CAL GOLF’S STATE-OF-THE-ART SHORT-GAME FACILITY In a huge boost for the California men’s and women’s golf programs, the Golden Bears opened their short-game facility at the Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland in the fall of 2007. The Cal athletic department would like to thank everyone who combined to contribute approximately $600,000 to bring the project to fruition. The lead donors were Ed and Mollie Arnold, Ellen and Joffa Dale, Jay deBenedetti, Lon and Becci Haskew, Judy Isaac, and Pat and Kent Newmark. The programs broke ground on the privately-funded project in 2006 after a long planning process. The two-and-a-half acre state-of-the-art short-game facility is conveniently located on the southwest corner of the Metropolitan Golf Links near the Oakland International Airport, approximately 15 minutes from campus. Built to United States Golf Association specifications, the facility features two extremely large greens – one for putting and chipping, and the other for the aerial game, including pitching and bunker play.
“This was a dream of mine and Cal men’s golf for 27 years and for the women’s program since its inception in 1994-95. The facility helps improve our players from 120 yards and in. Both teams can always be more efficient in that area. It also helps in terms of recruiting because it makes us more competitive with the best programs in the country. For the first time, we have also been able to reach out to the community and host golf camps and clinics.” – Men’s Head Coach Steve Desimone cal GOLF venues
The Cal men's golf program would like to gratefully thank the private and public golf courses listed below that have made their facilities available to the Golden Bears. For more information and additional photos from Cal’s golf course partners, visit CalBears.com. Blackhawk Country Club Moraga Country Club Castlewood Country Club Oakhurst Country Club Claremont Country Club Orinda Country Club The Course at Wente Vineyards Peninsula Golf & Country Club Crow Canyon Country Club Richmond Country Club Diablo Country Club Ruby Hill Golf Club Lake Merced Golf Club San Francisco Golf Club Meadow Club Sequoyah Country Club Orinda Country Club is the longtime home of the Golden Bears and the Metropolitan Golf Links Tilden Park Golf Course Cal Golf Committee. The course was the site of the 1988 and 1998 Mira Vista Golf & Country Club TPC Stonebrae Pac-10 Championships.
Diablo Country Club Lake Merced Golf Club The Course at Wente Vineyards
Ruby Hill Golf Club Peninsula Golf & Country Club Castlewood Country Club
Meadow Club TPC Stonebrae 2008 Pac-10 Championship Host Richmond Country Club
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2014-15 juniors Shotaro Ban and Keelan Kilpatrick QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location...... Berkeley, CA NCAA Championships...... 1 (2004) Enrollment Cal Golf Venues...... IFC-1 ...... 37,581 NCAA Championship Appearances...... 13 Founded...... 1868 1939, ’48, ’49, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’04, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14 Cal Golf...... 2 Nickname...... Golden Bears NCAA Regional Appearances...... 19 Quick Facts...... 2 Colors (PMS)...... Blue (282) & Gold (123) 1990, ’93, ’95, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, Conference...... Pacific-12 ’04, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14 Roster...... 2 Chancellor...... Nicholas B. Dirks 2014 NCAA Championship/NCAA Coaching Staff...... 3-9 Director of Athletics...... Mike Williams Regional/Pac-12 Championship Finish Men’s Golf Administrator ...... Foti Mellis ...... T11th/T4th/3rd Outlook...... 10-12 Head Coach...... Steve Desimone Athletic Communications...... Kyle McRae Player Profiles...... 13-32 36th Season (Cal, 1970) Phone...... (510) 219-9340 Phone...... (510) 334-6395 All-Time Roster (1987 – Present)...... 33 FAX Email...... [email protected] ...... (510) 643-7778 Alister MacKenzie Invitational...... 36 Associate Head Coach...... Walter Chun Email...... [email protected] Twitter...... @KyleMcRaeCal Honors & Awards...... 37-40 11th Season (Cal, 2001) Phone...... (510) 439-8391 2004 NCAA Team Champions...... IBC Email...... [email protected] FRONT COVER Schedule...... BC Volunteer Assistant Coach....Gene Bakkum Top Row (left to right): Volunteer assistant 13th Season (UC Davis, 2000) coach Gene Bakkum, associate head coach Cal Golf Tournament...... BC Assoc. Dir. of Olympic Sports Ops...... Walter Chun, Ben Doyle, KK Limbhasut, Maria Uriarte Sebastian Crampton, Walker Huddy, Alex 7th Season (UCLA, 2008) Helgans, Clayton Madey, Alexander Wilson, head coach Steve Desimone. ROSTER Bottom Row (left to right): Tanner Hughes, Andrew Morgan, Jay Burlison, Cameron Shaw, Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous Schools) Keelan Kilpatrick, Shotaro Ban. Shotaro Ban 5-10 155 Jr.* 2L San Jose, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS) Jay Burlison 5-9 180 Fr.* RS Salinas, CA (Palma HS/Stevenson HS) Sebastian Crampton 6-0 165 Fr. HS Pacific Grove, CA (Stevenson HS) CREDITS Ben Doyle 6-0 150 Fr. HS La Jolla, CA (La Jolla HS) The 2014-15 men's golf annual report was Alex Helgans 6-1 175 So.* SQ Alamo, CA (San Ramon Valley HS) written and edited by Associate Director of Ath- Walker Huddy 6-2 200 So.* 1L Studio City, CA (Calabasas HS) letic Communications Kyle McRae. Composition Tanner Hughes 5-10 145 Fr.* HS Livermore, CA (Foothill HS) and design by Evan Kerr. Special thanks to Steve Keelan Kilpatrick 5-9 165 Jr.* 2L Christchurch, New Zealand (St. Bede's College) Desimone and Walter Chun. Photography by Luke KK Limbhasut 6-0 200 Fr. HS Loma Linda, CA (Redlands HS) Adams, Hailey Archambault, Arizona Athletics, Clayton Madey 6-1 180 Fr.* RS West Linn, OR (Lake Oswego HS) Dan Avila, Gene Bakkum, Ricky Brackett, Michael Andrew Morgan 5-7 145 So.* SQ Long Beach, CA (Woodrow Wilson HS) J. Burns, Samuel Cain, Steven Colquitt, Rod Com- Cameron Shaw 5-8 150 So.* 1L Derby, England (Repton School) mons, Kelley Cox, Todd Drexler/SE Sports Media, Alexander Wilson 6-0 160 Fr.* RS Edinburgh, Scotland (Loretto School) John Dunbar, Ethan Erickson, Richard Ersted, *has used redshirt season or plans to redshirt in 2014-15 Don Feria, Jacob Funk/J and L Photography, GCAA, Getty Images, GoldenBearSports.com, HEAD COACH: Steve Desimone, 36th Season (Cal, 1970) Zach Gray, Jamie Hines, Evan Kerr, Martin Miller/ ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Walter Chun, 11th Season (Cal, 2001) Miller Brown Photography, Nathan Phillips, John VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Gene Bakkum, 13th Season (UC Davis, 2000) Todd, Casey Valentine, USGA and Doug Zimmer- man, among others.
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the unanimous National and Pac-12 Player event in 2013-14 but did head into the NCAA of the Year in 2012-13 as well as Homa’s Championship as the No. 5 seed before fin- NCAA individual title the same campaign. ishing tied for 11th. Hagy, Homa and Weaver also became the Hagy raked in the honors in 2013-14 with first three players in the history of the- pro the long list including All-Nicklaus Team, gram to each play in the NCAA Championship first-team Golfweek All-American, first-team four times. Division I PING All-American, Byron Nelson The golden era arguably came to an end Award, first-team Capital One Academic All- following the 2013-14 campaign when four America® Division I Men’s At-Large, first- of the team’s five players at the NCAA Cham- team Division I PING All-West Region, Pac-12 pionship were seniors but not before the Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Pac-12 All-Aca- Bears extended their school-record string of demic, Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal, first-team appearances at the national finals to each All-Pac-12, Co-Team MVP, Cal’s Ben Furth of the last five seasons, which is something Award, Golden Bear Achievement Award, The STEVE DESIMONE only six teams in the country can claim. Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist, and Septem- Although the golden era may be over, ber 2013 Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Month. Head Coach a young 2014-15 team that includes four Stalter joined Hagy on the All-Nicklaus Team, 36th Season • Cal, 1970 freshmen and no seniors on its roster is look- as well as the first-team Division I PING All- ing to start a new era and got off to a good American and All-West Region teams, while Head coach Steve Desimone is in his 36th start in the fall of 2014 by winning a pair of adding second-team All-American recognition season at the helm of the Cal men’s golf events at the Windon Memorial and Alister from Golfweek. He was also a national final- team in 2014-15 and has led the Golden MacKenzie Invitational while finishing the fall ist for the Byron Nelson Award, a first-team Bears’ program to sustained success for ranked as high as No. 21 nationally. Three All-Pac-12 pick, an honorable mention Pac- nearly four decades including its lone nation- of the seven players to see the course were 12 All-Academic selection and the team’s co- al title in 2004. Cal reached the pinnacle of freshmen in Sebastian Crampton, Ben Doyle MVP along with Hagy. college golf with its national title that season and KK Limbhasut. Juniors Shotaro Ban and Hagy (Jack Nicklaus Invitational, Aggie In- but the five-year run Desimone’s team put Keelan Kilpatrick also played as did sopho- vitational, Arizona Intercollegiate) and Stalter together from the beginning of the 2009-10 mores Walker Huddy and Cameron Shaw. (Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Arizona Inter- campaign through the end of the 2013-14 Crampton led the way in the fall of 2014 collegiate, National Invitational Tournament) season is considered the golden era of the with three top-10 finishes and a 70.00 stroke were both three-time individual medalists program and one of the best in the history of average. Shaw was second with a 70.73 including a shared title at the Arizona Inter- college golf. stroke average and had the team’s lone collegiate, which was one shy of the single- The combined accomplishments of the win when he shared medalist honors at the season school record of four set by Kim in last three teams of the era were unprec- Itani Quality Homes Collegiate. Limbhasut 2012-13. Stalter was Cal’s top finisher at edented not only at Cal but on a national had three top-15 finishes, while Kilpatrick the Pac-12 Championship (T4th) and NCAA level as the Bears won 24 of 40 stroke-play and Huddy both had the highest individual Championship (T19th) with the best finishes events and were in the top five on 38 occa- finishes of their careers with a tied for third- of his career at both events, while Hagy led sions as well as each of their four match- place showing at the Gopher Invitational for the Bears with a fifth-place showing at the play tournaments during the period. The fi- Kilpatrick and a pair of tied nal three seasons of the era also included for 12th-place finishes for two appearances in the national semifinals Huddy at the Gopher Invita- (2012, 2013), a single-season NCAA record tional and Windon Memorial. 12 stroke-play victories in 2012-13 when the Cal tied for the second Bears were widely thought to have registered most wins in school history the best season in the history of college golf, with six in its final season of and both the first two NCAA Regional and the golden era in 2013-14, Pac-12 titles in school history (2012, 2013). with each coming over its The Bears were the nation’s top-ranked team first nine events. The Bears at the end of the 2012-13 campaign despite won three of five tourna- a second straight defeat in the NCAA Cham- ments during the fall (Saint pionship semifinals. Mary’s Invitational, Jack Five Cal players from the era – Brandon Nicklaus Invitational, Alister Hagy, Max Homa, Michael Kim, Joël Stal- MacKenzie Invitational) and ter and Michael Weaver – were first-team moved up to as high as tied All-Americans at least once in their careers for No. 2 nationally according with all five being recognized as either first or to Golf World/Nike Golf after second-teamers in 2012-13 to make Cal the winning three of its first four first team in the history of college golf to have events in the spring (Arizona five first or second-team All-Americans in the Intercollegiate, John A. Burns same season. Intercollegiate, National In- There were plenty of other firsts during vitational Tournament). The Head coach Steve Desimone (right) poses with associate head the era including Kim’s selection as both Bears would not win another coach Walter Chun and the 2004 NCAA trophy.
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Championship, Pac-12 Championship) and Stalter (Arizona Intercollegiate, John A. Burns Intercollegiate) won twice each, with Homa becoming the first Cal player to ever win the NCAA title and the third to win the Pac-12 crown. Weaver (NCAA Pullman Regional) and Hagy (Alister MacKenzie Invitational) were in- dividual medalists once each. The individual NCAA title earned Homa the Arnold Palmer Award presented by Callaway given annually to the individual medalist at the NCAA Championship. Kim also captured the Golfstat Cup given to a single player for all levels of collegiate golf with the lowest ad- justed stroke average in the nation heading into the NCAA Championship. Kim (70.14), Homa (70.56), Stalter (70.68), Hagy (70.80) and Weaver (70.92) all finished with stroke- play averages under 71.00. Kim was the No. 1 player nationally in the final rankings by Golfweek while he finished at No. 4 according to Golfstat. Cal had five players ranked in the Head coach Steve Desimone and freshman Sebastian Crampton talk on the course. final top 20 by Golfweek (No. 1 Kim, No. 11 Weaver, No. 12 Stalter, No. 13 Homa, No. 19 NCAA Sugar Grove Regional. Hagy finished gional and Pac-12 Championship, the Bears Hagy) and top 25 according to Golfstat (No. the season ranked No. 6 nationally by Golf- had spring wins during the regular season 4 Kim, No. 10 Homa, No. 16 Stalter, No. 22 week and Golfstat while Stalter was No. 17. at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, Fresno Hagy, No. 23 Weaver). Cal’s 2012-13 season that was argu- State Lexus Classic, Southern Highlands Col- Weaver also became the first current Cal ably the best in the history of college golf legiate Masters and Western Intercollegiate. player to compete in the Masters during the earned Desimone the 2013 Dave Williams Kim, who would turn professional during 2012-13 season after qualifying for the 2013 Eaton Golf Pride National Coach of the Year his junior season following the team’s 2013 event with a runner-up finish at the 2012 U.S. honor in Division I men’s golf as well as the fall schedule, swept the Haskins Award, Jack Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club. In addi- Golfweek National Coach of the Year. He Nicklaus Award and Golfweek/Sagarin Player tion, Weaver gained an exemption for the 2013 was also the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for of the Year in 2012-13 as he became the first U.S. Open at Merion with his U.S. Amateur the second consecutive season to mark the Cal golfer to win national player of the year showing and was joined by Kim and Homa, who third time in his career earning the award. honors. In addition, Kim was one of three reached the U.S. Open through the 36-hole sec- The Bears posted the top 54-hole stroke- national finalists for The Ben Hogan Award tional qualifying. Kim was the low amateur at play score at the 2013 NCAA Championship presented by the Golf Coaches Association the U.S. Open with a tied for 17th place finish hosted by Georgia Tech at the Capital City of America to the best college golfer in the after rising as high as third on the leaderboard Club’s Crabapple Course to earn the top seed nation for their amateur play the 12 previous during the third round, while Weaver also made for match play at the event for the first time in months. Kim, along with Homa and Weaver the cut. The trio became what is believed to school history. Cal opened NCAA match play were GCAA/PING Division I first-team All- be the first three players from the same colle- with a quarterfinal victory over Arizona State Americans, with Kim adding Golfweek first- giate team to play in the same U.S. Open. Kim before a semifinal loss to Illinois ended an in- team All-American honors, while Homa and (United States), Stalter (Europe) and Weaver credible season that saw the Bears move into Weaver were second-team choices. All three (United States) also played for their respective the top spot in late-September and spend were also GCAA/PING Division I All-West Re- countries in the 2013 Palmer Cup at Wilming- the remainder of the season as the nation’s gion and first-team All-Pac-12 selections, ton Country Club in Delaware. Homa, Kim and top-ranked team in all three sets of rankings while Hagy and Stalter were both GCAA/ Weaver later led Team USA to a victory in the (Golfstat, Golfweek, Golf World/Nike Golf) PING Division I and Golfweek second-team 2013 Walker Cup at National Golf Links of including the final version of each after the All-Americans, GCAA/PING Division I All-West America. NCAA Championship despite their national Region picks and second-team All-Pac-12 The string of exceptional play started in semifinal loss. choices. In addition, the Bears swept Pac-12 2011-12 when Desimone was named the Cal set a modern-era NCAA win record in Men’s Golfer of the Month honors in 2012- Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the second 2012-13 with 12 victories in 14 stroke-play 13 to become the first conference team to time in his career and added GCAA/Eaton tournaments, eclipsing the previously es- ever do so, with Kim (October 2012, March West Regional Coach of the Year honors for tablished record of 10 by the 1985-86 Okla- 2013) and Homa (September 2012, April the first time. His 2011-12 squad reached homa State team. Cal’s first five wins came 2013) winning twice each, and Stalter pick- the national semifinals and posted a series at the Gopher Invitational, PING/Golfweek ing up the honor once (February 2013). of firsts along the way that included a trip to Preview (shared with Georgia Tech), Pac-12 Cal players at least shared individual NCAA Championship match play as well as Preview, Alister MacKenzie Invitational and medalist honors a school-record 10 times a match-play victory over San Diego State in Isleworth Collegiate Invitational to record the in 2012-13 led by the single-season school- the quarterfinals of the event hosted by USC first sweep of its fall schedule in school his- record four captured by Kim (Isleworth Col- at The Riviera Country Club. Cal also won tory. In addition to finishing as the top team legiate Invitational, Arizona Intercollegiate, NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles both for the during stroke play at the NCAA Championship Fresno State Lexus Classic, Southern High- first time in events hosted by Stanford and and winning titles at the NCAA Pullman Re- lands Collegiate Masters). Homa (NCAA Oregon State, and posted a then-school-
4 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS record six tournament wins. Cal finished the team’s lone individual medalist, sharing the ing performance that season was a dramatic season ranked No. 3 by both Golfstat and in title at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate be- comeback at San Diego State’s Frank Scott the Golf World/Nike Golf Division I Coaches fore falling in a playoff. An had a stretch of Memorial Tournament. Trailing fourth-ranked Poll, while Golfweek put the Bears at No. 6. top-notch golf to lead the Bears during back- Fresno State by 17 shots going into the final The squad featured three GCAA/PING Divi- to-back team victories when he placed third round, the Bears rallied to win their first ma- sion I All-Americans in Hagy, Homa and Kim. at The Prestige at PGA WEST before tying for jor championship in 17 years. Cal’s success Cal opened the 2011-12 campaign with a second at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. that season helped Desimone win Pac-10 victory at the Wolverine Intercollegiate and Cal had missed the NCAA Championship Conference Co-Coach of the Year honors for also shared a win with Oregon at the Alister for five consecutive seasons (2005-09) be- the first time. MacKenzie Invitational hosted by the Bears fore returning to its spot among the nation’s During an outstanding 1989-90 campaign, in the fall. The team’s Pac-12 and NCAA Re- elite with a 23rd-place finish in 2010. Cal Desimone brought the Bears’ program to a gional wins in the two events leading up to qualified for the NCAA Championship at The then-unprecedented level when the team the NCAA Championship were preceded by Honors Course by tying for third place at the earned its first NCAA postseason berth in 26 victories at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate NCAA San Diego Regional. The Bears also seasons by qualifying for an NCAA Regional. Cal and ASU Thunderbird Invitational earlier in posted three regular-season victories to tie a competed in the 1964 NCAA Championship, the spring. Cal also finished second twice by then-school record, winning the Spartan Golf but didn’t actually earn its first berth until 1990 a single stroke during the spring schedule to Classic, Alister MacKenzie Invitational and Ar- at New Mexico State, two years after the NCAA host schools Arizona at the Arizona Intercol- izona Intercollegiate. Several individuals had switched to a selection/qualifying format. Cal legiate and UNLV at the Southern Highlands tremendous accomplishments during the played in 13 tournaments that year, placing Collegiate Masters. Hagy, Homa and Kim campaign, highlighted by the Pac-10 individu- among the top 10 in all but two, including a were each named second-team All-Pac-12 al medalist honors won by Mina at the event then-regular-season school-record-tying three and shared team MVP honors, with Kim add- hosted by Arizona State. Mina is one of only team titles and a tie for third place at the Pac- ing the squad’s Newcomer of the Year award. three Cal golfers to ever capture the event, 10 Championship. In addition, the Bears were Stalter was honorable mention all-conference with Charlie Wi the first in 1995 and Homa ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation and the team’s Most Improved Player. Homa the third in 2013. Mina, who earned GCAA/ throughout the season. Ben Furth, the school’s (71.19) narrowly edged Hagy (71.41) and Kim PING Division I All-American honors, also first All-American in men’s golf and still the only (71.41) for the team’s lowest stroke average. won at the Spartan Golf Classic while Hale men’s golfer in the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame, Homa tied for ninth individually at the NCAA captured the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. was a major contributor to the Bears’ success. Championship, which at the time was the Weaver became the first Cal player to finish in The following season came to a disappoint- second-highest finish ever by a Cal player but the top 10 at both the Pac-10 Championship ing conclusion for Desimone and the Bears. A is now fourth after being surpassed by both and NCAA Regionals in the same season, ty- career-ending back injury to Furth brought to his own victory and Hagy tying for eighth in ing for sixth and taking eighth, respectively. an end the hope that 1990-91 would surpass 2013. All three finished in the top 10 at the Prior to its current five-year run, the team’s Cal’s great season the preceding year. Off the NCAA Stanford Regional with Hagy third, Kim previous appearance at the NCAA Champion- course, however, another important step in tied for fourth and Homa tied for 10th, giving ship came at the end of the magical 2003- the rebuilding of the program was undertak- Cal three top-10 players at an NCAA Regional 04 campaign when Desimone orchestrated en. With the generous support of the Cal Golf for the first time in school history and mak- one of the greatest stories in the history of Committee, a minimal amount of financial ing Homa the first player ever at Cal to fin- college golf as Cal came from eight strokes aid was offered to incoming student-athletes ish in the top 10 in the same season at both behind UCLA on the final day of the event at for the first time in 15 years. This was a criti- the NCAA Championship and NCAA Regional, The Homestead in Virginia to win the 2004 na- cal step because it finally demonstrated the with Hagy becoming the second in 2013. tional title by six strokes over the Bruins. It was Bears were committed to competing nation- Hagy (T5th) and Stalter (T9th) also had top- the culmination of a season in which the Bears ally in all respects and gave Desimone a new 10 showings at the Pac-12 Championship. had to overcome several injuries but were and critical tool in recruiting. Cal tied for 19th at the NCAA Champion- able to play their best golf when it counted The 1994-95 season was historic as the ship at Karsten Creek to conclude a strong the most. As a result of his team’s impressive Bears qualified for their first ever NCAA Cham- campaign in 2010-11, reaching as high as accomplishment, Desimone was named Golf- pionship and posted the best finish in school No. 13 in the national polls and equaling a week’s Collegiate Coach of the Year and was history at the time and still the fourth-best then-school record with three regular-season honored as 2004 Grand Master of the Year by ever by taking sixth in the event hosted by tournament wins (The Prestige at PGA WEST, the Northern California Golf Association. Ohio State in Columbus. Cal was appearing Alister MacKenzie Invitational, John A. Burns Desimone’s journey to a national champion- at the NCAA Championship for the first time Intercollegiate) among its total of 14 events. ship and the elite status the program enjoys since 1964 when there was no selection/ All told, Cal had eight top-five finishes in today started in the fall of 1979 when he came qualifying format. The Bears were previously 2010-11, also taking third at the NCAA Arizo- aboard as head coach at Cal to take over a selected to play in their third NCAA Regional na Regional, Windon Memorial and Southern program which had lost its varsity status fol- in six years and came up with a sixth-place Highlands Collegiate Masters, placing fifth at lowing the previous season. But Desimone showing at the event hosted by New Mexico the Pac-10 Championship and tying for fifth was intent on not only returning the program in Albuquerque after a second-place finish to at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. Weaver to varsity status but taking it to a higher level. Arizona State at the Pac-10 Championship. was named a GCAA/PING Division I All-Ameri- Among the first steps was the formation of Wi led the way by earning first-team All-Ameri- can after posting an eighth-place finish at the the Cal Golf Committee in 1980, the primary can honors and was Cal’s first Pac-10 individ- NCAA Championship that at the time was the support group for the men’s golf team, which ual champion, while Garrett Larson picked up highest ever by a Cal player and is still tied for helped return the program to varsity status in honorable mention All-American recognition. second. Stephen Hale, Homa and Eric Mina 1982. Cal returned to the NCAA Championship all picked up second-team All-Pac-10 selec- By 1986-87, Cal was ranked among the for three consecutive years from 1998- tions, while Ben An (Byeong-Hun An) was an top 25 teams in the nation for the first time 2000, finishing 15th at New Mexico, 16th at honorable mention choice. Homa was the in the history of the program. One outstand- Minnesota and 17th at Auburn, respectively.
