San Marcos golfer Sam Metzger tore up the Santa Barbara Golf Club course with a 5-under par 65 to take the first-round lead at the Santa Barbara City Championship on Saturday.
Tyler Ley, a former San Marcos standout and USC alum, is in second place at 66. Five players are tied at 68 and former champion Brian Helton is among four players at 69.
2017 Santa Barbara City Championship
First-Round
Gross Scores for Championship Flight
Sam Metzger -5 65
Tyler Ley -4 66
Bobby Schaeffer -2 68
Jake Ledbetter -2 68
Mitchell Martin -2 68
Nathan Clark -2 68
Preston Smith -2 68
Brian Helton -1 69
Danny Carroll -1 69
Isaac Stone -1 69
Sage M Casaga -1 69
Bennett Reichard Even 70
Dave Aarons Even 70
Davin Sjoberg Even 70
Hunter Epson Even 70
Jordan Scott Even 70
Niels Andersen Even 70
Briggs Boss +1 71
Calvin Xie +1 71
Cody P Hall +1 71
Preston W. Gomersall +1 71
Brett T Patton +2 72
Collin Waring +2 72
Gregory Moss +2 72
Alec Constantinides +3 73
Cade B Casaga +3 73
Daniel Scott Johnson +3 73
Seth P Ludwick +4 74
Aryeh Keating +5 75
Brandon Gama +5 75
Kelly Foy +5 75
Matthew Pate +5 75
Mike Montgomery +5 75
Millan Batra +5 75
Nathan Fox +5 75
Robert Johnson +5 75
Zachary Steinberger +5 75
Ed Susolik +6 76
Jeff Myers +6 76
Tanner Shean +6 76
Thayer White +7 77
Zachary Wilkens +7 77
Arturo Silberstein +8 78
JJ Resnick +8 78
Chong C Kim +9 79
Preston Foy +9 79
Sean Searls +11 81
Blake Bornand +12 82
Tyler Shean +12 82
Bill Cushman WD
Johnny Hogan NS
Kevin Mata WD
Nicholas Cantlay NS