Jonathan Chen leads at 7-under in Monterey City Amateur

Jonathan Chen of Carmel (and Dominican University) sits atop the leaderboard at 7-under par through the early rounds of the 76th Monterey City Amateur Championship at Del Monte Golf Course, holding a two-stroke cushion over Hanqin Wang of Diamond Bar at 5-under. (Wang recently graduated from high school and has committed to Long Beach State.)

Chen's brother trails by three at 4-under, while Miguel Delgado and John Sawin -- the VP of Golf for Del Monte G.C. owner Pebble Beach Corporation -- share fourth at 2-under. Reese Sato sits alone in sixth at 1-under, with Evan Johnson another stroke back at even par.