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Pac-10 Conference Pac-12 Conference PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Contacts: Alex Kaufman ([email protected]) UCLA TO HOST 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OFF THE TEE... GENERAL INFORMATION UCLA will serve as host of the 54th Annual Pac-12 Men’s Golf Cham- WHAT: Pac-12 Conference Men’s Golf Championship (54th An- pionship at the Los Angeles Country Club, April 29-May 1. With five nual) teams ranked among the top 11 in the nation, the field is as competi- tive as ever. Conference teams are rife with talent across all classes, WHEN: Monday-Wednesday, April 29- May 1, 2013 and the Pac-12 Championship may, once again, present a wild finish. HOST: UCLA will host the 72-hole Championship Sophomore Michael Kim and junior Joël Stalter lead a California squad that enters the Championship on a hot streak. The defending COURSE: Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 Champion, Cal has won a school-record nine of 12 events in Par 70, 7,236 yards 2012-13 and holds a No.1 national billing by GolfWeek Magazine. The Bears have five individuals ranked among the top 30 in the Golf- WHO: Men’s golf teams from all 12 institutions will compete for Stat national rankings, led by Kim at No. 1 and Stalter at No. 8. Kim, bragging rights at the 2013 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship. a top contender for the Haskins Award given annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer, has finished in the top five in seven events this ADMISSION: Admission to the 2013 Pac-12 Championship is free. season and outside the top 10 just once. Stalter has turned in a trio if top-five finishes, including victories at the Arizona Intercollegiate MEDIA CONTACT: UCLA’s Rich Bertolucci will serve as the media and the John A. Burns Intercollegiate in February. Ranked 13th in the contact for the 2013 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship. For media country, junior Brandon Hagy was the Bears’ top finisher at the 2012 inquiries, you can contact him via email at rbertolucci@athletics. Pac-12 Championship. He shot an eight-under 280 to finish tied for ucla.edu. Championship information, including schedules and tee fifth. times, the event program, results, news and records are available on the Pac-12’s golf championship web site (http://championships. The 2012 NCAA runner up, fifth-ranked UCLA is paced by senior pac-12.com/mens-golf/). Pontus Widegren, the nation’s seventh-ranked men’s golfer. Wide- gren, who has shot a team-best 12 rounds under par this season, PRACTICE ROUND: Teams will participate in a practice round on is averaging 70.62 strokes per round, 0.81 strokes under par. He Sunday, April 28 beginning at 11 a.m. has turned in four of top-five finishes in 2012-13, which includes a tournament victory at the CSU San Marcos Fall Classic in October. CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE: A complete schedule that includes Senior Pedro Figueiredo placed seventh at last year’s Conference team pairings and tee times is listed on page 3 of this release. tournament and is currently ranked tenth nationally. He claimed top individual honors after shooting a five-under 208 at the Prestige in CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: At the conclusion of each round, February. results and photos will be posted on the Pac-12’s golf champion- ship web site (http://championships.pac-12.com/mens-golf/) and a No. 7 Washington looks to improve upon its seventh-place finish at last year’s Pac-12 Championship, and with two players ranked in the link will also be available on the Pac-12 website to hole-by-hole live top 20 in the country, it has the pieces to contend for the Conference Golfstat scoring (www.golfstat.com). title. Sophomore Cheng-Tsung Pan (ranked No. 14), senior Chris Williams (No. 18) and junior Trevor Simsby lead a squad that has LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB YARDAGE finished among the top three in seven of 11 tournaments this season. Hole Yardage Par Hole Yardage Par #1 578 5 #10 409 4 Stanford, ranked No. 8 by GolfWeek, has finished among the top five #2 491 4 #11 3277 3 in eight tournaments and claimed a victory at the U.S. Intercollegiate #3 400 4 #12 388 4 in March. Three Cardinal are ranked among the top 20 in the nation #4 210 3 #13 468 4 and none has come up bigger than sixth-ranked Patrick Rodgers this #5 483 4 #14 598 5 season. The sophomore has placed in the top 10 in six of nine events, #6 335 4 #15 133 3 winning three this season. He enters the Pac-12 Championship with a #7 290 3 #16 505 4 string of three straight top-10 finishes that began with a victory at the #8 537 5 #17 455 4 Southern Highlands Masters last month. No. 15 Cameron Wilson has #9 181 3 #18 498 4 logged four top-10 finishes, while defending Pac-12 