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WAVES HIT THE PRESTIGE AT PGA WEST THIS WEEKEND 2010-11 SCHEDULE/RESULTS October 8, 2010 Sept. 20-21 Husky Invitational National Golf Club MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine men’s golf team’s fall season continues this weekend 1st/14 Auburn, Wash. with its participation at The Prestige at PGA West, which just requires a drive across Southern . The Waves have one team title and two individual medalists to their Oct. 1-2 William H. Tucker Intercollegiate credit already this season. Josh Anderson was named the WCC Player of the Month for UNM Championship Course September earlier this week. 6th/16 Albuquerque, N.M. COURSE/SCHEDULE — The tournament will be held at the par-72, 7,300-yard TPC Oct. 10-12 The Prestige at PGA West Stadium Course at PGA West, located in La Quinta, Calif. There will be 18 holes each TPC Stadium Course day between Sunday and Tuesday (Oct. 10-12). La Quinta, Calif. FIELD — There are 15 teams in the fi eld: Pepperdine, State, California, Central Oct. 23-24 UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate Florida, Long Beach State, Michigan State, , Pacifi c, San Diego, Stanford, TCU, Forest Oaks Country Club Washington, UC Davis, UNC Wilmington and Vanderbilt. Greensboro, N.C. PEPPERDINE LINEUP — The Waves will send four of their fi ve veterans: seniors Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Arizona Intercollegiate Andrew Putnam (University Place, Wash./Life Christian Academy) and Andrew Widmar Arizona National Golf Club (El Paso, Calif./Cathedral HS), junior Josh Anderson (Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Valley Tucson, Ariz. HS) and sophomore Johnny Mac Arthur (Newhall, Calif./Hart HS). Freshman Parker Page (Louisville, Ky./Ballard HS) will make his collegiate debut. Feb. 28-March 1 USC Intercollegiate North Ranch Country Club RESULTS — Live scoring will be provided at www.golfstat.com. Westlake Village, Calif. RANKINGS — The Waves are #12 by Golfstat, #18 by Golfweek/Sagarin and #20 in the March 13-14 General Hackler Championship Golf World/NGCA poll ... Andrew Putnam is #8 by Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin ... TPC of Myrtle Beach Josh Anderson is #20 by Golfweek/Sagarin and #21 by Golfstat ... Andrew Widmar is Murrells Inlet, S.C. #44 by Golfweek/Sagarin and #59 by Golfstat.

March 21-22 Oregon Duck Invitational 2010-11 TEAM HIGHLIGHTS — Pepperdine (17-under 847) won the season-opening Eugene Country Club Husky Invitational, fi nishing ahead of host Washington by seven strokes. The Waves had Eugene, Ore. the second-best 54-hole team score in school history. A 12-under 276 during the second round tied the fi fth-best 18-hole team score in program history. April 4-5 Morris Williams Intercollegiate University of Texas Golf Club 2010-11 INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS — Josh Anderson (10-under 206) and Andrew Austin, Texas Putnam (6-under 210) fi nished 1-2 at the season-opening Husky Invitational. It was April 9-10 ASU Thunderbird Invitational Anderson’s second career victory ... Putnam (4-under 212) was tri-medalist at the William Karsten Golf Course H. Tucker Intercollegiate for his fi rst career win. Tempe, Ariz. 2010-11 HONORS — In the preseason publications, Andrew Putnam was ranked April 18-19 WCC Championships among Golfweek’s top 20 to 30 players in the country and was named one of the nation’s San Juan Oaks Golf Club top 50 players to watch by Golf World ... Josh Anderson was Golfweek’s Player of the Hollister, Calif. Week on Sept. 27 after winning the Husky Invitational ... Anderson was named WCC Player of the Month for September (his third time winning the honor). May 19-21 NCAA Regionals TBA PUTNAM — Senior Andrew Putnam earned All-American honorable mention honors as a freshman and sophomore and has begun a strong fi nal year of college golf. Over May 31-June 5 NCAA Championships the summer, he won the Pacifi c Coast Amateur Championship and qualifi ed for the U.S. Karsten Creek Golf Club Open. He’s fi nished in the top 20 in 30 of his 38 career tournaments. On Pepperdine’s Stillwater, Okla. career records lists, he’s second in scoring (72.64), fourth in top 20 fi nishes (30) and tied for fourth in top 10 results (18).

ANDERSON — Junior Josh Anderson has won two career tournaments: the General Hackler Championship in spring 2010 and the Husky Invitational in fall 2010. His career 1 scoring average of 72.98 ranks fourth all-time at Pepperdine. It’s believed that he became PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY the fi rst active Pepperdine player to compete in a PGA Tour event when he took part in QUICK FACTS the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in February 2009.

