CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 2019-20 MEN'S GOLF ANNUAL BOOK 2019-20 Men's Golf Annual Report 1 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS JAMIE CHEATHAM AARON CHEN JOSEPH CHUN CONNOR GOLEMBESKI 6’2”, 180, Redshirt Senior 6’0”, 180, Freshman 5’11”, 165, Redshirt Sophomore 5’9”, 145, Redshirt Freshman Rancho Santa Fe, CA Fremont, CA Irvine, CA Redmond, WA Torrey Pines HS Mission San Jose HS Woodbridge HS Redmond HS RYAN HELGANS COOPER HUNT BRENDAN HY KAIWEN LIU 6’0”, 165, Redshirt Sophomore 6’0” 165, Redshirt Freshman, 5’10”, 160, Freshman 5’10”, 170, Junior Alamo, CA Sacramento, CA, San Ramon, CA San Diego, CA San Ramon Valley HS Jesuit High School Dougherty Valley HS Torrey Pines HS KYLE MASPAT COSTAS PANAY JAMES SONG FINIGAN TILLY 5’8”, 155, Redshirt Sophomore 5’7”, 145, Freshman 5’10”, 165, Sophomore 5’10”, 155, Junior San Diego, CA Redmond, WA Rancho Santa Fe, CA San Carlos, CA UC Santa Barbara, Torrey Pines HS Tesla Stem HS Torrey Pines HS Carlmont HS KENTO YAMAWAKI WALTER CHUN CHRIS MASSOLETTI 5’8”, 142, Freshman Alex and Marie Shipman Assistant Coach Encinitas, CA Director of Men’s Golf 1st Season La Costa Canyon HS 4th Season Texas A&M, 2008 Cal, 2001 2 2019-20 Men’s Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS The Golden Bears placed 11th at the 2020 Cabo Collegiate, their second-to-last tournament of the season. ROSTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous Schools) 1: ........................................ Cover Page Jamie Cheatham 6-2 180 Sr.* 4L Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Torrey Pines HS) 2: ....................................Media Roster Aaron Chen 6-0 180 Fr. 1L Fremont, CA (Mission San Jose HS) 3: .............. Table of Contents/Roster/ Joseph Chun 5-11 165 So.* 1L Irvine, CA (Woodbridge HS) Quick Facts Connor Golembeski 5-9 145 So. 1L Redmond, WA (Redmond HS) 4-6: ............................. Coaching Staff Ryan Helgans 6-0 165 So.* 2L Alamo, CA (San Ramon Valley HS) 7: .............2019-20 Season in Review Cooper Hunt 6-0 165 Fr.* 1L Sacramento, CA (Jesuit HS) Brendan Hy 5-10 160 Fr.* HS San Ramon, CA (Dougherty Valley HS) 8-13: ..................................Player Bios Kaiwen Liu 5-10 170 Jr. 3L San Diego, CA (Torrey Pines HS) 14: ................... Steve Desimone Story Kyle Maspat 5-8 155 So.* 2L San Diego, CA (UC Santa Barbara/Scripps Ranch HS) 15: .......... All-time Roster – Since 1987 Costas Panay 5-7 145 Fr.* HS Redmond, WA (Tesla Stem HS) 16-19: ..... All-time Honors and Awards James Song 5-10 165 So. 2L Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Torrey Pines HS) 20: .............Postseason Appearances Finigan Tilly 5-10 155 Jr. 3L San Carlos, CA (Carlmont HS) 21: .......................... 2004 NCAA Team Kento Yamawaki 5-8 142 Fr. 1L Encinitas, CA (La Costa Canyon HS) Champions Graphic *has used redshirt season 22: ...........................................Venues 23: ...................... Short Game Facility 24-25: ..................................Pro Bears QUICK FACTS 26 ........... 2019-20 Schedule/Results Location ............................. Berkeley, CA 2019 NCAA Murrells Inlet Enrollment ................................ 43,204 Regionals Finish ...................................... 4th CREDITS Founded ....................................... 1868 2019 Pac-12 Championships Finish .... 3rd Nickname ........................ Golden Bears Chancellor ........................... Carol Christ The 2019-20 men’s golf annual report Director Of Athletics ............Jim Knowlton was written by Stephen Ellis and designed by Colors .................................Blue & Gold Evan Kerr. Photography by Kelley Cox – KLC Conference ............................. Pacific-12 Men’s Golf Administrator ............Jay John Photos, Chris Massoletti, Todd Drexler, Cody Twitter/Instagram/Facebook ......calmensgolf Alex and Marie Shipman Ellis, Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports, NCAA Championships ............... 1 (2004) Director of Men’s Golf .............. Walter Chun Getty Images, Dino Gomez, among others. NCAA Championships Appearances ......14 Phone .................................(510) 439-8391 1939, ‘48, ‘49, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘04, ‘10, Email [email protected] ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘16, ‘19 Twitter .............................. coachwalterc NCAA Regionals Appearances .............23 Assistant Coach ............ Chris Massoletti 1990, ‘93, ‘95, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, Phone .......................... (510) 384-5378 ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, Email [email protected] ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘18, ‘19 Assoc. Dir. of Olym. Sports Ops .... Maria Uriarte NCAA Regionals Champions .... 2 (2013, ‘14) Athletic Communications ..... Stephen Ellis Pac-12 Champions ................. 2 (2013, ‘14) Phone .......................... (510) 631-8313 Last NCAA Championships ..... 