Zheng, Fang Excel On Day One Of The Goodwin
SAN FRANCISCO – Sampson Zheng and Ethan Fang finished the first round of The Goodwin inside the top-10 individually after pacing the California men's golf team through the first 18 holes at TPC Harding Park on Thursday afternoon.
Zheng carded a 2-under-par 68 and is tied for fifth place with Fang close behind in a tie for eighth following his 1-under 69. The duo is in striking distance of the individual lead with 36 holes remaining; both Golden Bears are within three strokes of clubhouse leader Jonathan Nielsen (-4) of Clemson. Cal shot a 5-over 285 and is tied for ninth after the opening round, but finds itself just six shots behind a three-way tie for first place between Stanford (-1), Tennessee (-1) and Georgia (-1).
Zheng posted his fifth consecutive round of par or better, tallying birdies on holes 3, 7 and 16 to overcome a bogey on 11. Fang – who has three top-10 finishes in four events played this spring – earned birdies on holes 5, 7, 10 and 16.
Eric Lee (+3) was 1-under through hole 8 but fell back into a tie for 68th with four bogeys over his final 10 holes.
CAL ON LEADERBOARD
| Place | Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| T5 | Sampson Zheng | 68 | 68 (-2) | ||
| T8 | Ethan Fang | 69 | 69 (-1) | ||
| T68 | Eric Lee | 73 | 73 (+3) | ||
| T92 | Jeewon Park (Ind.) | 74 | 74 (+4) | ||
| T115 | Daniel Heo | 75 | 75 (+5) | ||
| T151 | Kuangyu (Tony) Chen | 77 | 77 (+7) | ||
| T9 | California | 285 | 285 (+5) |
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Cal starts round two of The Goodwin on hole 10 between 8:05-9:05 a.m. PT Friday.
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