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Cal's ZZ Tops the Field at the ACC Golf Championship
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Cal's ZZ Tops the Field at the ACC Golf Championship

California Golden Bears On SI·Jeff Faraudo·6 months ago
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Ziqin Zhou achieved what no Cal golfer since Collin Morikawa has done.

A sophomore from the Chinese city of Shenzhen, Zhou won the ACC Championship on Saturday, beating two others in a playoff to become the Bears’ first conference champ since Morikawa in 2019.

Morikawa, now 29, a two-time major winner and the world’s sixth-ranked player, captured the Pac-12 title that season.

Zhou became Cal’s first ACC golf winner in the school’s second year in the conference.

Ziqin Zhou | ACC Twitter

Zhou shot a final-round 2-under 70 — including a clutch birdie on the 19th hole — at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club at Panama City, Fla., giving him a three-day total of 8-under 208 and forcing the three-way playoff.

He tied with Stanford’s Eden Cui and Duke’s Ethan Evans after 54 holes, then won a two-hole playoff, aided by a birdie on the first hole.

Zhou became just the fourth Cal golfer to win an individual conference championship.

“He’s worked so hard these past two years and pulled out a really gritty win today,” Cal…

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