CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS MEDIA ROSTER AARON CHEN TONY CHEN RANGZHI (AARON) DU 6’0”, 180, Sophomore 6’0”, 200, Freshman 5’7”, 148, Freshman Fremont, CA Shenzhen, China Beijing, China Mission San Jose HS IMG Academy Lake Mary Preparatory School CONNOR GOLEMBESKI BRENDAN HY SEBASTIAN IQBAL KYLE MASPAT 5’9”, 145, Redshirt Sophomore 5’10”, 160, Sophomore 6’2”, 170, Sophomore 5’8”, 155, Redshirt Junior Redmond, WA San Ramon, CA San Jose, CA San Diego, CA Redmond HS Dougherty Valley HS Pioneer High School UC Santa Barbara/Torrey Pines HS COSTAS PANAY JAMES SONG FINIGAN TILLY SAMPSON ZHENG 5’7”, 145, Sophomore 5’10”, 165, Junior 5’10”, 155, Senior 6’0”, 210, Freshman Redmond, WA Rancho Santa Fe, CA San Carlos, CA, Nagoya, Japan Tesla Stem HS Torrey Pines HS Carlmont HS The First Academy WALTER CHUN CHRIS MASSOLETTI Alex and Marie Shipman Assistant Coach, Director of Men’s Golf 2nd Season 5th Season Texas A&M, 2008 Cal, 2001 2 2020-21 Men’s Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Scenic view of Mayacama Golf Club in Santa Rosa where Cal will host the Pac-12 Championship April 26-28. ROSTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1: ....................................... Cover Page Aaron Chen 6-0 180 So. Fremont, CA (Mission San Jose HS) 2: ....................................Media Roster Tony Chen 6-0 200 Fr. Shenzhen, China (IMG Academy) 3: .............. Table of Contents/Roster/ Rangzhi (Aaron) Du 5-7 148 Fr. Beijing, China (Lake Mary Preparatory School) Quick Facts Connor Golembeski 5-9 145 So.* Redmond, WA (Redmond HS) 4-5: ............................. Coaching Staff Brendan Hy 5-10 160 So. San Ramon, CA (Dougherty Valley HS) 6: ................2020-21 Season Preview Sebastian Iqbal 5-10 160 So. San Jose, CA (Univ. of Wisconsin) 7-10: ..................................Player Bios Kyle Maspat 5-8 155 Jr.* San Diego, CA (UC Santa Barbara/ 11: ................... Steve Desimone Story Scripps Ranch HS) 12: .......All-time Roster – Since 1983 Costas Panay 5-7 145 So. Redmond, WA (Tesla Stem HS) 13-16: .... All-time Honors and Awards James Song 5-10 165 Jr. Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Torrey Pines HS) 17: ..............Postseason Appearances Finigan Tilly 5-10 155 Sr. San Carlos, CA (Carlmont HS) 18-19: ......................................Venues 20: ...................... Short Game Facility Sampson Zheng 6-0 210 Fr. Nagoya, Japan (The First Academy) *has used redshirt season 21: ...... 2004 NCAA Team Champions 22-23: ..................................Pro Bears Back Cover: ............... 2021 Schedule QUICK FACTS Location ............................. Berkeley, CA 2019 NCAA Myrtle Beach CREDITS Enrollment ................................ 43,204 Regionals Finish ...................................... 4th The 2020-21 men’s golf annual report Founded ....................................... 1868 2019 Pac-12 Championships Finish .... 3rd was written by Stephen Ellis and designed by Nickname ........................ Golden Bears Chancellor ........................... Carol Christ Evan Kerr. Photography by Kelley Cox – KLC Colors .................................Blue & Gold Director Of Athletics ............Jim Knowlton Photos, Chris Massoletti, Todd Drexler, Cody Conference ............................. Pacific-12 Men’s Golf Administrator ............Jay John Ellis, Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports, Alex and Marie Shipman Getty Images, Dino Gomez, among others. Twitter/Instagram/Facebook ......calmensgolf NCAA Championships ............... 1 (2004) Director of Men’s Golf .............. Walter Chun NCAA Championships Appearances ......14 Phone .................................(510) 439-8391 1939, ‘48, ‘49, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘04, ‘10, Email [email protected] ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘16, ‘19 Twitter .............................. coachwalterc NCAA Regionals Appearances .............23 Assistant Coach ............ Chris Massoletti 1990, ‘93, ‘95, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, Phone .......................... (510) 384-5378 ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, Email [email protected] ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘18, ‘19 Assoc. Dir. of Olym. Sports Ops .... Maria Uriarte NCAA Regionals Champions .... 2 (2013, ‘14) Athletic Communications ..... Stephen Ellis Pac-12 Champions ................. 2 (2013, ‘14) Phone .......................... (510) 631-8313 Last NCAA Championships ..... 