Cal At Pac-12 Championships Monday-Wednesday
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Sampson Zheng will play in the top spot in the Cal lineup at the Pac-12 Championships.

Cal At Pac-12 Championships Monday-Wednesday

72-Hole Event Begins Monday At 7 AM

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PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
MON.-WED., APRIL 25-27, 2022 • 7/10/7 AM • ALDARRA GOLF CLUB (SAMMAMISH, WA) • HOST: WASHINGTON

CAL AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS MONDAY-WEDNESDAY

— Cal plays at the 72-hole Pac-12 Championships from Monday-Wednesday, May 25-27 with the teams playing 36 holes Monday and 18 both Tuesday and Wednesday
— Cal's two team titles at the Pac-12 Championships came in back-to-back years in 2012 and 2013 with the Bears finishing seventh in the most recent event in 2021, which was hosted by Cal
— Cal has had the Pac-10/12 individual medalist four times (Charlie Wi, 1995; Eric Mina, 2010, Max Homa, 2013, Collin Moriakwa, 2019)   

CAL LINEUP
1 - Sampson Zheng (6-0, 210, So., Nagoya, Japan/The First Academy)

2021-22 — 9 Events, 27 Rounds, 1941 Strokes (+46), 71.89 Avg., 66 Low
Cal Career — 15 Events, 46 Rounds, 3342 Strokes (+94), 72.65 Avg., 66 Low
— Tied for third in the top finish of his collegiate career March 24-26 at The Goodwin hosted by Stanford when he fired an 11-under par round (66-66-67 - 199) that was also the best score of his career and started with back-to-back four-under par rounds of 66 that were the best single rounds of his career
— Has finished in the top 25 in each of his last three events, adding a tied for 24th finish at the Western Intercollegiate and a tied for 25th showing at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic to his performance at The Goodwin
— Leads Cal with nine events played in 2021-22
— Also had notable tied for 18th finish in the fall at the Isleworth Collegiate
— Cal's top-ranked player according to Golfstat at No. 236

2 - Simon Kwon (5-11, 175, Fr., Salt Lake City, UT/Skyline HS)
2021-22/Cal Career —
5 Events, 24 Rounds, 1109 Strokes (+44), 73.93 Avg., 69 Low
— Coming off top collegiate finish of his career with tied for 24th place showing at Western Intercollegiate
— Has played in three of Cal's six 2022 spring events after playing in two of four in the fall of 2021
— Grandson of golf legend Johnny Miller

3 - Aaron Du (5-7, 148, So., Beijing, China/Lake Mary Preparatory School)
2021-22 —
7 Events, 21 Rounds, 1508 Strokes (+11), 71.81 Avg., 66 Low
Cal Career — 13 Events, 40 Rounds, 2901 Strokes (+51), 72.53 Avg., 66 Low
— Has Cal's lone individual title in 2021-22 with medalist honors at the John Burns Intercollegiate (66-67-70-70 - 203, -13) that was the second of three consecutive events in which he played under par to start the spring of 2022 that also included a fifth-place finish at the Arizona Intercollegiate (68-69-69 - 206, -10) and a tied for 24th-place showing at the Cabo Collegiate (72-68-68 - 208, -5)  
— Has Cal's lowest stroke averages both in 2021-22 and for his career
— Cal's top-ranked player according to Golfweek/Sagarin at No. 201

4 - Charlie Berridge (6-5, 220, Fr., Scarsdale, NY/Scarsdale HS)
2021-22/Cal Career —
2 Events, 6 Rounds, 470 Strokes (+44), 78.33 Avg., 73 Low
— Played in Cal's most recent event at the Western Interollegiate in a return to the lineup for the first time since making his Cal debut at the Hampton's Intercollegiate last Oct. 4-5   
— Shot the lowest round of his Cal career in the third and final round of the Western Intercollgiate with a three-over par 73

5 - Ethan Chung (5-8, 165, R-Fr., Eastvale, CA/Cupertino HS)
2021-22/Cal Career —
7 Events, 21 Rounds, 1540 Strokes (+55), 73.33 Avg., 67 Low
— Had his top finish at Cal with a 30th-place showing at the Hampton's Intercollegiate    
— Transferred to Cal in the spring of 2021 from USC, where he participated in one event in the fall of 2020

6 - Tony Chen (6-0, 200, R-Fr., Shenzhen, China/IMG Academy)
2021-22/Cal Career —
8 Events, 24 Rounds, 1764 Strokes (+63), 73.50 Avg., 68 Low
— Second among all Cal players with eight events played in 2021-22 including his top finish of tied for 18th at the Isleworth Collegiate
 
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