BERKELEY – The California men's golf team heads to the Hawaiian island of Kauai this week for the 48th John A. Burns Intercollegiate, hosted at Ocean Course Hokuala in Lihue. The three-day, 54-hole tournament begins on Wednesday with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. PT each morning.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Dates: Feb. 13-15, 2025
• Format: 54 holes (18-18-18, Thursday-Saturday); 5-count-4
• Course Info: Par 70 | 7,098 Yards
• Location: Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii | Ocean Course at Hokuala
• Live Scoring: Scoreboard

 
OFF THE TEE
1. Daniel Heo
2. Kuangyu (Tony) Chen
3. Sihao Cong
4. Charlie Berridge
5. Ziqin (Eric) Zhou
Individual: Matthew Miyamoto
 
THE FIELD (17)
Hawaii (Host), BYU (#21), Cal (#58), Fresno State, Grand Canyon (#55), Illinois (#10), Long Beach State (#39), Missouri, New Mexico (#63), Saint Mary's (#71), San Diego State (#23), Santa Clara (#68), Texas A&M (#28), UNLV (#40), Utah (#16), UTEP (#86), Washington State
 
BACK TO KAUAI
Cal has been a mainstay at the Burns Intercollegiate over the years, winning five team titles in consecutive years between 2011-15 as well as six individual titles, most recently Sampson Zheng in 2023 and Aaron Du in 2022. The Golden Bears' five team titles and six individual titles are both the second most in tournament history.
 
LINEUP AT A GLANCE
The same five Bears who played in the spring-opening Southwestern Invitational two weeks ago will be in Cal's lineup this week. Ziqin (Eric) Zhou and Kuangyu (Tony) Chen were the team's top finishers at the Southwestern – T13 and T26, respectively – but the Bears struggled across the first 36 holes of the tournament on the way to a ninth-place finish.
 
Cal did bounce back on the final day in Thousand Oaks with a third-round 4-under-par 280, keyed by Daniel Heo's 3-under 68.
 
FALL IN REVIEW
The Bears competed in four stroke-play events during the Fall, earning three straight top-four finishes – fourth at The Tindall, fourth at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and third at the Pacific Invitational – before ending the slate with an 11th-place effort at the Preserve Golf Club Collegiate. Four Bears finished 11th or better individually throughout the fall, including two top-six finishes by Heo, who was one of Cal's top performers in the four stroke-play events.
 
LEADING THE CHARGE
The Bears have proven to be stiff competition in the early stages of their first season under Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Michael Wilson, who was hired to the position on July 22, 2024. Wilson, a 2007 alumnus and key member of Cal's 2004 NCAA Men's Golf Championship team, returned to Berkeley most recently following two successful seasons at the helm of Colorado State's program (2022-24), having led the Rams to back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances and a 2023 NCAA Championship berth. He's in his eighth season as a Division I head coach.
 
NEW ERA TEED UP FOR CAL GOLF
A transformational gift in support of Cal Golf is setting a new course for the sport and providing a model for philanthropic engagement at a pivotal moment for Cal Athletics. The $23 million gift — the largest endowment gift in Cal Athletics history — provided by an anonymous donor and established campus friend, will fully endow the men's and women's teams and provide Golden Bear golfers with a world class training facility at the Stonebrae Country Club. Read more about the gift at inspire.berkeley.edu.
 
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