LIHUE, Hawaii – Nine Golden Bears will represent the California men's golf team this week at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, hosted by the University of Hawaii at Ocean Course Hokuala on the island of Kauai. The three-day event will take place Thursday through Saturday with 18 holes played each day starting at 9:30 a.m. HST/11:30 a.m. PST.
 
Cal enters its second tournament of the new calendar year ranked 20th nationally (Clippd) following a ninth-place finish at the Southwestern Invitational in Westlake Village on Jan. 29-31. The Golden Bears have had plenty of success at the Burns Intercollegiate with five team titles – all coming in as many years from 2011-15 – and six individual medalists, most recently including Sampson Zheng in 2023 and Aaron Du in 2022.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Dates: Feb. 15-17, 2024
• Format: 54 holes (18-18-18, Thursday-Friday-Saturday); 5-count-4
• Location: Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii| Ocean Course Hokuala
• Course Info: Par 72 | 7,156 Yards
• Host: Hawaii
• Live Scoring: SMART Golf

THE FIELD (20)
Hawaii (Host), Arizona, BYU, California, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Georgia Southern, Little Rock, Long Beach State, New Mexico, Saint Mary's, San Diego State, San Francisco, Texas A&M, UC Santa Barbara, UNLV, USC, Utah, UTEP, Washington State
 
OFF THE TEE
1. Sampson Zheng (Hole 4B)
2. Aaron Du (Hole 4A)
3. Tony Chen (Hole 5)
4. Ethan Fang (Hole 6B)
5. Nathan Wang (Hole 6A)
Individuals: Charlie Berridge (Hole 16A), Eric Lee (Hole 17B), Costas Panay (Hole 16B), Jeewon Park (Hole 15A)
 
CHIP SHOTS

• Cal's five team titles at the Burns Intercollegiate are the second most in tournament history. Its six individual medalists are tied for the most with New Mexico.
• Sampson Zheng, who will play as Cal's No. 1 this week, is a reigning co-medalist at the Burns Intercollegiate. He shared medalist honors with Texas A&M's Sam Bennett – who has since turned pro – after carding an 18-under-par 198 (65-68-65). Zheng's 18-under score in relation to par set a Cal program record and was tied for the third-lowest in Pac-12 Conference history.
• Aaron Du claimed his first collegiate title at the Burns Intercollegiate in 2022, shooting a 13-under 203 (66-67-70).
• Eight of the 20 teams in the Burns Intercollegiate field are ranked in the top 50 nationally (Clippd).
• Nathan Wang, the Bears' No. 5 this week, is their second highest-ranked golfer by Clippd at 124th individually. He owned a 69.22 scoring average in nine rounds last fall.
• Three Bears – Eric Lee (No. 156), Zheng and Tony Chen (No. 117) – earned Pac-12 Golfer of the Week honors in the fall. All three will compete this week.
• Ethan Fang earned the first top-10 finish of his collegiate career with a tie for ninth at the Southwestern Invitational last month. He shot a 5-under 208.
• Cal had an impressive five-tournament fall season that ended with back-to-back team victories in October at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and the Cal Poly Invitational. The Bears – who also won the Big Match against Stanford – finished no worse than tied for third in their five fall events.

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