Location ...... Malibu, Calif. 90263 GEIBERGER — The 2010-11 season marks John Geiberger’s 15th as head coach Founded ...... 1937 (Malibu Campus 1972) of Pepperdine. In his fi rst season as coach of the Waves, Geiberger led the team to Enrollment ...... 8,000 (3,000 undergraduate) the 1997 NCAA national title, the fi rst in team history. Under Geiberger’s guidance, Nickname...... Waves Pepperdine has won the WCC title 10 times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Colors ...... Blue, Orange and White 2005, 2007 and 2010) and he has earned the league’s Coach of the Year honors on fi ve Conference ...... West Coast President ...... Andrew K. Benton occasions (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2005). Athletic Director ...... Dr. John Watson Athletic Department phone .....(310) 506-4150 2010-11 ROSTER — The Waves return fi ve players from last season (three seniors, a Ticket Offi ce phone ...... (866) WAVE-TIX redshirt junior and a redshirt sophomore). To replace four seniors that graduated, the Waves have added four freshmen to bring the roster total back up to nine. MEN’S GOLF COACHES 2009-10 RECAP — Pepperdine won the West Coast Conference title for the 17th time Head Coach...... John Geiberger and the fi rst since 2007 to highlight the 2009-10 season. The Waves advanced to the experience ...... 15th season NCAA South Central Regional, their 12th straight season in the postseason. Josh phone ...... (310) 506-4028 Anderson, Andrew Putnam and Carl Smith were named to the All-WCC fi rst team. e-mail ...... [email protected] Pepperdine ranked #33 in the fi nal Golfweek/Sagarin index, while Putnam was #71 as an Assistant Coach...... Michael Beard individual. experience ...... 1st season phone ...... (310) 506-4154 PEPPERDINE GOLF HISTORY — Following the blueprint of other athletics programs at e-mail ...... [email protected] Pepperdine, the men’s golf team blossomed as a nationally recognized program and the Waves reached the pinnacle of success in May 1997 by winning the NCAA title for the MEN’S GOLF ROSTER fi rst time. Pepperdine has made seven appearances at the NCAA Championships since Name Yr. Hometown 1993, has made 12 consecutive NCAA Regional berths and has won 17 of the last 24 Andreas Adler Fr.* Parkview, Hong Kong West Coast Conference Championships. Josh Anderson Jr.* Murrieta, Calif. Chris Capo Fr. Woodland Hills, Calif. ABOUT PEPPERDINE — Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with Alex Forss Fr. Temecula, Calif. unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won a total of nine Austyn Karle Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. NCAA championships in fi ve different men’s sports — one of just 14 schools to have Johnny Mac Arthur So.* Newhall, Calif. accomplished this feat. Of the 14, Pepperdine is the only non-BCS school and has by far Parker Page Fr. Louisville, Ky. the smallest enrollment. The majority of Pepperdine’s teams are ranked nationally year Andrew Putnam Sr. University Place, Wash. after year and compete for conference and national titles. Andrew Widmar Sr.* El Paso, Texas

MEN’S GOLF HISTORY

NCAA Championships Appearances ...... 7 last ...... 2006 championships ...... 1 (1997) WCC Championships ...... 17 last ...... 2010

SPORTS INFORMATION

Director/MGOLF Contact ...... Roger Horne offi ce phone ...... (310) 506-4455 cell phone ...... (805) 279-4551 e-mail ...... [email protected] Assistant ...... Chris Macaluso offi ce phone ...... (310) 506-4333 e-mail ...... [email protected] Assistant ...... Dena Meiste offi ce phone ...... (310) 506-4160 e-mail ...... [email protected] Address ...... 24255 Pacifi c Coast Highway ...... Malibu, Calif. 90263 Fax...... (310) 506-4322

Website ...... www.pepperdinesports.com Blog ...... www.pepperdinesports.com/blog Facebook ...... Pepperdine Athletics Twitter ...... peppsports

2 2010-11 Pepperdine Men’s Golf Team Statistics

Dates Tournament (Host) Par Finish Total +/- Par RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 Top Individual Sept. 20-21 Husky Invitational (Washington) 72 1st/14 847 -17 290 276 281 Anderson 1st Oct. 1-2 William H. Tucker Intercollegiate () 72 6th/16 886 +22 296 286 304 Putnam T-1st Oct. 10-12 The Prestige at PGA West (Stanford/UC Davis) 72 Oct. 23-24 UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate (UNC Greensboro) Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Arizona Intercollegiate Feb. 28-March 1 USC Intercollegiate March 13-14 General Hackler Championship (Coastal Carolina) March 21-22 Oregon Duck Invitational April 4-5 Morris Williams Intercollegiate (Texas) April 9-10 ASU Thunderbird Invitational (Arizona State) April 18-19 West Coast Conference Championship May 19-21 NCAA Regionals May 31-June 5 NCAA Championships (Oklahoma State)

