TAABLEBLE OOFF COONTENTSNTENTS UCLA QUICK FACTS 2010-11 BRUINS Alphabetical Roster ................................................2 7 Address ............ J.D. Morgan Center, PO Box 24044 Portrait Roster .........................................................3 Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 2010-11 Schedule ..................................................40 Athletics Phone ...................................(310) 825-8699 THE COACHING STAFF Ticket Offi ce.................................. (310) UCLA-WIN Chancellor ...........................................Dr. Gene Block Head Coach Derek Freeman ................................4 Director of Athletics ..................Daniel G. Guerrero Assistant Coach Jason Sigler ................................6 Faculty Athletic Rep. ......................Donald Morrison Key Support Staff ................................................39 Enrollment .......................................................... 38,476 THE PLAYERS Founded ................................................................. 1919 Colors ....................................................Blue and Gold Player Biographies ...................................................7 Nickname ............................................................ Bruins THE 2009-10 SEASON Conference.....................................................Pacifi c-10 Conference Phone .................................925-932-4411 2009-10 Tournament Summary ..........................17 Conference Fax ......................................925-932-4601 2009-10 Individual Scores and Statistics ............17 National Affi liation........................ NCAA Division I UCLA HISTORY Head Coach ..........Derek Freeman (Oklahoma ’94) Career Tournament Victories (Years) ..... 16/5 years UCLA on the PGA Tour ......................................19 Victories at UCLA ........................................7/3 years UCLA’s Distinguished Amateurs .........................20 Assistant Coach ..................Jason Sigler (Kansas ’06) UCLA Golf Lettermen.........................................21 Sigler’s Phone ...................................... (310) 825-9536 UCLA Golf Records .............................................23 Golf Performance Coach ................Jacquelyn Harris UCLA in the Pacifi c-10 Conference ...................24 Golf Trainer ............................................... Steve Agee UCLA’s All-Time Pac-10 Results .........................25 Equipment Manager................................... Tony Perri UCLA’s NCAA Regional Results .........................28 2009-10 Highlights ..16th at NCAA Championship; UCLA in the NCAA Championship ..................28 Eighth straight NCAA Championship berth 1988 NCAA Championship Summary ...............28 2010 Pac-10 Finish ..................................................8th The 2008 NCAA Championship .........................29 2010 NCAA Regional Finish (East) .....................3rd UCLA’s All-Time NCAA Results ........................31 2010 NCAA Finish ............................................T-16th UCLA in the Polls ..................................................33 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..............................7/1 UCLA All-Americans ............................................34 National Championships ...............Two (1988, 2008) GENERAL INFORMATION Sports Information Director ................Marc Dellins Men’s Golf Contacts ....Mike Leary, Rich Bertolucci UCLA’s Home Courses .........................................35 Leary’s e-mail [email protected] Friends of Golf ......................................................36 Bertolucci’s e-mail ............. [email protected] The UCLA Practice Facility ..................................37 Bertolucci’/Leary’s Offi ce Phone .... (310) 206-8141 The Gifford Collegiate Championship ...............38 SID FAX ..............................................(310) 825-8664 This Is UCLA ..........................................................41 38 UCLA Athletics Website ......... www.uclabruins.com The UCLA Experience ............................................I CREDITS Th e 2010-11 UCLA men’s golf media guide was writ- ten and edited by Rich Bertolucci, Associate Sports Information Director and Mike Leary, Assistant Sports Information Director. Photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig). Coordinated by Marina Graphics of Hawthorne, CA, Ed Chernoff , President. Special thanks to the following: Ricardo Flores, Ellie Kaiser of the USGA, Getty Images photographers Brian Bahr (Tom Pernice), Scott Halleran (Steve Pate), Doug Pensinger (Corey Pavin) and Donald Mirale (Duff y Waldorf). 