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For Immediate Release: Monday, April 25, 2011 Contact: Dave Hirsch ([email protected])

STANFORD TO HOST THE 2011 PAC-10 CONFERENCE MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

GENERAL INFORMATION GOLFERS TO WATCH

WHAT: 52nd annual Pac-10 Conference Men’s Golf Championship The UCLA Bruins, ranked No. 3 by Golfweek/Sagarin, enter the Pac- 10 Championship as the hottest team as they are coming off a victory WHEN: Friday-Sunday, April 29-May 1, 2011 at the Western Intercollegiate. Sophomore Pontus Widegren, cur- rently ranked No. 23 by Golfweek/Sagarin, was the team’s top per- HOST: Stanford will host the 72-hole Championship former, finishing fifth with an even 210. However, it’s been the COURSE INFORMATION: Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, Calif. play of freshman that’s kept the Bruins near the top Par 70, 6,742 yards of the nationally rankings this season. Cantlay was named the Pac-10 Golfer of the Month for February and currently is ranked No. 3 among WHO: Men’s golf teams from all 10 institutions will compete for college individuals by Golfweek/Sagarin. Cantlay currently leads the bragging rights at the 2011 Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championship. Bruins with three tournament victories and six top-10 finishes on the season. ADMISSION: Admission to the 2011 Pac-10 Championship is free. MEDIA CONTACT: Stanford’s Jim Young will serve as the media WASHINGTON looks to make it three in a row. Only USC (1964-67; contact for the 2011 Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championship. For media 1971-73) and State (1995-2000) have won three or more inquiries you can contact him via email at [email protected]. consecutive Pac-10 titles. The Huskies are led by sophomore Chris Williams, currently ranked No. 27 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. PRACTICE ROUND: Teams will participate in a practice round on Williams was named the Pac-10 Golfer of the Month for March. Thursday, April 28 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Should CALIFORNIA senior Eric Mina successfully defend his in- CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE: A complete schedule that includes dividual title, he’d be the first Pac-10 golfer to do so since Arizona team pairings and tee times is listed on page 2 of this release. State’s Paul Casey claimed three straight titles from 1998-2000. CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: At the conclusion of each round, re- STANFORD sophomore , the nation’s No. 2 ranked golfer, sults will be posted on the Pac-10’s web site (www.pac-10.org) and Andrew Yun joins junior teammate , in hopes to lead the Cardinal to a link will also be available on the Pac-10 website to hole-by-hole live David Chung the team title on their home course. Chung recently competed at the Golfstat scoring (www.golfstat.com). Masters. While he did not make the cut, Chung was the top American amateur after shooting a 4-over 148 through two days.