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The Bears were tied for fourth at the NCAA seasons to join Albers, Chun, Carlyle, Furth, when four of the school’s national-best five Tempe Regional, fourth at the NCAA Tucson Hale, Tomasulo and Wilson as two-time hon- qualifiers reached the Final 64. Weaver fin- Regional and tied for 10th at the NCAA Made- orees. Carlyle was also selected a first-team ished as the runner up, while Hagy reached ra Regional to qualify for the NCAA Champi- Academic All-American in 2004, while Hagy the semifinals, Homa the Final 32 and Kim onship during those three seasons, after was a first-team Capital One Academic All- the Final 64. Huddy was also a participant in finishing fourth, fifth and third, at the Pac-10 America® Division I Men’s At-Large selec- the stroke-play portion of the event. Championship. tion in 2013-14, becoming the first Cal golfer The amateur play during the summer of The 1997-98 team led by All-American Dan to earn first-team Academic All-America 2010 was also noteworthy as a school-record Arroyo used the best final round of the day at honors from the College Sports Information six then-current Bears – An, Jamie Coré, the NCAA Tempe Regional to reach the NCAA Directors of America (CoSIDA) since Carlyle. Homa, John Murphy, Ben Mangum and Mina Championship and then was the final team Hagy’s academic prowess also helped earn – qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Chambers to make the cut at the national event before him the Byron Nelson Award in 2013-14, as Bay. No other school in the country had as eventually settling for its 15th-place finish. well as the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the many qualifiers. An, an incoming freshman Arroyo was back again in 1998-99 and led Year and a Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal. In ad- who had become the event’s youngest win- a now-veteran group that also included 2001 dition, he was a third-team 2012-13 Capital ner ever at the age of 17 in 2009 at Southern U.S. Amateur runner-up and 2002 Masters One Academic All-America® pick for the Divi- Hills in Tulsa, Okla., reached the 2010 semi- participant Robert Hamilton to its 16th-place sion I Men’s At-Large squad. finals while attempting to defend his title. showing. The Bears missed a playoff at the In addition to their success both on and Homa made the quarterfinals before falling NCAA’s to have an opportunity to make the off the course at Cal, Desimone has coached to An. cut by a single shot. several Cal players that have gone on to play In addition to his coach of the year selec- The 1999-2000 squad featured All-Amer- professional golf including current PGA TOUR tions, Desimone has earned several other ican Han Lee and current associate head card holders in James Hahn and Homa. prestigious honors most recently when the coach Walter Chun. The Bears needed a Charlie Wi is arguably the most successful Northern California Golf Association inducted dramatic finish at the 2000 NCAA Regional former Cal golfer on the PGA TOUR, having him into its Hall of Fame in 2014. The previ- at Riverbend Golf Club in Madera when Chun finished second five times in his career, most ous year the California Golf Writers & Broad- birdied the last hole of the entire tournament recently at the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach Na- casters Association made Desimone the first to force a three-team playoff for the final spot tional Pro-Am. He is looking to regain his PGA coach to receive the Jack Lemmon Ambassa- to advance to the NCAA Championship. The TOUR card after 11 previous seasons on the dor of Golf Award. Both honors were present- Bears would eventually win the playoff on the tour. ed in February at the CGWBA’s annual gala third hole, beating Stanford and Idaho. At the Hahn, who finished fifth on the final Web. event during the week of the AT&T Pebble NCAA’s, Cal would miss making the cut by a com Tour money list in 2012 to earn his PGA Beach National Pro-Am. Three years earlier, single shot but Hamilton would move on in TOUR card, is in his third season on the PGA Desimone was one of seven members of the the championship as an individual. TOUR in 2015 and also had his best career 2010 class inducted into the GGCAA Hall of All told, Desimone has directed Cal to the finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro- Fame during the Reception and Awards Ban- NCAA Championship in 10 of the 13 appear- Am, tying for third in 2013. quet at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. ances the Bears have made in school his- Homa has earned full-time PGA TOUR sta- In addition to his role as Cal’s head coach, tory (1995, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’04, ’10, ’11, tus in 2015 after finishing 17th on the Web. Desimone is also the former Manager of ’12, ’13, ‘14), including the current school- com Tour’s money list in 2014. He played in the University of California Golf Club (1979- record stretch of five in a row. The Bears 14 PGA TOUR events in 2013 and 2014. 2010), a 130-member associate club of the have played in all 19 of their NCAA Region- Tomasulo and Kim are both on the Northern California Golf Association, as well als (1990, ’93, ’95, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’01, Web.com Tour, while An is on the European as a former member of the PING Advisory ’02, ’03, ’04, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, Tour and Stalter the European Challenge Tour. Committee for college golf. In addition, he ‘14) under Desimone with a current school- All have played in PGA TOUR events along with served two stints on the NCAA Pacific Region record-tying run of eight straight that equals Hagy, Hamilton, Jesse Ruda, Weaver and Wil- Selection Committee for the NCAA Western the eight in a row the Bears put together son. Several others have played profession- Regional (1991-93, 2002-04) and was on the from 1997-2004. ally on other tours, with George Gandranata, campus-wide NCAA Self-Certification Com- Desimone has a total of 62 stroke-play Hagy, Hale, Jeff Hamm, Michael Jensen, Lee, mittee in the mid-1990’s. victories in his Cal career and has coached Mina and Weaver currently active in the pro- Desimone played men's basketball for the 13 All-Americans (Arroyo, Furth, Hagy, Homa, fessional ranks. Bears as an undergraduate and then served Jeff Hood, Kim, Larson, Lee, Mina, Stalter, To- In addition to pro golf, Desimone and his in the United States military before returning masulo, Weaver, Wi) who have earned 20 All- players have had success at high-level na- to Cal to complete a double major in history American honors including a school-record tional and international events outside of Cal. and physical education, while also earning five during the 2012-13 season. Hagy was Desimone had the honor of being the coach his master’s degree in physical education. a three-time All-American, while Homa, Kim, of the American team at the 2014 Palmer Cup After graduating from Cal, Desimone became Stalter, Tomasulo and Weaver were all named at Walton Heath Golf Club near South of Lon- the Director of Athletics at College Preparato- twice. don with Hagy one of his players. Kim, Stalter, ry School in Oakland where he remained until The Bears have also had success in the Tomasulo and Weaver have also played in the 1988. Desimone returned to Cal in 1979 as classroom during Desimone’s tenure with Palmer Cup, while Homa, Kim and Weaver the men’s golf head coach, and shared re- 13 All-America Scholars (Bill Albers, Scott have competed in the Walker Cup. All but sponsibilities with both jobs until 1988, when Carlyle, Chun, Dan Coyle, Furth, Gandra- Hagy (2014) and Tomasulo (2003) partici- he joined Cal on a full-time basis. nata, Hagy, Hale, Murphy, Stalter, Tomasulo, pated for their country in 2013. Desimone lives in Orinda with his wife, Weaver, Michael Wilson) that have combined In August of 2012 Cal players made ar- Linda. The couple has two children who live to earn the award given only to juniors and guably the strongest showing ever by active in Minneapolis. Kim graduated in 2006 from seniors 23 times. Hagy, Stalter and Weaver members of the same collegiate team at the Cal Poly and Robert is a 2008 graduate of all earned the honor in each of the last two U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club, Northern Michigan.
6 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS Q&A with Steve Desimone
Can you describe the culture of the Cal men’s golf program? “Cal golf is really pretty simple. It’s finding a way to create or develop the best student-athletes in the United States. Our job as a program is to build that foundation and then to support them in every way. I can say with a smile that when you look at our track record we’ve done a pretty good job of doing that.” Can you describe the development of the 2014-15 team since the beginning of the fall? “We are about where I thought we would be at this point. The reason our team has been so good the last three years is that our traveling team was just a step or two above our non-travelers. The players that just couldn’t crack the lineup because the top players were so strong would be playing on almost any other team in the country. Now, everyone is closer to the same level and we have a larger group of really good players that can battle for spots in the lineup at any time. That type of roster produces some knockdown; drag it out qualifying with incredible pressure. The good news is that this is how we’ve developed previous teams and that’s what’s coming next for us. We are on a similar trajectory to where we were five years ago with such a young team.” Head Coach Steve Desimone What did the team accomplish in the fall of 2014? of one of the two best programs in college golf players that have been involved in team sports “We did a great job learning and competing, which for the last three years. As they get older, they and understand that concept so they know there is all part of the evolution of a program. I think will treasure the memories they created, the is something bigger than themselves. We’ve we accomplished what we wanted and that was friendships they made and the fellowship they had a lot of success with that approach and it is for these guys to understand what it is to be a had. They’ll also have a chance to reflect on the one of the key elements for us in the recruiting student in college, to be a part of a golf team, incredible success of the program, what they’ve process. Once we have brought those types of and what it takes to succeed in both.” built and the legacy they’ve left. I told them that student-athletes into our program we then hope we all should have tremendous pride in what has through character and personality that there are What is the camaraderie like that devel- happened with the program, they’ve all been a bonds formed. We want to identify players that ops on a college golf team? big part of it, and that every one of them is off are good guys, easy to get along with and want to bigger and better things.” to be part of a team.” “It’s practicing together, eating dinner after qualifying rounds or studying for the same class What are your goals for the 2015 spring Do you coach a younger team like this together. It’s seven or eight guys, including coaches, in a van. In many respects that’s kind season? year’s squad differently than a veteran of like our locker room. We let our hair down, “The primary goal is certainly to return to the group such as last season? laugh and just have a great time. It’s part of the NCAA Championship. We’re very proud of the “Yes. We give the veteran players much more closeness of being a team.” fact that over the last five years we’re one of latitude in terms of shot selection. They know only six teams in the country that have played in how to manage their games better and are not How difficult was it to say goodbye to four all five NCAA Championships. This is obviously a prone to making major mistakes that lead to big seniors – Brandon Hagy, Pace Johnson, transitional year because of the four outstanding numbers. In terms of the rotation Walter Chun Joël Stalter and Michael Weaver – at seniors we lost from a year ago, but I don’t want and I use on the course during tournaments, the end of 2013-14 and the end of an to say it’s a rebuilding year because I feel like we we’re naturally more comfortable with how we have the players that will return us to the NCAA era? What did you tell the team after work with veteran players. We are still learning Championship. We developed very nicely in the the games of new players and what they’re think- the NCAA Championship? fall, and I think we will be a much better team by ing in competition. We also have to understand “It was both simple and difficult. I said it was the the end of the spring.” we’re still in the development phase, whereas last time we would ever be together like this. Being over the last three years we were right at the a part of what we’ve done and getting to a point How is the team aspect of college golf pinnacle of college golf. We had accomplished where we’re saying goodbye carries a heavy heart. unique in the sport? players that learned a system. There were key I told them that we didn’t fully achieve everything “In the end we hope that the players understand points that we wanted them to understand and that we wanted to, but very few teams do. They when the score goes up it is under Cal. We’re a really adopt. They did a great job with that and had to keep in perspective that they were part team, a unit, a family. We generally want to recruit really knew what they were doing. That process
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 7 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS has started anew with this group, but this year’s What is your coaching style? Simply, what does it mean to be a Cal players have been picking things up very quickly. “Overall, you can call this program a benevolent golfer? Still, there’s physical development, psychological democracy, or a benevolent dictatorship [lots of “It means you’ve accepted the challenge and com- growth, understanding of the game and adjusting laughs]. Call it what you will but it is collaborative, mitted yourself to being the best student-athlete to life at Cal. All of those things work together as interactive and also fact-based. We compile a and teammate you can possibly be.” part of their developmental progression.” huge statistical base and use that as a start- Can you compare the players in this ing point for discussing with our players their Can you talk about the annual Cal Golf strengths and weaknesses. We do everything year’s freshman class to those who have Tournament and its role in your fundrais- we can from that statistical base to put together ing efforts? left Cal over the past two seasons? the right types of games and drills that will work “Our annual Cal Golf Tournament is the single most “There’s no question that from start to finish the on those strengths and weaknesses. Our goal is important non-competitive day of the year for our best recruiting class to this point was the 2009 to build a foundation that will allow each player program and the cornerstone of our fundraising. group of Brandon Hagy and Max Homa and the opportunity to improve. From a development We raise roughly a third of the funds necessary Michael Weaver. But the four freshmen we have standpoint, we want to work with players and to operate the team during the year from that now in Sebastian Crampton, Ben Doyle, Tanner experiment in terms of what works and what one event. It is a critical day for us, and we can’t Hughes and KK Limbhasut are off to an excellent doesn’t. We want it to be as open as possible and function without it. It’s a fun day. We call it a tour- start. The comparisons between the program now then we want the players to determine primarily nament, but it is really a party and celebration of and when the 2009 group started are somewhat though qualifying who the best players are and Cal men’s golf. When you have as many returnees parallel. The current group knows there’s an op- which players are going to play.” to the tournament as we do, you know people portunity for multiple runs at an NCAA title in the are having a lot of fun and believe in what we’re future. I think what you are seeing is a potential What does the emergence of Cal play- doing. They celebrate the program, which in the rerun of what we’ve had over the past five years ers in professional golf the past several end is the young men on our team. It’s gratifying and if so it’s going to be fun to watch. This pro- years say about the program? for us that we get that kind of support.” gram has a chance to develop and these players “We have several players playing professionally all have a chance to turn into something special. We over the world. I think that speaks to both the type What is the Cal Golf Committee and how thought that five years ago and we believe this of players we have been able to recruit and their important is it to the program? group has the same potential.” development once they’ve been in our program.” “The origins of the committee go back to 1980 How does the 2015 recruiting class fit What has all the recent success at levels and it has expanded beautifully. The committee is primarily responsible for funding our program. into the future of the program? beyond the collegiate game by Cal play- There should be no doubt that without the commit- “We signed one of the best recruiting classes in ers done for the program? tee and guys like Russ Bigelow, Frank Brunk, Joffa the country for 2015 in Jamie Cheatham, Collin “The profile of the program has risen tremen- Dale, Ken Lloyd, Bob Scuitto, and so many other Morikawa, Alex Park and Sean Yu. Walter and I dously, and that’s certainly given us an added friends of the program, Cal men’s golf program are excited that these young men have chosen boost in recruiting. The accomplishments of our would not exist. This was all the Cal Golf Commit- the Cal men’s golf program to help pursue their players are closely followed by recruits and their tee. Yes, I’ve been the coach for more than 35 dreams. All of them have a tremendous balance families. They see what our players are doing and years and from a programmatic standpoint I can of school, golf, citizenship and character. What’s believe that there must be a lot of good things say with a smile that things have gone well. But even more exciting is that they can’t wait to be happening in our program. Our goal as a coaching without the support of the Cal Golf Committee and part of the team atmosphere. When you add all staff is to keep that going so we are consistently its energy, none of this would have happened, and that up, you know the program will continue to one of the best programs in the country. I believe what a loss that would have been. No Charlie Wi, move in the right direction and make the Cal golf we can keep the quality of this program going no Peter Tomasulo, no Ben Furth, no Walter Chun, community proud. It’s a great time to be a part for a long time.” no Max Homa, no Michael Kim, no Brandon Hagy, of this program.” no national championship, no All-Americans, no What does the competition in the Pac-12 Can you talk about the program’s phi- All-America Scholars, the 2012-13 team would look like this season? losophy in terms of recruiting and player not have existed, and on and on. To think that development? none of this would have existed at Cal is an awful, “The Pac-12 looks to be more wide open than it’s tragic thought. No one knows with certainty if we’ll “We’ve had a lot of success both in recruiting been in maybe the last seven or eight years and ever win another national championship, but I do and developing players. We haven’t had a lot of I think we can compete with anybody.” know we’re going to be competing for more and guys ranked highly as junior golfers, but what it I do know that our student-athletes are getting a takes to succeed at Cal isn’t just hitting a golf What are the biggest concerns for your great education. They’re playing really good golf ball and making a putt. It is clear that when we team in the spring of 2015? and they’re growing as people. All of that runs have success we have more and better players directly back to the Cal Golf Committee. It’s one “Clearly experience is a major factor, and health interested in what we’re doing. We feel like once of the truly great success stories in the history is always a factor. If we can gain experience we get a player here who has some ability and of Cal Athletics.” throughout the course of the season and stay the willingness to learn, we can help to develop healthy, we should be right there in the mix when him into an upper-level collegiate player.” the postseason comes around.” The program is currently in an endow- How important are academics at Cal? ment campaign. Can you discuss the Is not having any seniors on the 2014- importance of that campaign? 15 team one of your concerns in terms “We want a program where players can participate in a nationally-competitive golf program and also “It’s exciting. We’re about halfway to our goal of of leadership? access the great educational opportunities at $12 million, which would solidify the program’s “No, not at all. We have some of the more expe- Cal, and that’s what we have. We’ve been among sustainability forever. It’s important to keep on rienced players on this team like juniors Shotaro the top teams in academics at Cal and nationally pushing to reach that goal.” Ban and Keelan Kilpatrick taking leadership for several years. It’s part of our culture and we roles. They’re been through a lot of college golf make that expectation known right up front to at the highest level. Over time we will develop our recruits and their families.” new leadership, too.”
