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Aaron Du
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 148
- Hometown:
- Beijing, China
- High School:
- Lake Mary Preparatory School (FL)
- Major:
- Public Health
| Year | Events | Rounds | Rds in 60s | Average | Low Score | Best Finish | Matches |
| 2020-21 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 73.32 | 66 | 7 | 0-0 |
| 2021-22 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 71.76 | 66 | 1 | 0-0 |
| 2022-23 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 71.74 | 63 | T6 | 1-0 |
| 2023-24 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 72.20 | 66 | T6 | 0-1 |
| Career | 29 | 90 | 20 | 72.15 | 63 | 1 | 1-1 |
Personal Records At Cal
- Lowest 18-hole score: 63, Western Intercollegiate (Spring 2023)
- Lowest 54-hole score: 203, John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Spring 2022)
- Best finish: 1st, John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Spring 2022)
Accolades
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2x - 2020-21, 2021-22)
- Individual Medalist (2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate)
- Pac-12 All-Newcomer Team (2020-21)
- CSC At-Large Academic All-America Third Team (2022-23)
- CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team (2022-23)
- GCAA All-America Scholar (2x - 2021-22, 2022-23)
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3x - 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 2x Golden Bear Achievement Award (2022-23, 2023-24)
- Cal Golf Co-Most Valuable Player (2021-22)
- 3x Cal Golf Ben Furth Award (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
At Cal
2023-24 (Sr.)
- Earned his undergraduate degree in public health at the conclusion of the 2024 spring semester
- Competed in five stroke-play events as a senior, including four as a part of the Cal lineup
- Averaged 72.20 strokes per round & shot 15-over-par across 15 total rounds
- Tied for sixth & shot 8-under-par 208 (67-71-70) in his season debut at the Husky Individual (Sept. 18-19)
- Kicked off the spring season with a 3-under-par 210 (66-71-73) & tied for 13th at the Southwestern Invitational (Jan. 29-31)
- Received Cal Golf's Ben Furth Award – earned for displaying excellence in academics and golf – for the third consecutive year
- Played in a career-high 10 of Cal's 12 stroke-play events as a junior
- Averaged a career-low 71.74 strokes over 31 rounds (2,224 strokes, +18)
- Totaled five top-25 individual finishes, including three in Cal's final four events of the season
- Shot a 5-over 221 (73-75-73) to tie for 24th individually & help Cal place sixth at the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional (May 15-17)
- Placed 15th at the Pac-12 Championships (April 28-30) with a 1-under 279 (64-71-72-72)
- Put together his best 54-hole effort of the season with a tie for sixth at the Western Intercollegiate (April 10-12)
- Tied the Western Intercollegiate low 18-hole record with a first-round 63; just the third golfer to shoot a 7-under 63 in the tournament's 76-year history
- Shot a 2-under 208 (63-74-71) for his lone top-10 finish of the season
- Went 3-under with a 213 (71-68-74) & tied for 24th to start the spring season at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate (Jan. 30-31)
- Impressed in the second event of the season with a 6-over 222 (79-70-73) at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 3-5)
- Earned a wire-to-wire 2&1 victory in the Big Match (Sept. 29) alongside Cal women's golfer Cristina Ochoa
- Became just the third Cal golfer to earn CSC Academic All-America honors with a third-team nod; joined Scott Carlyle (2003-04) & Brandon Hagy (2012-13, 2013-14)
- Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award for maintaining Cal Golf's highest GPA in the 2022-23 academic year
- Received Cal Golf's Ben Furth Award – earned for displaying excellence in academics and golf – for the second consecutive year
- Earned an All-Pac-12 honorable mention for the second consecutive season
- Owned a season scoring average of 71.76
- Amassed 25 rounds played throughout eight tournaments (1,794 strokes, +13)
- Won the 2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Lihue, Hawaii for his first collegiate title
- Carded a 13-under 203 (66-67-70); his first round 66 was his lowest 18-hole score at Cal
- Finished fifth at the Arizona Intercollegiate after carding a 10-under 206 (68-69-69)
- Tied for 10th at the Pac-12 Championship (72-71-70-73 - 286, +2)
- Posted five consecutive rounds – and seven out of nine – in the 60s between the Arizona Intercollegiate, the John Burns Intercollegiate & the Cabo Collegiate
- Repeated as a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection
- Named Cal Golf's co-most valuable player along with Sampson Zheng and received the Ben Furth Award – earned for displaying excellence in academics and golf
- Impressed as a rookie, earning an All-Pac-12 honorable mention & a spot on the Pac-12 All-Newcomer Team
- Totaled 19 rounds over six stroke-play events throughout 2020-21 season
- Stroke average: 73.32 (1,393 strokes, +40)
- Tallied three rounds in the 60s, including a pair at the Pac-12 Championship
- Carded a nine-under 279 (69-73-66-71) on the way to a seventh-place finish at the Pac-12 Championship
- Made his Cal debut at the Southwestern Invitational, tying for 22nd with a nine-over 225 (76-70-79)
- Strong efforts in the classroom earned him a spot on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Other Competitions
- Won the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship (May 20-24) alongside Cal teammate Sampson Zheng at Kiawah Island Club
- Bested Drew Kittleson & Drew Stoltz with a 2&1 win in the 18-hole final at Cassique
- Earned a share of stroke-play medalist honors by matching the championship's 18-hole scoring mark of 10-under 61 on May 21 & the 36-hole record of 16-under 126
- Represented the People’s Republic of China in the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (Oct. 27-30) & placed 44th with a 5-over 293 (70-69-80-74)
- Graduated from Lake Mary Preparatory School (FL) in spring 2020
- Was 18th in the Rolex AJGA rankings upon arriving at Cal
- Led Lake Mary to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 FHSAA 1A Region State Championship
- Two-time AJGA All-American
- Two-time Transamerica Scholastic Honor Roll selection (2018, 2019)
- Full name is Rangzhi (Aaron) Du
- Hails from Beijing, China
- Born on February 1, 2002
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