No. 18 Cal Takes 10th At Cabo Collegiate
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Kuangyu Chen and the Golden Bears finished 10th in a talented 15-team field at the Cabo Collegiate.

No. 18 Cal Takes 10th At Cabo Collegiate

Sampson Zheng Earns Top-10 Individual Finish

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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
Place Name R1 R2 R3 Total
T10 Sampson Zheng 71 (E) 68 (-3) 71 (E) 210 (-3)
T38 Kuangyu (Tony) Chen 73 (+2) 74 (+3) 72 (+1) 219 (+6)
T38 Eric Lee 73 (+2) 74 (+3) 72 (+1) 219 (+6)
T48 Ethan Fang 75 (+4) 71 (E) 75 (+4) 221 (+8)
T73 Nathan Wang 71 (E) 85 (+14) 77 (+6) 233 (+20)
 
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Cal will compete in the Pauma Valley Invitational, hosted by Loyola Marymount at Pauma Valley Country Club on March 18-19.
 
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