1 22010-11010-11 UUCLACLA MMEN’SEN’S GGOLFOLF 1011MensGolf.indd 1 3/3/2011 3:28:23 PM 22010-11010-11 UUCLACLA MEENN’S GOOLFLF ALLPHABETICALPHABETICAL ROOSTERSTER Name Ht. Wt. Yr. R/L Hometown (High School) Anton Arboleda 5-6 145 Fr. Right La Cañada (La Cañada) Patrick Cantlay 5-10 160 Fr. Right Los Alamitos (Servite) Mario Clemens* 5-11 165 So. Right Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills) Nick Cook 6-2 165 Fr. Right Orange, CA (Orange) Connor Driscoll*** 5-10 155 Sr. Right Encinitas (La Costa Canyon) Pedro Figueiredo* 6-2 175 So. Right Azeitao, Portugal (St. Peter’s School) Alex Shi Yup Kim** 5-9 145 Jr. Right Fullerton (Sunny Hills) Bobby Lange* 5-11 160 So. Right Sherman Oaks (Harvard Westlake) Gregor Main** 5-10 150 Jr. Right Danville (IMG Academy, Fla) Corey Tomlinson 6-0 155 Fr. Right Foothill Ranch, CA (Trabuco Hills) Pontus Widegren* 5-9 170 So. Right Danderyd, Sweden (Danderyd Gymnasium) *Varsity letters earned. Head Coach: Derek Freeman, 4th year at UCLA Assistant Coach: Jason Sigler, 1st year PRONUNCIATION GUIDE THE BRUINS Anton Arboleda ar-boe-LAY-duh BY CLASS BY STATE/COUNTRY Pedro Figueiredo PAY dro • fi gure RAY doe Seniors 1 California 9 Alex Shi Yup Kim Alex • she-yupp-kim Sophomores 4 Portugal 1 Pontus Widegren PON-tuss • VEE-dig-gren Juniors 2 Sweden 1 Freshmen 4 Th e 2010-11 UCLA Men’s Golf Team (From left to right): Coach Derek Freeman, Alex Shi Yup Kim, Pontus Widegren, Patrick Cantlay, Bobby Lange, Pedro Figueiredo, Mario Clemens, Connor Driscoll, Gregor Main, Anton Arboleda, Assistant Coach Jason Sigler TTWO-TIMEWO-TIME NNATIONALATIONAL CCHAMPIONS:HAMPIONS: 11988,988, 22008008 2 1011MensGolf.indd 2 3/3/2011 3:28:38 PM THHEE 22010-11010-11 UUCLACLA MEENN’S GOOLFLF POORTRAITRTRAIT ROOSTERSTER Anton Arboleda Patrick Cantlay Mario Clemens Connor Driscoll Freshman Freshman Sophomore Senior La Cañada, CA Los Alamitos, CA Beverly Hills, CA Encinitas, CA Pedro Figueiredo Alex Shi Yup Kim Bobby Lange Gregor Main Sophomore Junior Sophomore Junior Azeitao, Portugal Fullerton, CA Sherman Oaks, CA Danville, CA Pontus Widegren Jason Sigler Derek Freeman Sophomore Assistant Coach Head Coach Danderyd, Sweden First Season Fourth Season 3 22010-11010-11 UUCLACLA MMEN’SEN’S GGOLFOLF 1011MensGolf.indd 3 3/3/2011 3:28:39 PM HEEADAD COOACHACH - DEEREKREK FRREEMANEEMAN DEREK FREEMAN HEAD COACH • 4TH YEAR • (OKLAHOMA ’94) his career. the Bruins did not lose a tournament, Th e Bruins won the 2008 NCAA title winning the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge, by one stroke over defending champion the Collegiate Match Play Championship Stanford at Purdue’s Kampen Course on and the CordeValle Collegiate. the last day of May. A key par by senior Th e Bruins fi nished his fi rst half All-American Kevin Chappell on the season ranked No.2 in the nation. 72nd hole clinched the victory, but it was In the November signing period, Chappell’s bogey save from a disastrous Freeman inked the nation’s No. 2 ranked lie at the 71st that enabled the Bruins to group of recruits as judged by GolfWeek. maintain a slim lead. Freeman kept his Th e list included two AJGA All-Ameri- star player level-headed and positive, and cans and one of Mexico’s top amateurs. coaxed his other senior -- Craig Leslie Four months later, he added another -- into playing the fi nal three holes in AJGA All-American to that list. one-under par to stymie the Cardinal’s In 2007-08, the Bruins won fi ve rally. tournaments, a fi gure that ranks fi fth In the succeeding days, Chappell in school history. UCLA also won its collected some awards that had UCLA fi rst-ever Collegiate Match Play Cham- ow beginning his fourth season, historians dusting up their antique col- pionship. In that event, Chappell and Derek Freeman has created a list lection and creating new mantle space. freshman Philip Francis posted records of accomplishments that few He became the fi rst UCLA golfer in the of 4-0-0. During the season, four players N 75-year history of the program to win the won fi ve individual tournament titles, other UCLA golf coaches can match. He guided the Bruins to their second NCAA NCAA individual championship and the including Chappell who won twice and team title in 2008, mentored the only Jack Niclaus Award. He also became just ended the season 20-under par through NCAA individual champion in UCLA the third player in school history to earn 34 rounds. Chappell also set a single history and smiled with pride as that consensus fi rst-team All-America honors, season school record by averaging 71.0 player won a host of awards. and the fi rst since 1985. A month before strokes per round and ended his career In 2009-10, Freeman’s team entered the season ended, Chappell became the ranked fi fth in school history with fi ve the NCAA Championship with the sixth UCLA player to earn Pac-10 Golfer career victories. Finally, he was the only youngest lineup in the tournament. He of the Year honors. player under