10th, 2019 Email [email protected] 2019-20 Men's Golf Annual Report 3 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS WALTER CHUN Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men’s Golf 4th Season • Cal, 2001 Walter Chun finished his fourth season as Cal’s Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men’s Golf and his 23rd campaign associated with the school’s men’s golf program in 2019-20. Chun was elevated to his current role on Aug. 1, 2016, after having spent seven seasons as Cal’s associate head coach (2009-16), five as an assistant coach (2004-09) and two as an administrative assistant (2002-04) following a five-year playing career for the Golden Bears (1997-2002). In a season cut short by the coronavirus, Chun’s team put together many highlights including four top-5 team finishes: the Golden Bears placed second at the MacKenzie Invitational, fourth at the Southwestern Invitational and fifth at both the Tav- istock and Lamkin San Diego Classic. Meanwhile, junior Finigan Tilly placed in the top five in back-to-back tournaments and had three top-20 finishes overall. Chun took his first team to the NCAA Championships in his current role in 2019 and participated in his eighth NCAA’s over- all. The Golden Bears finished 10th overall in their first appear- ance at the NCAA’s since 2016 for their highest finish since Chun was the associate head coach for a pair of teams that reached the semifinals of match play at the 2012 and 2013 NCAA’s. Cal, who was ranked as high as No. 6 by Golfweek/ Sagarin in the spring of 2019, won a pair of events in 2018-19 at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational to close the fall schedule and The Farms Invitational to open the spring. In addi- tion, Cal won the inaugural Big Match against Stanford. Chun was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his sec- ond season at the helm in 2017-18 after the Bears were among the nation’s top 10 for most of the campaign. Cal won for the first three times under Chun in 2017-18 includ- ing a signature victory against one of the top fields in the nation at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational after finishing last at the event in Chun’s first campaign in 2016-17. Cal was also a winner at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate before finishing the regular season with three consecutive second-place showings at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate, The Goodwin and the Western In- tercollegiate. Cal was fifth at the Pac-12 Championships be- fore a disappointing 10th-place showing at the NCAA Raleigh Regional kept the Bears out of the NCAA Championships. Cal still ranked as high as No. 9 (Golfweek/Sagarin) and No. 12 (Golfstat) in the final national polls. Prior to taking over the lead position in the program, Chun helped the Bears to new heights during his seven seasons as Chun began his affiliation with Cal in 1997 as a men’s golf the program’s associate head coach with Cal reaching the NCAA student-athlete and was a two-time team captain while com- Championships in six of those campaigns after a previous five-year peting on three occasions at the NCAA West Regionals (2000- absence. He was instrumental in the team’s recruiting efforts to re- 02) and once at the NCAA Championships (2000). Chun also stock the roster at the end of the golden era of the program (2009- qualified for two U.S. Amateur Championships, the first in 14) with highly-ranked 2014 and 2015 recruiting classes led by 1999 at Pebble Beach and the second in 2002 at Oakland Crampton and Limbhasut, and Morikawa, respectively. Hills Country Club. Chun was recognized nationally for his coaching exploits Chun received a pair of degrees at Cal with a bachelor’s from when he was honored with the Jan Strickland Award as the the Haas School of Business in 2001 and a master’s from nation’s top assistant coach during the 2007-08 season. In the Graduate School of Education in 2003. He was a three- June of 2009, he served as a Team USA assistant coach for the time Pac-10 All-Academic selection (2000-02) and a two-time Palmer Cup. All-America Scholar (2001-02). 4 2019-20 Men’s Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS CHRIS MASSOLETTI Assistant Coach 1st season Texas A&M, 2008 Chris Massoletti joined Cal in August of 2019 after spend- ing the previous three seasons (2016-19) as an assistant coach with the New Mexico men’s golf program. Massoletti also spent three campaigns as the head coach for both the men’s and women’s golf teams at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio (2014-17) following two seasons as a volunteer as- sistant for the men’s golf program at St. Edward’s in Austin (2012-14). Massoletti helped New Mexico to the team title at the Moun- tain West Conference Championships and a spot in the NCAA Louisville Regionals in his final season with the Lobos in 2018- 19. In his first season at New Mexico, Massoletti helped the Lobos to a spot in the final field of 30 teams at the 2017 NCAA Championships after a fourth-place finish at the NCAA West Alex and Marie Shipman Lafayette Regionals. Massoletti assisted with the development of several top Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf New Mexico student-athletes during his tenure including An- drej Bevins, Sean Carlon, Sam Choi and Galven Green.