PAUMA VALLEY – The No. 18 California men's golf team carded a tournament-low 10-under-par 274 on Tuesday to climb four spots and finish in fifth place at the Pauma Valley Invitational. Freshman Ethan Fang (-8) led the way, tying his 18-hole collegiate low with a 6-under 65 in the third round to tie for second individually.
 
The Golden Bears (847, -5) were in ninth after shooting 5-over-par (288-285) across the first 36 holes on Monday, but a well-rounded team effort in the third round – four scores of even-par 71 or lower – vaulted them up the standings. No. 3 Vanderbilt (-20) won the title, placing ahead of San Diego (-13), Oklahoma State (-13) and Oklahoma (-8).
 
Fang held a three-way share of the individual title down to the wire before Oklahoma State's Jonas Baumgartner (-9) sunk a birdie on hole 18 to clinch the victory. It was the lowest finish of Fang's young collegiate career and his third top-10 finish in four events played this spring. The Golden Bear rookie started his day with three consecutive birdies on holes 10-12 and after going bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie to close the back nine, Fang carded a 3-under 33 on the front nine.
 
Four Bears – Kuangyu (Tony) Chen, Eric Lee, Daniel Heo and Jeewon Park, the former playing as an individual – tied for 37th at 3-over (216). Lee jumped 30 spots on the individual leaderboard Tuesday with a bogey-free 4-under 67 in the final round. Nathan Wang, who tied for 49th overall, contributed to Cal's team score Tuesday with an even-par 71.
 
It was Cal's sixth top-five finish in eight stroke play events this season.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Vanderbilt	-20	274	279	279	832
2	San Diego	-13	279	283	277	839
3	Oklahoma State	-12	279	277	284	840
4	Oklahoma	-8	287	275	282	844
5	California	-5	288	285	274	847
T6	UCLA	E	285	277	290	852
T6	BYU	E	289	279	284	852
8	SMU	+5	288	284	285	857
9	Colorado State	+8	286	289	285	860
10	LMU	+9	292	288	281	861
11	Saint Mary's	+13	297	289	279	865
12	Fresno State	+15	287	289	291	867
13	Pacific	+16	288	295	285	868
14	South Florida	+18	288	283	299	870
15	TCU	+21	292	285	296	873

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T2	Ethan Fang	70	70	65	205 (-8)
T37	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	74	69	73	216 (+3)
T37	Eric Lee	72	77	67	216 (+3)
T37	Daniel Heo	73	72	71	216 (+3)
T37	Jeewon Park (Ind.)	73	72	71	216 (+3)
T49	Nathan Wang	73	74	71	218 (+5)

 
UP NEXT
The Golden Bears will stay close to home next week when they compete in The Goodwin on March 28-30 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.
 
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