TABLE OF CONTENTS UCLA QUICK FACTS 2009-10 BRUINS 5 2009-10 Schedule ..................................................35 Address ............ J.D. Morgan Center, PO Box 24044 Alphabetical Roster ................................................2 Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 Portrait Roster .........................................................2 Athletics Phone ...................................(310) 825-8699 THE COACHING STAFF Ticket Offi ce.................................. (310) UCLA-WIN Chancellor ...........................................Dr. Gene Block Head Coach Derek Freeman ................................3 Director of Athletics ..................Daniel G. Guerrero Assistant Coach Ryan Ressa .................................4 Faculty Athletic Rep. ......................Donald Morrison Key Support Staff ................................................34 Enrollment .......................................................... 37,000 THE PLAYERS Founded ................................................................. 1919 Colors ....................................................Blue and Gold Player Biographies ...................................................6 Nickname ............................................................ Bruins THE 2008-09 SEASON Conference.....................................................Pacifi c-10 Conference Phone .................................925-932-4411 2008-09 Tournament Summary ..........................10 Conference Fax ......................................925-932-4601 2008-09 Individual Scores and Statistics ............12 National Affi liation........................ NCAA Division I UCLA HISTORY Head Coach ..........Derek Freeman (Oklahoma ’94) Freeman’s Phone .................................(310) 794-6203 UCLA All-Americans ............................................29 Career Tournament Victories (Years) ..... 15/4 years UCLA’s Distinguished Amateurs .........................15 Victories at UCLA ........................................6/3 years UCLA Golf Lettermen.........................................16 Assistant Coach .....Ryan Ressa (Washington St. ’03) UCLA on the PGA Tour ......................................14 Ressa’s Phone ...................................... (310) 206-6588 UCLA Golf Records .............................................18 Golf Performance Coach ................Jacquelyn Harris UCLA in the Pacifi c-10 Conference ...................19 Golf Trainer ...............................................Jeremy Vail UCLA’s All-Time Pac-10 Results .........................20 28 Equipment Manager................................... Tony Perri 1988 NCAA Championship Summary ...............23 2008-09 Highlights .... NCAA Regional Champions; The 2008 NCAA Championship ........................25 Seventh straight NCAA Championship berth UCLA in the NCAA Championship ...................23 2009 Pac-10 Finish ..................................................6th UCLA’s NCAA Regional Results .........................23 2009 NCAA Regional Finish (Central) .................1st UCLA’s All-Time NCAA Results ........................26 2009 NCAA Finish ............................................T-23rd Where Are They Now ...........................................17 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..............................3/5 GENERAL INFORMATION National Championships ...............Two (1988, 2008) Sports Information Director ................Marc Dellins The Gifford Collegiate Championship ...............33 Men’s Golf Contact ............................Rich Bertolucci UCLA’s Home Courses .........................................30 Bertolucci’s e-mail ............. [email protected] The UCLA Practice Facility ..................................32 Bertolucci’s Offi ce Phone ................. (310) 206-8141 Friends of Golf ......................................................31 SID FAX ..............................................(310) 825-8664 This Is UCLA ..........................................................36 UCLA Athletics Website ......... www.uclabruins.com Los Angeles/Hollywood .......................................37 The UCLA Experience ............................................I ON THE COVER Th e 2009-10 UCLA Men’s Golf Team. Designed by Shannon Avery Acevedo, Avery J. Productions. CREDITS Th e 2009-10 UCLA men’s golf media guide was writ- ten and edited by Rich Bertolucci, Associate Sports Information Director. Cover design by Shannon Avery Acevedo, Avery J. Productions. Photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig). Coor- dinated by Marina Graphics of Hawthorne, CA, Ed Chernoff , President. Special thanks to the following: Ricardo Flores, Ellie Kaiser of the USGA, Getty Im- ages photographers Brian Bahr (Tom Pernice), Scott Halleran (Steve Pate), Doug Pensinger (Corey Pavin) and Donald Mirale (Duff y Waldorf). Copies of the men’s golf media guide can be purchased in person at UCLA’s Sports Information Offi ce for $8.00. By mail, make checks payable for $10.00 to UC Regents and mail to UCLA Sports Information Offi ce, PO Box 24044, Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044. 