SAN FRANCISCO – California junior Sampson Zheng shot a tournament-low 64 and the Golden Bears climbed four spots on the leaderboard on Saturday to tie for fifth at The Goodwin. The Bears (842, +2) shot the second-best third-round score in the field to clinch their third top-five finish in four tournaments played this spring.
 
Zheng's standout third-round effort rocketed him 42 spots up the individual leaderboard into a tie for fifth. The 18-hole score was a collegiate low for the junior, who continues to excel for the Bears this season. Zheng (69-73-64 – 206, -4) was masterful on Saturday as he tallied eight birdies, including five on the front nine holes. He has shot under par five times in seven tournaments during the 2022-23 season.
 
No. 13 Oklahoma (822, -18) and Ben Lorenz (-9) captured the team title and individual medalist honors. No. 11 Georgia Tech (-12) and eighth-ranked Stanford (-1) rounded out the top three in a field that featured seven top-38 squads and nine Pac-12 teams.
 
Zheng was one of three Bears who shot even par or better on Saturday, as he was joined by Daniel Heo (212, +2) and Simon Kwon (215, +5). Heo finished tied for 32nd while Aaron Du (213, +3) earned a top-40 finish.
 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T5	Sampson Zheng	69 (-1)	73 (+3)	64 (-6)	206 (-4)
T32	Daniel Heo	71 (+1)	71 (+1)	70 (E)	212 (+2)
T40	Aaron Du	72 (+2)	69 (-1)	72 (+2)	213 (+3)
T52	Simon Kwon	71 (+1)	74 (+4)	70 (E)	215 (+5)
T78	Nathan Wang	75 (+5)	70 (E)	73 (+3)	218 (+8)
T111	Costas Panay (I)	74 (+4)	75 (+5)	72 (+2)	221 (+11)
T124	Papon Sawatyanon (I)	71 (+1)	75 (+5)	77 (+7)	223 (+13)
T5	California	283 (+3)	283 (+3)	276 (-4)	842 (+2)

 
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Cal will play in the Western Intercollegiate on April 10-12 at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz. The 54-hole, three-day tournament will be televised by Golf Channel.
 
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