TOTALS 1,733 586 562 585 AVERAGE 866.5 / 288.8 / 72.2 293.0 281.0 292.5

2010-11 Pepperdine Men’s Golf Individual Statistics

Player Tournament Finish Total +/- Par RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 - Par Low

Josh Husky Invitational 1st 206 -10 70 68 68 3 68 Anderson William H. Tucker Intercollegiate T-12th 220 +4 75 72 73 0 72 Totals 1 Top 10 6 rds / 426 145 140 141 3 68 Average 2 Top 20 71.00 72.5 70.0 70.5

Alex William H. Tucker Intercollegiate T-79th 241 +25 75 83 83 0 75 Forss Totals 0 Top 10 3 rds / 241 75 83 83 0 75 Average 0 Top 20 80.33 75.0 83.0 83.0

Austyn Husky Invitational T-40th 224 +8 73 78 73 0 73 Karle William H. Tucker Intercollegiate T-50th 230 +14 77 73 80 0 73 Totals 0 Top 10 6 rds / 454 150 151 153 0 73 Average 0 Top 20 75.67 75.0 75.5 76.5

Johnny Husky Invitational T-28th 221 +5 77 72 72 0 72 Mac Arthur William H. Tucker Intercollegiate T-40th 227 +11 78 76 73 0 73 Totals 0 Top 10 6 rds / 448 155 148 145 0 72 Average 0 Top 20 74.67 77.5 74.0 72.5

Andrew Husky Invitational 2nd 210 -6 73 69 68 2 68 Putnam William H. Tucker Intercollegiate T-1st 212 -4 69 65 78 2 65 Totals 2 Top 10 6 rds / 422 142 134 146 4 65 Average 2 Top 20 70.33 71.0 67.0 73.0

Andrew Husky Invitational T-10th 214 -2 74 67 73 1 67 Widmar Totals 1 Top 10 3 rds / 214 74 67 73 1 67 Average 1 Top 20 71.33 74.0 67.0 73.0

2010-11 Pepperdine Men’s Golf Career Statistics

Player Seasons Events Rounds Strokes Average Wins Top 10 Top 20 Josh Anderson 2009, 10, 11 27 80 5,838 72.98 2 8 14 Alex Forss 2011 1 3 241 80.33 0 0 0 Austyn Karle 2008, 09, 10, 11 21 62 4,699 75.79 0 0 1 Johnny Mac Arthur 2010, 11 5 15 1,158 77.20 0 0 0 Andrew Putnam 2008, 09, 10, 11 38 114 8,281 72.64 1 18 30 Andrew Widmar 2007, 08, 10, 11 20 59 4,418 74.88 0 1 4

3 2010-11 Pepperdine Men’s Golf Tournament Results Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational Sept. 20-21, 2010 Washington National Golf Club Auburn, Wash. Par 72 • 7,304 Yards • 14 Teams TEAM 1st Pepperdine ...... 290-276-281 — 847 (-17) 2nd Washington ...... 292-282-280 — 854 (-10) 3rd San Diego State . . . . 284-292-283 — 859 (-5) 4th Texas A&M ...... 305-283-281 — 869 (+5) 5th Idaho ...... 294-295-282 — 871 (+7) INDIVIDUALS 1st Josh Anderson ...... 70-68-68 — 206 (-10) 2nd Andrew Putnam ...... 73-69-68 — 210 (-6) T-10th Andrew Widmar ...... 74-67-73 — 214 (-2) T-28th Johnny Mac Arthur . . . . . 77-72-72 — 221 (+5) T-40th Austyn Karle ...... 73-78-73 — 224 (+8)

William H. Tucker Intercollegiate Oct. 1-2, 2010 UNM Championship Golf Crouse Albuquerque, N.M. Par 72 • 7,566 Yards • 16 Teams TEAM 1st San Diego State . . 291-292-291 — 874 (+10) 2nd North Texas ...... 295-281-299 — 875 (+11) 3rd New Mexico ...... 292-288-296 — 876 (+12) 4th New Mexico State . 300-295-283 — 878 (+14) 5th Brigham Young . . . 298-290-297 — 885 (+21) 6th Pepperdine ...... 296-286-304 — 886 (+22) INDIVIDUALS T-1st Andrew Putnam ...... 69-65-78 — 212 (-4) T-1st Joon Heui Lee, NMSU . . .74-71-67 — 212 (-4) T-1st Carlos Ortiz, No. Texas . . 71-66-75 — 212 (-4) T-12th Josh Anderson ...... 75-72-73 — 220 (+4) T-40th Johnny Mac Arthur . . . . .78-76-73 — 227 (+11) T-50th Austyn Karle ...... 77-73-80 — 230 (+14) T-79th Alex Forss ...... 75-83-83 — 241 (+25)

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