OREGON junior Daniel Miernicki has two tournament victories for 2011 RANKINGS the Ducks this season and tied the school record with a career-low Golfweek/Sagarin--4/25 round of 62 during the Amer Ari Invitational in Hawaii in February. He INDIVIDUAL--Top-100 is a four-time medalist in NCAA competitions and ranks first in career TEAM scoring average at Oregon at 71.56. 3. UCLA 2. Andrew Yun, Stanford 3. Patrick Cantlay, UCLA 18. California NCAA SUCCESS... The Pac-10 has won 14 NCAA team titles, while 23. Pontus Widegren, UCLA 20. Stanford 11 different individuals have garnered medalist honors 14 times. . 27. Chris Williams, Washington 21. USC . The Pac-10 has produced six (Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, 30. Gregor Main, UCLA 22. Oregon UCLA, USC, Washington) of the dozen teams to have played in each 42. Scott Pinckney, Arizona State 27. Arizona State of the past three NCAA Championships. 30. Washington 49. Daniel Miernicki, Oregon 48. Oregon State 60. Charlie Hughes, Washington TEAM USA... The and European teams were recently 64. Arizona 66. Stephen Hale, California announced for the 2011 Palmer Cup at The Stanwich Club outside 89. Washington State 76. Steve Lim, USC Greenwich, Conn. The annual -style competition will be 81. Alex Moore, Oregon State played June 9-11. Four Pac-10 student-athletes are among the eight 90. Max Homa, California selected for the United States - UCLA’s Patrick Cantlay, Oregon’s Dan- 99. Andrew Vijarro, Oregon iel Miernicki, Washington’s Chris Williams, and Stanford’s Andrew 100. T.J. Vogel, USC Yun. A fifth Pac-10 golfer, UCLA’s Pontus Widegren will represent . 2010 Championship Review 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championships (51st Annual) SCHEDULE: A practice round will take place on Thursday, April 28 before the tourna- April 26-28 – Tempe, Ariz. ment beings on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. Friday’s Tee times will be off No. 1 at 8:00 Karsten Golf Course a.m. and No. 10 beginning at 8:20 a.m., followed by the second round teeing off at 1:00 p.m. and 1:20 p.m. (No. 10). Tee times for Saturday will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 9:24 a.m. TEAM RESULTS (No. 10). Sunday will begin at 8:00 a.m. and 8:24 a.m. (No. 10) with pairings decided by TEAM RESULTS 1. Washington...... 338-353-340-353-1383 -37 order of finish. 2. Stanford...... 330-345-348-363-1386 -34 3. USC...... 340-349-356-351-1396 -24 TEAM PAIRINGS AND TEE TIMES 4. Arizona State...... 337-351-348-365-1401 -19 1st Tee 5. Oregon State...... 355-349-346-357-2407 -13 Rd. 1 /Rd. 2 6. Oregon...... 351-352-346-360-1409 -11 California...... 347-357-352-353-1409 -6 8:00 a.m./1:00 p.m. Oregon State #6 - USC #6 - California #6 8. UCLA...... 340-353-351-370-1414 -6 8:10 a.m./1:10 p.m. Oregon State #5 - USC #5 - California #5 9. Arizona...... 351-358-346-366-1421 +1 8:20 a.m./1:20 p.m. Oregon State #4 - USC #4 - California #4 10. Washington State...... 361-361-359-357-1438 +18 8:30 a.m./1:30 p.m. Oregon State #3 - USC #3 - California #3 Individual Results 8:40 a.m./1:40 p.m. Oregon State #2 - USC #2 - California #2 1. Eric Mina, CAL...... 65-68-67-68-268 -16 8:50 a.m./1:50 p.m. Oregon State #1 - USC #1 - California #1 2. Jesper Kennegard, ASU...... 63-66-67-73-269 -15 3. Richard Lee, WASH...... 64-70-68-68-270 -14 9:00 a.m./2:00 p.m. Washington #6 - Stanford #6 - Arizona #6 T4. Gregor Main, UCLA...... 68-69-64-72-273 -11 9:10 a.m./2:10 p.m. Washington #5 - Stanford #5 - Arizona #5 T4. Joseph Bramlett, STAN...... 66-66-66-75-273 -11 9:20 a.m./2:20 p.m. Washington #4 - Stanford #4 - Arizona #4 T6. Daniel Miernicki, ORE...... 68-71-64-71-274 -10 T6. Michael Weaver, CAL...... 68-71-66-69-274 -10 9:30 a.m./2:30 p.m. Washington #3 - Stanford #3 - Arizona #3 T8. Nick Taylor, WASH...... 64-71-68-72-275 -9 9:40 a.m./2:40 p.m. Washington #2 - Stanford #2 - Arizona #2 T8. Chris Williams, WASH...... 71-68-63-73-275 -9 9:50 a.m./2:50 p.m. Washington #1 - Stanford #1 - Arizona #1 T10. Matthew Giles, USC...... 68-70-70-68-276 -8 T10. Knut Borsheim, ASU...... 69-70-66-71-276 -8 T10. Steven Ziegler, STAN...... 66-71-70-69-276 -8 10th Tee T10. Andrew Yun, STAN...... 67-70-66-73-276 -8 Rd. 1/Rd. 2 14. Tarquin MacManus, ARIZ....67-71-67-73-278 -6 8:20 a.m./1:20 p.m. UCLA #6 - Arizona State #6 - Oregon #6 15. Philip Bagdade, ARIZ...... 71-72-66-70-279 -5 