10th, 2019 Email [email protected] 2020-21 Men's Golf Annual Report 3 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS WALTER CHUN Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men’s Golf 5th Season Cal, 2001 Walter Chun enters his fifth season as Cal’s Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men’s Golf and his 24th campaign asso- ciated with the school’s men’s golf program in 2020-21. Chun was elevated to his current role on Aug. 1, 2016, after having spent seven seasons as Cal’s associate head coach (2009-16), five as an assistant coach (2004-09) and two as an administra- tive assistant (2002-04) following a five-year playing career for the Golden Bears (1997-2002). In a season cut short by the coronavirus, Chun’s team put together many highlights including four top-5 team finishes: the Golden Bears placed second at the MacKenzie Invitational, fourth at the Southwestern Invitational and fifth at both the Tav- istock and Lamkin San Diego Classic. Meanwhile, junior Finigan Tilly placed in the top five in back-to-back tournaments and had three top-20 finishes overall. Chun took his first team to the NCAA Championships in his current role in 2019 and participated in his eighth NCAA’s overall. The Golden Bears finished 10th overall in their first appearance at the NCAA’s since 2016 for their highest finish since Chun was the associate head coach for a pair of teams that reached the semifinals of match play at the 2012 and 2013 NCAA’s. Cal, who was ranked as high as No. 6 by Golf- week/Sagarin in the spring of 2019, won a pair of events in 2018-19 at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational to close the fall schedule and The Farms Invitational to open the spring. In addition, Cal won the inaugural Big Match against Stanford. Chun was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his sec- ond season at the helm in 2017-18 after the Bears were among the nation’s top 10 for most of the campaign. Cal won for the first three times under Chun in 2017-18 includ- ing a signature victory against one of the top fields in the nation at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational after finishing last at the event in Chun’s first campaign in 2016-17. Cal was also a winner at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate before finishing the regular season with three consecutive second-place showings at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate, The Goodwin and the Western In- tercollegiate. Cal was fifth at the Pac-12 Championships be- fore a disappointing 10th-place showing at the NCAA Raleigh Regional kept the Bears out of the NCAA Championships. Cal still ranked as high as No. 9 (Golfweek/Sagarin) and No. 12 June of 2009, he served as a Team USA assistant coach for the (Golfstat) in the final national polls. Palmer Cup. Prior to taking over the lead position in the program, Chun Chun began his affiliation with Cal in 1997 as a men’s golf stu- helped the Bears to new heights during his seven seasons dent-athlete and was a two-time team captain while competing as the program’s associate head coach with Cal reaching the on three occasions at the NCAA West Regionals (2000-02) and NCAA Championships in six of those campaigns after a previous once at the NCAA Championships (2000). Chun also qualified five-year absence. He was instrumental in the team’s recruiting for two U.S. Amateur Championships, the first in 1999 at Pebble efforts to restock the roster at the end of the golden era of the Beach and the second in 2002 at Oakland Hills Country Club. program (2009-14) with highly-ranked 2014 and 2015 recruit- ing classes led by Crampton and Limbhasut, and Morikawa, re- Chun received a pair of degrees at Cal with a bachelor’s from spectively. the Haas School of Business in 2001 and a master’s from Chun was recognized nationally for his coaching exploits the Graduate School of Education in 2003. He was a three- when he was honored with the Jan Strickland Award as the time Pac-10 All-Academic selection (2000-02) and a two-time nation’s top assistant coach during the 2007-08 season. In All-America Scholar (2001-02). 4 2020-21 Men’s Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS CHRIS MASSOLETTI Assistant Coach 2nd season Texas A&M, 2008 Chris Massoletti joined Cal in August of 2019 after spend- ing the previous three seasons (2016-19) as an assistant coach with the New Mexico men’s golf program. Massoletti also spent three campaigns as the head coach for both the men’s and women’s golf teams at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio (2014-17) following two seasons as a volunteer as- sistant for the men’s golf program at St. Edward’s in Austin (2012-14). In a year cut short by the coronavirus in 2019-20, Masso- letti helped the Golden Bears put together many highlights in his first season, including four top-5 team finishes: Cal placed Alex and Marie Shipman second at the MacKenzie Invitational, fourth at the Southwest- ern Invitational and fifth at both the Tavistock and Lamkin San Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Diego Classic. Meanwhile, junior Finigan Tilly placed in the top five in back-to-back tournaments and had three top-20 finish- Alex and Marie Shipman are honored that Cal grad Wal- es overall. ter Chun is the Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Golf. Massoletti helped New Mexico to the team title at the Moun- The Shipmans respect and admire Coach Chun’s intellect, tain West Conference Championships and a spot in the NCAA integrity and approach to creating a positive and winning Louisville Regionals in his final season with the Lobos in 2018- culture.