{"id":148168,"date":"2026-01-24T20:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148168\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:26:17","slug":"bears-open-spring-season-at-nit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148168\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Open Spring Season at NIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Web_Preview_Template__2_.png\" alt=\"Bears Open Spring Season at NIT\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoderick Brower\/KLC \u0192otos&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__byline\">MGOLF1\/24\/2026 10:00 AM | By: Cal Athletics<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subheadline\">Cal Men\u2019s Golf Travels to Tucson, Ariz. for the NIT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tTUCSON &#8211; The California men&#8217;s golf team opens their 2026 spring season this week at the N.I.T. in Tucson, Ariz.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Golden Bears are one of 13 teams competing in the par 73, 7,262 yard Catalina Course at the Omni Tucson National Resort. Competition begins Monday with the first 36 holes before the final round on Tuesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Bears will look to bounce back after an underwhelming performance at the Preserve Golf Club Collegiate, where they placed at the bottom of the field. Individually, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/trevor-cox\/26689\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26689\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Cox<\/a> led the Bears, finishing with a two-under-par 214, good for 25th place in the tournament. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/daniel-heo\/24064\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"24064\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Heo<\/a> shot a one-under par 214, after shooting a three-under-par 69 in the final round to jump up to a 29th place finish.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis is the first time in recent history the Bears have competed at the N.I.T. with the last time coming in March of 2015, where the Bears won the tournament for the second straight year by an astounding 15 strokes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCal Lineup<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/charlie-berridge\/24060\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"24060\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Berridge<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/sihao-cong\/24062\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"24062\" target=\"_blank\">Sihao Cong<\/a><br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/xihuan-chang\/26690\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26690\" target=\"_blank\">Xihuan Chang<\/a><br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/trevor-cox\/26689\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26689\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Cox<\/a><br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ziqin-zhou\/24071\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"24071\" target=\"_blank\">Ziqin Zhou<\/a><br \/>\nIndividual: <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/charlie-bundy\/24579\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"24579\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Bundy<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Field<br \/>\nBYU<br \/>\nUTEP<br \/>\nSaint Mary&#8217;s<br \/>\nTexas<br \/>\nCal<br \/>\nNew Mexico<br \/>\nHoward<br \/>\nArizona<br \/>\nFresno State<br \/>\nWyoming<br \/>\nGrand Canyon<br \/>\nSanta Clara<br \/>\nIowa State<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSTAY POSTED<br \/>\nFor further coverage of Cal men&#8217;s golf, follow the Bears on X (@CalMensGolf), Instagram (@CalMensGolf) and Facebook (\/CalMensGolf).\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Roderick Brower\/KLC \u0192otos&#13; &#13; MGOLF1\/24\/2026 10:00 AM | By: Cal Athletics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-148168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}