individual cham- OUT 3,505 35 IN 3,731 35 pion Andrew Yun (No. 20) enters the week averaging 71.3 strokes per Total 7,236 70 round. Yun will attempt to become the first player to successfully defend his THE RANKINGS (as of April 23) medalist honors since Arizona State’s Paul Casey won three straight titles from 1998-2000. Golfweek/Sagarin Team Rankings (Top 10 and Pac-12): USC has won a Pac-12 best 19 Conference Championships and will have the benefit of playing for number 20 in its own back yard. The 1. CALIFORNIA Trojans field a young squad that brings plenty to the table in terms 2. Alabama of firepower. Freshman standoutYi Keun Chang is ranked 38th by 3. Texas GolfStat, has finished among the top 10 in four of nine tournaments 4. New Mexico and shot a two-under 211 to win the North Ranch Intercollegiate in 5. UCLA February. Sophomore Anthony Paolucci (No. 96) shot under par in 6. TCU three-consecutive tournaments earlier this season and posted top-10 7. WASHINGTON finishes in each of them. 8. STANFORD 9. Georgia Tech Oregon was denied its bid for a Pac-12 title when it fell to eventual champion California in a playoff last season. The upstart Ducks, led 11. USC by sophomore Rak Cho, would relish a shot at redemption in 2013. 44. OREGON They have placed among the top five in four of 11 tournaments this 47. ARIZONA STATE year, including a first-place finish at the Oregon Duck Invitational. 51. OREGON STATE They have placed in the top 10 in six-straight tournaments. 63. ARIZONA 68. COLORADO Meanwhile, Oregon State, which finished fifth at last year’s Confer- 71. WASHINGTON STATE ence Championship, has posted five topfive finishes this year behind 133. UTAH the play of seniors David Fink (No. 35) and Nick Chianello (No. 62). Arizona and Arizona State squared off in a number of tournaments during the regular season with mixed results. The Wildcats, paced Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Rankings by junior Erik Oja, have finished outside of the top 10 just once this (No. 1 and Pac-12 top 100): season. Oja owns a team low 73.06 stroke average and has posted 1. Michael Kim, California four top-10 finishes. The Sun Devils have relied on steady play from 6. Patrick Rodgers, Stanford freshmen John Rahm (No. 43) and Max Rottluff en route to claim- 11. Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington ing four top-five finishes in 12 events. Colorado’sason J Burstyn, 12. Joel Stalter, California who carries a 72.2 stroke average into the Pac-12 Championship, is 13. Pontus Widegren, UCLA ranked No. 70 nationally by GolfStat. Redshirt junior Casey Halliday 14. Pedro Figueiredo, UCLA paces Utah with a 74.1 stroke average. 15. Cameron Wilson, Stanford PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB... 17. Chris Williams, Washington 2013 marks the third time Los Angeles Country Club has hosted the 21. Michael Weaver, California Conference championship. The event was first held at LACC on May 22. Brandon Hagy, California 17-18, 1963. Stanford won the team title, and USC’s Kemp Richard- 26. Max Homa, California son claimed individual medalist honors, becoming the sixth Trojan in 34. Yi Keun Chang, USC as many seasons to do so. LACC hosted the event again in May 1983, 36. Andrew Yun, Stanford with UCLA, led by individual co-champion Steve Pate, taking home 43. Jon Rahm, Arizona St the team title. 55. Manav Shah, UCLA 58. Jonathan Garrick, UCLA BEN HOGAN AWARD... Pac-12 is well represented with four players among the 10 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award. The most presti- 66. Sam Smith, USC gious award in men’s college golf, The Ben Hogan Award is presented 74. Anthony Paolucci, USC annually to the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA col- 77. Anton Arboleda, UCLA lege golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions 85. David Boote, Stanford during the past 12-month period. The Ben Hogan Award list will be narrowed down to three finalists on Wednesday, May 8, with the win- 2012-13 PAC-12 GOLFERS OF THE MONTH ner announced Monday, May 20 prior to the start of the PGA TOUR’s Crowne Plaza Invitational. The semifinalists are: September - Max Homa, California October - Michael Kim, California Julien Brun - So., TCU February - Joël Stalter, California Albin Cho i- Jr., NC State March - Michael Kim, California Sean Dale - Sr., North Florida Michael Kim - So., California Cheng-Tsung Pan - So., Washington Patrick Rodgers - So., Stanford Brandon Stone - Fr., Texas Justin Thomas - So., Alabama Chris Williams - Sr., Washington Bobby Wyatt - Jr., Alabama PAC-12 MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS // April 25, 2013 2 2013 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS PAC-12 PACE OF PLAY TIPS SCHEDULE: A practice round will take place on Sunday, April 28 at 11 a.m.
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