Fang Co-Leader After Day 1 Of Pac-12 Championship
CAREFREE, Ariz. – California freshman Ethan Fang shot a 1-under-par 70 in the second round of the Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship and owns a share of the individual lead after the tournament's opening day at Desert Forest Golf Club.
Cal (368-370 – 738, +28) was one of six teams in the field to finish the scheduled 36 holes Friday before play was suspended at 6:37 p.m. PT due to lightning in the area. The other half of the field yet to finish the second round – including first-place Washington (+13) and second-place Oregon (+21) – will complete the round at 8:30 a.m. PT Saturday before the third round begins at 10:30 a.m. PT.
The Golden Bears are in fifth place, just seven shots behind the second-place Ducks, with 36 holes left to play across Saturday and Sunday.
Fang, who has three top-10 finishes in six events played this spring, is in a three-way tie for first place with Arizona State's Wenyi Ding and Stanford's Michael Thorbjornsen. He shot an even-par 71 in the first round before carding the Golden Bears' lone under-par round of the day with his second-round 70. The freshman birdied holes 14, 16 and 17 for a scorching opening nine of the second round – the Golden Bears started on hole 10 – and was able to rebound from three bogeys on the front nine with a fourth birdie on 9.
Fellow freshman Eric Lee (+6) is tied for 17th after a pair of 74s while Jeewon Park (+7) – who was inside the top 10 alongside Fang following a first-round 71 – is tied for 23rd. Sampson Zheng (+9) and Aaron Du (+10) are tied for 31st and 39th, respectively.
Highlights from rounds 1-2 will air on Pac-12 Network at 10 a.m. PT Saturday morning.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
| Place | Team | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Washington | +13 | 349 | - | - | |
| 2 | Oregon | +21 | 368 | - | - | |
| 3 | Arizona State | +23 | 368 | 365 | 733 | |
| 4 | Stanford | +27 | 359 | 378 | 737 | |
| 5 | California | +28 | 368 | 370 | 738 | |
| 6 | UCLA | +41 | 370 | 381 | 751 | |
| T7 | Oregon State | +45 | 375 | 380 | 755 | |
| T7 | Arizona | +45 | 378 | - | - | |
| T9 | Colorado | +50 | 370 | 390 | 760 | |
| T9 | Utah | +50 | 366 | - | - | |
| 11 | USC | +59 | 374 | - | - | |
| 12 | Washington State | +60 | 381 | - | - |
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
| Place | Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| T1 | Ethan Fang | 71 | 70 | 141 (-1) | ||
| T17 | Eric Lee | 74 | 74 | 148 (+6) | ||
| T23 | Jeewon Park | 71 | 78 | 149 (+7) | ||
| T31 | Sampson Zheng | 76 | 75 | 151 (+9) | ||
| T39 | Aaron Du | 78 | 74 | 152 (+10) | ||
| T45 | Nathan Wang | 76 | 77 | 153 (+11) |
UP NEXT
Round three of the Pac-12 Championship begins at 10:30 a.m. PT Saturday. The course and field will be reset after the conclusion of the second round.
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