cong (+10) is 116th. Wenliang Xie replaced Kuangyu (Tony) Chen in the lineup for the second round but shot an 8-over 80.
 
The Bears finished the second round strong with Berridge, Heo and Cong carding birdies on hole 18 to maintain a buffer ahead of the three-way tie for 15th.
 
Arizona State (-13) sits atop the leaderboard after jumping four spots with an 11-under 277 in the second round. The Sun Devils' Connor Williams and Michael La Sasso of Ole Miss are co-individual leaders at 9-under.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Arizona State	-13	286	277			563
2	Oklahoma	-10	280	286			566
3	Auburn	-8	286	282			568
4	Florida	-5	285	286			571
5	Florida State	-1	285	290			575
10	California	+8	289	295			584

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T12	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	-2	74	68			142
T18	Charlie Berridge	-1	68	75			143
T32	Daniel Heo	+1	69	76			145
T116	Sihao Cong	+10	78	76			154
T154	Wenliang Xie	N/A	--	80			N/A
--	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	N/A	80	--			N/A

 
NEXT UP
The Bears start round three between 7:47-8:31 a.m. PT on hole 10. They'll play alongside ACC counterpart Virginia (11th, +10) and in-state foe Pepperdine (T12th, +11).
 
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