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The Bears had several firsts in 2011-12, Chun is in his 18th season associated with the including an NCAA Championship match-play Cal men’s golf program since he began his playing victory over San Diego State in the quarterfinals, career for the Bears in 1997. He was a two-time a trip to match play at the NCAA Championship, team captain while competing on three occasions NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles, a then-school- at the NCAA West Regional (2000-02) and once record six victories, and top-five finishes in all 12 at the NCAA Championship (2000). Chun has also stroke-play events and 15 tournaments overall. qualified for two U.S. Amateur Championships, the Chun has also played a huge role in the team’s first in 1999 at Pebble Beach and the second in recent run of success through his recruiting and 2002 at Oakland Hills Country Club. player development capabilities including the Chun received a pair of degrees at Cal with recruitment of a promising 2014 class that has his bachelor’s degree from the Haas School of begun a new era in Cal golf. The class includes Business in 2001 and his master’s from the three players in Sebastian Crampton, Ben Doyle Graduate School of Education in 2003. He was a and KK Limbhasut that played a significant role three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection (2000, in the team’s strong 2014 fall that included two 2001, 2002) and a two-time All-America Scholar WALTER CHUN victories to go with second, third and sixth-place (2001, 2002). Associate Head Coach finishes. Crampton registered a team-low 70.00 He and his wife, Grace, live in San Ramon stroke average and three finishes in the top along with their son, William. His parents, Won 11th Season • Cal, 2001 seven, while Limbhasut was in the top 15 three Pyo and Yong Soon, live in Memphis, Tenn., while Walter Chun is in his 11th season on the times and one of only two players to participate in his older brother Charles resides in Emeryville. Golden Bears’ coaching staff and his sixth as as- all five events. Doyle saved his best performance sociate head coach in 2014-15. The Bears have for the final event of the fall at the Tavistock Colle- reached the NCAA Championship in each of his giate Invitational against a top field that included first five campaigns in his current role after a pre- four top-10 teams. Tanner Hughes is the other vious five-year absence. Chun was promoted to member of the class and will redshirt his first the position he now holds in September of 2009 season at Cal in 2014-15 but had tremendous after five seasons as an assistant coach. He was amateur success during the 2014 calendar also as an administrative assistant when Cal year, becoming the first player to ever win both won the NCAA title during the 2003-04 season the Christmas Classic and Tour Championship “Walter and I are in this together,” head coach presented by Callaway Golf in the same season. Steve Desimone said. “We talk constantly about Hughes was named the AmateurGolf.com Player what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. We’re of the Year. always looking to find ways to improve and be a The last two recruiting classes that also in- better team. What one of us doesn’t think of the cludes a highly-touted 2015 group join a long list other one does. That’s how a good team and a of players Chun has helped recruit with several good staff work. He’s been a tremendous asset, turning into top-notch golfers such as Brandon GENE BAKKUM ally and friend. I could never say enough good Hagy (All-America Scholar, All-Nicklaus Team, things about Walter.” The Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist, Byron Nel- Volunteer Assistant Coach Chun has been instrumental in the accom- son Trophy, first-team Academic All-American®, 13th Season • UC Davis, 2000 plishments achieved during the recent golden first-team All-American, Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete era of the program that arguably came to an end of the Year, Palmer Cup), Stephen Hale (All- Gene Bakkum is in his 13th season at Cal in following the 2013-14 campaign when four of the America Scholar, All-Pac-10), Max Homa (first- 2014-15 and his 11th as a volunteer assistant team’s five players at the 2014 NCAA Champion- team All-American, NCAA Champion, Pac-12 coach after a previous two previous campaigns ship finished their collegiate careers but not be- Champion, U.S. Open, Walker Cup), Michael as assistant coach (2002-04) for the Golden fore the Bears extended their school-record run Kim (All-Nicklaus Team, first-team All-American, Bears. Prior to arriving at Cal, he also served of consecutive appearances at the event to each Palmer Cup, Unanimous National Player of the for two seasons as an assistant men’s golf of the last five seasons, a claim only six teams Year, U.S. Open, Walker Cup), Eric Mina (All- coach for his alma mater UC Davis (2000-02), in the country can make. The accomplishments American, Pac-10 Champion), Joël Stalter (All- helping the Aggies to a No. 1 ranking in Divi- of the last three teams of the era were unprec- America Scholar, All-Nicklaus Team, first-team sion II men’s golf and back-to-back NCAA West edented not only at Cal but on a national level All-American, Palmer Cup) and Michael Weaver Regional appearances. as the Bears won 24 of 40 stroke-play events (All-America Scholar, first-team All-American, Bakkum is also currently in his 11th year as and were in the top five on 38 occasions as Masters, Palmer Cup, Walker Cup). He also re- assistant director of instruction at Metropolitan well as each of its four match-play tournaments cruited Ben An (Byeong-Hun An) after he became Golf Links in Oakland, and has instructed at the during the period. The final stretch of the era the youngest champion in the history of the U.S. Nike Jr. Golf camps in Pebble Beach, where he also included two appearances in the national Amateur at the age of 17 in 2009. served as assistant director. Bakkum was previ- semifinals (2012, 2013), a single-season NCAA “Walter has really good interpersonal skills and ously the director of the Nike Coaches All-Star record 12 stroke-play victories in 2012-13 when connects with people, and has great instincts with Golf Academy in Phoenix, and has been affiliated the Bears were widely thought to have recorded young people,” Desimone said. “With Walter you with PGA of America since 2005. the best season in the history of college golf, know you will get as genuine of a human being as “Gene works really well with young people,” and both the first two NCAA Regional and Pac-12 you will ever find, which I think relates very well head coach Steve Desimone said. “He is an titles in school history (2012, 2013). Cal spent to young people and their parents. He’s bright, absolute golf junkie and a very likeable person nearly the entire 2012-13 season as the nation’s articulate and a great representative of our pro- with a good sense of humor and fun attitude. top-ranked team and despite a second straight gram and the University of California.” He enjoys the game, loves to teach golf and is a defeat in the semifinals of the NCAA Champion- Chun has been recognized nationally for his tremendous short game instructor, which is criti- ship, remained No. 1 in all three final national coaching exploits. He was honored with the Jan cal when you are developing players. Gene has polls with both the Golfweek/Sagarin and Golf- Strickland Award as the nation’s top assistant done some really great things with our players stat rankings released following the NCAA coach for his work during the 2007-08 season. over the years.” Championship and the Golf World/Nike Golf poll In June of 2009, he served as a Team USA as- He and his wife, Alicia, reside in Pleasant Hill prior to the event. sistant coach for the Palmer Cup. with their daughters Ava and Alaina.
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 9 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS Outlook
Shotaro Ban Cameron Shaw A NEW ERA UNDERWAY
The last five seasons are considered to be foursome of Sebastian Crampton, Ben Doyle, teur success during the period, becoming the golden era of the Cal men’s golf program Tanner Hughes and KK Limbhasut. the first player to ever win both the Christmas with the top highlights including two appear- “We are in a similar situation that we were Classic and Tour Championship presented by ances in the national semifinals, a school- in five years ago when Brandon [Hagy], Max Callaway Golf in the same calendar year in record five consecutive trips to the NCAA [Homa] and Michael [Weaver] were fresh- 2014 when he was named AmateurGolf.com Championship, victories in 30 of 68 stroke- men,” Desimone said. “We are in the early Player of the Year. play events, a single-season NCAA record 12 stages of what should be another great pe- Upon his arrival at Cal in the fall of 2014, stroke-play wins in 2012-13, and both the riod for our program.” Limbhasut picked up where he left off in first two NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles in Crampton burst onto the collegiate scene junior golf by earning the No. 1 spot in the school history. as a true freshman in the fall of 2014 with lineup for the team’s season-opener at the There were plenty of other firsts during a team-high three top-10 finishes highlighted Gopher Invitational. In his second tourna- the era including Michael Kim’s selection by a third-place showing when he led the ment, he posted a collegiate career-best tied as both the unanimous National and Pac- Bears to a victory at the Alister MacKenzie In- for fourth place finish at the Windon Memo- 12 Player of the Year in 2012-13 and Max vitational. Crampton, who led the squad with rial. Limbhasut ended up with a team-high- Homa’s NCAA individual title the same cam- a 70.00 stroke average while playing in each tying three top-15 finishes in the fall, adding paign. Homa along with Brandon Hagy and of the final four fall events, was also tied for a tied for 11th place showing at the Alister Michael Weaver also became the first three fourth in his Cal debut at the Windon Memo- MacKenzie Invitational and tying for 13th to players in the history of the program to play rial and tied for seventh at the Itani Quality lead Cal’s effort at the Tavistock Collegiate in the NCAA Championship four times each. Homes Collegiate. Invitational. In addition, the Golden Bears had five first- Doyle was in the lineup for three of Cal’s The strong play of the freshmen in the fall team All-Americans – Hagy, Homa, Kim, Joël five events during the 2014 fall season and of 2014 was not unexpected given their cre- Stalter and Weaver – during the era that saved his best golf for the final event of the dentials prior to arriving at Cal that included ended with the graduation of four seniors fol- fall when he tied for 35th at the prestigious but certainly was not limited to a near miss lowing the 2013-14 campaign. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational. Doyle was at qualifying for the U.S. Open by Crampton The 2014-15 Cal men’s golf team is look- also under par in two of his final five rounds in 2012, a 2014 U.S. Amateur appearance ing to begin a new era with a seniorless ros- in the fall and got off to a strong start in 2015 from Doyle, and 2014 first-team Rolex Junior ter that features four freshmen, with three of amateur action when he tied for seventh at All-American honors and a Wyndham Cup se- the rookies contributing last fall and all four the Saguaro Amateur. lection by Limbhasut. figuring to play a prominent role in the future. Hughes will redshirt his first season at Cal “All of the freshmen who came in this year Desimone likes what he sees in the rookie in 2014-15 but has had tremendous ama- including myself know how big the shoes are
10 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS that we have to fill from the guys who have Wilson did not play but is expected to be in graduated the past couple of years,” Cramp- the mix in the spring. ton said. “It may be real difficult to put - to The remainder of a young roster includes a gether the regular season they had in 2012- pair of sophomores in Alex Helgans and An- 13, which many thought was considered to drew Morgan and two redshirt freshmen in be the best in the history of collegiate golf, Jay Burlison and Clayton Madey. but I believe our class certainly has what it The Bears won two of five events in the fall takes to get back to the number one spot while finishing second, third and sixth in the and be a serious contender for the national other three. title in the upcoming years.” Cal started its season with a second-place “This year’s freshmen class is one of the finish at the Gopher Invitational with Kilpat- strongest groups of players we have ever rick’s career-best tied for third-place show- brought into Cal,” Desimone said. “It really ing leading the way. Huddy was next in a tie does remind me of 2009 when I looked at for 12th. Shaw (T24th), Limbhasut (T30th) those guys together on the driving range and and Ban (T40th) also played with Limbhasut thought they are going to take us to the NCAA making his collegiate debut and Ban his only Championship multiple times.” appearance of the fall. Several other returnees should bolster this The Bears won their first event of the fall at year’s freshmen group as the Bears expect the Windon Memorial, breaking their own tour- two juniors (Shotaro Ban, Keelan Kilpatrick), Sebastian Crampton nament record for a single-round team score two sophomores (Walker Huddy, Cameron with a 10-under par final-round 270. Shaw led Shaw) and one redshirt freshman (Alexander Cal to its 13-stroke victory by tying for second Wilson) to be battling for spots in the lineup place and was joined in the top five by Cramp- along with Crampton, Doyle and Limbhasut. ton in his collegiate debut and Limbhasut with Ban is the team’s only player with experi- his highest collegiate finish, tying for fourth. ence at the NCAA Championship level as the Huddy also played and tied for 12th for the only non-senior in a 2013-14 lineup that fin- second straight event, while Doyle made his ished tied for 11th. Along with Kilpatrick he collegiate debut and tied for 41st. Kilpatrick is one of Cal’s two most experienced players tied for 17th playing as an individual. and will be looked upon to provide leadership Shaw would lead Cal again in the Bears’ for a young 2014-15 squad. Ban had a pair of next event at the Itani Quality Homes College top-10 finishes at the Jack Nicklaus Invitation- by registering the first victory of his career as al and Aggie Invitational in 2013-14 among he tied for individual medalist honors while five top-20 showings. He has battled through the team finished third. Crampton recorded injuries to both wrists during his Cal career his second straight top-10 finish by tying for and played just once in the fall of 2014 but is seventh while Kilpatrick (T30th), Limbhasut healthy and expected to be a key contributor (T34th), Huddy (T39th) and Doyle (T62nd) in the lineup during the spring of 2015. also played with Doyle participating as an “We’re going to need Shotaro to play well,” individual. Desimone said. “There’s a scenario for us Cal edged Arizona State by a pair of shots where this team can be very good and a big at its own Alister MacKenzie Invitational in part of that scenario is Shotaro playing well.” its next event. Crampton led the way with a Kilpatrick has played more golf at Cal than KK Limbhasut career-best third-place finish, while Kilpatrick anyone including Ban and registered a solid (T6th), Limbhasut (T11th) and Shaw (T15th) fall that was highlighted by his performance were all in the top 15. Huddy also participat- at the season-opening Gopher Invitational ed and tied for 35th. when he tied for third in the best showing of In its final event of the fall in a field that his collegiate career. Kilpatrick also tied for included four of the nation’s top 10 teams, sixth at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. Cal was sixth at the Tavistock Collegiate In- Shaw had the most impressive fall of any vitational. Limbhasut led the way by tying of the team’s returnees and arguably the for 13th, while Shaw (T22nd), Crampton entire roster. He was the lone Cal player (T35th), Doyle (T35th) and Kilpatrick (T43rd) to win an individual title when he shared were also in the lineup. medalist honors at the Itani Quality Homes Crampton’s team-low 70.00 stroke aver- Collegiate for his first collegiate victory and age was followed by Shaw (70.73), Kilpatrick also tied for second at the Windon Memo- (71.33), Limbhasut (71.60), Huddy (72.08), rial. His tie for 15th at the Alister MacKenzie Doyle (73.00) and Ban (76.33). Invitational gave him three top-15 finishes Cal finished the fall season ranked No. 21 to match Crampton and Limbhasut for the in the Golfweek/Sagarin poll, while the Bears team lead. were No. 22 in both the GCAA Coaches and Huddy played four times in the fall, equal- Golfstat rankings. ing career best finishes twice when he tied The team begins the spring portion of its for 12th in each of the team’s first two 2014-15 schedule January 26-27 looking to events at the Gopher Invitational and Windon defend its Arizona Intercollegiate title at the Memorial. Ben Doyle Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz.
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2014 Alister MacKenzie Champions (left to right): Associate head coach Walter Chun, Walker Huddy, Sebastian Crampton, Cameron Shaw, KK Limbhasut, Keelan Kilpatrick and head coach Steve Desimone.
Just over three weeks later the Bears re- Palouse Ridge Golf Club and co-hosted by have qualified for NCAA Regional action turn to the John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Feb- the Pac-12 and Washington State. Cal has 19 times in school history, including each ruary 18-20) hosted by Hawai’i at the Wailua played the course once already this season, of the last eight seasons to tie a school Golf Course on the island of Kauai. Cal has finishing third in late September at the Itani record for consecutive NCAA Regional won the event each of the last four years, Quality Homes Collegiate that featured seven appearances. which is the longest streak in the tourna- Pac-12 teams. The Bears have won the Pac- A top-five NCAA Regional finish would ex- ment’s history. 12 Championship twice with both of those tend Cal’s school-record string of appear- The Bears will make their second trip of victories coming in the last three seasons. ances in the NCAA Championship to six in a the spring to the Tucson area February 28 – Cal won its first conference title in dramatic row and give the Bears their 14th trip to the March 2 for the National Invitational Tourna- fashion in 2012 when Hagy forced a playoff event overall. Cal is one of only six teams in ment hosted by Arizona at the Omni Tucson with Oregon by sinking a 40-foot birdie putt the country to have played in each of the last National Resort’s Catalina Course. Cal will be on the 18th hole at Trysting Tree Golf Club five NCAA Championships. This year’s event looking to repeat as the winner after its first- in Corvallis, Ore., and then clinched the vic- will be hosted by South Florida and played ever victory at the event last season. tory with a 25-foot birdie putt on the second Friday-Wednesday, May 29 – June 3 at The Cal will close out its pre-spring break playoff hole. Cal cruised to a nine-stroke win Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. For schedule with a March 9-11 visit to the at the 2013 Pac-12 Championship played the first time ever, the men’s and women’s prestigious Southern Highlands Collegiate at Los Angeles Country Club with Homa NCAA Championships will be hosted at the Masters hosted by UNLV at the Southern the third individual medalist of the event in same site. The women’s event runs Friday- Highlands Golf Club. The Bears’ lone victory school history, joining Charlie Wi (1995) and Wednesday, May 22-27. at the event that annually hosts one of the Eric Mina (2010). The format of the NCAA Championship nation’s top fields came in 2013. NCAA postseason competition begins will be adjusted for the second consecu- After more than three weeks out of action with Regional action May 14-16 at a loca- tive season in the second year of Golf over spring break, Cal starts its final stretch of tion yet to be determined. The six possible Channel’s live television coverage. The the regular season April 4-5 at the Aggie Invi- sites are Bremerton, Wash. (Gold Moun- top 15 teams from the first 54 holes of tational hosted by Texas A&M at the Traditions tain Golf Club Host – Washington); Chapel stroke play conducted Friday-Sunday will Club in Bryan, Texas. The Bears played the event Hill, N.C. (Finley Golf Course, Host – North move on to a fourth round of stroke play for the first time in 2013-14 and tied for fourth. Carolina); Lubbock, Tex. (Rawls Course, on Golf Channel’s first day of live coverage Cal finishes the regular season April 11-12 Host – Texas Tech); New Haven, Conn. (The Monday. The individual title will also be de- locally at the Western Intercollegiate hosted Course at Yale, Host – Yale); Noblesville, termined Monday among players from the by San Jose State at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Ind. (Sagamore Club, Host – Ball State); top 15 teams and the top nine individuals Santa Cruz. In 2012-13, the Bears won for and San Diego, Calif. (Farms Golf Club, not on one of those squads. The top eight only the second time in school history and Host – UC San Diego). teams after 72 holes will move on to match the first time since 1950. Cal won its first two NCAA Regional play with both the quarterfinals and semi- The postseason begins April 27-29 at the titles in school history at Stanford in finals to be conducted Tuesday and the Pac-12 Championship to be played at the 2012 and Pullman in 2013. The Bears championship match Wednesday.
