2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

ACC
Darren Carroll/Cabo Collegiate
Catharyn Hayne/KLC Fotos

Wenliang Xie

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Burbank, CA
  • High School Village Christian HS
  • Prev School Seton Hall
  • Major Business Certificate Program

Biography

Year Events Rounds Strokes Average Rounds 60s Low Score Best Finish Matches
2019-20 8 24 1,767 73.62 5 67 1 --
2021-22 11 31 2,247 72.48 3 68 T2 --
2022-23 10 28 2,067 73.82 5 67 T5 --
2023-24 12 36 2,585 71.80 9 67 T2 --
2024-25 10 27 1,954 72.37 9 66 T9 0-1
Career 51 146 10,620 72.73 31 66 1 0-1

Collegiate Bests
  • Lowest 18-hole score: 66, Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Round 2 (Fall 2024)
  • Lowest 54-hole score: 202, Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Fall 2024)
  • Best finish: 1, Hartford Hawks Invitational (Fall 2019)

Accolades
  • All-Big East First Team (2023-24)
  • Big East All-Tournament Team (2024)
  • All-Big East Second Team (2021-22)
  • PING All-Region Team (2021-22)
  • Big East All-Academic Team (2021-22)
  • 3x Big East Golfer of the Week

At Cal
2024-25 (Gr.)
  • Instant impact for Cal in his first & only season as a Golden Bear in 2024-25
  • Totaled 27 rounds played across 10 stroke-play events
  • Averaged 72.37 strokes per round (1,954 total strokes, +34)
  • Four top-25 finishes, including a tie for ninth at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate (217, +1)
  • Tallied an ace (hole in one) in the first round of season-opening The Tindall (Sept. 23-24) on the way to a 4-under 67
    • Ace was on hole 2 of Aldarra Golf Club; used a 56-degree wedge on the 118-yard hole
  • Back-to-back top-15 efforts in the fall at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational (T13, 202, -11) & Pacific Invitational (T14, 208, -5)
  • Shot even par 216 & tied for 22nd at the ACC Championship to help lead Cal into match play
  • Played the second & third rounds of the NCAA Championship as a sub, shooting 10-over 154 (80-74)
  • Transferred to Cal as a graduate student during the 2024 offseason

