Lebow, Garcia share city lead after windy first round

On a morning when the wind played havoc for most of the field, Stanford golfer and former Santa Barbara High star Shane Lebow and Levi Garcia managed to shoot under par and share the first-round lead of the Santa Barbara City Golf Championship.

Lebow and Garcia each shot 2-under 68 on a wind-swept morning.

Brandon Gama is in third at 70.

Brian Helton is three shots back at 71, while seven golfers are at 72. Allen Geiberger, last year’s runner-up is tied with four others at 73.

Garcia was the tournament runner-up in 2010, losing by one shot to Andrew Perez.

Tournament play continues on Sunday and finishes on Monday.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT LEADERBOARD

Shane Lebow 68
Levi Garcia 68
Brandon Gama 70
Brian Helton 71
Brennan Amirkhizi 72
Brett Silvernail 72
Ed Susolik 72
Pea Hill 72
David Aarons 72
Len Shonka 72
Glen Scher 72
Allen Geiberger 73
Michael Flynn 73
Carson Curtis 73
David Siordia 73
Ryan Turner 74
Parker Colvin 74
Jonny Hogan 74
John Denny 74
Christian Carl Sanders 74
Rick Easter 74
Alec Constantinides 75
Michael Ondrejko 75
Alsx Romo 75
Max Angell 75
David Pichon 75
Brandon Shaw 75
Albert Corral 76
Dean Rogers 76
Brian Walker 76
Tyler Schwanz 76
Davin Sjoberg 76
Sean Searles 76
James Wright 76
Blair Key 76
Ruben Carmona 77
Patrick Macmichael 77
Jose Pelayo 77
Ray Gerow 77
Joshua Lloyd Cordova 77
Matt Sobczak 77
Dr. Louis Caron 77
Scott Patterson 77
Adam Canepa 77
Spencer Mikles 77
Kevin Ruby 77
Dodge Ward 78
Robin Williams 78
Matt Free 78
Kyle Rieb 78
Paul Sorenson 78
Sean Etow 78
Scott Snowbarger 78
Kiyan Mashhoon 78
Kenny Foster 78
Trevor Scott 79
Brent Meschuk 79
Jeff Myers 79
Adam Greene 79
Sean Carlson 79
Edward Bevilacqua 79
Thayer White 80
Orlando Hernandez 80
Nick Deheras 80
Michael Yi 81
Bill Cushman 81
Lincoln Lyles 81
Jorgen Staal 82
Mark Hawkins 82
Okkar Oo 82
Jeffrey Lester 83
Garland Pittman 83
Hunter Robinson 83
Spencer Rowley 84
Jeffrey Kemper 84
Nick Lyskin 84
Tyler Shean 88