12 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS SHOTARO BAN 5-10, 155, Jr., 2L San Jose, CA Archbishop Mitty HS Pronunciation: SHOW-tar-o bahn
Ban is one of Cal’s most experienced players along with fellow junior Keelan Kilpatrick on a 2014-15 roster without a senior. He is the only Cal player with experience at the NCAA Cham- pionship level and one of only two along with Kilpatrick to have seen postseason action. Ban, who has been hampered by wrist injuries during his career, has been in and out of the lineup since BAN’S CAL CAREER STATS his arrival in the fall of 2011 but is healthy in the Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish spring of 2015 and expected to play a major role 2011-12 R edshirted, Did Not Play in the team’s lineup. Ban saw the most action 2012-13 3 225 75.00 69 T54 (Arizona Intercollegiate) of his career as a 2013-14 sophomore when he 2013-14 28 2041 72.89 68 6 (Jack Nicklaus Invitational) played in nine of 14 events, including all three Fall 2014 3 229 76.33 73 T40 (Gopher Invitational) in the postseason with a pair of top-20 finishes Totals 34 2465 72.50 68 6 (Jack Nicklaus Invitational) at the Pac-12 Championship (T16th) and NCAA Sugar Grove Regional (T20th) among five for the campaign that included a career-best sixth-place ► Has battled for a spot in the lineup on a ► Low Round – 68 (Jack Nicklaus Invitational, showing at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational in the fall regular basis throughout his career and is Fall 2013) of 2013. He was named Cal’s Co-Most Improved expected to play a prominent role on the team ► NCAA Championship – 1 (T105th, 2014) Player in 2012-13. Ban has had several strong in the spring of 2015 ► NCAA Regionals – 1 (T20th, 2014 Sugar showings in his amateur career outside of Cal most ► Has the ability to put up low numbers in Grove Regional) recently by tying for second at the 2015 Saguaro competition ► Pac-12 Championship – 1 (T16th, 2014) Amateur among 21 top-10 finishes since 2008. ► Has made a name for himself by playing Fall 2014 (Junior) International solid golf in top-end amateur events including a strong 2014 summer ► Stats – 1 stroke-play event, 3 rounds, 229 ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, strokes, 76.33 stroke average 2015) – No. 206 Scratch Players, No. 216 R&A Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 701 ► Stats – Coach Comments/Notes 11 stroke-play events, 34 rounds, Golfweek 2465 shots, 72.50 stroke average ► One of the team’s most experienced players ► Golfweek Rating – 73.95 ► Top Finish – 6th (Jack Nicklaus Invitational, and the only one to have played at the NCAA ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (0-2-0), vs. Fall 2013) Championship Top 50 (0-4-0), vs. Top 100 (0-9-0), vs. Overall ► Top-10 Finishes – 2 (6th, Jack Nicklaus ► Has a strong work ethic and is solid in all (28-37-4) Invitational, Fall 2013; T8th, Aggie Invitational, areas of the game ► Saw lone action at season-opening Gopher Spring 2014) ► A good ball striker with a much improved Invitational ► Low 54-Hole Score – 212, -1 (Jack Nicklaus short game Invitational, Fall 2013) T40. Gopher Invitational (73-79-77 – 229, +16) ► Low 72-Hole Score – 294, +6 (Pac-12 Championship, Spring 2014)
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2013-14 (Sophomore) ► Stats – 9 stroke-play events, 28 rounds, 2041 strokes, 72.89 stroke average ► Final Rankings – No. 98 Golfweek, No. 119 Golfstat ► Top-10 Finishes – 2 (6th, Jack Nicklaus Invitational; T8th, Aggie Invitational) ► Golfweek Rating – 71.22 ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (5-46-1), vs. Top 50 (17-79-3), vs. Top 100 (43-122-5), vs. Overall (466-261-28) ► Had five top-20 finishes in nine events, including a pair in the first two postseason events of his career with a tied for 16th finish at the Pac-12 Championship and a tied for 20th showing at the NCAA Sugar Grove Regional ► Also played in his first NCAA Championship and finished tied for 105th ► Participated in each of the team’s final six events, including the first two as an individual and the final four in the lineup, after having not previously played since a career-best sixth- place finish at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational during the third tournament in the fall of 2013 ► Tied for the second-best finish of his career and recorded his second top-10 showing of the season when he tied for eighth at the Aggie Invitational in his first event of the spring playing as an individual Amateur Highlights 2011 ► Participated in the team’s first three events 2015 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. of 2013-14, adding a tied for 12th place ► AmateurGolf.com Rankings (as of January 123 California showing at the Saint Mary’s Invitational and a 30, 2015) – No. 1 California, No. 6 US, No. 15 tied for 27th finish at the Gopher Invitational World 4. Alister MacKenzie Cup (71-36 – 107) … tournament to his sixth-place performance at the Jack shortened to 27 holes due to inclement weather 4. Palo Alto City Championship (72-68 – 140) Nicklaus Invitational T2. Saguaro Amateur (70-70-66 – 206) 13. Alameda Commuters (70-73-71-75 – 289) ► Shot under par in six of 28 rounds Final 16. California Amateur 2014 T19. Silicon Valley Amateur (77-73 – 150) 6. Jack Nicklaus Invitational (68-72-72 – 212, -1) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 20 T8. Aggie Invitational (71-75-77 – 223, +3) … played as California, No. 86 US, No. 201 World 2007-11 (Archbishop Mitty HS) individual T12. Saint Mary’s Invitational (69-73-78 – 220, +4) ► Most Valuable Player of his squad for each T16. Pac-12 Championship (73-69-78-74 – 294, +6) T1. Diablo Valley Amateur (71-66 – 137) of his final three prep campaigns (2009, 2010, T3. U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifier (69-70 – 139) … San T20. NCAA Sugar Grove Regional (73-72-74 – 219, +3) 2011) T27. Gopher Invitational (75-70-75 – 220, +7) Joaquin Country Club, Fresno, Calif. T33. Western Intercollegiate (72-73-70 – 215, +5) T8. Monroe Invitational (66-71-71-67 – 275) ► Led his team to a pair of West Catholic T43. National Invitational Tournament (76-72-71 – 219, T15. Porter Cup (67-71-68-73 – 279) Athletic League titles in his final two prep T16. California State Fair Amateur (72-71-68 – 211) +3) … played as individual seasons (2010, 2011), earning first-team All- T105. NCAA Championship (70-74-75 – 219, +9) T19. Sahalee Players Championship (73-78-69-74 – 294) T27. Western Amateur (69-70-69-75 – 283) WCAL honors as a senior 2012-13 (Freshman) Final 32. California Amateur ► Also a record-breaking prep swimmer, T34. Southern Amateur (69-74-77-80 – 300) ► Stats – 1 event, 3 rounds, 225 strokes, setting a national mark as part of a 200-meter 75.00 stroke average 2013 medley relay squad and a Pacific Coast record ► Final Rankings – *No. 83 Golfweek ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 31 in the 100-meter butterfly *Rankings for a secondary list of golfers California, No. 124 US, No. 254 World ► Named to the Principal’s Honor Roll three without enough rounds to qualify for regular times rankings 2. Santa Clara County Amateur (69-66-74 – 209) Other ► Earned team’s Co-Most Improved Player 2. Silicon Valley Amateur (70-75 – 145) T3. Alameda Commuters (69-67-68-74 – 278) ► Full name is Shotaro Brian Ban Award along with Cameron Shaw T4/First Alternate Qualifier. U.S. Amateur Qualifying (72- ► Born August 13, 1993, in San Jose, Calif. 70 – 142) … Brookwoods Country Club, Ontario, N.Y. ► Majoring in interdisciplinary studies T54. Arizona Intercollegiate (81-69-75 – 225, +12) ... T6. New Year’s Invitational (72-71-72-69 – 284) played as individual T17. Porter Cup (71-71-67-69 – 278) ► Parents are Hideyuki Ban and Susan Chang T23. Sahalee Players Championship (75-74-78-69 – 296) ► Was a nationally competitive amateur 2011-12 (Freshman) T34. Sunnehanna Amateur (70-74-70-75 – 289) swimmer ► Redshirted while recovering from a wrist 2012 ► Brother, Shintaro Ban, is a 2014-15 injury freshman golfer at UNLV ► Missed many amateur events with a wrist ► Did not play injury
1. Pacific Northwest Amateur … won six matches T9. Santa Clara County Amateur (73-69-76 – 218) T19. California State Fair Amateur (67-75-69 – 211) T20. Pacific Coast Amateur (77-75-75-71 – 298)
14 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS JAY BURLISON 5-9, 180, Fr., RS Salinas, CA (Palma HS/Stevenson HS)
Burlison has yet to see action in his second season at Cal in 2014-15, redshirted as a true freshman in his first campaign in 2013-14 and not playing in the fall of 2014. He is looking to improve his consistency in order to have an op- portunity to increase his playing time. International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, 2015) – No. 2658 R&A Coach Comments/Notes 2010-13 Palma HS ► A hard worker and competitor T20. U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifier (75-75 – 150) … San Joaquin Country Club, Fresno, Calif. ► Two-time HP Scholastic All-American (2012, ► Consistent, smart and analytical player who 24. Saguaro Amateur (76-72-69 – 217) has excellent course management T43. Southwestern Amateur (72-73-74-70 – 289) 2013) ► Hits the ball long off the tee T102. Pacific Northwest Amateur (73-77 – 150) ► Played basketball for one season for a Central Coast Section playoff team ► Has had many strong moments but is 2013 looking to develop consistency 2009-10 Stevenson HS ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. ► A strong junior player 298 California ► Medalist (70) for squad that won a CCS title Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Tri-County MVP as a freshman 5. Salinas City Championship (75-67 – 142) ► Also played for a basketball team that won Fall 2014 (Freshman) 6. Contra Costa Amateur (75-71 – 146) the CCS title during his freshman campaign ► Did not play T14. Monterey Bay Championship (71-87 – 158) Final 32. San Francisco City Championship Other 2013-14 (Freshman) 2012 ► Full name is Jay Houston Burlison ► Born November 12, 1994, in Salinas, Calif. ► Redshirted ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. ► Intending to major in business ► Did not play 423 California administration in Cal’s prestigious Haas School Amateur Highlights ► Ranked as high as No. 120 in AJGA Polo of Business Golf rankings 2015 ► Parents are Robert and Joan Burlison ► AmateurGolf.com Rankings (as of January 6. AJGA Lessing’s Classic (79-76-74 – 229) ► Sister, Sydney Burlison, played golf 30, 2015) – No. 21 California, No. 72 US, No. T9. Tour Championship (81-80 – 161) collegiately at Stanford and in 2003 was the 241 World youngest at the time to ever qualify for the U.S. 2011 Open at the age of 13 T25. Saguaro Amateur (74-74-68 – 216) ► Two younger brothers, Jack and Joseph 2. Southern Junior Championship (67-75-78 – 220) Burlison, attend Palma High School 2014 6. AJGA Lubbock Junior (69-70-69 – 208) 19. Elbit Systems of America Junior (74-72-74 – 220) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 298 California
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 15 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS SEBASTIAN CRAMPTON 6-0, 165, Fr., HS Pacific Grove, CA Stevenson HS
Crampton burst onto the collegiate golf scene as a true freshman in the fall of 2014 with a team-high three top-10 finishes highlighted by a third-place showing when he led Cal to a team victory at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. Crampton paced the Golden Bears with a 70.00 stroke average while playing in each of the final four fall events. He came to Cal after a strong amateur career that included three 2014 top- 10 finishes and a Final 16 showing at the NCGA Amateur Match Play. He was also in the top 10 of amateur events five times in 2013 including CRAMPTON’S CAL CAREER STATS a quarterfinal appearance at the NCGA Amateur Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish Match Play. Crampton put his name on the map Fall 2014 12 840 70.00 64 3 (Alister MacKenzie Invitational) during a memorable 2012 amateur season Totals 12 840 70.00 64 3 (Alister MacKenzie Invitational) when he shot an opening-round six-under par 66 that co-led all players at a U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying event at Lake Merced Golf Club and ► Expectations were high coming into Cal but ► Low 54-Hole Score – 207, -6 (Alister TPC Harding Park. He ended up one shot short he exceeded those with his performance in the MacKenzie Invitational) of qualifying for the U.S. Open. Crampton also fall of 2014 ► Low Round – 64 (Itani Quality Homes reached the quarterfinals of the NCGA Amateur Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) Collegiate) Match Play in 2012. ► Golfweek Rating – 70.53 International Fall 2014 (Freshman) ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (2-7-0), vs. Top 50 (7-14-0), vs. Top 100 (10-28-3), vs. ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January ► Stats – 4 stroke-play events, 12 rounds, Overall (250-45-12) 30, 2015) – No. 556 R&A, No. 758 Scratch 840 strokes, 70.00 stroke average ► Stroke average led the team Players ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 56 Golfweek, No. 78 Golfstat ► Registered a team-high three top-10 Coach Comments/Notes ► Top Finish – 3rd (Alister MacKenzie finishes including a team-high-tying two in the ► An excellent addition to the program Invitational) top five ► One of the longest hitters as a freshman ► Top-5 Finishes – 2 (3rd, Alister MacKenzie ► Shot under par in six of 12 rounds including in school history with comparisons drawn to Invitational; T4th, Windon Memorial) the team’s lowest mark with a six-under par 64 Brandon Hagy ► Top-10 Finishes – 3 (3rd, Alister MacKenzie in the second round of the Itani Quality Homes ► Expected to continue to add length as he Invitational; T4th, Windon Memorial; T7th, Itani Collegiate matures and grows physically Quality Homes Collegiate) ► Has a beautiful and fluid golf swing that 3. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (68-66-73 – 207, -6) ► Cal’s Top Finisher – 1 (3rd, Alister T4. Windon Memorial (75-68-66 – 209, -1) makes him accurate with all clubs MacKenzie Invitational) T7. Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (72-64-72 – 208, -2) ► An excellent putter and green reader T35. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (72-73-71 – 216, E) ► Solid in all areas of the game but working hard to become even better with short game
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Amateur Highlights ► One of eight players (four boys, four girls) 2011-14 (Stevenson HS) 2014 selected to represent the United States in the ► Prep team won a state title during his 2013 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. USA-China Youth Golf Match, a competition junior season as well as four consecutive 116 California conducted by the United States Golf Central Coast Section and Mission Trail Athletic ► Ranked as high as No. 48 by Junior Golf Association and the China Golf Association to League crowns Scoreboard promote cultural friendship through the game ► Mission Trail Athletic League Most Valuable of golf Player as a 2014 senior 1. Corey Pavin Southern California Invitational (73-69- ► Halved a match with 2013 Masters Other 71 – 213) sensation Guan Tianlang during the 2012 USA- T4. Alameda Commuters (72-74-66-68 – 280) ► Full name is Sebastian Marcel Crampton T6. Silicon Valley Amateur (73-78 – 151) China youth matches at CordeValle Golf Resort 14. Christmas Classic (81-67 – 148) ► Born May 21, 1996, in San Jose, Calif. T14. NCGA Amateur Stroke Play (76-72 – 148) T8/Second Alternate Qualifier. U.S. Open Sectional ► Intending to major in American studies Final 16. NCGA Amateur Match Play Qualifying (66-73 – 139) … Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly ► Parents are Martin and Susan Crampton T34. Sahalee Players Championship (76-75-77-72 – 300) City, Calif./TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, Calif. … ► Father played collegiate tennis at San Jose T57. California Amateur Championship (74-76 – 150) … Missed qualifying for the U.S. Open by a single stroke Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif. … opening-round 66 tied with former Cal player James State Hahn for lowest round of the day ► Has participated in the NCGA program 2013 Alternate Qualifier. U.S. Open Local Qualifying (71) … Youth On Course and USGA program First Tee Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Calif. ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 75 Quarterfinals. NCGA Amateur Match Play ► Recorded the only hole-in-one on a par-four California ever at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club 2011 Shore Course on the fifth hole during a leisure T2. Contra Costa Amateur (72-71 – 143) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. round in the summer of 2014 3. Champions Invitational (74-70-69 – 213) T4. Tour Championship (72-72 – 144) 115 California T6. NCGA Amateur Stroke Play (73-72-71 – 216) Quarterfinals. NCGA Amateur Match Play 1. AJGA Preseason (73-73 – 146) T17. Christmas Classic (75-77 – 152) T2/Qualifier. U.S. Open Local Qualifier (73) … Half Moon Bay Golf Links/Half Moon Bay, Calif. 2012 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 153 California
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 17 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS BEN DOYLE 6-0, 150, Fr., HS La Jolla, CA La Jolla HS
Doyle was in the lineup for three of Cal’s five events during the 2014 fall season of his true freshman campaign and saved his best golf for the final tournament when he tied for 35th at the prestigious Tavistock Collegiate Invitational that included four of the nation’s top 10 teams. Doyle was under par in two of his final five rounds in the fall. Doyle has also registered several standout performances as an amateur, playing in the U.S. Amateur, winning a local U.S. Open qualifying event and finishing tied for fifth at the prestigious DOYLE’S CAL CAREER STATS New Year’s Invitational in 2014. He also got off to a strong amateur start in 2015 when he tied Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish for seventh at the Saguaro Amateur. Fall 2014 9 657 73.00 69 T35 (Tavistock Collegiate Invitational) Totals 9 657 73.00 69 T35 (Tavistock Collegiate Invitational) International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, 2015) – No. 848 R&A, No. 956 Scratch Players Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) T35. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (73-72-71 – 216, E) T41. Windon Memorial (74-74-71 – 219, +9) Coach Comments/Notes Fall 2014 (Freshman) T62. Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (74-69-79 – 222, +12) ► An excellent addition to the program who ► Stats – 3 stroke-play events, 9 rounds, 657 Amateur Highlights had an outstanding junior career in which he strokes, 73.00 stroke average 2015 defeated several All-Americans as well as top ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 893 ► AmateurGolf.com Rankings (as of January college and amateur players Golfweek 30, 2015) – No. 7 California, No. 27 US, No. ► Has a history of going low especially in final ► Top Finish – T35th (Tavistock Collegiate 130 World rounds of events Invitational) ► Good, fundamental golf swing ► Low 54-Hole Score – 216, E (Tavistock T7. Saguaro Amateur (73-64-72 – 209) ► Gained confidence throughout the fall Collegiate Invitational) season of his 2014-15 true freshman ► Low Round – 69 (Itani Quality Homes campaign and expected to be a regular in Cal’s Collegiate) lineup throughout his career ► Golfweek Rating – 73.57 ► Solid in all areas of the game and working ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (1-8-0), hard to become an even stronger player vs. Top 50 (1-17-0), vs. Top 100 (1-36-2), vs. ► Has an advanced short game for a true Overall (84-135-9) freshman ► Recorded his best finish with a tied for 35th ► A high achiever with big expectations for showing and 54-hole score (73-72-71 – 216, himself E) in the team’s final event at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational ► Shot under par in two of nine rounds and two of his final five
