CARMEL – The California men's golf team's 2024 fall slate concluded Tuesday with an 11th-place finish at the Preserve Golf Club Collegiate. Cal could not overcome a pair of difficult rounds – a first-round 299 and third-round 302 – on the way to a 22-over-par effort across the two-day, 54-hole tournament (299-285-302—886).
 
Kuangyu (Tony) Chen, the tournament's reigning individual medalist, was Cal's top finisher with a 1-under-par 215 and a tie for 16th. Chen wrapped up a 3-under-par 69 second round – the Bears' best single round of the tournament – Tuesday morning and briefly moved into the top five individually with a pair of birdies on the front nine of his third round, but eventually fell back with a 4-over-par 74.
 
Ziqin (Eric) Zhou posted the Cal lineup's only other under-par round of the tournament with a 1-under 71 in the second round on the way to tying for 39th (76-71-75—222). Sophomore Sihao Cong, playing as an individual, tied for 31st with a 4-over 220.
 
Cal's former Pac-12 Conference counterpart UCLA (-23) captured the tournament title, while Colorado State's Jay Pabin (-9) was crowned as individual medalist.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	UCLA	-23	279	285	277	841
2	San Diego State	-13	283	280	288	851
3	Colorado State	-9	285	288	282	855
4	Oregon	-3	280	291	290	861
5	Long Beach State	+1	286	288	291	875
11	California	+22	299	285	302	886

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T16	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	72	69	74	215 (-1)
T31	Sihao Cong (Ind.)	77	69	74	220 (+4)
T39	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	76	71	75	222 (+6)
T44	Charlie Berridge	74	74	76	224 (+8)
T54	Matthew Miyamoto	77	72	77	226 (+10)
T68	Daniel Heo	77	73	86	236 (+20)

 
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Cal will open its spring season on Jan. 27-29 at the Southwestern Invitational at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.
 
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