Redshirt senior Kuangyu (Tony) Chen tied for 10th individually at the 2024 Cabo Collegiate.

MGOLF3/1/2025 10:53 AM | By: Cal Athletics

Bears Return To Cabo Collegiate For Eighth Time

LOS CABOS, Mexico – The California men’s golf team will square off with another talented field at the 15th-annual Cabo Collegiate, hosted by Arkansas at the Twin Dolphin Club. The three-day tournament starts Sunday and proceeds through Tuesday with 18 holes each day. All three rounds will begin with a shotgun start at 7 a.m. PT.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Dates: March 2-4, 2025
• Format: 54 holes (18-18-18, Sunday-Monday-Tuesday); 5-count-4
• Course Info: Par 71 | 7,156 Yards
• Location: Los Cabos, Mexico | Twin Dolphin Club
• Live Scoring: Golfstat / Scoreboard

 
OFF THE TEE
1. Ziqin (Eric) Zhou
2. Wenliang Xie
3. Charlie Berridge
4. Kuangyu (Tony) Chen
5. Sihao Cong
 
THE FIELD (14)
Ole Miss (#1), Arizona State (#3), Oklahoma State (#6), Vanderbilt (#14), Arizona (#17), Texas Tech (#19), Florida State (#21), Tennessee (#29), Houston (#49), Stanford (#51), California (#63), Arkansas (#70), Rice (#76), Baylor (#94)
 
LINEUP AT A GLANCE
Freshman Ziqin (Eric) Zhou will top the Golden Bears’ lineup for the third time in 2024-25. Zhou has earned a spot in the lineup in five straight tournaments since mid-Fall and has two top-25 individual finishes, including a tie for 13th at the Southwestern Invitational in January. Seniors Charlie Berridge and Kuangyu (Tony) Chen will play in their sixth tournaments of the season – and third straight this spring – as Cal’s No. 3 and 4. Chen has twice played in the Cabo Collegiate, placing 38th and 31st in 2024 and 2022, respectively.
 
Grad transfer Wenliang Xie, the team’s No. 2 this week, is a part of the lineup for the first time since October.
 
CAL AT THE CABO COLLEGIATE
The Bears have played in the Cabo Collegiate eight times in the tournament’s 15-year history, most recently placing 10th in the 2024 edition. Cal’s best finish at the event was runner up (-6, 846) in 2018 when Collin Morikawa won individual medalist, shooting 16-under-par (66-67-64 – 197) for a then-tournament record low 54-hole score.
 
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 laid the building blocks for a successful future in 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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