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2014 ► Earned San Diego Union-Tribune Player of 2. Toyota Tour Cup Championship (68-71-70 – 209) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 34 2. USGA Junior Amateur Qualifier (69-70 – 139) … the Year honors after capturing San Diego California, No. 191 US, No. 420 World Stanford University Golf Course, Stanford, Calif. Section individual medalist honors during his T7. SCGA Amateur (71-72-70-73 – 286) 2013 junior campaign (69-74 – 143) 10. AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic (72-71-71 – 1/Qualifier. U.S. Open Local Qualifying (67) … Barona 214) ► Named a Future Collegians World Tour Creek Golf Club, Lakeside, Calif. T13. Western Junior Amateur (69-69-73 – 211) T1. U.S. Amateur Local Qualifying (72-71 – 143) … San (FCWT) Academic All-American and earned 22. Callaway Junior World Championship (70-77-75-74 Diego Country Club, Chula Vista, Calif. a spot on the HP Scholastic Honor Roll as a – 296) T5. New Year’s Invitational (70-70-74-70 – 284) T22. AJGA Junior Players Championship (74-73-77 – 224) 2013 junior T9. Western Junior Championship (77-71-70-72 – 290) ► Inducted into the Cum Laude Society T10. Corey Pavin Southern California Invitational (73-68- 78 – 219) 2012 Other T14. Long Beach City Men’s Championship (72-72-67 – 211) 1. Eddie Hogan Cup (70-71 – 141) ► Full name is Bennett Patrick Doyle 17. SCGA Amateur (75-74-71-73 – 293) ► Born September 8, 1995, in San Diego, T22. AJGA Junior Players Championship (74-73-77 – 224) 2011 Calif. T24. U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying (73-69 – 142) … Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, Calif./TPC Harding ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 86 ► Intending to major in business Park, San Francisco, Calif. California administration in Cal’s prestigious Haas School Final 64. Pacific Northwest Amateur of Business T9. SCGA Amateur (69-68-77-68 – 282) ► Parents are Mark and Lenna Doyle Final 16. California Amateur 2013 ► Three-time club champion at San Diego ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 2011-14 (La Jolla HS) Country Club ► Played youth football until the age of 12 133 California ► Team won San Diego Section Division II title ► Ranked as high as No. 48 by Junior Golf as a 2014 senior Scoreboard
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 19 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS ALEX HELGANS 6-1, 175, So., SQ Alamo, CA (San Ramon Valley HS)
Helgans has yet to see action through the midway point of his second season with the Cal men’s golf program in 2014-15. He joined the team in 2013-14 following one year in which he was a student at Cal but not a member of the men’s golf program. Coach Comments/Notes ► Hard worker who has accelerated his rate of improvement since joining the Cal men’s golf program and could become a contributor if he maintains the rate 2011 Other ► Good putter and ball striker ► Full name is Charles Alexander Helgans ► A great teammate who is a positive 2. Poppy Ridge NCJGT (75) ► Born January 29, 1994, in San Ramon, influence with his strong work ethic Calif. 2008-12 San Ramon Valley HS ► Intending to major in business Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Named his team’s Most Improved Player administration in Cal’s prestigious Haas School Fall 2014 (Sophomore) during his 2012 senior campaign for a squad of Business that finished third in the North Coast Section ► Did not play ► Parents are Ted and Kim Helgans ► Earned NCS All-Academic honors with a 4.0 ► Father is a key member of the Cal Golf 2013-14 (Freshman) GPA as a senior Committee ► Did not play ► Diverse list of interests and awards as a ► Sister, Ashley Helgans, is a graduate of Cal prep include his school’s Renaissance Award ► Brother, Ryan Helgans, attends San Ramon 2012-13 (Freshman) and Speech and Debate Student of the Month, Valley High School ► A student at Cal but not a member of the while he was also a member of the stock ► Played two seasons of amateur rugby with men’s golf program trading club and vice president of his class as the Danville Oaks Amateur Highlights a senior
2014
10. Diablo Valley Amateur (73-73 – 146) T21. Christmas Classic (78-73 – 151) T49. U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifier (77-75 – 152) … Santa Rosa Country Club, Santa Rosa, Calif. 2013
4. Bay Regional Championship (76-76 – 152) T33. Contra Costa Amateur (81-76 – 157)
20 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS WALKER HUDDY 6-2, 200, So., 1L Studio City, CA (Calabasas HS)
Huddy returned to the Cal lineup in the fall of 2014 after redshirting the 2013-14 campaign and had the busiest stretch of his career when he was on the course for four of the team’s five events. Huddy began the fall of 2014 with back- to-back career-high-tying tied for 12th place finishes at the Gopher Invitational and Windon Memorial. He has also played some notable amateur golf, including two appearances at the U.S. Amateur. HUDDY’S CAL CAREER STATS International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish 30, 2015) – No. 939 R&A, No. 1216 Scratch 2012-13 9 668 74.22 71 T29 (Gopher Invitational) Players 2013-14 R edshirted, Did Not Play Fall 2014 12 865 72.08 69 T12 (Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Coach Comments/Notes Windon Memorial) ► Fits the mold of a Cal golfer as a high Totals 21 1533 73.00 69 T12 (Alister MacKenzie Invitational, achiever and hard worker both on and off the Windon Memorial) course ► Smart player who understands the game and knows what he needs to do to improve Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Golfweek Rating – 72.17 ► Strengths are length off the tee and putting ► Stats – 7 stroke-play events, 21 rounds, ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (0-3-0), but working on all areas of his game including 1533 strokes, 73.00 stroke average vs. Top 50 (0-12-0), vs. Top 100 (4-25-1), vs. a much improved golf swing and better ► Top Finish – T12th, twice (Gopher Overall (196-94-12) consistency Invitational, Fall 2014; Windon Memorial, Fall ► Tied for fourth on team with his four events ► Has a great deal of potential with much 2014) and 12 rounds of play, while his stroke-play more room for his game to grow ► Low 54-Hole Score – 211, +1 (Windon average was fifth ► Has worked himself into excellent physical Memorial, Fall 2014) ► Shot under par in two of 12 rounds shape ► Low Round – 69, twice (Windon Memorial, ► Expected to move into a primary role in the Fall 2014; Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Fall T12. Gopher Invitational (76-71-73 – 220, +7) lineup soon 2014) T12. Windon Memorial (71-71-69 – 211, +1) ► Redshirted in 2013-14 to work on his game T35. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (70-69-79 – 218, +5) T39. Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (71-72-73 – 216, +6) and to apply for Cal’s prestigious Haas School Fall 2014 (Sophomore) of Business after contributing on the course as ► Stats – 4 stroke-play events, 12 rounds, 2013-14 (Sophomore) a true freshman in 2012-13 865 strokes, 72.08 stroke average ► Redshirted to focus on gaining admission ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 299 into Cal’s prestigious Haas School of Business Golfweek and work on his golf game ► Top Finish – T12th, twice (Gopher ► Did not play Invitational; Windon Memorial)
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 21 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS
2012-13 (Freshman) 2013 2010 ► Stats – 3 stroke-play events, 9 rounds, 668 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. ► Member of AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll strokes, 74.22 stroke average 148 California, No. 622 US, No. 1186 World for the first of two consecutive years ► Final Rankings – *No. 11 Golfweek *Rankings for a secondary list of golfers 5. Contra Costa Amateur (73-72 – 145) 2. SCPGA Desert Open (70-69 – 139) T6. Monterey City Amateur (74-69-70 – 213) 2/Qualifier. U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (70-69 – 139) … without enough rounds to qualify for regular T9. Los Angeles City Golf Championship (74-67-71 – 212) Spring Valley Lake Country Club, Victorville, Calif. rankings T30. Southwestern Amateur (71-77-73-71 – 292) ► Top Finish – T29th, twice (Gopher T40. California State Fair Amateur (74-69-70 – 213) 2009-12 (Calabasas HS) Invitational; Western Intercollegiate) 2012 ► Spent the last three years of his prep career ► Golfweek Rating – 72.45 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 90 at Calabasas High School after attending Notre ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (0-28-0), California, No. 481 US, No. 998 World Dame High School for his freshman season vs. Top 50 (5-40-1), vs. Top 100 (8-61-2), vs. ► Second in the long drive contest at the Big I ► Spent the 2011-12 academic year Overall (111-108-8) National Championship at 307 yards practicing at The Palms Golf Club while taking ► Played himself into the lineup at beginning his prep classes online of his collegiate career after a tremendous 2/Qualifier. U.S. Amateur Qualifying (74-70 – 144) … ► Won the Marmonte League title (72-68- 2012 summer of amateur golf that carried North Ranch Country Club, Westlake Village, Calif. 67-72 – 279) as a 2009 sophomore and was over into his rookie collegiate campaign 2. Big “I” National Championship (73-71-71-66 – 281) T2. Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur (72-69 – 141) named the conference MVP as his team went T4. Pasadena City Championship (68-75-71-70 – 284) on to a CIF Southern Section crown T29. Gopher Invitational (76-78-75 – 229, +13) T3. Palm Spring Desert Amateur (72-70-71 – 213, -3) ► Finished second in the Marmonte League T29. Western Intercollegiate (72-75-71 – 218, +8) 7. AJGA ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior (72-75-68 T54. PING/Golfweek Preview (76-72-73 – 221, +11) – 215) Tournament (67-78-72-66 – 283) during his T8. California State Fair Amateur (71-71-66 – 208) 2010 junior campaign Amateur Highlights 10. Palm Springs City Championship (74-70 – 144) ► Completed his prep career with a 72.9 T14. Silicon Valley Amateur (73-74 – 147) stroke average 2014 T68. U.S. Amateur (72-72 – 144) T112. California Amateur (77-75 – 152) Other ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 43 ► Full name is Walker Amelon Huddy California, No. 195 US, No. 426 World 2011 ► Member of AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll ► Born August 28, 1993, in Los Angeles, Calif. 2/Qualifier. U.S. Amateur Qualifier (67-68 – 135) … for second consecutive year ► Intending to major in business Castlewood Country Club, Pleasanton, Calif. ► Ranked as high as No. 108 nationally by administration in Cal’s prestigious Haas School 5. Contra Costa Amateur (73-72 – 145) of Business T9. California State Fair Amateur (73-66-69 – 208) Golfweek and No. 112 in the AJGA Polo Golf T15. Trans-Mississippi Championship (69-73 – 142) rankings ► Parents are Robert and Deborah Huddy … tournament shortened to 36 holes due to inclement ► Older brother is Addison Huddy weather 2. Los Angeles City Junior Championship (67-70-73 – 210) Final 16. San Francisco City Championship 3. AJGA Aspen Junior Classic (77-73-69 – 219) T25. Pacific Coast Amateur (69-68-71-72 – 280) 3. AJGA at Diablo Grande (76-69 – 145) T40. Monroe Invitational (69-69-72-74 – 284) 5. Toyota Tour Cup Championship at Silver Rock (69-72- T95. U.S. Amateur (73-74 – 147) 74 – 215) T104. California Amateur (76-79 – 155) T134. Southwestern Amateur (84-75 – 159)
22 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS TANNER HUGHES 5-10, 145, Fr., HS Livermore, CA Foothill HS
Hughes will redshirt his first season at Cal in 2014-15 but that didn’t keep him from making a tremendous showing in amateur events in 2014 when he became the first player to ever win Ama- teurGolf.com titles at both the Christmas Classic and Tour Championship presented by Callaway Golf in the same calendar year and subsequently capture AmateurGolf.com Player of the Year. Hughes is expected to challenge for a spot in the lineup as a redshirt freshman in 2015-16. International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, 2015) – No. 1610 Scratch Players 1. Christmas Classic (71-68 – 139) ► Won North Coast Section title as a 2012 Coach Comments/Notes 1. Tour Championship Presented by Callaway Golf sophomore with a 68 then finished third during ► An excellent addition to the program who (72-68 – 140) his 2013 junior season with another 68 had an outstanding junior career in which he T14. California State Fair Amateur (72-71-67 – 210) ► Three-time CIF Scholar-Athlete (2011, 2013, Final 16. San Francisco City Championship defeated several All-Americans as well as top T18. Pacific Coast Amateur (69-67-71-70 – 277) 2014) college and amateur players T24. Cardinal Amateur (71-71-75 – 217) Other ► Expected to redshirt in 2014-15 but should Final 32. California Amateur Final 64. Pacific Northwest Amateur ► Full name is Tanner Robert Hughes play a major role in the team’s future ► Born January 19, 1996, in Santa Maria, ► A strong ball striker and good putter with an 2013 Calif. improving short game who is working hard to ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. ► Intending to major in business improve on other areas of his game 298 California administration in Cal’s prestigious Haas School ► Has a history of low scores in final rounds of Business as an amateur 5. U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (68-76 – 144) Final 32. San Francisco City Championship ► Parents are John and Pamela Hughes Amateur Highlights ► Father played in several PGA TOUR events 2014 2012 after an All-American collegiate career at San ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 44 Diego State and was the director of golf at California, No. 250 US, No. 537 World 5. AJGA Diablo Grande Championship (72-70 – 142) Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton for 17 7. AJGA Championship at Traditions (76-72-73 – 221) ► AmateurGolf.com Player of the Year 19. Western Junior Championship (77-72-68-73 – 290) years ► First player to ever win AmateurGolf.com titles at both the Christmas Classic and Tour 2011-14 (Foothill HS) Championship presented by Callaway Golf in ► Contra Costa Times All-East Bay and first- the same calendar year team All-East Bay Athletic League selection ► Has been ranked among the top 100 in the in each of his four seasons (2011-14), while nation and top five in California in the AJGA earning EBAL and team MVP honors in his Polo Golf rankings final two campaigns
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 23 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS KEELAN KILPATRICK 5-9, 165, Jr., 2L Christchurch, New Zealand (St. Bede’s College)
Kilpatrick is one of Cal’s most experienced players and one of two juniors along with Sho- taro Ban on a 2014-15 roster without a senior. KILPATRICK’S CAL CAREER STATS Kilpatrick entered Cal as a mid-year enrollee as Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish a freshman in January of 2012 and made an im- 2011-12 16 1199 74.94 66 T15 (Southern Highlands Collegiate mediate impact by playing in seven of the team’s Masters) 10 events in his first spring. He would redshirt the 2012-13 Redshirted, Did Not Play 2012-13 season as he prepared to enter Cal’s 2013-14 24 1772 73.83 67 T8 (John A. Burns Intercollegiate) prestigious Haas School of Business and work on Fall 2014 15 1070 71.33 67 T3 (Gopher Invitational) his golf game before returning for the 2013-14 Totals 55 4041 73.47 66 T3 (Gopher Invitational) campaign. After playing only once in five 2013 fall events, Kilpatrick became a major contribu- *Career Match-Play Record: 2011-12 – 5.5-1.5 (Del Walker Match Play Championship – all tor in the spring of 2014 by playing in seven of square vs. Andrew Vijarro, Oregon; d. Charlie Hughes, Washington, 2-up; d. Casey King, Oregon nine tournaments and earning the Co-Most State, 3 & 2 • Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship – d. Patrick Sawrey, UNCW, 2 Improved honors on the team. He continued to & 1; d. Marshall Talkington, Tennessee, 4 & 3; l. Tim Gornik, Duke, 19 holes; d. Chris Robb, be a significant factor in the fall of 2014 when Chattanooga, 3 & 1) he played in all five events and registered a pair ^Career Playoff Record: 2011-12 – 11 strokes (+3) on two fourth-round playoff holes at Pac- of top-10 finishes including the best showing of 12 Championship his career when he tied for third at the season- opening Gopher Invitational. Kilpatrick finished the fall of 2014 with a 71.33 stroke average that has returned as a regular in the lineup in the ► Top-10 Finishes – 3 (T3rd, Gopher was 2.50 strokes per round lower than his previ- spring and fall of 2014 Invitational, Fall 2014; T6th, Alister MacKenzie ous single-season best and third on the team. ► Tremendous putter with a strong short game Invitational, Fall 2014; T8th, John A. Burns His career stroke-play totals of 19 events and who is improving other facets of his play Intercollegiate, Spring 2014) 55 rounds played are the most among active ► A very tough competitor who makes good ► Cal’s Top Finisher (Includes Ties) – 2 (T3rd, Cal players and he is the only Golden Bear with decisions on the course and knows how to play Gopher Invitational, Fall 2014; T12th Southern collegiate experience in match play, posting a the game Highlands Collegiate Masters, Spring 2014) 5.5-1.5 record during a pair of regular-season ► Has made tremendous improvements since ► Low 54-Hole Score – 210, -3 (Alister events in the spring of 2012. his arrival at Cal MacKenzie Invitational, Fall 2014) ► Low 72-Hole Score – 293, +5 (Pac-12 International Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Stats – 19 stroke-play events, 55 rounds, Championship, Spring 2014) ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, ► Low Round – 66 (Arizona Intercollegiate, 2015) – No. 366 R&A, No. 410 Scratch Players 4041 strokes, 73.47 stroke average, 5.5-1.5 match-play record (2 events) Spring 2012) Coach Comments/Notes ► Top Finish – T3rd (Gopher Invitational, Fall ► Pac-12 Championship – 2 (T12th, 2014; ► One of two juniors along with Shotaro Ban 2014) T53rd, 2012) on a 2014-15 roster without a senior ► Top-5 Finishes – 1 (T3rd, Gopher ► NCAA Regionals – 1 (63rd, 2014 Sugar ► Excellent addition to the program who Invitational, Fall 2014) Grove Regional) stepped in and made immediate contributions ► Division I PING All-West Region (2013-14) as a true freshman in the spring of 2012 and ► Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 (2013-14)
