STOCKTON, Calif. - The UC San Diego men's golf team placed 13th Wednesday as the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational wrapped up.
Pacific hosted the 18-team tournament at The Reserve at Spanos Park.
The Tritons shot 16-over par across 54 holes on the par 73, 7132-yard course. They posted their best round today, coming in at even par. Monday, they shot 6-over and ended the day in 11th place. Tuesday, they were 10-over par, which bumped them down to 13th.
Sophomore
Ethan Lien was the top finisher for UC San Diego, shooting 3-over to place 32nd in the 99 player field. Lien shot a 3-under 69 in today's final round, which moved him up 29 positions on the leader board. His round included an eagle on the par-5 11th hole to go along with five birdies.
Senior
Justin Gill and freshman
Cole Kim both shot 72 Wednesday. They tied for 43rd at 4-over. Sophomore
Hanjie Yu (+9) was 71st and freshman
Jerry Zhu (+11) finished 76th.
Host Pacific successfully defended its 2025 title by shooting 20-under par. The Tigers fired rounds of 6-under, 3-under, and 11-under. Nevada (-16) took second and San Francisco (-12) was third.
Pacific's Felix Bouchard was the individual medalist, going 11-under for the tournament.
It was the fourth time that UC San Diego played in the Pacific Invitational.
TRITON RESULTS
tie-32.
Ethan Lien, +3 (78-72-69--219)
tie-43.
Justin Gill, +4 (73-75-72--220)
tie-43.Â
Cole Kim, +4 (71-77-72--220)
tie-71.
Hanjie Yu, +9 (74-76-75--225)
tie-76.
Jerry Zhu, +11 (76-75-76--227)
UP NEXT
UC San Diego has one more tournament to play during its fall season. The Tritons head to Hawai'i for the Pearl at Kalauao, which runs Nov. 4-5 in Aiea on the island of Oahu. They competed in the event in 2025 as well, with
Nathan Tseng winning and the Tritons placing second.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