2009-10 UCLA MEN’S GOLF 1 2009-10 UCLA MEN’S GOLF ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Ht. Wt. Yr. R/L Hometown (High School) Mario Clemens 5-11 155 Fr. Right Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills) Connor Driscoll** 5-10 150 Jr. Right Encinitas (La Costa Canyon) Pedro Figueiredo 6-1 170 Fr. Right Azeitao, Portugal (St. Peter’s School) Alex Shi Yup Kim* 5-8 140 So. Right Fullerton (Sunny Hills) Bobby Lange 5-11 150 Fr. Right Sherman Oaks (Harvard Westlake) Gregor Main* 5-10 150 So. Right Danville (IMG Academy, Fla) Beau Schoolcraft* 5-9 160 So. Right Englewood, CO (Kent Denver) Pontus Widegren 5-9 160 Fr. Right Danderyd, Sweden (Danderyd Gymnasium) *Varsity letters earned. Head Coach: Derek Freeman, 3rd year at UCLA Assistant Coach: Ryan Ressa, 1st year THE BRUINS BY CLASS BY STATE/COUNTRY Seniors 0 California 5 Sophomores 3 Colorado 1 Juniors 1 Portugal 1 Freshmen 4 Sweden 1 THE 2009-10 UCLA MEN’S GOLF PORTRAIT ROSTER Derek Freeman Mario Clemens Connor Driscoll Pedro Figueiredo Alex Shi Yup Kim Head Coach Freshman Junior Freshman Sophomore Th ird Year Beverly Hills, CA Encinitas, CA Azeitao, Portugal Fullerton, CA Bobby Lange Gregor Main Beau Schoolcraft Pontus Widegren Ryan Ressa Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Assistant Coach Sherman Oaks, CA Danville, CA Englewood, CO Danderyd, Sweden First Season 2 2009-10 UCLA MEN’S GOLF THE COACHING STAFF DEREK FREEMAN HEAD COACH • 3RD YEAR • (OKLAHOMA ’94) Flores, who also won his fi rst collegiate indi- Prior to his appointment at OU, Freeman vidual title. In addition, both Chappell and served three seasons (2002-05) at Oklahoma Flores were selected 1st Team All-Pac-10. City University. As an assistant coach for the A former all-conference golfer at the men’s and women’s programs (2002-03), he University of Oklahoma, Freeman made an helped lead OCU to 14 combined titles, immediate impact on the UCLA program soon including the men’s 2003 NAIA Champion- after his appointment on July 16, 2007. ship. Th rough the 2007 Fall campaign, the Following the 2003 season, Freeman Bruins did not lose a tournament, winning was promoted to head coach of the OCU the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge, the Collegiate women’s program and guided the Stars to Match Play Championship and the CordeValle their second straight runner-up fi nish at the Collegiate. NAIA Championship. In his second season, UCLA fi nished that fi rst half-season 2004-05, OCU captured the NAIA women’s ranked No.2 in the nation. national championship and Freeman was In the November signing period, Free- named the NAIA National Coach of the Year. man inked the nation’s No. 2 ranked group Th e team set a championship record with a of recruits as judged by GolfWeek. 49-stroke victory. In 2007-08, the Bruins won fi ve tourna- In two seasons as the OCU women’s ments, a fi gure that ranks fi fth in school history. coach, Freeman mentored eight All-Americans UCLA also won its fi rst-ever Collegiate Match and seven academic All-Americans. Play Championship. In that event, Chappell Twice he was voted the NAIA Region n two seasons, Derek Freeman has created and freshman Philip Francis posted records VI Women’s Golf Coach of the Year (2004 a list of accomplishments that few other of 4-0-0. During the season, four players won and 2005). IUCLA golf coaches can match. Two years fi ve individual tournament titles, including In six of his last seven seasons as a head ago, he guided the Bruins to their fi rst NCAA Chappell who won twice and ended the season coach or assistant, his teams won either a con- team title in 20 years and mentored the only 20-under par through 34 rounds. Chappell also ference, regional or national championship. NCAA individual champion in UCLA history. set a single season school record by averaging As a player at Oklahoma, Freeman served Last season, he coached the Bruins to the 71.0 strokes per round and ended his career as the Sooners’ captain for three seasons (1992- NCAA Central Region championship, just ranked fi fth in school history with fi ve career 94). During his collegiate career, he earned the program’s third in its history. victories. Finally, he was the only player under All-Big Eight honors in 1994 and All-Big Decimated by graduation and attrition par at the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Eight academic honors in 1993. Freeman was a last season, Freeman found a way to extend In his fi rst year, 2006-07, as the Bruins’ two-time Bruce Drake Award winner for most the Bruins’ school record of NCAA Champion- assistant coach,