STANFORD – Sampson Zheng secured an individual top-10 finish with a 1-under par 69 in the final round and the California men's golf team finished in eighth place at the Pac-12 Championships on Sunday at Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears shot an 11-over 361 in the final round and rounded out the 72-hole, three-day tournament at 16-over par.
 
Tournament host Stanford, which was tied for third after 54 holes, pummeled the field with a fourth-round 4-under 346 – no other team shot better than 3-over par on Sunday – and won the team championship by 13 strokes at 19-under par. Cardinal golfer Michael Thorbjornsen (-15) shot a fourth-round 68 on Sunday and claimed individual medalist honors.
 
Zheng finished the tournament with a 3-under 277 and tied for 10th individually at Pac-12s for the second consecutive year. After shooting an opening-round 72, Zheng went under par the rest of the way, climbing at least nine spots on the individual leaderboard each round. The junior tallied an eagle on hole 1 on Sunday as well as birdies on holes 5 and 17. Fellow junior Aaron Du (-1) also finished under par and tied for 15th.
 
Freshman Nathan Wang had Cal's second-best round on Sunday with an even-par 70, which helped him climb 12 spots on the leaderboard.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Stanford	-19	350	341	344	346	1381
2	Arizona State	-6	331	345	359	359	1394
T3	Colorado	-5	344	336	353	362	1395
T3	Washington State	-5	344	349	349	353	1395
T5	Washington	-3	343	343	347	364	1397
T5	Oregon	-3	342	345	351	359	1397
7	Arizona	+14	352	349	350	363	1414
8	California	+16	351	353	351	361	1416
9	Oregon State	+23	351	362	352	358	1423
10	USC	+27	356	354	358	359	1427
11	Utah	+32	361	348	342	381	1432
12	UCLA	+48	366	348	363	370	1448

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T10	Sampson Zheng	72	68	68	69	277 (-3)
T15	Aaron Du	64	71	72	72	279 (-1)
T43	Simon Kwon	74	69	69	75	287 (+7)
T47	Nathan Wang	72	74	73	70	289 (+9)
T50	Daniel Heo	72	72	71	75	290 (+10)
T53	Jeewon Park	71	73	71	76	291 (+11)

 
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The extent of Cal's postseason fate will be determined during the NCAA Championships Selection Show, which will air on GOLF Channel at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday. NCAA Regional play will take place May 15-17 at six regional sites, with a total of 450 student-athletes competing. Three regional sites will have 13 teams and 10 individuals and three will have 14 teams and five individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to play in the championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, taking place May 26-31.
 
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