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► Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Academic (2013-14) ► Cal’s Co-Most Improved Player (2013-14) ► The only Cal player with collegiate match- play experience when he posted a team-best 5.5-1.5 match-play record in two regular- season events in the spring of 2012 ► One of only two Cal players with postseason experience along with Shotaro Ban ► Cal’s active career leader with 19 events and 55 rounds played ► The only Cal player to have participated in a collegiate playoff, playing two holes in Cal’s playoff victory over Oregon at the 2012 Pac-12 Championship Fall 2014 (Junior) ► Stats – 5 stroke-play events, 15 rounds, 1070 strokes, 71.33 stroke average ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 103 Golfweek, No. 174 Golfstat 2012-13 (Sophomore) 2013 ► Top-5 Finishes – 1 (T3rd, Gopher ► Redshirted in 2013-14 to work on his game ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. Invitational) and apply for Cal’s prestigious Haas School of 1186 World ► Top-10 Finishes – 2 (T3rd, Gopher Business Invitational; T6th, Alister MacKenzie ► Did not play 1. Diablo Valley Amateur (68-69 – 137) Invitational) Final 32. Northern California Match Play 2011-12 (Freshman) T39. Pacific Coast Amateur (72-71-71-77 – 291) ► Cal’s Top Finisher – 1 (T3rd, Gopher T48. Australian Amateur Championship Stroke Play (73- Invitational) ► Stats – 5 stroke-play events, 16 rounds, 75 – 148) ► Golfweek Rating – 71.31 1199 strokes, 74.94 stroke average, 5.5-1.5 Final 64. Australian Amateur Championship match-play record (2 match-play events) ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (0-9-2), vs. 2012 Top 50 (5-18-2), vs. Top 100 (11-41-2), vs. ► Final Rankings – *No. 54 Golfweek ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 998 Overall (260-103-13) *Rankings for a secondary list of golfers World ► Shot under par in five of 15 rounds and without enough rounds to qualify for regular three of his last five rankings T1. Palo Alto City Championship (68-70 – 138) … shared ► Golfweek Rating – 73.49 medalist honors with Cal teammate Pace Johnson, who T3. Gopher Invitational (67-75-71 – 213, E) ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (7-25-1), vs. eagled par-five first hole on first playoff hole to win T6. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (72-69-69 – 210, E) Top 50 (11-47-2), vs. Top 100 (22-78-5), vs. T3. Christmas Classic (70) … tournament shortened to 18 T17. Windon Memorial (74-70-69 – 213, +3) … played holes due to inclement weather as individual Overall (167-214-14) Final 32. New Zealand Amateur T30. Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (71-72-71 – 214, +4) ► Best match-play record percentage on Cal T52. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (70-76-74 – 220, +4) team 2011 ► Cal’s only unbeaten player at Del Walker ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 243 2013-14 (Sophomore) Match Play Championship at 2.5-0.5 and World ► Stats – 8 stroke-play events, 24 rounds, was 3-1 at Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship 2. North Island Stroke Play Championship (70-70-67-71 – 278) 1772 strokes, 73.83 stroke average 4. Charles Tour Muriwai Open (71-69-66-74 – 280) ► Final Rankings – No. 140 Golfweek, No. ► Joined the team and enrolled at Cal for the 7. Charles Tour Tauranga Open (75-68-65-66 – 274) 200 Golfstat 2012 spring semester then played in seven T7. South Island Stroke Play (69-72-76-70 – 287) Final 16. New Zealand Amateur ► Cal’s Top Finisher – 1 (T12th, Southern of 10 events in the spring including the two match-play outings Highlands Collegiate Masters) St. Bede's College (2006-11) ► Golfweek Rating – 71.60 T15. Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (72-70-79 – ► Named Canterbury Junior Player of the Year ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (16-24-2), 221, +5) … tied for fourth heading into final round for three consecutive seasons (2009-11) vs. Top 50 (34-41-3), vs. Top 100 (59-74-5), vs. T35. Arizona Intercollegiate (66-73-84 – 223, +10) … ► 2010 New Zealand Junior team captain Overall (403-196-21) career-low 66 in first collegiate round ► Member of 2011 New Zealand Golf Srixon ► Division I PING All-West Region T50. Western Intercollegiate (75-75-77 – 227, +17) T53. Pac-12 Championship (70-77-76-79 – 302, +14) Academy for top seven amateurs in country ► Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 T66. ASU Thunderbird Invitational (77-78-71 – 226, +13) ► Canterbury Golf Vardon trophy winner with a ► Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Academic Amateur Highlights 69.25 stroke average ► Cal’s Co-Most Improved Player along with ► Squad finished as New Zealand’s prep Alex Helgans 2014 runner-up in both 2010 and 2011 ► Played in seven consecutive events in the ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. Other spring at one point after playing in just one of 426 World the first six tournaments ► Full name is Keelan James Philip Kilpatrick T9. California State Fair Amateur (72-68-68 – 208) ► Born May 1, 1992, in Christchurch, New T8. John A. Burns Intercollegiate (70-71 – 141, -3) ... T19. Sahalee Players Championship (75-70-72-77 – 294) Zealand tournament shortened to 36 holes due to inclement T27. Porter Cup (68-73-72-69 – 282) ► Majoring in business administration in Cal’s weather T48. Australian Amateur Championship Stroke Play T12. Pac-12 Championship (74-74-78-67 – 293, +5) (73-75 – 148) prestigious Haas School of Business T12. Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (74-74-74 Final 64. Australian Amateur Championship ► Parents are Stephen and Geraldine – 222, +6) T14. National Invitational Tournament (69-69-75 – 213, -3) Kilpatrick T21. Aggie Invitational (76-76-75 – 227, +11) ► Has three younger siblings – brothers Regan T26. Western Intercollegiate (73-72-69 – 214, +4) and Connell, and sister Niamh Kilpatrick T48. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (76-72-72 – 220, +4) 63. NCAA Sugar Grove Regional (82-82-78 – 242, +26)
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 25 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS KK LIMBHASUT 6-0, 200, Fr., HS Loma Linda, CA (Redlands HS) Pronunciation: lim-PAW-soot
Limbhasut picked up right where he left off as a junior player during his first season at Cal in the fall of 2014, earning the No. 1 spot in the lineup for the team’s season-opener at the Gopher Invitational and then posting a collegiate career-best tied for fourth place finish in his next tournament at the Windon Memorial. Limbha- sut ended up tying fellow freshman Sebastian Crampton with a team-high three top-15 finishes in the fall. Limbhasut arrived at Cal after winning the prestigious Western Junior Championship and AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr majors in the summer of 2014 while he was also second at the Footjoy Invitational. In addition, Limbhasut was a member of the West team at the Wyndham LIMBHASUT’S CAL CAREER STATS Cup in 2014, as well as a first-team Rolex Junior Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish All-American after earning second-team honors Fall 2014 15 1074 71.60 68 T4 (Windon Memorial) the previous season. Totals 15 1074 71.60 68 T4 (Windon Memorial) International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, 2015) – No. 82 R&A (No. 1 Thailand, No. 6 Asia), No. 438 Scratch Players Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Low Round – 68, twice (Windon Memorial; Coach Comments/Notes Alister MacKenzie Invitational) Fall 2014 (Freshman) ► An excellent addition to the program after ► Golfweek Rating – 71.55 ► Stats – 5 stroke-play events, 15 rounds, registering a stellar junior career prior to his ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (2-8-1), vs. 1074 strokes, 71.60 stroke average arrival at Cal Top 50 (5-16-4), vs. Top 100 (13-32-9), vs. ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 254 ► Solid in all areas of the game with no major Overall (264-87-25) Golfweek weaknesses ► Registered a team-high-tying three top- ► Top Finish – T4th (Windon Memorial) ► Displays a strong wedge game and is an 15 finishes including a tied for 13th-place ► Top-5 Finishes – 1 (T4th, Windon Memorial) excellent putter performance to lead all Cal golfers at the ► Top-10 Finishes – 1 (T4th, Windon ► A great ball striker that possesses excellent prestigious Tavistock Collegiate Invitational in Memorial) distance control with all of his irons the final event of the fall ► Cal’s Top Finisher – 1 (T13th, Tavistock ► Has tremendous upside and is expected to ► Played in the No. 1 spot in his first collegiate Collegiate Invitational) continue incremental improvement in all areas event at the Gopher Invitational to open the ► Low 54-Hole Score – 209, -1 (Windon of his game 2014 fall campaign Memorial)
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► Shot under par in seven of 15 rounds including all three in his final event at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational when he was the only Cal player in the fall to have under-par rounds in each round of an event ► Had at least one under-par round of 70 or lower in all five events
T4. Windon Memorial (68-71-70 – 209, -1) T11. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (71-68-73 – 212, -1) T13. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (71-71-69 – 211, -5) T30. Gopher Invitational (77-70-80 – 227, +14) T34. Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (69-70-76 – 215, +4) Amateur Highlights
2014 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 65 California, No. 326 US, No. 705 World ► First-Team Rolex Junior All-American ► Played for West team at the Wyndham Cup, with East and West finishing in a 25-25 tie ► Named Golfweek Junior Boys Player of the Week after winning AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic
1. AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic (69-66-70 – 205) … birdied 17th and 18th holes on third and final round to win by one stroke 1. Western Junior Championship (74-69-66-69 – 278) … won by eight shots and broke Bobby Jones’ tournament record T1. Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur (69-70 – 139) 2. Contra Costa Amateur (73-69 – 142) 2. Footjoy Invitational (69-74-67-67 – 277) 3. California State Fair Amateur (65-70-69 – 204) T5. Corey Pavin Southern California Invitational (72-71- 74 – 217) T10. AJGA Rolex TOC (68-69-71-70 – 278) T16. U.S. Amateur Section Qualifier (73-76 – 149) … Mission Viejo Country Club, Mission Viejo, Calif. T51. Western Amateur (70-73 – 143)
2013 ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 242 California ► Second-Team Rolex Junior All-American 2011 ► Registered a scoring average of 68.00 as a ► SCGA Toyota Tour Cup Player of the Year ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 115 senior California Other 1. Toyota Tour Cup at Bella Collina (71-71 – 142) ► Represented Southern California in the 1. Toyota Tour Cup at Indian Wells (68-66 – 134) ► Full name is Khemkhon Limbhasut 1. Palm Spring Amateur (73-73-68 – 214) Junior America's Cup ► Born January 26, 1996, in Bangkok, T1. Toyota Tour Cup at Olivas (70-67 – 137) … lost in Thailand playoff 9. Footjoy Invitational (70-70-69-71 – 280) 2. Toyota Tour Cup at Cypress Ridge (71-70 – 141) ► Intending to major in economics 2. Toyota Tour Cup at Westin Mission Hills (68-72-67 – 207) ► Parents are Kittipat and Rawewan 2. Coronado City Championship (68-69 – 137) 2010 Limbhasut, while his sister is Kwan Limbhasut T8. San Diego County Amateur at Aviara (77-75 – 152) T10. Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur (76-74 – 150) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 333 T40. AJGA Junior Players Championship (72-76-81 – 229) California
2012 1. Toyota Tour Cup at Classic Club (71-70 – 141) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 1. Toyota Tour Cup Championship (71-69 – 140) 2. AJGA Midwest Junior Players Championship (70-70- 214 California 73 – 213) ► Represented Southern California in the T4. AJGA Coca-Cola Junior Championship (71-70-75 – Junior America's Cup for second straight year 216) T5. AJGA McArthur Towel (73-73-71 – 217) 6. AJGA Emerson Junior Golf Classic (72-72-73 – 217) 1. AJGA Under Armour/Gary Woodland Championship (71-68 – 139) … birdied the 18th hole and won by one stroke 2011-14 (Redlands HS) 1. Jones Cup Junior (72-66 – 138) 1. Palm Springs Amateur (69-68-68 – 205) ► Won Southern Section and Citrus Belt 1. Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur (70-69 – 139) League titles as a 2014 senior, picking up an 6. Callaway Junior World Golf Championship (79-72-73- eagle on the 16th hole of his section victory 72 – 296) to propel him to a round of 67, while his team also captured the conference crown ► Tied for 13th at the state championship (72, +1) after a second-place showing at a state qualifier (69, -3) at San Gabriel Country Club
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 27 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS CLAYTON MADEY 6-1, 180, Fr., RS West Linn, OR Lake Oswego HS Pronunciation: may-DEE
Madey has yet to participate in an event at Cal but continues to work hard to give himself the opportunity to contribute. He had a strong 2014 season of amateur play including a couple of Semifinals. Oregon Amateur ► Four-Time First-Team All-Three Rivers solid match-play events with a trip to the semifi- T3. Christmas Classic (72-72 – 144) League (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) for nals of the Oregon Amateur and the Final 16 at Final 16. Pacific Northwest Amateur team that won four consecutive conference the Pacific Northwest Amateur. Madey also tied T69. Oglethorpe Invitational (68-76 – 144) crowns in each of those seasons as well 45 for third at the 2014 Christmas Classic. 2013 consecutive league matches from 2011-13 International T15. Contra Costa Amateur (75-74 – 149) ► Posted a 72.1 stroke average as a senior T46. California State Fair Amateur (73-69-77 – 219) when he was also a team captain ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January T113. Western Amateur (75-75 – 150) ► Totaled 19 rounds under par 30, 2015) – No. 1978 Scratch Players, No. ► Played one season of prep soccer as a 3153 R&A 2012 ► AJGA Rolex Second-Team All-American junior during the fall of 2011 and set the Coach Comments/Notes ► AJGA Rolex Honorable Mention Academic school’s junior varsity single-season scoring ► A smart player, hard worker and excellent All-American record teammate ► Ranked as high as No. 21 in AJGA Polo Golf ► Named to his school’s honor roll for four ► Very coachable and wants to succeed rankings consecutive seasons (2010, 2011, 2012, ► Hits the ball a long way off the tee 2013) ► Has a strong short game and is a good 1. Oregon Junior Amateur Match Play ► A member of both the National Honor putter 1. Oregon Tournament of Champions (69) Society and National Chinese Honor Society 2. Western Junior Championship (71-70-72-70 – 283) ► Looking to gain consistency in ball striking 4. FCWT at Mission Hills (73-69 – 142) Other ► An excellent student who is a candidate for 10. Goodman Networks Junior (75-75-70 – 220) ► Full name is Clayton Michael Madey Cal’s prestigious Haas School of Business 2011 ► Born May 25, 1995, in Iowa City, Iowa Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) ► Intending to major in business 2. FCWT at PGA West (69-72 – 141) administration in Cal’s prestigious Haas School Fall 2014 (Freshman) of Business
► Did not play ► Parents are Steve and Kim Madey 2009-13 (Lake Oswego HS) 2013-14 (Freshman) ► Brother, Cole Madey, is a senior at Lake ► Oregon Player of the Year as a 2013 senior Oswego High School in 2014-15 and has ► Redshirted ► Two-Time Honorable Mention Academic All- signed a national letter of intent to play ► Did not play American (2012, 2013) collegiate golf at UCLA beginning in the fall of Amateur Highlights ► Two-Time All-State (2012, 2013) 2015 2014 ► Team captured three Oregon state titles ► Wide range of interests and activities ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. (2010, 2012, 2013) include playing violin and guitar, as well as 447 US, No. 937 World being a lawyer on a mock trial team ► Played in a musical group that was named Best Talent at Cal's 2014 Oski’s
28 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS ANDREW MORGAN 5-7, 145, So., SQ Long Beach, CA Woodrow Wilson HS
Morgan has yet to participate in an event at Cal but continues to look to break into a strong lineup. He showed his potential during an excel- lent year of amateur golf in 2013 that included a second-place finish at the NCGA Amateur Match 2013 2010 Play, a tied for third-place showing at the Alameda ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 61 Commuters and a final No. 61 California ranking. California 11. AJGA Stockton (74-67-76 – 217) International ► Strong amateur season that opened eyes 2009 ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, of many 2015) – No. 1762 Scratch Players, No. 2611 R&A 1. Toyota Tour Cup East Valley (70-72 – 142) Runner-up. NCGA Amateur Match Play ... won four Coach Comments/Notes matches ► Has shown significant improvement in all T3. Alameda Commuters (69-69-71-69 – 278) 2008-12 (Woodrow Wilson HS) areas of his game since his arrival at Cal T13. Contra Costa Amateur (76-72 – 148) T31. California State Fair Amateur (73-70-71 – 214) ► Prep squad was undefeated during his four ► An excellent putter who hits a lot of greens Final 32. San Francisco City Championship campaigns and won four consecutive Moore and keeps the ball in play T54. Trans-Mississippi Championship (69-69-80-72 – 290) League titles Cal Career (Thru Fall 2014) 2012 ► Three-time Moore League Player of the Year and Team MVP (2010, 2011, 2012) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. Fall 2014 (Sophomore) ► Captain of his team as a senior in 2012 214 California ► Did not play ► Won Moore League indvidual medalist ► Ranked as high as No. 48 nationally by honors twice as a senior when his 12-under Junior Golf Scoreboard 2013-14 (Freshman) par score (74-68-66-68 – 276) was the ► Did not play 5. Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur (69-72 – 141) second-lowest in the event’s history and as a 2012-13 (Freshman) T5. Christmas Classic (71) junior (72-70-72-72 – 286) 11. Champions Invitational (72-78-71 – 221) ► Four-time member of the Long Beach Press- ► Redshirted T37. Long Beach Men’s City Championship (69-73-78 – 220) Telegram Dream Team and also an All-Moore ► Did not play T54. California State Fair Amateur (72-74 – 146) League selection in each of his four prep 2011 Amateur Highlights campaigns ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. Other 2014 361 California ► Full name is Andrew Toshio Morgan ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 189 ► Long Beach Century Club Athlete of the Year ► Born October 26, 1994, in Long Beach, California, No. 762 US, No. 1496 World 1. Knabe Cup (65) … tournament-record score Calif. 3. AJGA Centennial (68-71-71 – 210) ► Intending to major in interdisciplinary T11. U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifier (72-72 – 144) … 4. AJGA Sycuan (71-67-72 – 210) Santa Rosa Country Club, Santa Rosa, Calif. studies 5. U.S. Junior Amateur (73-67 – 140) Final 32. California Amateur ► Parents are Daniel and Sandra Morgan 6. California State Boys (70-70-76 – 216) T39. New Year’s Invitational (80-70-73-76 – 299) 8. California State Junior Amateur (70-70-76 – 216) ► Contemplating a professional career as a T40. Monroe Invitational (71-69-72-72 – 284) T63. Long Beach Open (72-67-72-78 – 289) … tied for T73. Saguaro Amateur (79-71-78 – 228) sportscaster fourth among amateurs
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 29 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS CAMERON SHAW 5-8, 150, So., 1L Duffield, England Repton School
Shaw had the advantage of learning the Cal men’s golf culture as a true freshman during ar- guably the best season in the history of the sport at the collegiate level in 2012-13 when he was named the team’s Co-Most Improved Player. He has become one of the most improved players in school history as evidenced by his performance in the fall of 2014 when he won his first collegiate event by sharing individual medalist honors at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate and tied for SHAW’S CAL CAREER STATS second at the Windon Memorial. Shaw has also made a huge jump in the world amateur rank- Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Top Finish ings, moving from outside the top 2000 prior 2012-13 Redshirted, Did Not Play to the beginning of the summer of 2014 to his 2013-14 6 439 73.17 67 T15 (Western Intercollegiate) current No. 195 spot in the R&A rankings. Fall 2014 15 1061 70.73 65 T1 (Itani Quality Homes Collegiate) Totals 21 1500 71.43 65 T1 (Itani Quality Homes Collegiate) International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, 2015) – No. 195 R&A, No. 539 Scratch ► Still looking to improve his short game ► Top-5 Finishes – 2 (T1st, Itani Quality Players and within 100 yards, which will be the main Homes Collegiate, Fall 2014; T2nd, Windon Coach Comments/Notes objectives moving forward Memorial, Fall 2014) ► Understands the culture of Cal men’s golf ► Top-10 Finishes – 2 (T1st, Itani Quality ► Has a bright future at Cal and beyond in the and what it takes to get his game to the next Homes Collegiate, Fall 2014; T2nd, Windon game of golf level Memorial, Fall 2014) ► Passionate about the game of golf and ► An excellent putter especially inside 10 feet ► Cal’s Top Finisher – 2 (T1st, Itani Quality driven to be a great player with a tremendous ► Has broken into the lineup on a regular Homes Collegiate, Fall 2014; T2nd, Windon work ethic basis Memorial, Fall 2014) ► Has a classic golf swing and has worked ► Succeeded both on and off the course in ► Low 54-Hole Score – 204, -6 (Itani Quality with Peter Cowen, one of the most respected the rigors of the U.K. school system and has Homes Collegiate, Fall 2014) golf instructors in the world who works with become a stronger player once he has learned ► Low Round – 65, twice (Windon Memorial, some of the game’s best including Lee the balance of academics and athletics at Cal Fall 2014; Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Fall Westwood and Henrik Stenson 2014) ► An excellent ball striker who hits the ball Cal Career (Through Fall 2014) medium long and very straight ► Stats – 7 stroke-play events, 21 rounds, Fall 2014 (Sophomore) ► One of the most improved players in the 1500 strokes, 71.43 stroke average ► Stats – 5 events, 15 rounds, 1061 strokes, history of Cal men’s golf who continues on a ► Individual Medalist Honors – 1 (*Itani 70.73 stroke average tremendous developmental progression Quality Homes Collegiate, Fall 2014) ► Rankings (End of Fall 2014) – No. 84 ► Has worked hard and diligently on all areas *co-individual medalist Golfweek, No. 150 Golfstat of his game after coming to Cal somewhat ► Top-5 Finishes – 2 (T1st, Itani Quality unrefined and under the radar Homes Collegiate; T2nd, Windon Memorial)
