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Bears Take Aim At Blessings Collegiate Invitational

by calbears.com
Oct 2, 2022
Nathan Wang (pictured) is one of five Cal men's golfers who will compete at the prestigious Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 3-5.

BERKELEY – The California men's golf team will kick off a busy October at the third-annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Oct. 3-5.
 
The 54-hole, three-day event will be hosted by Arkansas at Blessings Golf Club and will be televised on Golf Channel. Cal is one of 11 men's teams competing in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational, considered one of collegiate golf's premier tournaments. It is the first and only collegiate tournament to feature men's and women's programs playing the same course at the same time with all five players from each school playing in the same groups.
 
In addition to the traditional team and individual titles, a combined team champion and a combined, best-ball champion will be crowned on Oct. 5.
 
Cal will tee off from hole 10 at 7:15 a.m. PT on Monday and from hole 1 at 9 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Wednesday's tee times will be determined based on seeding after rounds one and two. Visit BlessingsCollegiate.com for more complete information about the event.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

  • Dates: Oct. 3-5 (Monday-Wednesday)
  • Format: Monday: 18 holes | Tuesday: 18 holes | Wednesday: 18 holes
  • Location: Blessings Golf Club (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
  • Course Info: Par-72, 7,503 yards
  • Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
  • Broadcast: Golf Channel (1-4:30 p.m. PT, daily)

 
THE FIELD
Arkansas (host), Cal, Clemson, Kansas, Louisville, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Central Florida, UCLA, UNLV
 
GOLDEN BEAR LINEUP
1 – Aaron Du (Jr., Beijing, China)
Two-time All-Pac-12 Team honorable mention (2021, '22) ... Tied for 37th (+2, 212) at the season-opening FIghting Irish Classic (Sept. 3-5) ... Handily won his match in the Big Match vs. Stanford (2&1) … Led Cal with a season scoring average of 71.76 last season … Won the 2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Lihue, Hawaii for his first collegiate title (66-67-70 – 203, -13) … Posted five consecutive rounds – and seven out of nine – in the 60s in 2021-22 … Tied for 10th at the 2022 Pac-12 Championship (72-71-70-73 - 286, +2) … Impressed as a rookie in 2020-21, earning a spot on the Pac-12 All-Newcomer Team while averaging 73.32 strokes per round.
 
2 – Sampson Zheng (Jr., Nagoya, Japan)
2021-22 All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... Carded a 4-under 206 (68-70-68) & tied for 13th at Cal's season-opening Fighting Irish Classic (Sept. 4-5) ... Birdied on the 18th hole to secure a 1-up victory alongside Jieming Yang in the Big Match vs. Stanford (Sept. 29) ... Averaged 71.84 strokes per round as a sophomore in 2021-22, ranking second for Cal … Posted five top-25 finishes in 2021-22, including a career-best third-place showing at The Goodwin (66-66-67 – 199, -11) … Tied for 10th at the Pac-12 Championship (71-73-73-69 – 286, +2) … Averaged 73.74 strokes per round as a freshman.
 
3 – Tony Chen (R-So., Shenzhen, China)
Making 2022-23 season stroke-play debut ... Played in the Big Match vs. Stanford on Sept. 29, losing 4&2 alongside Mika Jin ... Appeared in nine tournaments in his first season of action last year after redshirting as a freshman ... Averaged 73.25 strokes per round last season ... Tallied seven rounds in the 60s, including a season-low 67 in the fourth round of the Pac-12 Championships ... Tied for 18th at Pac-12s, shooting 75-69-76-67 - 287, +3) ... Additionally tied for 18th at Isleworth Collegiate with 70-71-69 - 218, +2.
 
4 – Jeewon Park (Jr., Busan, South Korea)
Tied for 37th with a 2-over 212 (70-72-70) at the season-opening Fighting Irish Classic (Sept. 4-5) in his Cal debut ... Lost 3&2 alongside Adora Liu as the No. 6 pairing in the Big Match vs. Stanford (Sept. 29) ... Arizona State transfer ... Arrived in Berkeley after two seasons played with the Sun Devils ... Played in two stroke-play events in 2021-22 with the Sun Devils, including at the Dove Mountain Intercollegiate where he tied for fourth (82-70-70 – 222, +6) … Three-time Korean National Team player in 2014, '16 and '17.
 
5 – Nathan Wang (Fr., Fremont, California)
Freshman member of the Cal men's golf team, making his collegiate stroke-play debut ... Made his Cal debut in last week's Big Match vs. Stanford; lost match (5&4) alongside the Golden Bear women's Annika Borrelli ... Won medalist honors at 2022 NCGA Amateur Stroke Play Championship (71-70-71 – 212, -1); was the only golfer in the 87-player field to play the 54-hole event under par & is believed to be only the second 17-year-old to win the event with the only other golf legend Johnny Miller in 1964 ... Graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School in spring 2022 ... Three-time All-WCAL First Team selection.
 
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