8:30 a.m./1:30 p.m. Arizona State #5 - Oregon #5 - Washington State #6 T16. T.J. Vogel, USC...... 65-70-67-78-280 -4 T16. Diego Velasquez, OSU...... 69-72-70-69-280 -4 8:40 a.m./1:40 p.m. Oregon #4 - Washington State #5 - UCLA #5 T16. Charlie Hughes, WASH...... 72-71-70-67-280 -4 8:50 a.m./1:50 p.m. Washington State #4 - UCLA #4 - Arizona State #4 19. Mike Barry, OSU...... 74-66-69-72-281 -3 9:00 a.m./2:00 p.m. UCLA #3 - Arizona State #3 - Oregon #3 T20. Sam Smith, USC...... 68-74-71-69-282 -2 T20. Eugene Wong, ORE...... 74-69-72-67-282 -2 9:10 a.m./2:10 p.m. Arizona State #2 - Oregon #2 - Washington State #3 T20. Pontus Widegren, UCLA...... 68-67-72-75-282 -2 9:20 a.m./2:20 p.m. Oregon #1 - Washington State #2 - UCLA #2 T20. Brandon Hagy, CAL...... 66-70-74-72-282 -2 9:30 a.m./2:30 p.m. Washington State #1 - UCLA #1 - Arizona State #1 T20. Sihwan Kim, STAN...... 63-70-76-73-282 -2 T20. David Chung, STAN...... 68-68-73-73-282 -2 T26. Steven Lim, USC...... 69-69-73-72-283 -1 TOURNAMENT SCORING: The top-five individuals from each team with the lowest T26. Mario Clemens, UCLA...... 65-73-74-71-283 -1 scores for any 18-hole round constitute the scoring members of the six member team T28. Martin Trainer, USC...... 70-66-78-70-284 E for that given round. The team championship will be awarded to the squad with the T28. Jack Dukeminier, ORE...... 66-71-73-74-284 E lowest total combined score for all rounds. T28. Braxton Marquez, ASU...... 68-72-71-73-284 E T31. Isaiah Telles, ORE...... 74-70-67-74-285 +1 T31. Paul Peterson, OSU...... 70-73-71-71-285 +1 T31. Rich Saferian, ARIZ...... 68-72-73-72-285 +1 LAST YEAR IN PAC-10 MEN’S GOLF T31. Morten Madsen, OSU...... 71-71-65-78-285 +1 T31. Kevin Tucker, WSU...... 72-73-71-69-285 +1 WASHINGTON claimed the 2010 Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championship, winning its T36. Scott Pinckney, ASU...... 68-71-73-74-286 +2 second-straight title. The Huskies shot a four-round total of 37-under 1383 (338- T36. Alex Kim, UCLA...... 68-72-71-75-286 +2 352-340-353). STANFORD finished in second at 34-under 1386 and USC rounded T36. Trent Sanders, WSU...... 71-73-71-71-286 +2 39. Alex Moore, OSU...... 71-71-74-71-287 +3 out the top three at 24-under 1396. 40. Kevin Spooner, WASH...... 67-77-71-73-288 +4 41. Darren Wallace, WASH...... 72-72-72-73-289 +5 Individually, CALIFORNIA’s Eric Mina took home the honors, finishing 16-under 268. T42. Jonnie Motomochi, OSU...... 76-69-71-74-290 +6 ARIZONA STATE’S Jesper Kennegard was second at 15-under 269 and WASHING- T42. Jonathan Khan, ARIZ...... 73-72-70-75-290 +6 T42. James Byrne, ASU...... 69-72-71-78-290 +6 TON’s Richard Lee took third, 14-under 270. Washington’s Nick Taylor, who finished 45. Chad Vivolo, CAL...... 74-75-71-71-291 +7 tied for eighth with a score of nine-under 275, was the recipient of the 2010 Ben T46. John Paton, ORE...... 71-77-70-74-292 +8 Hogan Award, given to the best men’s collegiate golfer. T46. Juan P. Hernandez, ARIZ....72-72-72-76-292 +8 T46. Nick Ellis, WSU...... 75-71-75-71-292 +8 The Pac-10 had nine teams earn bids to compete at the 2010 NCAA Men’s Golf T46. Nick Grigsby, WSU...... 72-70-77-73-292 +8 50. Pedro Figueiredo, UCLA...... 72-72-70-79-293 +9 Championships. After the first three-rounds of competition, the Pac-10 had three T51. Andrew Vijarro, ORE...... 72-71-76-75-294 +10 teams advance to the NCAA’s match-play final-round. OREGON, Washington and T51. Hank Frame, WSU...... 78-71-71-76-294 +10 STANFORD finished in the top-eight to qualify for match-play. Stanford dropped its T51. James Core, CAL...... 74-73-74-73-294 +10 quarterfinal match to Oklahoma State, and Oregon defeated Washington to move T54. Trent Redfern, ARIZ...... 78-71-71-76-296 +12 T54. Austin Hurt, WSU...... 71-76-73-76-296 +12 onto the semifinals, where they lost to Oklahoma State. T56. Connor Driscoll, UCLA...... 71-73-77-77-298 +14 T56. Spencer Fletcher, ASU...... 77-73-74-74-298 +14 Washington’s Taylor and OREGON’s Eugene Wong were named Pac-10 Co-Golfers 58. Andre DeDecker, STAN...... 73-76-73-77-299 +15 of the Year, while USC’s T.J. Vogel and WASHINGTON’s Chris Williams were named 59. Stewart Hagestad, USC...... 74-81-75-72-302 +18 Pac-10 Co-Freshman of the Year. OREGON head coach Casey Martin was named 60. Evan Derian, CAL...... 74-77-77-75-303 +19 Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