30 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS
► Top-10 Finishes – 2 (T1st, Itani Quality Homes Collegiate; T2nd, Windon Memorial) ► Cal’s Top Finisher – 2 (T1st, Itani Quality Homes Collegiate; T2nd, Windon Memorial) ► Golfweek Rating – 70.68 ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (3-8-0), vs. Top 50 (8-15-2), vs. Top 100 (19-28-2), vs. Overall (305-59-12) ► Stroke average of 70.73 ranked second on team ► Shot under par in eight of 15 rounds including eight of the final 12 ► Named GolfChannel.com’s National Player of the Week after winning his first collegiate event by sharing individual medalist honors at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate ► The only Cal player to lead the team twice in the fall, adding a tied for second place showing at the Windon Memorial ► Posted a rare albatross (double eagle) and the first in the history of the Cal men’s golf program during his third and final round of the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate when he holed a blind 258-yard 2-iron on his second shot on the par-five 10th hole at Palouse Ridge Golf Club
T1. Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (68-65-71 – 204, -6) T2. Windon Memorial (72-69-65 – 206, -4) T15. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (70-70-73 – 213, E) T22. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (70-70-73 – 213, -3) T24. Gopher Invitational (77-73-75 – 225, +12) 2013-14 (Freshman) ► Stats – 2 events, 6 rounds, 439 strokes, 73.17 stroke average ► Final Rankings – *No. 32 Golfweek *Rankings for a secondary list of golfers Amateur Highlights 2011 without enough rounds to qualify for regular ► Played in the European Cup of Nations 2014 rankings ► Unbeaten in match play for second ► Top Finish – T15th (Western Intercollegiate) ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. consecutive season ► Golfweek Rating – 73.07 400 World ► Shot a course-record 63 at his hometown ► Golfweek Records – vs. Top 25 (2-6-0), Chevin Golf Club 1. Derbyshire Amateur (66-67 – 133) vs. Top 50 (4-11-0), vs. Top 100 (9-18-1), vs. T3/Qualifier. British Open Regional Qualifying (70-70 – 140) Overall (86-58-4) T9. Alameda Commuters (71-70-66-75 – 282) 1. Derbyshire Boys (64-73 – 137) … won by six shots … ► Made collegiate debut at Gopher Invitational T14. California State Fair Amateur (68-73-69 – 210) opening-round 64 set a course record at Kedleston Park Golf Club and also played as an individual at Western 15. Berkshire Trophy (69-75-71-71 – 286) T16. South of England Amateur Championship (73-74- 1. Midland (71) Intercollegiate and had a season-best 15th- 71-79 – 297) 10. British Boys Championship Carris Trophy Stroke Play place finish that was better than all players Final 16. San Francisco City Championship (76-70 – 146) Qualifier. British Boys Championship Carris Trophy Match Play in the Cal lineup other than ninth-place Joël T20. Welsh Open Amateur (72-69-75 – 216) T24. Tillman Trophy (72-76-78-75 – 301) Stalter T32. Alameda Commuters (73-69-71-77 – 290) 2010 76. English Men’s Championship (69-79 – 148, +6) ► Unbeaten in match play for the first of two T15. Western Intercollegiate (67-71-73 – 211, +1) … played as individual 2013 consecutive seasons T46. Gopher Invitational (77-74-77 – 228, +15) WD. Arizona Intercollegiate … started the event as an ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. 1. Derbyshire Boys Under-16 (72-74 – 146) individual but was forced to withdraw after nine holes 105 California, No. 463 USA, No. 898 World due to injury 2008 T2. Contra Costa Amateur (71-72 – 143) ► UHS Schools national champion T9. California State Fair Amateur (69-69-69 – 207) 2012-13 (Freshman) Final 16. San Francisco City Championship ► Awarded team’s Co-Most Improved Player T25/Qualifier. British Open Regional Qualifying (73-72 2007-12 (Repton School) – 145) ► Averaged 71.2 strokes per round as a senior Award along with Shotaro Ban T32. Alameda Commuters (73-69-71-77 – 290) ► Redshirted in 2011-12 ► Did not play 2012 ► Recognized as a Sports Scholar from 2007-12 ► Ranked No. 176 in the final European Other amateur rankings ► Full name is Cameron John Shaw
T5. Christmas Classic (73) … tournament shortened to ► Born June 17, 1994, in Derby, England 18 holes due to inclement weather ► Intending to major in legal studies T21. British Boys Championship Carris Trophy (73-74-75- ► Parents are Gary and Lindsey Shaw 74 – 296) ► Brother, Angus Shaw, attends Repton School T28. Palo Alto City Championship (76-76 – 132)
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 31 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS ALEXANDER WILSON 6-1, 160, Fr., RS Edinburgh, Scotland (Loretto School)
Wilson is on the verge of breaking into the Cal lineup in the spring of 2015 as he con- tinues to adjust to the American version of golf after attending high school in Scotland. He redshirted as a true freshman in 2013-14 and did not play in the fall of 2014 but is ex- pected to see his first collegiate action soon. International ► World Amateur Rankings (as of January 30, 2015) – No. 2113 R&A, No. 3591 Scratch Players Coach Comments/Notes ► Extremely competitive golfer who likes to play against the best Final 16. North of Ireland Amateur Other ► Adjusting to the American version of golf T16. Alameda Commuters (73-73-69-71 – 286) ► Full name is Alexander Patrick Wilson T20. California State Fair Amateur (67-70-75 – 212) ► Enjoys being a part of the program and ► Born January 25, 1995, in Dublin, Ireland receiving the full Cal experience 2013 ► Intending to major in economics ► Redshirted as a true freshman in 2013-14 ► A member of Scotland’s 12-player Under-18 ► Parents are Neil and Sandra Wilson but would have been in the lineup at least boys squad ► Has three older siblings – brother Fredrick, once in the spring had he not been using his and sisters Amber and Vogue Wilson redshirt season 4. Irish Boys Amateur Open (72-68-75-71 – 286) ► Performed in a musical group at the 2014 ► Has had moments where he has played 7. Contra Costa Amateur (75-72 – 147) Oski’s with teammate Clayton Madey Final 64. British Boys Championship extremely well but working on his consistency ► Has a great sense of humor 2011 Fall 2014 (Freshman) ► High scorer (five of six points) for Scotland in an event against Wales, Holland and Ireland ► Did not play ► Selected to play against England in an 2013-14 (Freshman) international match ► Redshirted 1. St Andrews Boys … won five matches with final two on ► Did not play but still named the team’s Old Course Newcomer of the Year Second Round. Scottish Boys Championship Amateur Highlights 2007-13 (Loretto School) 2014 ► Attended the boarding school from 12 years ► Final AmateurGolf.com Rankings – No. of age until enrolling at Cal 1205 World
32 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS All-Time roster (1987 - Present) Ainbinder, Adam...... 1998-99 Levin, Josh...... 1998-99 Albers, Bill...... 1987-90 Lieberman, David...... 2005 An, Byeong-Hun...... 2010-11 Limbhasut, KK...... 2014-present Ancheta, Chris...... 2002-05 Loop, Curtis...... 2009-10 Arroyo, Dan...... 1997-99 Machi, Anthony...... 2008-09 Ban, Shotaro...... 2011-present MacLean, Bruce...... 1987 Beck, Brandon...... 2004-08 Madey, Clayton...... 2013-present Benvenuti, Joe...... 2001 Maguire, Mark...... 1990-94 Berkowitz, Jay...... 1995-99 Maliwal, Akshay...... 2008-09 Berkowitz, Jayme...... 2001 Mangum, Ben...... 2010-12 Boldt, Jason...... 1990-92 Marin, Nic...... 1992-93, ’95-96 Buckles, Andre...... 1994 Martin, Rob III...... 1990-94 Burlison, Jay...... 2013-present McDonnell, Brian...... 1988-89 Carlyle, Scott...... 2002-04 McMichael, Steve...... 1987-89 Cherney, Ben...... 1996 Mina, Eric...... 2007-11 Choi, Eric...... 2001-02 Mindirgasov, Andrey...... 2007-09 Chun, Walter...... 1998-2002 Miyamoto, Craig...... 1991 Cordova, Ted...... 1993 Morgan, Andrew...... 2012-present Coré, Jamie...... 2008-12 Mullen, Rick...... 1991-94 Coyle, Daniel...... 1997-99 Murphy, Brian...... 2009-10 Crampton, Sebastian...... 2014-present Murphy, John...... 2008-11 Cruikshank, Kevin...... 1991 Oda, Jeff...... 1989 Culin, Michael...... 2011-12 O’Riordan, Tim...... 1989-91 Curtis, Jeff...... 2003 Payet, Romain...... 2006 Dahl, Ian...... 2008-09 Phillips, Mark...... 1987-88 Davies, Gareth...... 1996-97 Rea, Brian...... 1994-95 Derian, Evan...... 2006-11 Redner, Josh...... 1995 Douglas, Andrew...... 1999 Reinsberg, Rick...... 1992-95 Dowden, Kyle...... 2004-05 Rubenstein, Tode...... 1988-92 Doyle, Ben...... 2014-present Ruda, Jesse...... 2000-01, ’03-04 Ellis, Matt...... 1992 Sanchez, Mark...... 1987 Farris, Steve...... 1996-98 Sanders, Drew...... 1991-93 Fitzsimmons, Dave...... 1988-89 Schreiber, Matt...... 2004 Flandermeyer, Greg...... 1996-97 Schunck, Christian...... 2003 Furth, Ben...... 1987-91 Schweizer, John...... 1992-96 Gandranata, George...... 2006-09 Serra, George...... 2002 Golditch, Scott...... 1995-99 Sevekow, Fred...... 2001-02 Greve, Spencer...... 1988 Shaw, Cameron...... 2012-present Griggs, Chris...... 1988-92 Skinner, Jim...... 1993-94 Groff, Mike...... 1992 Stalter, Joël...... 2010-14 Guittard, Jay...... 1990 Summers, Stephen...... 1994-97 Hagy, Brandon...... 2009-14 Svanberg, Fredrik...... 2003-06 Hahn, James...... 2000-01 Tan, Feldman...... 2008-09 Hale, Stephen...... 2007-11 Tate, Steven...... 1995-96 Hamilton, Robert...... 1999-2000 Thomas, Nick...... 2011-12 Hamm, Jeff...... 2007-12 Thorson, Erick...... 2006-09 Helgans, Alex...... 2013-present Tierney, Jamie...... 1992-93 Hexner, Devin...... 2008-09 Tomasulo, Peter...... 2000-04 Hoffer, Andrew...... 1999-2000 Torrey, Lance...... 2001, ’03-05 Homa, Max...... 2009-13 Vetterick, Jeff...... 2004-05 Hood, Jeff...... 2001-05 Vivolo, Chad...... 2009-10 Huddy, Walker...... 2012-present Volko, D.J...... 1989-92 Huff, H. Phillip IV...... 1990-91, 1993 Watanabe, Mark Yasuyuki...... 1993-94 Hughes, Tanner...... 2014-present Weaver, Michael...... 2009-14 Hummelt, Jon...... 1987 West, Eric...... 2003 Jensen, Chris...... 2007 Westcoat, Brian...... 1996 Jensen, Michael...... 2005-09 White, Thayer...... 2012-13 Johnson, Glenn...... 1988 Whittemore, Heath...... 1987-90 Johnson, Pace...... 2011-14 Wi, Charlie...... 1994-95 Johnson, Steve...... 1992, 1994-95 Williams, Josh...... 1999 Kellund, Tim...... 2003 Williams, Kelly...... 1999-2000 Kennaday, Tom...... 1987-90 Wilson, Alexander...... 2013-present Kilpatrick, Keelan...... 2012-present Wilson, Michael...... 2003-07 Kim, Daniel...... 2005 Wolfe, Freddy...... 2006-08 Kim, Michael...... 2011-13 Wolfman, Craig...... 1999 Kreindler, Daniel...... 2003 Wong, Larry...... 2006 Kuehl, Ken...... 1988 Wood, John...... 1988 Laduche, Xabi...... 2000-01 Yamane, Kent...... 2007-09 Larson, Garrett...... 1993-95 Yeun, John...... 2007 Lederer, Jon...... 1993 Yi, Dong...... 1997-99, 2001 Lee, Bryan...... 1997 Yoon, James...... 2012-14 Lee, David...... 1996-97 Lee, Han...... 1996-99 *Current Players in Bold Italic
2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 33 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS year in review
END OF AN ERA (From left to right): Max Homa, Brandon Hagy, head coach Steve Desimone, Michael Weaver, BUT A LEGACY LEFT BEHIND Michael Kim and Joël Stalter.
The first time Cal head coach Steve Desimone picture of what these guys accomplished. They Just a few of the top team highlights during saw Brandon Hagy, Max Homa and Michael made five straight NCAA Championships, were the five-year run included two appearances in Weaver together on the driving range as fresh- the best team in the history of college golf in the national semifinals in their five NCAA Cham- men in the fall of 2009 he told associate head 2012-13, and a team that a lot of people thought pionship trips, victories in 30 of 68 stroke-play coach Walter Chun “these guys are going to take would fall off the map in 2013-14 when Michael events, a single-season NCAA record 12 stroke- us back to the NCAA Championship many times.” Kim turned professional in December but con- play victories in 2012-13, and both the first two Desimone’s prophecy came true each of the tinued to play great and won three times in the NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles in school history. last five years, something that had never been spring before coming so close to getting back into Hagy, Homa, Kim, Stalter and Weaver were done before in the history of the program. match play at the NCAA Championship.” each first-team All-Americans at least once in “They fulfilled every one of those expectations and exceeded some,” Desimone said. So it hit hard when the glorious run finally came to an end with the final four seniors from GOLDEN ERA HIGHLIGHTS (2009-14) the era – Hagy, Pace Johnson, Joël Stalter and • 2 NCAA Championship Semifinals Weaver – in the lineup at the 2014 NCAA Champi- onship but falling just shy of a third straight trip to • 5 NCAA Championship Appearances match play and leaving the era without a national title they came ever so painstakingly close to at • NCAA Record 12 Stroke-Play Wins In 2012-13 both the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Championships. “It had the potential for a better ending,” • 30 Victories In 68 Stroke-Play Events Desimone said while fighting back tears in a 2014 interview following the team’s earliest exit • 2 NCAA Regional And Pac-12 Crowns from the NCAA Championship in three seasons. “Disappointed would be an understatement. I • 5 First-Team All-Americans think devastated would be more like it. I hurt when they hurt, just like a parent.” • Unanimous National Player Of The Year Michael Kim Even though there was a lot of hurt when the era finally came to a close, a look back at the • NCAA And Pac-12 Champion Max Homa past five seasons made the pain subside quickly. • Byron Nelson Award Winner Brandon Hagy “It was an amazing run, clearly one of the best in the history of college golf and I’m so proud of them,” Desimone said. “Look at the overall Max Homa
34 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS their careers with all five be- Three-time All-American Brandon ing recognized as either first or Hagy and head coach Steve second-teamers in 2012-13 to Desimone discuss a shot at the make Cal the first team in the NCAA Championship in 2013 at the history of college golf to have five Capital City Club. first or second-team All-Americans in the same season. There were plenty of other firsts “It was an amazing run, during the era including Kim’s clearly one of the best selection as both the unanimous National and Pac-12 Player of in the history of college the Year in 2012-13 and Homa’s NCAA individual title the same golf and I’m so proud campaign. Hagy, Homa and of them. Look at the Weaver also became the first three players in the history of overall picture of what the program to play in the NCAA Championship four times each. these guys accom- There was also a ton of success plished. They made off the course, most recently with the graduation of all four 2013-14 five straight NCAA seniors, including Hagy, Stalter Championships and and Weaver from Cal’s prestigious Haas School of Business. Hagy were the best team in was an Academic All-American in each of his last two years while all the history of college three were All-America Scholars golf in 2012-13.” in their final two collegiate cam- paigns. Among the many honors in his 2013-14 senior season, – Steve Desimone Hagy was also selected as the winner of the prestigious Byron Nelson Award that considers equally a nominee’s his top finishes at both the Pac-12 and NCAA younger guys on the team have taken note of,” entire collegiate academic and golf career, his Championship. Weaver said. “It’s not so much because we’re character and integrity in college, and his com- “Before I came to Cal I dreamed to play on a top recognized for what we accomplished but so munity service. 10 team,” Stalter said. “Two years after I arrived they know that it’s out there for them. I want our “It was amazing,” Hagy said. “We won God we ended up being one of the best that has ever group of players to leave a legacy at Cal. We had knows how many tournaments. It’s been an played. I don’t know how it gets better. On and off an incredible run and now it’s going to be up to incredible ride seeing the rise of the program the course it was just an unbelievable experience.” guys like Keelan Kilpatrick, Shotaro Ban, Walker since I’ve been here. I made great friends and The accomplishments weren’t limited to the Huddy, and any of those incoming freshmen or had a lot of pretty incredible highs.” players. younger guys. I’m sure they will be compared to The firsts also extended into the highest levels Desimone was the unanimous National Coach what we’ve done, which may or may not be fair of amateur golf and professional events. of the Year in 2012-13 when the Bears had such to them, but we’ve set the bar high hoping they Homa, Kim and Weaver became what is a dominant campaign that they were ranked can follow in our footsteps.” believed to be the first three players from one No. 1 in every national poll following the season “It was an honor to have been a part of this collegiate team to play in the same U.S. Open despite being upset by Illinois in the match-play team for four years,” Homa added. “I hope we in 2013. Kim was the low amateur at the event, semifinals of the NCAA Championship. Desimone played a part in changing the future of the pro- finishing in a tie for 17th after being as high also captured Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors gram for the better.” as tied for third on the leaderboard late in the both that season and the previous campaign in Johnson was happy to have contributed to third round. 2011-12. In addition, Desimone was inducted the program’s building process over the final Weaver became the first current Cal golfer into the Hall of Fames of both the Golf Coaches three seasons of the era after transferring from to play in the Masters in 2013 after picking Association of America and the Northern Califor- Cal Poly. up an exemption from his runner-up showing nia Golf Association during the era. “I have so many incredible memories that I at the 2012 U.S. Amateur. The same year he “Without a doubt we’ve had an incredible five will hold tight for the rest of my life,” Johnson would become only the second golfer in the years with some of the best student-athletes said. “Getting an education from one of if not history of the sport to play in the Masters, in the history of both Cal Athletics and college the best public institution in the world, as well Palmer Cup, U.S. Open and Walker Cup in the golf,” Desimone said. “Those involved in our as being a part of a golf program that has built same calendar year. sport will be talking about what these young men an incredible reputation for success is so much Kim joined Weaver and helped lead the United accomplished for years and years. Speaking for more than I could have asked for.” States to victory at both the Palmer Cup and Walter and myself it has been our honor to have Even though it did indeed have the potential Walker Cup, while Homa joined Kim and Weaver coached these outstanding young men and we for a better ending Desimone expressed it best in an American win in the Walker Cup. Stalter thank them for what they’ve achieved and the when he told a disappointed group of Bears in a played against Kim and Weaver in the Palmer legacy they have left.” team meeting after the final round of the NCAA Cup as a member of Team Europe. But as memorable as the past five years have Championship that ended the 2013-14 season Stalter had quite the collegiate career of his been for Cal the future promises great memories that “it was a phenomenal run and you all have own, winning a school-record five times capped still to be created for the players who will look to the grandest of futures ahead of you.” by a senior season in which he picked up three continue that legacy. And regardless of what the future holds, of those victories, earned first-team All-American “All of us worked hard and steadily improved the memories that were made at Cal will last honors for the first time in his career and had over the years and I hope that’s something the a lifetime.
