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Junior Devon Bling made seven birdies in his opening round on Sunday.

Bling, Bruins Third After Day One in Vegas

Men's Golf

Bling is one back of the individual lead, while the Bruins are six strokes behind.

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LAS VEGAS - Junior Devon Bling is just one shot off the lead after 18 holes of the Southern Highlands Collegiate, shooting a 4-under 68 on Sunday at the Southern Highlands Golf Club.

Starting on the 10th, Bling made seven birdies on No. 13, 16, 18, 1, 3, 5 and 9 to go with three bogeys. He is in solo third, one back of Georgia's Davis Thompson and USC's Yuxin Lin (-5, 67).

As a team, the Bruins are in third place after posting a 5-over 293. UCLA is six behind first-place USC (-1, 287) and one back of second-place Texas (+4, 292).

Senior Hidetoshi Yoshihara was also one of nine golfers to shoot under par on Sunday. He posted a 1-under 71 on birdies on No. 13 and 5 and one bogey. Sophomore Bryan Wiyang Teoh and freshman Tony Hendricks are both tied for 40th (+5, 77). Teoh made a birdie on the fifth, four bogeys and a double, while Hendricks posted two birdies on No. 16 and 9, five bogeys and a double. Junior Eddy Lai is tied for 59th (+6, 78), making a birdie on the second, three bogeys and two doubles.

The Bruins will start their second round on Monday at 10:40 a.m. off the first tee in the order of Lai, Hendricks, Teoh, Yoshihara and Bling.