PAC-10 MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS // April 25, 2011 2 PAC-10 TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS PAC-10 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS PAC-10 GOLFER PAC-10 FRESHMAN 1960 Stanford OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR 1958 Alan Geiberger, USC 286 1961 Washington 1976 , USC 1999 John Lepak, OSU 1959 Alan Geiberger, USC 288 1962 USC 1977 Scott Simpson, USC 2000 Ricky Barnes, ARIZ 1960 Pete Choate, STAN 293 1978 Brent Murray, ORE 2001 , USC 1961 Clint Names, WASH 286 1963 Washington 1962 Pete Choate, STAN 290 1964 USC 1979 Scott Watkins, ASU 2002 Ben Hayes, USC 1963 , USC 288 1965 USC , UCLA 2003 Alejandro Canizares, ASU 1964 Sherman Finger, USC 280 1966 USC 1980 Tom Pernice, UCLA Michael Wilson, CAL 1965 Sherman Finger, USC 286 1967 USC 1981 Ron Commans, USC 2004 Henry Liaw, ARIZ 1966 Sherman Finger, USC 291 1968 Stanford Dan Forsman, ASU 2005 Rob Grube, STAN 1967 Kemp Richardson, USC 282 1969 USC 1968 Kemp Richardson, USC 290 1982 Corey Pavin, UCLA 2006 Erik Flores, UCLA 1969 Bob Allard, OSU 289 1970 Stanford 1983 , UCLA 2007 Jamie Lovemark, USC 1971 USC Bruce Osborne, USC 289 1984 , USC 2008 Sihwan Kim, STAN S. Adelman, STAN 289 1972 USC 1970 Pete Lazzlo, UCLA 291 1973 USC 1985 Duffy Waldorf, UCLA 2009 Gregor Main, UCLA 1986 Sam Randoplh, USC 2010 T.J. Vogel, USC Allan Tapie, USC 291 1974 Stanford Gary Sanders, USC 291 1975 USC 1987 Bill Mayfair, ASU Chris Williams, WASH Craig Griswold, ORE 291 1976 Oregon (North) 1988 Larry Silveira, ARIZ 1971 Scott Masingill, OSU 292 USC (South) 1989 , ARIZ 1972 Craig Griswold, ORE 290 1977 Oregon (North) 1990 , ASU 1973 Mark Pfeil, USC 274 Stanford (South) 1991 Phil Mickelson, ASU 1974 , ORE 280 1978 USC 1975 Scott Simpson, USC 290 1992 Phil Mickelson, ASU 1976 Peter Jacobsen, ORE (N) 209 1979 Arizona State 1993 David Berganio, ARIZ Scott Simpson, USC (S) 214 1980 USC 1994 Todd Demsey, ASU 1977 Phil Currie, ORE (N) 215 1981 Arizona State 1995 , STAN Mike Peck, STAN (S) 288 1982 UCLA 1996 Tiger Woods, STAN Larry Collins, USC (S) 288 1983 UCLA 1978 Brent Murray, ORE 286 1984 USC 1997 Chris Hanell, ASU Mike Peck, STAN 286 1985 UCLA 1998 , ARIZ 1979 Scott Watkins, ASU 277 1986 USC 1999 Joel Kribel, STAN Dan Croonquist, ASU 277 1987 Arizona 2000 Paul Casey, ASU 1980 Jim Bertoncino, ASU 280 2001 Ricky Barnes, ARIZ Jack Skilling, STAN 280 1988 Washington Craig Steinberg, USC 280 1989 Arizona State , ASU 1981 Dan Forsman, ASU 283 1990 Arizona State 2002 Kevin Stadler, USC Tony Grimes, ASU 283 1991 Arizona 2003 Ricky Barnes, ARIZ 1982 Corey Pavin, UCLA 273 1992 Stanford 2004 Chris Nallen, ARIZ 1983 Steve Pate, UCLA 290 1993 Arizona State 2005 Alejandro Canizares, ASU Sam Randolph, USC 290 1994 Stanford 1984 Paul Nolen, ARIZ 276 2006 Alejandro Canizares, ASU Mike Blewett, USC 276 1995 Arizona State Rob Grube, STAN 1996 Arizona State 1985 Duffy Waldorf, UCLA 279 2007 , ASU 1986 Don Walsworth, STAN 296 1997 Arizona State 1987 Larry Silveira, ARIZ 289 1998 Arizona State Jamie Lovemark, USC 2008 Kevin Chappell, UCLA 1988 O.D. Vincent, WASH 214 1999 Arizona State 1989 Christian Cevaer, STAN 203 2000 Arizona State 2009 Matt Giles, USC 1990 Phil Mickelson, ASU 278 2001 USC Nick Taylor, WASH 1991 Manny Zerman, ARIZ 278 2002 USC 2010 Nick Taylor, WASH 1992 Christian Cevaer, STAN 276 2003 UCLA Eugene Wong, ORE 1993 , ARIZ 284 2004 Arizona 1994 Jason Gore, ARIZ 287 2005 Washington 1995 Charlie Wi, CAL 279 1996 Tiger Woods, STAN 270 2006 UCLA NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONS NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 1997 Scott Johnson, ASU 278 2007 USC FROM THE PAC-10 FROM THE PAC-10 1998 Paul Casey, ASU 283 2008 Arizona State 1938 Stanford 1942 Frank Tatum, Jr., STAN 1999 Paul Casey, ASU 265* 2009 Washington 1939 Stanford 1976 Scott Simpson, USC 2000 Paul Casey, ASU 265* 2010 Washington 1941 Stanford 1977 Scott Simpson, USC 2001 Ricky Barnes, ARIZ 268 2002 Jim Seki, STAN 284 1942 Stanford 1981 Ron Commans, USC 2003 John Merrick, UCLA 276 1946 Stanford 1983 Jim Carter, ASU 2004 Henry Liaw, ARIZ 279 1953 Stanford 1989 Phil Mickelson, ASU 2005 Erik Olson, WASH 276 1988 UCLA 1990 Phil Mickelson, ASU 2006 Daniel Im, UCLA 277 1990 Arizona State 1992 Phil Mickelson, ASU 2007 Jamie Lovemark, USC 269 2008 Creighton Honeck, ARIZ 281 1992 Arizona 1993 Todd Demsey, ASU 2009 Darren Wallace, WASH 277 1994 Stanford 1996 Tiger Woods, STAN 2010 Eric Mina, CAL 268 1996 Arizona State 2003 Alejandro Canizares, ASU * Lowest 72-hole individual total in Pac-10 2004 California 2005 James Lepp, WASH Championship history. 2007 Stanford 2007 Jamie Lovemark, USC 2008 UCLA 2008 Kevin Chappell, UCLA