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Michael Wilson Stephen Hale Brandon Hagy Joël Stalter 2006 Champion 2009 Champion 2012 Champion 2013 Champion
Meadow Club, Fairfax, CA Sonoma Golf Club, Sonoma, CA Host (2002-07, 2009-12, 2014) Host (2013); Co-Host San Francisco
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY CAL SUMMARY
TEAM CHAMPIONS LOW TOURNAMENT – INDIVIDUAL TEAM FINISH 2002 Fresno State...... (841, -11) (195, -18)...... Eugene Wong, Oregon, 2011 2002...... 4th (852, E) 2003 Cal...... (833, -19) (197, -16)...... Alex Kang, San Diego State, 2010 2003 ...... 1st (833, -19) 2004 Oregon State...... (848, -4) (198, -15)...... Ben An, Cal, 2010 2004...... 3rd (856, +4) 2005 Cal...... (844, -8) (198, -15)...... Todd Baek, San Diego State, 2010 2005 ...... 1st (844, -8) 2006 Cal...... (826, -26) (198, -15)...... Brandon Hagy, Cal, 2012 2006...... 1st (826, -26) 2007 San Diego State...... (828, -24) (199, -14)...... Stephen Hale, Cal, 2010 2007...... 12th (849, -3) *2009 Cal...... (545, -23) (200, -13)...... Steve Conway, UCLA, 2003 *2009...... 1st (545, -23) 2010 Cal...... (804, -48) (200, -13)...... Daryl Fathauer, Louisville, 2007 2010...... 1st (804, -48) 2011 Cal...... (811, -41) (200, -13)...... Colin Featherstone, San Diego State, 2010 2011...... T1st (811, -41) Oregon...... (811, -41) (200, -13)...... Max Homa, Cal, 2011 2012...... 1st (806, -46) 2012 Cal...... (806, -46) 2013...... 1st (825, -39) 2013 Cal...... (825, -39) LOW ROUND – TEAM 2014...... 1st (839, -13) 2014 Cal...... (839, -13) (262, -22)...... Cal, 2010 (268, -20)...... Cal, 2013 LOW ROUND – INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (265, -19)...... Cal, 2012 (62, -9)...... Brandon Hagy, 2012 2002...... Nick Watney, Fresno State (202, -11) (266, -18)...... Cal, 2010 (63, -8)...... Max Homa, 2010 2003...... Steve Conway, UCLA (200, -13) *(267, -17)...... Cal, 2009 (64, -8)...... Brandon Hagy, 2013 2004...... Bobby Bennett, Purdue (207, -6) *(267, -17)...... Oregon, 2009 (64, -8)...... Joël Stalter, 2013 ...... Dillion Dougherty, Northwestern (207, -6) (267, -17)...... San Diego State, 2010 (64, -7)...... Stephen Hale, 2009 2005...... Jon Rosa, Fresno State (205, -8) (267, -17)...... Cal, 2011 (64, -7)...... Ben An, 2010 2006...... Michael Wilson, Cal (202, -11) (268, -16)...... Cal, 2006 (64, -7)...... Brandon Hagy, 2012 2007...... Daryl Fathauer, Louisville (200, -13) (268, -16)...... Washington, 2007 (64, -7)...... Michael Kim, 2012 *2009...... Stephen Hale, Cal (132, -10) (268, -16)...... San Diego State, 2010 (65, -6)...... Jeff Vetterick, 2005 2010...... Alex Kang, San Diego State (197, -16) (268, -16)...... Oregon, 2011 (65, -6)...... Michael Wilson, 2006 2011...... Eugene Wong, Oregon (195, -18) (268, -16)...... Cal, 2012 (65, -6)...... Ben An, 2010 2012...... Brandon Hagy, Cal (198, -15) (65, -6)...... Eric Mina, 2010 2013...... Joël Stalter, Cal (203, -13) LOW TOURNAMENT – TEAM (65, -6)...... Michael Kim, 2011 2014...... Max Rottluff, Arizona State (204, -9) (804, -48)...... Cal, 2010 (65, -6)...... Joël Stalter, 2012 (806, -46)...... San Diego State, 2010 LOW ROUND – INDIVIDUAL (806, -46)...... Cal, 2012 LOW TOURNAMENT – INDIVIDUAL (60, -11)...... Zach Bixler, Washington, 2007 (811, -41)...... Cal, 2011 (198, -15)...... Ben An, 2010 (61, -10)...... Daryl Fathauer, Louisville, 2007 (811, -41)...... Oregon, 2011 (198, -15)...... Brandon Hagy, 2012 (62, -9)...... Alex Kang, San Diego State, 2010 (825, -39)...... Cal, 2013 (199, -14)...... Stephen Hale, 2010 (62, -9)...... Zachery Fullerton, New Mexico State, 2011 (819, -33)...... San Diego State, 2011 (200, -13)...... Max Homa, 2011 (62, -9)...... Brandon Hagy, Cal, 2012 (824, -28)...... San Francisco, 2011 (201, -12)...... Michael Kim, 2011 (62, -9)...... Scott Yamashita, Hawai'i, 2014 (825, -27)...... Oregon State, 2010 (202, -11)...... Michael Wilson, 2006 (63, -8)...... Todd Angel, Fresno State, 2007 (826, -26)...... Cal, 2006 (203, -13)...... Joël Stalter, 2013 (63, -8)...... Max Homa, Cal, 2010 (826, -26)...... San Francisco, 2012 (203, -10)...... Joël Stalter, 2012 (63, -8)...... Bhavik Patel, Fresno State, 2010 *Third round was cancelled due to inclement *(132, -10)...... Stephen Hale, 2009 (63, -8)...... Eugene Wong, Oregon, 2011 weather; Meadow Club par-71; Sonoma (204, -9)...... Michael Kim, 2012 (63, -8)...... Xander Schauffele, San Diego State, 2012 Golf Club par-72; sorted by under-par; no (205, -8)...... Max Homa, 2012 (63, -8)...... Jonathan De Los Reye, Saint Mary's 2014 event held in 2008 when Cal hosted Pac-10 *Third round was cancelled due to inclement Championship weather; Meadow Club par-71; Sonoma Golf Club
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Michael Kim was Cal’s first National The 2012-13 Cal men’s golf team was widely considered the greatest in the Brandon Hagy was Cal's first three- and Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Year history of college golf. Cal set an NCAA record with 12 wins in 14 stroke- time All-American and two-time in 2012-13. play events and was ranked No. 1 in all of the final polls despite falling to Academic All-American. Illinois in the semifinals at the NCAA Championship.
NATIONAL HONORS 1998-99...... Dan Arroyo (honorable mention) NCAA INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN 1999-2000...... Han Lee (honorable mention) *2012-13...... Max Homa TEAM OF THE YEAR 2002-03...... Peter Tomasulo (third team) *Arnold Palmer Award 2012-13 2003-04...... Peter Tomasulo (first team) ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN ...... Jeff Hood (honorable mention) BYRON NELSON AWARD (Selected by COSIDA) 2009-10...... Eric Mina (honorable mention) 2003-04...... Scott Carlyle (first team) 2014-15...... Brandon Hagy 2010-11...... Michael Weaver (honorable mention) 2012-13...... Brandon Hagy (third team) GOLFSTAT CUP 2011-12...... Max Homa (third team) 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 2012-13...... Michael Kim ...... Brandon Hagy (honorable mention) GOLFWEEK MAGAZINE GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN ...... Michael Kim (honorable mention) NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2012-13...... Max Homa (first team) COACH OF THE YEAR ...... Michael Kim (first team) 2012-13...... Michael Kim 2003-04...... Steve Desimone ...... Michael Weaver (first team) 2012-13...... Steve Desimone HASKINS AWARD ...... Brandon Hagy (second team) 2012-13...... Michael Kim GCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL ...... Joël Stalter (second team) COACH OF THE YEAR JACK NICKLAUS AWARD 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 2012-13...... Steve Desimone 2012-13...... Michael Kim ...... Joël Stalter (first team) TAYLORMADE-ADIDAS GOLF BEN HOGAN AWARD FINALIST ALL-NICKLAUS TEAM JAN STRICKLAND ASSISTANT COACH 2012-13...... Michael Kim 2012-13...... Max Homa OF THE YEAR AWARD ...... Michael Kim ALL-AMERICANS 2007-08...... Walter Chun 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy 1989-90...... Ben Furth (second team) ...... Joël Stalter 1994-95...... Charlie Wi (first team) ...... Garrett Larson (honorable mention)
(Left to right): Michael Kim, Max Homa and Michael Weaver are believed Max Homa (right) was one of three Cal golfers along with Michael Kim and to be the only three players from the same collegiate team to ever play Michael Weaver to play for the winning United States team in the 2013 together in the same U.S. Open in 2013. Kim was the event’s low amateur Walker Cup. and tied for 17th overall.
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Max Homa became Cal’s first player to win NCAA individual medalist Cal won a second straight NCAA Regional title in Pullman in 2013 with honors in 2013 while the same season he was the third to take home the a team of (left to right) associate head coach Walter Chun, Michael Kim, conference crown. Brandon Hagy, Michael Weaver, Max Homa, Joël Stalter and head coach Steve Desimone.
ALL-AMERICA SCHOLARS GCAA ACADEMIC GCAA/EASTON WEST REGION (Selected by Golf Coaches ALL-AMERICA (TEAM) COACH OF THE YEAR Association of America) 2008-09 1986-87...... Steve Desimone 1987-88...... Bill Albers 2009-10 2011-12...... Steve Desimone 1988-89...... Bill Albers 2010-11 2012-13...... Steve Desimone ...... Ben Furth 2011-12 ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 8 1989-90...... Ben Furth 2012-13 1998-99...... Dan Coyle 2013-14 (Selected by COSIDA) 2000-01...... Walter Chun 2003-04...... Scott Carlyle (first team) 2012-13...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 2001-02...... Scott Carlyle, Walter Chun REGIONAL/DISTRICT HONORS 2002-03...... Peter Tomasulo 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 2003-04...... Scott Carlyle GCAA DIVISION I PING ALL-WEST REGION ...... Peter Tomasulo 2009-10...... Eric Mina CONFERENCE HONORS 2005-06...... Michael Wilson 2010-11...... Stephen Hale 2006-07...... Michael Wilson PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR ...... Max Homa 2008-09...... George Gandranata 2011-12...... Brandon Hagy 2012-13...... Michael Kim ...... John Murphy ...... Max Homa 2009-10...... Stephen Hale PAC-10/12 INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST ...... Michael Kim 2010-11...... Stephen Hale 1995...... Charlie Wi 2012-13...... Brandon Hagy 2012-13...... Brandon Hagy 2010...... Eric Mina ...... Max Homa ...... Joël Stalter 2013...... Max Homa ...... Michael Kim ...... Michael Weaver ...... Joël Stalter TOM HANSEN CONFERENCE MEDAL 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy ...... Michael Weaver 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy ...... Joël Stalter 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy ...... Michael Weaver PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ...... Keelan Kilpatrick ...... Joël Stalter 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy
Cal was victorious in 2013 for the second straight season at the Pac-12 Jack Nicklaus Award winner Michael Kim (center) is flanked by a pair of Championship with a team of (left to right) head coach Steve Desimone, Max Golden Bears in head coach Steve Desimone (left) and the most famous of Homa, Michael Kim, James Yoon, Joël Stalter, Michael Weaver, Brandon Hagy all – the Golden Bear himself Jack Nicklaus. and associate head coach Walter Chun.
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Head coach Steve Desimone and Michael Kim at the 2013 Ben Hogan Award Michael Kim displays the Haskins Trophy with a trio of award representatives ceremony where Kim was a national finalist for the prestigious honor. from the Haskins Commission.
PAC-10/12 GOLFER OF THE MONTH 1999-2000...... Han Lee (second team) ...... Michael Kim (first team) 11/2005...... Michael Wilson 2000-01...... Peter Tomasulo (honorable mention) ...... Michael Weaver (first team) 9/2009...... Eric Mina 2001-02...... Peter Tomasulo (first team) ...... Brandon Hagy (second team) 4/2010...... Eric Mina 2002-03...... Peter Tomasulo (first team) ...... Joël Stalter (second team) 9/2012...... Max Homa ...... Michael Wilson (second team) 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 10/2012...... Michael Kim 2003-04...... Peter Tomasulo (first team) ...... Joël Stalter (first team) 2/2013...... Joël Stalter ...... Jeff Hood (second team) ...... Pace Johnson (honorable mention) 3/2013...... Michael Kim ...... Scott Carlyle (honorable mention) ...... Keelan Kilpatrick (honorable mention) 4/2013...... Max Homa ...... Jesse Ruda (honorable mention) PAC-10/12 COACH OF THE YEAR 9/2013...... Brandon Hagy 2004-05...... Brandon Beck (honorable mention *1986-87...... Steve Desimone 2/2014...... Joël Stalter ...... Jeff Hood (honorable mention) ...... Michael Jensen (honorable mention) 2011-12...... Steve Desimone PAC-10 POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2006-07.... Michael Jensen (honorable mention) 2012-13...... Steve Desimone 2008-09...... George Gandranata 2007-08...... Stephen Hale (second team) *Co-Coach of the Year ALL-PAC-10/12* ...... Evan Derian (honorable mention) PAC-10 CO-FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR ...... George Gandranata (honorable mention) 1986-87...... Mark Sanchez (honorable mention) 2002-03...... Michael Wilson 2008-09...... George Gandranata (honorable mention 1988-89...... Ben Furth (second team) ...... Michael Jensen (honorable mention) PAC-10/12 ALL-ACADEMIC 1989-90...... Ben Furth (first team) ...... John Murphy (honorable mention) (Honor first awarded in 1995-96) 1991-92...... Rob Martin (honorable mention) 2009-10...... Eric Mina (first team) 1995-96...... Jay Berkowitz (second team) 1992-93...... Drew Sanders (honorable mention) ...... Michael Weaver (honorable mention) 1997-98...... Dan Coyle (first team) 1993-94...... Phil Huff (honorable mention) 2010-11...... Stephen Hale (second team) 1998-99...... Dan Coyle (first team) 1994-95...... Charlie Wi (first team) ...... Max Homa (second team) 1999-2000...... Walter Chun (second team) 1995-96...... Nic Marin (honorable mention) ...... Eric Mina (second team) 2000-01...... Walter Chun (first team) 1996-97...... Dong Yi (second team) ...... Ben An (honorable mention) ...... Peter Tomasulo (second team) ...... Jay Berkowitz (honorable mention) 2011-12...... Brandon Hagy (second team) 2001-02...... Walter Chun (first team) 1997-98...... Dan Arroyo (first team) ...... Max Homa (second team) ...... Peter Tomasulo (second team) ...... Dan Coyle (second team) ...... Michael Kim (second team) ...... Jeff Hood (honorable mention) ...... Adam Ainbinder (honorable mention) ...... Joël Stalter (honorable mention) ...... George Serra (honorable mention) 1998-99...... Dan Arroyo (first team) 2012-13...... Max Homa (first team) 2002-03...... Peter Tomasulo (first team) ...... Han Lee (second team) ...... Lance Torrey (honorable mention)
Michael Weaver became only the second golfer (Left to right): Michael Weaver, Brandon Hagy and Steve Desimone was the head coach for Team in the history of the sport to ever play in the Joël Stalter were All-America Scholars in 2012- USA at the 2014 Palmer Cup played at Walton Masters, Palmer Cup, U.S. Open and Walker Cup 13 and 2013-14. All three graduated from Cal's Health Golf Club. Brandon Hagy (not pictured) in the same calendar year in 2013. Haas School of Business in May of 2014. played on the American team for Desimone.
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Steve Desimone (right) poses with GCAA President and BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank on his induction into the Golf Coaches Charlie Wi, the Pac-10 individual Peter Tomasulo was a two-time All- Eric Mina became the second Association of America's Hall of medalist and a first-team All- American and All-America Scholar, player from Cal to win Pac-10/12 Fame on December 6, 2010. He American in 1995, made his PGA as well as a four-time All-Pac-12 and individual medalist honors in 2010. was also inducted into the Northern TOUR debut in 2002. Pac-12 All-Academic choice. California Golf Association's Hall of Fame on February 5, 2014.
2003-04...... Scott Carlyle (first team) AMATEUR HONORS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS ...... Peter Tomasulo (second team) 1995 – 6th (Columbus, Ohio) ...... Michael Wilson (honorable mention) NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 1998 – 15th (Albuquerque, N.M.) 2005-06...... Michael Wilson (second team) 1999 – 16th (Chaska, Minn.) GOLF ASSOCIATION 2000 – 17th (Opelika, Ala.) 2006-07...... Freddy Wolfe (first team) GRAND MASTER OF THE YEAR 2004 – National Champions (Hot Springs, Va.) ...... Michael Wilson (second team) 2010 – 23rd (Ooltewah, Ten.) 2004...... Steve Desimone 2011 – T19th (Stillwater, Okla.) 2007-08...... Evan Derian (first team) 2012 – T3rd (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) 2008-09...... George Gandranata (honorable mention *MASTERS PARTICIPANTS 2013 – T3rd (Milton, Ga.) 2014 – T11th (Hutchinson, Kan.) ...... Stephen Hale (honorable mention) 2013...... Michael Weaver 2009-10...... Stephen Hale (second team) *While a current member of a Cal team NCAA REGIONAL RESULTS 2010-11...... Stephen Hale (second team) 1990 – 13th (Las Cruces, N.M.) PALMER CUP PARTICIPANTS 1993 – 14th (Provo, Utah) ...... Eric Mina (honorable mention) 1995 – 7th (Albuquerque, N.M.) 2003...... Peter Tomasulo (Team USA) 1997 – 14th (Santee, Calif.) ...... Michael Weaver (honorable mention) 1998 – T4th (Tempe, Ariz.) 2011-12...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 2009...... Walter Chun 1999 – 4th (Tucson, Ariz.) ...... (Team USA Assistant Coach) 2000 – T10th (Madera, Calif.) ...... Joël Stalter (honorable mention) 2001 – 16th (Corvallis, Ore.) 2012-13...... Brandon Hagy (first team) 2013...... Michael Kim (Team USA) 2002 – 12th (Albuquerque, N.M.) ...... Joël Stalter (Team Europe) 2003 – 21st (Seattle, Wash.) ...... Michael Kim (honorable mention) 2004 – T7th (Bend, Ore.) ...... Joël Stalter (honorable mention) ...... Michael Weaver (Team USA) 2007 – 15th (Tempe, Ariz.) 2014...... Brandon Hagy (Team USA) 2008 – 20th (Seattle, Wash.) ...... Michael Weaver (honorable mention) 2009 – 9th (Austin, Tex.) 2013-14...... Brandon Hagy (first team) ...... Steve Desimone (Team USA Head Coach) 2010 – T3rd (San Diego, Calif.) 2011 – 3rd (Tucson, Ariz.) ...... Michael Weaver (second team) *U.S. OPEN PARTICIPANTS 2012 – 1st (Stanford, Calif.) ...... Keelan Kilpatrick (honorable mention) 2013 – 1st (Pullman, Calif.) 2013...... Max Homa ...... Joël Stalter (honorable mention) 2014 – T4th (Sugar Grove, Ill.) ...... Michael Kim (low amateur, made cut) *Jeff Hood competed as individual at 2005 NCAA Regionals PAC-10 LEADERSHIP AWARD ...... Michael Weaver (made cut) PAC-10/12 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2001-02...... Walter Chun *While a current member of a Cal team 1983 – 10th (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1984 – 8th (Tucson, Ariz.) WALKER CUP PARTICIPANTS 1985 – 9th (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1986 – 9th (Simi Valley, Calif.) UNIVERSITY HONORS 2013...... Max Homa (Team USA) 1987 – 7th (Eugene, Ore.) ...... Michael Kim (Team USA) 1988 – 7th (Orinda, Calif.) BIG C TOP ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD 1989 – 7th (Seattle, Wash.) ...... Michael Weaver (Team USA) 1990 – 4th (Tempe, Ariz.) 2008-09 1991 – 9th (Stanford, Calif.) AMATEURGOLF.COM NATIONAL PLAYER OF 1992 – 3rd (Corvallis, Ore.) BIG C MOST IMPROVED 1993 – 4th (Goleta, Calif.) THE YEAR 1994 – 5th (Tucson, Ariz.) ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD 2014...... Tanner Hughes 1995 – 2nd (Richland, Wash.) 1996 – 3rd (Newport Beach, Calif.) 2008-09 1997 – 6th (Eugene, Ore.) GCAA HALL OF FAME 1998 – 4th (Orinda, Calif.) CAL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME 2010...... Steve Desimone 1999 – 5th (Seattle, Wash.) 2000 – 3rd (Tempe, Ariz.) 2005...... Ben Furth (1987-90) NCGA HALL OF FAME 2001 – 9th (Stanford, Calif.) 2009...... Frank Brunk (Hall of Fame Service Award) 2002 – 10th (Corvallis, Ore.) 2014...... Steve Desimone 2003 – 8th (Glendale, Calif.) 2004 – 6th (Marana, Ariz.) 2005 – 8th (Walla Walla, Wash.) JACK LEMMON AMBASSADOR OF GOLF 2006 – 7th (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) 2013...... Steve Desimone 2007 – 9th (Eugene, Ore.) 2008 – 3rd (Fairfax, Calif.) 2009 – 7th (Seattle, Wash.) 2010 – T6th (Tempe, Ariz.) 2011 – 5th (Stanford, Calif.) *2012 – 1st (Corvallis, Ore.) 2013 – 1st (Los Angeles, Calif) 2014 – 3rd (Marana, Ariz.) *Defeated Oregon on second playoff hole
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