Before Cal
2023-24 (at Seton Hall)
  • Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team
  • Named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team
  • Named Seton Hall Male Co-Athlete of the Year
  • Two-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week
  • Recorded a 71.81 scoring average for the year, which led the team and is the fifth-lowest single-year scoring average in Seton Hall history
  • Competed in all 12 tournaments
  • Collected six Top-10 finishes and four Top-5 efforts
  • Had 15 sub-par rounds and six sub-par tournaments
  • Tied for the team lead with a 12-over-par, 74-75-73-222, at the 2024 NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional
  • Helped lift Seton Hall to the BIG EAST Championship by tying for third overall with an even-par, 70-74-72-216
  • Shot a 15-over-par, 80-73-75-228, at the Shark Invitational
  • Tied for fourth with a 5-under-par, 71-70-67-208, at the Princeton Invitational
  • Tied for eighth with a 2-under-par, 73-70-68-211, at the Redhawk Invitational
  • Tied for second at The Big Texan with a 7-under-par, 73-69-67-209
  • Shot a 1-under-par, 74-70-71-215, at the Loyola Intercollegiate
  • Opened the spring season with a 2-over-par, 68-74-73-215, at the Hal Williams Collegiate
  • Closed the fall season with a 1-under-par, 73-69-73-215, at the Daniel Island Invitational
  • Shot a remarkable 11-under-par, 67-68-70-205, to tie for third at the Jack Grier Shocker Invitational - it's a career-best performance and the second-best par-72, three-round score in Seton Hall history
  • Shot a 14-over-par, 74-70-80-224, at the MacDonald Cup
  • Opened the year by placing eighth with a 1-over-par, 74-74-69-217, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial
2022-23 (at Seton Hall)
  • Competed in all 10 tournaments
  • Recorded a 73.82 scoring average for the year, which ranked 16th in the BIG EAST Conference
  • Collected two Top-10 finishes
  • Had 11 sub-par rounds and two sub-par tournaments
  • Placed 18th at the 2023 BIG EAST Championship with a 6-over-par, 74-69-79-222
  • Had an even-par, 78-68-67-213, at the Princeton Invitational
  • Tied for 23rd with a 4-over-par, 76-72-148, at the Bandon Dunes Championship
  • Shot 4-over-par with a 73-71-76-220 at the Loyola Intercollegiate
  • Opened the spring se4ason with a 1-under-par, 73-69-70-212, at the Hal Williams Collegiate
  • Closed the fall season with a 15-over-par, 72-87-72-231, at the Daniel Island Invitational
  • Shot 18-over-par with a 73-86-75-234, at the Georgetown Intercollegiate
  • Placed seventh with a 5-over-par, 79-71-71-221, at the UConn Invitational
  • Shot an 11-over-par, 80-75-155, at the Dartmouth Invitational
  • Opened the year with a fantastic 5-under-par, 71-69-71-211, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial, which tied him for third among all individuals
2021-22 (at Seton Hall)
  • Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team
  • Named to the PING All-Region Team
  • Named BIG EAST Golfer of the Week on March 3
  • Competed in 11 tournaments
  • Recorded a 72.48 scoring average for the year, which ranked seventh-best in the BIG EAST Conference
  • Collected two Top-5 finishes and a team-best six Top-10 efforts
  • Fired 11 sub-par rounds and four sub-par tournaments
  • Tied for 45th place with a 6-over-par, 73-75-68-216, at the NCAA Yale Regional
  • Tied for sixth with a 2-under-par, 73-68-73-214, at the BIG EAST Championship - helping lift the Pirates to their first team title in 22 years
  • Tied for third with a 1-under-par, 68-71-73-212, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate
  • Shot an 8-over-par, 73-70-78-221, at the Princeton Invitational
  • Tied for seventh with a 1-over-par, 72, at the weather-shortened Seattle Invitational
  • Shot a 6-over-par, 74-70-78-222, at The Big Texan
  • Tied for 10th with a 1-over-par, 75-70-72-217, at the Ross Collegiate Classic
  • Opened the spring season by tying for 10th with a 4-under-par, 70-72-70-212, at the Loyola Intercollegiate
  • Closed the fall season by tying for second place with a 3-under-par, 71-71-71-213, at the Daniel Island Invitational
  • Shot a 10-over-par, 75-74-77-226, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational
  • Opened the year with a 6-over-par, 75-73-74-222, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial
2020-21 (at Seton Hall)
  • Did not compete in tournament action
2019-20 (at Seton Hall)
  • Competed in all eight tournaments as a freshman
  • Led Seton Hall and ranked seventh in the BIG EAST Conference with a 73.63 scoring average for the year
  • Won the Hartford Hawks Invitational with a remarkable 10-under-par, 70-67-69-206, in only his second-ever collegiate tournament
  • Recorded one sub-par tournament and eight sub-par rounds
  • Named BIG EAST Men's Golfer of the Week on September 19
  • Shot a 2-over-par, 67-73-75-215, at the Bandon Dunes Collegiate Championship
  • Fired a 2-over-par, 74-69-75-218, at the Loyola Invitational
  • Opened the spring season with a 4-over-par, 71-72-77-220, at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate
  • Had a 16-over-par, 75-77-80-232, at the Grandover Collegiate
  • Tied for 15th with a 4-over-par, 69-70-78-217, at the Georgetown Intercollegiate
  • Tied for 17th at the Hamptons Intercollegiate with a 17-over-par, 77-82-74-233
  • Had a 10-over-par, 72-77-77-226, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial, his first collegiate tournament

High School
  • Attended Village Christian High School in Sun Valley, California
  • Won the TTC College Showcase at Twin Oaks in 2017
  • Had four top-5 finishes in the Toyota Cup series, 2016-17
  • Member of the Engineering Club
  • Treasurer of the History Club
  • Made missionary trip to Mexico
  • Participated in VCServes
  • Played golf for four years in high school
Personal
  • Born November 8, 2000