The California men’s golf team released its 2023-24 schedule Tuesday, featuring 11 regular-season competitions spanning September through April. In addition to seven events played in California – including the Cal-hosted Alister Mackenzie Invitational at Meadow Club in Fairfax – the Golden Bears will travel to Arizona, Hawaii, Mexico, Washington and Wisconsin throughout the season.
The campaign begins on Sept. 3-5 at the Marquette Intercollegiate, hosted at Erin Hills Golf Course – host of the 2017 U.S. Open – located northwest of Milwaukee. Cal will continue its early season travel two weeks later for the Washington-hosted Husky Invitational at Gold Mountain Golf Club’s Olympic Course on Sept. 18-19.
Cal’s men’s and women’s squads will team up to face Stanford in the fourth Big Match at Menlo Country Club on Sept. 28. The rivalry match has been played three times since 2018 and was renewed last fall after a two-year, COVID-19-induced hiatus. Six mixed pairs go head-to-head to determine a winner between the rival schools.
The Bears will try to defend their 2022 title at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational on Oct. 9-10 in Fairfax before the fall slate concludes at the Cal Poly Invitational, hosted by the Mustangs and Preserve Golf Club, in Pleasanton on Oct. 30-31.
After a three-month break in competition, Cal will kick off its 2024 spring schedule at the Southwestern Invitational, hosted by Pepperdine at North Ranch Country Club outside of Los Angeles on Jan. 29-31. The Bears will make a confident return to the John Burns Intercollegiate on Feb. 16-18 at Ocean Course Hokuala on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where seniors Aaron Du and Sampson Zheng have won individual medalist honors in 2022 and 2023, respectively. A trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for the Cabo Collegiate at Twin Dolphin Club on March 3-5 will be the first of three tournaments that month, followed by Loyola Marymount’s Pauma Valley Invitational (March 18-19) and The Goodwin, hosted by Stanford and TPC Harding Park in San Francisco on March 28-30.
The regular season concludes at San Jose State’s Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Course on April 8-10. Cal’s focus then shifts to the Pac-12 Championships on April 26-28 at Desert Forest Golf Club in Carefree, Arizona. NCAA Regionals are slated for May 13-15 and the NCAA Championships will be played on May 24-29 at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad.
Cal capped last season by returning to NCAA Regional play for the first time since 2019 and amassed 12 top-10 finishes, five top-five finishes and one tournament victory during the impressive campaign. The Bears’ 2023-24 roster will return 10 letterwinners – including Zheng, an All-American and All-Pac-12 first team selection in 2022-23 – along with the nation’s No. 3-ranked signing class, highlighted by incoming freshman and 2022 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Junior Player of the Year, Eric Lee.
| DATES | TOURNAMENT | HOST | LOCATION (COURSE) |
| Sept. 3-5 | Marquette Intercollegiate | Marquette | Hartford, Wis. (Erin Hills Golf Course) |
| Sept. 18-19 | Husky Invitational | Washington | Bremerton, Wash. (Gold Mountain GC) |
| Sept. 28 | Big Match | Menlo Country Club | Woodside, Calif. (Menlo Country Club) |
| Oct. 9-10 | Alister Mackenzie Invitational | California/Meadow Club | Fairfax, Calif. (Meadow Club) |
| Oct. 30-31 | Cal Poly Invitational | Cal Poly | Carmel Valley, Calif. (Preserve Golf Course) |
| Jan. 29-31 | Southwestern Invitational | Pepperdine | Westlake Village, Calif. (North Ranch CC) |
| Feb. 16-18 | John Burns Intercollegiate | Hawaii | Lihue, Hawaii (Ocean Course Hokuala) |
| March 3-5 | Cabo Collegiate | Arkansas | Cabo, Mexico (Twin Dolphin Club) |
| March 18-19 | Pauma Valley Invitational | Loyola Marymount | Pauma Valley, Calif. (Pauma Valley CC) |
| March 28-30 | The Goodwin | Stanford | San Francisco, Calif. (TPC Harding Park) |
| April 8-10 | Western Intercollegiate | San Jose State | Santa Cruz, Calif. (Pasatiempo GC) |
| April 26-28 | Pac-12 Championship | Arizona State | Carefree, Ariz. (Desert Forest Golf Club) |
| May 13-15 | NCAA Regionals | TBD | TBD |
| May 24-29 | NCAA Championship | Texas & Omni La Costa | Carlsbad, Calif. (Omni La Costa Resort) |