TUCSON, Ariz. – Three Golden Bears tied for ninth place individually in a 75-man field and the California men's golf team earned a fourth-place finish at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate at Tucson Country Club on Tuesday.
 
Cal ended the two-day, 54-hole tournament at 11-over-par 875 (283-290-302), finishing behind champion No. 25 Arizona (+3), No. 29 Long Beach State (+4) and No. 10 Utah (+6). The Bears entered Tuesday's final round at 3-under and trailed the host Wildcats by only two strokes but fell back two spots with the third-round 302. The fourth-place effort still marked Cal's best finish since mid-October.
 
Senior Charlie Berridge, freshman Ziqin (Eric) Zhou and graduate Wenliang Xie – playing as an individual – tied for ninth at 1-over 217. Berridge was in a four-way tie for first place at 5-under through 36 holes but dropped eight spots with a 78 in the third round. Freshman Kai Hirayama, playing in the Cal lineup for the first time this week, had the Bears' best third round score with a 2-over 74 to climb 10 spots on the leaderboard and finish tied for 21st at 6-over 222.
 
Redshirt senior Kuangyu (Tony) Chen also earned a top-30 finish with a tie for 28th at 8-over 224.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP 5)

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Arizona	+3	282	289	296	867
2	Long Beach St.	+4	284	292	292	868
3	Utah	+6	286	290	294	870
4	California	+11	283	290	302	875
5	New Mexico St.	+14	285	291	302	878

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T9	Charlie Berridge	68	71	78	217 (+1)
T9	Ziqin (Eric) Zhou	69	73	75	217 (+1)
T9	Wenliang Xie (Ind.)	69	73	75	217 (+1)
T21	Kai Hirayama	72	76	74	222 (+6)
T28	Kuangyu (Tony) Chen	78	70	76	224 (+8)
T44	Daniel Heo	74	77	77	228 (+12)

 
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Cal is back in action next week at The Goodwin, hosted at Stanford Golf Course on March 27-29.
 
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