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Cal’s Sampson Zheng tees off the 16th hole during the first round of the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional on Monday.
Golden Bears In 10th After Opening Round Of NCAA Regional
MORGAN HILL – Sampson Zheng started hot and finished strong as he paced the California men’s golf team with a 2-under par 70 in the first round of the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional on Monday at The Institute Golf Club.
The Golden Bears shot a collective 5-over 293 and are in sole possession of 10th place through 18 holes played. Cal is eight strokes outside of the top five after Monday’s round; the top five teams advance from the Morgan Hill Regional to the NCAA Championships following 54 holes of play. Mississippi State (-12), Florida State (-7) and Pepperdine (-4) owned the top three spots after the opening round.
Zheng started his day with back-to-back birdies on holes 10 and 11. After a lone bogey on 13, the junior shot even par for 13 consecutive holes before ending the round with a third birdie on hole 9. Zheng was the lone Bear under par on Monday, as he was followed by Aaron Du (+1), Simon Kwon (+2) and Daniel Heo (+4).
TEAM LEADERBOARD
| Place | Team | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Mississippi State | -12 | 276 | |||
| 2 | Florida State | -7 | 281 | |||
| 3 | Pepperdine | -4 | 284 | |||
| T4 | Charlotte | -3 | 285 | |||
| T4 | Baylor | -3 | 285 | |||
| T6 | Louisville | -1 | 287 | |||
| T6 | Grand Canyon | -1 | 287 | |||
| T6 | Missouri | -1 | 287 | |||
| 9 | BYU | E | 288 | |||
| 10 | California | +5 | 293 | |||
| 11 | NC State | +6 | 294 | |||
| 12 | Arizona | +10 | 298 | |||
| 13 | Northern Colorado | +16 | 304 |
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
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