Cal Roars Back To Finish Third At Western Intercollegiate
SANTA CRUZ – The No. 22 California men's golf team shot a Western Intercollegiate-low 344 in the third round to climb the leaderboard and finish in third place on Wednesday at Pasatiempo Golf Club.
The Golden Bears finished the 54-hole tournament at 14-over-par (356-364-344 – 1,064), with the 6-under 344 in the final round serving as the lowest 18-hole score in the 14-team field across three days of play. Sampson Zheng led the charge on Wednesday, carding three birdies over his final five holes to finish with a 4-under 66 and tied for fourth place individually at 2-under, just two strokes behind individual medalist Filip Jakubcik (-4) of Arizona.
Stanford (+8) won the title with Washington (+13) as the runner up. Oregon (+15) and Arizona (+17) rounded out an All-Pac-12 top five.
Zheng – who earned his third consecutive top-10 finish dating back to early March – was one of four Golden Bears that shot under par Wednesday, with Ethan Fang (+4, T-25th), Aaron Du (+5, T-34th) and Kuangyu (Tony) Chen (+7, T-39th) all carding 1-under 69s in the third round. Cal's five counted scorers amassed 11 birdies to just four bogeys throughout the final nine holes of play. Eric Lee, who shot 1-over 71, was Cal's second-best finisher in the tournament with a tie for 14th.
It was Cal's seventh top-five finish – and sixth top-three finish – in nine stroke-play events this season.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
| Place | Team | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Stanford | +8 | 354 | 355 | 349 | 1058 |
| 2 | Washington | +13 | 355 | 357 | 351 | 1063 |
| 3 | California | +14 | 356 | 364 | 344 | 1064 |
| 4 | Oregon | +15 | 356 | 359 | 350 | 1065 |
| 5 | Arizona | +16 | 348 | 363 | 355 | 1066 |
| 6 | Texas | +17 | 363 | 353 | 351 | 1067 |
| 7 | San Diego State | +18 | 360 | 353 | 355 | 1068 |
| 8 | BYU | +24 | 359 | 356 | 359 | 1074 |
| 9 | Chattanooga | +32 | 358 | 364 | 360 | 1082 |
| 10 | Pepperdine | +43 | 370 | 355 | 368 | 1093 |
| T11 | San Jose State | +44 | 358 | 364 | 372 | 1094 |
| T11 | UNLV | +44 | 372 | 361 | 361 | 1094 |
| 13 | UC Irvine | +73 | 387 | 371 | 365 | 1123 |
| 14 | Hawaii | +77 | 375 | 381 | 371 | 1127 |
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
| Place | Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| T4 | Sampson Zheng | 71 | 71 | 66 | 208 (-2) |
| T14 | Eric Lee | 69 | 71 | 71 | 211 (+1) |
| T25 | Ethan Fang | 70 | 75 | 69 | 214 (+4) |
| T34 | Aaron Du | 73 | 73 | 69 | 215 (+5) |
| T39 | Kuangyu (Tony) Chen | 73 | 75 | 69 | 217 (+7) |
| T54 | Jeewon Park | 74 | 74 | 72 | 220 (+10) |
| T86 | Charlie Berridge (Ind.) | 75 | 79 | 77 | 231 (+21) |
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Cal will compete in its final Pac-12 Championships at Desert Forest Golf Club in Carefree, Arizona on April 26-28.
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