PAC-10 MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS // April 25, 2011 3 NEXT... NCAA REGIONALS: May 19-21, 2011. The NCAA Men’s Golf Committee will select 81 teams and 45 individuals for regional competition in- cluding automatic qualifers (28) and at-large teams (53). Three of the six regionals will have 13 teams and ten individuals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals. Five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from each regional shall advance to the finals. The regional sites are as follows:

Golden Ocala Golf Club, Ocala, Florida (University of Florida, host) Pete Dye River Course, Blacksburg, Virginia (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, host) Wolf Run Golf Club, Zionsville, Indiana (Indiana University, Bloomington, host) Colorado National Golf Club, Erie, Colorado (University of Colorado, host) The Farm Golf Club, , Calif. (University of San Diego, host) Omni Tucson National Resort, Tucson, Arizona (University of Arizona, host)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: May 31-June 5, 2011. All 30 teams and six individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play. Following 54 holes of competition, an individual champion will be declared along with finishers 2-15. The top eight teams after 54 holes of play will be placed into a bracket with the number one seed playing the number eight seed, the number two seed versus the number seven seed, the number three seed versus the number six seed, and the number four seed versus the number five seed competing in match play. A total of five points will be available with one point being awarded for each individual match. Winning teams will advance to the semifinals and subsequently the finals. The first team to win three points within a match will advance, or in the case of the final match be declared the national champion. The site for the national championships is as follows:

Karsten Creek Golf Course, Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma State University, host)

NEXT YEAR... 2012 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS: April 27-29, 2012. The conference championships expands by two teams with the addition of Colorado and Utah. Host of next year’s Pac-12 Championships will be Oregon State University, with competition held at Trysting Tree Golf Course, Corvallis, Ore.

NEXT LEVEL... THE NEXT LEVEL: The list is quite lengthy with 31 former Pac-10 golfers listed among the active players on the PGA Tour...

Ricky Barnes, Arizona Notah Begay III, Stanford David Berganio, Jr., Arizona Joseph Bramlett, Stanford Paul Casey, Arizona State Kevin Chappell, UCLA Ben Crane, Oregon , UCLA , Arizona Robert Gamez, Arizona Brandt Jobe, UCLA Matt Jones, Arizona State Jamie Lovemark, USC , Arizona State Scott McCarron, UCLA Parker McLachlin, UCLA John Merrick, UCLA Phil Mickelson, Arizona State Zack Miller, Stanford , Arizona State Alex Prugh, Washington Ted Purdy, Arizona Jeff Quinney, Arizona State , Arizona State Rory Sabbatini, Arizona Joey Snyder III, Arizona State Kevin Stadler, USC , California Duffy Waldorf, UCLA Charlie Wi, California Tiger Woods, Stanford

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