FAIRFAX – With a 19-stroke advantage on the field to start the day, the California men's golf team rolled through the third round at Meadow Club Tuesday on the way to winning the Alister MacKenzie Invitational for the second consecutive year.
 
Cal clinched the victory – its 13th in the MacKenzie's 19-year history – with a 51-under-par performance (262-260-279). All five golfers in Cal's "A" lineup that contributed to the team win shot 6-under or better throughout the 54-hole, two-day tournament, highlighted by a 15-under effort from Nathan Wang (65-63-70) that earned him third place individually. Wang entered Tuesday's third round in sole possession of first place after a scorching first 36 holes, but ended up one shot behind co-medalists Treed Huang (-16) of UC Davis and Bastien Amat (-16) of New Mexico.
 
Runner-up honors went to New Mexico (-36) while San Jose State (-33), Saint Mary's (-30) and Cal Poly (-26) rounded out the top five.
 
Tony Chen (-13) and Sampson Zheng (-6) posted Cal's best third-round scores with 68s; the veteran duo finished sixth and 20th, respectively, while freshmen Ethan Fang (-8) and Eric Lee (-7) took 14th and 15th.
 
Cal's "B" lineup posted a third-round 280 to finish in 11th overall. The group was paced by Ethan Chung (69-71-69), who twice shot 2-under in rounds 1 and 3 on the way to finishing in a tie for 28th. Charlie Berridge (-2) and Jeewon Park (-2) tied for 34th.
 
It's the second event win of the fall season for the Bears, who teamed up with the Cal women on Sept. 28 to defeat Stanford in the annual Big Match.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	California	-51	262	260	279	801
2	New Mexico	-36	273	268	275	816
3	San Jose State	-33	273	271	275	819
4	Saint Mary's	-30	275	267	280	822
5	Cal Poly	-26	271	281	274	826
6	San Francisco	-23	270	278	281	829
T7	Minnesota	-22	274	280	276	830
T7	UC Davis	-22	279	273	278	830
9	Fresno State	-20	275	284	273	832
10	San Diego	-15	277	282	278	837
11	California (B)	-12	275	285	280	840
T12	Santa Clara	-1	284	278	289	851
T12	UC Santa Barbara	-1	282	283	286	851
T12	Harvard	-1	285	288	278	851

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
3	Nathan Wang	65 (-6)	63 (-8)	70 (-1)	198 (-15)
6	Tony Chen	65 (-6)	67 (-4)	68 (-3)	200 (-13)
14	Ethan Fang	65 (-6)	67 (-4)	73 (+2)	205 (-8)
T15	Eric Lee	67 (-4)	66 (-5)	73 (+2)	206 (-7)
T20	Sampson Zheng	75 (+4)	64 (-7)	68 (-3)	207 (-6)
T28	Ethan Chung	69 (-2)	71 (E)	69 (-2)	209 (-4)
T34	Jeewon Park	69 (-2)	73 (+2)	69 (-2)	211 (-2)
T34	Charlie Berridge	69 (-2)	70 (-1)	72 (E)	211 (-2)
T47	Daniel Heo	70 (-1)	68 (-4)	75 (+4)	213 (E)
T51	Costas Panay	73 (+2)	71 (E)	70 (-1)	214 (+1)
T71	Papon Sawatyanon	68 (-3)	77 (+6)	75 (+4)	220 (+7)

 
ALISTER MACKENZIE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS – ALL-TIME
2023 – California (Treed Huang, UC Davis/Bastien Amat, New Mexico)
2022 – California (Ian Gilligan, Long Beach State)
2019 – Pepperdine (Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine)
2018 – Pepperdine (RJ Manke, Pepperdine)
2017 – California (KK Limbhasut, California)
2016 – Arizona State (Ki Taek Lee, Arizona State/Conner Kumpula, Oregon State)
2015 – California (Cody Blick, San José State)
2014 – California (Max Rottluff, Arizona State)
2013 – California (Joël Stalter, California)
2012 – California (Brandon Hagy, California)
2011 – California, Oregon (Eugene Wong, Oregon)
2010 – California (Alex Kang, San Diego State)
2009 – California (Stephen Hale, California)
2007 – San Diego State (Daryl Fathauer, Louisville)
2006 – California (Michael Wilson, California)
2005 – California (Jon Rosa, Fresno State)
2004 – Oregon State (Bobby Bennett, Purdue/Dillion Dougherty, Northwestern)
2003 – California (Steve Conway, UCLA)
2002 – Fresno State (Nick Watney, Fresno State)
 
UP NEXT
The Bears close out their fall season at the Cal Poly Invitational on Oct. 30-31 in Carmel. The two-day tournament will be hosted at The Preserve Golf Club.
 
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