2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Ziqin Zhou

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Shenzhen, China
  • High School Chongqing BI Academy
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

Year Events Rounds Strokes Average Rounds 60s Low Score Best Finish Matches
2024-25 11 34 2,466 72.52 6 64 T9 1-1
2025-26 10 29 2,033 70.10 12 64 1 1-0-1
Career 21 63 4,499 72.52 18 64 1 2-1-1

Collegiate Bests
  • Low 18-hole score: 64, twice, Western Intercollegiate, Round 2 (Spring 2025), and Cabo Collegiate, Round 1 (Spring 2026)
  • Low 54-hole score: 204, John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Spring 2026)
  • Best finish: 1, ACC Championship (Spring 2026)

At Cal
2025-26 (So.)
  • Played in 10 events and 29 rounds
  • Lowest scoring average on the team at 70.10 and seventh best in program history
  • Won the ACC Individual Championship in a three way playoff with Stanford's Edan Cui and Duke's Ethan Evans
    • First Cal golfer to win indivudal conference title since Collin Morikawa won Pac-12 Championship in 2019
    • Fifth Cal golfer to win an Individual Conference Championship, first to win ACC title
  • Had seven top-10 finishes 
    • Fifth place at The Tindall (8-under-208)
    • Ninth place at St. Andrews stroke play (even par 140)
    • Tied for third at John A. Burns Intercollegiate (6-under 204)
    • Tied for second at Cabo Collegiate (8-under 205)
    • Tied for 10th at Western Intercollegiate (4-under 206)
    • First place at ACC Championship (8-under 208)
    • Tied for seventh place at NCAA Columbus Regional (4-over 217)
  • Had one top-20 finish 
    • 18th place at NIT (5-under 211)
  • Had 19 rounds under par including 12 in the 60's

2024-25 (Fr.)
  • Cal's most consistent performer during an impressive freshman season
  • Totaled a team-best 34 rounds played across 11 stroke-play events
  • Averaged 72.52 strokes per round (2,466 total strokes, +45)
  • Had seven top-25 finishes, including three straight in the postseason to conclude the campaign
  • Tied for 22nd with a 1-over 289 (74-68-74-73) at the NCAA Championship
    • Placed third among all freshmen at the NCAA Championship
    • Best finish by a Cal freshman at the NCAA Championship since Collin Morikawa in 2016 (T10)
  • Tied for 25th at the ACC Championship (217, +1) & 17th at the NCAA Reno Regional (217, +1)
  • Lowest finish of the season was a tie for ninth with a 1-over 217 at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate (March 17-18)
  • Nearly broke the Western Intercollegiate low 18-hole record of 63 with a 6-under 64 in the second round (April 15)
  • Made collegiate debut with a 2&1 win in the Big Match (Sept. 26)
  • Followed up with his collegiate stroke-play debut at the Pacific Invitational (Oct. 14-16) where he tied for 39th (215, +2)
  • Went toe-to-toe with Florida State All-American Luke Clanton in a 2UP loss in ACC Championship quarterfinal match play (April 27)
  • One of four freshmen in Cal's 2024 signing class, joining Zhengfei Han, Kai Hirayama & Matthew Miyamoto
  • Signed with the Golden Bears during the 2023 early signing period

Amateur Highlights
  • World Amateur Golf Ranking: 103
  • No. 16-ranked signee in the class of 2024 (Golf Channel)
  • Runner-up finish at the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Gotemba, Japan
  • Reached 2024 U.S. Amateur Round of 64 after shooting 67-73 (140, -2) in stroke play; eventually fell in a 19-hole match in the Round of 64
  • Two-time representative for China at the World Amateur Team Championship
  • Two top-25 finishes at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, including a tie for 24th in the 2023 edition at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Oct. 3-6
  • Six top-3 finishes on the CLPGQ Professional Golf Tour in China
  • Won the 2022 CGA Championship on the China Professional Golf Tour (68-69-64-69)
  • Qualified for the 2022 USGA Junior Amateur Championship

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

  • 2025-26Sophomore