Bears Take Aim At Blessings Collegiate Invitational

Nathan Wang (pictured) is one of five Cal men’s golfers who will compete at the prestigious Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 3-5.

MGOLF10/2/2022 10:22 AM | By: Cal Athletics

Three-Day Tournament Will Be Televised On Golf Channel

BERKELEY – The California men’s golf team will kick off a busy October at the third-annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Oct. 3-5.
 
The 54-hole, three-day event will be hosted by Arkansas at Blessings Golf Club and will be televised on Golf Channel. Cal is one of 11 men’s teams competing in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational, considered one of collegiate golf’s premier tournaments. It is the first and only collegiate tournament to feature men’s and women’s programs playing the same course at the same time with all five players from each school playing in the same groups.
 
In addition to the traditional team and individual titles, a combined team champion and a combined, best-ball champion will be crowned on Oct. 5.
 
Cal will tee off from hole 10 at 7:15 a.m. PT on Monday and from hole 1 at 9 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Wednesday’s tee times will be determined based on seeding after rounds one and two. Visit BlessingsCollegiate.com for more complete information about the event.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Dates: Oct. 3-5 (Monday-Wednesday)
• Format: Monday: 18 holes | Tuesday: 18 holes | Wednesday: 18 holes
• Location: Blessings Golf Club (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
• Course Info: Par-72, 7,700 yards
• Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
• Broadcast: Golf Channel (1:30-4:30 p.m. PT, daily)

 
THE FIELD

Arkansas (host), Cal, Clemson, Kansas, Louisville, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Central Florida, UCLA, UNLV
 
GOLDEN BEAR LINEUP
1 – Aaron Du (Jr., Beijing, China)

Two-time All-Pac-12 Team honorable mention (2021, ’22) … Tied for 37th (+2, 212) at the season-opening FIghting Irish Classic (Sept. 3-5) … Handily won his match in the Big Match vs. Stanford (2&1) … Led Cal with a season scoring average of 71.76 last season … Won the 2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Lihue, Hawaii for his first collegiate title (66-67-70 – 203, -13) … Posted five consecutive rounds – and seven out of nine – in the 60s in 2021-22 … Tied for 10th at the 2022 Pac-12 Championship (72-71-70-73 -…