Aaron Du

China / University of California Berkley

Personal Records At Cal

  • Lowest 18-hole score: 63, Western Intercollegiate (Spring 2023)
  • Lowest 54-hole score: 203, John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Spring 2022)
  • Best finish: 1st, John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Spring 2022)

Accolades

  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2x – 2020-21, 2021-22)
  • Individual Medalist (2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate)
  • Pac-12 All-Newcomer Team (2020-21)
  • CSC At-Large Academic All-America Third Team (2022-23)
  • CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team (2022-23)
  • GCAA All-America Scholar (2x – 2021-22, 2022-23)
  • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3x – 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Golden Bear Achievement Award (2022-23)
  • Cal Golf Co-Most Valuable Player (2021-22)
  • Cal Golf Ben Furth Award (2x – 2021-22, 2022-23)

At Cal

2022-23 (Jr.)

  • Played in a career-high 10 of Cal’s 12 stroke-play events as a junior
  • Averaged a career-low 71.74 strokes over 31 rounds (2,224 strokes, +18)
  • Totaled five top-25 individual finishes, including three in Cal’s final four events of the season
  • Shot a 5-over 221 (73-75-73) to tie for 24th individually & help Cal place sixth at the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional (May 15-17)
  • Placed 15th at the Pac-12 Championships (April 28-30) with a 1-under 279 (64-71-72-72)
  • Put together his best 54-hole effort of the season with a tie for sixth at the Western Intercollegiate (April 10-12)
    • Tied the Western Intercollegiate low 18-hole record with a first-round 63; just the third golfer to shoot a 7-under 63 in the tournament’s 76-year history
    • Shot a 2-under 208 (63-74-71) for his lone top-10 finish of the season
  • Went 3-under with a 213 (71-68-74) & tied for 24th to start the spring season at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate (Jan. 30-31)
  • Impressed in the second event of the season with a 6-over 222 (79-70-73) at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 3-5)
  • Earned a wire-to-wire 2&1 victory in the Big Match (Sept. 29) alongside Cal women’s golfer Cristina Ochoa
  • Became just the third Cal golfer to earn CSC Academic All-America honors with a third-team nod; joined Scott Carlyle (2003-04) & Brandon Hagy (2012-13, 2013-14)
  • Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award for maintaining Cal Golf’s highest GPA in the 2022-23 academic year
  • Received Cal Golf’s Ben Furth Award – earned for displaying excellence in academics and golf – for the second consecutive year

2021-22 (So.)

  • Earned an All-Pac-12 honorable mention for the second consecutive season
  • Owned a season scoring average of 71.76
  • Amassed 25 rounds played throughout eight tournaments (1,794 strokes, +13)
  • Won the 2022 John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Lihue, Hawaii for his first collegiate title
    • Carded a 13-under 203 (66-67-70); his first round 66 was his lowest 18-hole score at Cal
  • Finished fifth at the Arizona Intercollegiate after carding a 10-under 206 (68-69-69)
  • Tied for 10th at the Pac-12 Championship (72-71-70-73 – 286, +2)
  • Posted five consecutive rounds – and seven out of nine – in the 60s between the Arizona Intercollegiate, the John Burns Intercollegiate & the Cabo Collegiate
  • Repeated as a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection
  • Named Cal Golf’s co-most valuable player along with Sampson Zheng and received the Ben Furth Award – earned for displaying excellence in academics and golf

2020-21 (Fr.)

  • Impressed as a rookie, earning an All-Pac-12 honorable mention & a spot on the Pac-12 All-Newcomer Team
  • Totaled 19 rounds over six stroke-play events throughout 2020-21 season
  • Stroke average: 73.32 (1,393 strokes, +40)
  • Tallied three rounds in the 60s, including a pair at the Pac-12 Championship
  • Carded a nine-under 279 (69-73-66-71) on the way to a seventh-place finish at the Pac-12 Championship
  • Made his Cal debut at the Southwestern Invitational, tying for 22nd with a nine-over 225 (76-70-79)
  • Strong efforts in the classroom earned him a spot on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Other Competitions

  • Won the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship (May 20-24) alongside Cal teammate Sampson Zheng at Kiawah Island Club
    • Bested Drew Kittleson & Drew Stoltz with a 2&1 win in the 18-hole final at Cassique
    • Earned a share of stroke-play medalist honors by matching the championship’s 18-hole scoring mark of 10-under 61 on May 21 & the 36-hole record of 16-under 126
  • Represented the People’s Republic of China in the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (Oct. 27-30) & placed 44th with a 5-over 293 (70-69-80-74)

High School

  • Graduated from Lake Mary Preparatory School (FL) in spring 2020
  • Was 18th in the Rolex AJGA rankings upon arriving at Cal
  • Led Lake Mary to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 FHSAA 1A Region State Championship
  • Two-time AJGA All-American
  • Two-time Transamerica Scholastic Honor Roll selection (2018, 2019)