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Reigning tournament champion Aaron Du and the Golden Bears will play at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate this week.
Cal’s Aaron Du Looks To Defend Individual Title In Kaua’i
BERKELEY – The California men’s golf team will look to build off a promising start to its 2023 spring season at the 46th annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate, hosted by the University of Hawai’i at the Ocean Course at Hokuala on Thursday through Saturday.
Golden Bear junior Aaron Du, the tournament’s reigning individual medalist, is back to defend his title and is among eight Cal golfers who will compete in the three-day, 54-hole event in Lihu’e, Kaua’i. Du won last year’s individual title with a 13-under 203 and became Cal’s fifth individual medalist at the Burns; only New Mexico has more medalists at the tournament (6). Cal additionally won the Burns team title five consecutive years from 2011-15.
The Bears most recently finished third at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate in Tucson on Jan. 30-31, placing only behind No. 11 Texas A&M (-36) and No. 22 Arizona (-33) with a 23-under 841. The 841 was Cal’s best 54-hole score since shooting 836 at last year’s Cabo Collegiate on Feb. 27-March 1, 2022.
TOURNAMENT INFO
- Dates: Feb. 16-18, 2023
- Format: 54 holes; 18-18-18 (Thursday-Friday-Saturday); 8:30 a.m. HST/10:30 a.m. PST shotgun start
- Location: Lihu’e, Kaua’i (Ocean Course at Hokuala)
- Course Info: Par 72; 7,156 Yards
- Host: Hawai’i / Defending Team Champion: New Mexico (839) / Defending Individual Champion: Aaron Du, Cal (203)
- Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
OFF THE TEE
1. Jeewon Park
2. Costas Panay
3. Sampson Zheng
4. Nathan Wang
5. Aaron Du
Ind. (3): Daniel Heo, Ethan Chung, Simon Kwon
THE FIELD (21):
Arizona, BYU, Cal, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Hawai’i, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Nevada, New Mexico, Sacramento State, San Diego State, Saint Mary’s, Santa Clara, Texas A&M, UNC Wilmington, UNLV, USC, Utah, UTEP, Washington State
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