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Kuangyu Chen and the Golden Bears finished 10th in a talented 15-team field at the Cabo Collegiate.
MGOLF3/5/2024 4:36 PM | By: Cal Athletics
No. 18 Cal Takes 10th At Cabo Collegiate
Sampson Zheng Earns Top-10 Individual Finish
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – The No. 18 California men's golf team finished 10th at the Cabo Collegiate following a six-over-par 290 in the third round Tuesday. Cal entered the final day at Twin Dolphin Club in ninth place before ultimately falling back one spot to finish at 13-over (288-287-290) for the tournament.
No. 6 Arizona State won the tournament at 19-under while Stanford's Michael Thorbjornsen (-10) was the individual medalist. The 15-team field featured nine top-20 teams.
Sampson Zheng shot his second even-par 71 of the tournament Tuesday to finish tied for 10th place individually at 3-under (210). The senior Golden Bear bogeyed his first hole, No. 10, for the second time in as many days before reeling off 15 consecutive pars, followed by a birdie on hole 8.
Kuangyu (Tony) Chen and
Eric Lee carded identical scores – 1-over 71 – for the third straight round to finished tied for 38th, while
Ethan Fang and
Nathan Wang tied for 48th and 73rd, respectively.
Cal was one of three Pac-12 programs competing in Cabo, finishing between Stanford (T-8th, +11) and No. 8 Arizona (11th, +17).
TEAM LEADERBOARD
| Place |
Team |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
| 1 |
Arizona State |
-19 |
276 |
284 |
273 |
833 |
| 2 |
Texas Tech |
-10 |
290 |
272 |
280 |
842 |
| 3 |
Arkansas |
-2 |
281 |
278 |
291 |
850 |
| 4 |
Vanderbilt |
+1 |
287 |
279 |
287 |
853 |
| T5 |
Ole Miss |
+5 |
292 |
281 |
284 |
857 |
| T5 |
Florida State |
+5 |
293 |
283 |
281 |
857 |
| 7 |
Tennessee |
+8 |
288 |
282 |
290 |
860 |
| T8 |
Houston |
+11 |
277 |
291 |
295 |
863 |
| T8 |
Stanford |
+11 |
288 |
281 |
294 |
863 |
| 10 |
California |
+13 |
288 |
287 |
290 |
865 |
| 11 |
Arizona |
+17 |
290 |
289 |
290 |
869 |
| 12 |
Baylor |
+21 |
294 |
287 |
292 |
873 |
| 13 |
Rice |
+29 |
298 |
292 |
291 |
881 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma State |
+31 |
297 |
291 |
295 |
883 |
| 15 |
Columbia |
+118 |
311 |
325 |
334 |
970 |
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
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