CALIFORNIA Golden Bears CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR GOLF VENUES The California 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 www.CalBears.com. Blackhawk C.C. Mira Vista C.C. Boundary Oak G.C. Moraga C.C. Castlewood C.C. Oakhurst C.C. Claremont C.C. Orinda C.C. The Course at Wente Vineyards Peninsula G. & C.C. Crow Canyon C.C. Round Hill C.C. Orinda Country Club is the longtime home of the Golden Diablo C.C. Ruby Hill G.C. Bears and the Cal Golf Committee. The course was Lake Merced G. & C.C. San Francisco G.C. the site of the 1988 and 1998 Pac-10 Championships Meadow Club Sequoyah C.C. and continues to host the Cal Golf Tournament, the cornerstone of the annual fundraising for the program. Metropolitan G.L. Tilden Park G.C. 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OOakhurst Country Club akhurs lub t Coun untry C try Clu MMiraira VVistaista CCountryountry CClublub yah Co b SSequoyahequo Country Club 1 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Men's Golf Media Guide 1 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2009 CALIFORNIA MEN’S GOLF CALIFORNIA MEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTS Location: .......................................................................................................Berkeley, Calif. Enrollment: ...............................................................................................................35,409 Founded: .....................................................................................................................1868 Nickname: ......................................................................................................Golden Bears Colors: ...........................................................................................Blue (282) & Gold (116) Conference: .........................................................................................................Pacifi c-10 Home Courses: ..................................................... Orinda Country Club and Meadow Club Chancellor: ..............................................................................................Robert Birgeneau Athletic Director: ..........................................................................................Sandy Barbour TABLE OF Head Coach: ..............................................Steve Desimone (30th Season - California ‘70) CONTENTS E-mail: ................................................................................... [email protected] Cal Short-Course Training Facility Assistant Coach: ............................................. Walter Chun (Fifth Season - California ‘01) & Golf Venues ......Inside Front Cover-1 E-mail: .....................................................................................waltchun@berkeley.edu 2009 Golden Bear Outlook ..............3-4 Golf Offi ce Phone: ...................................................................................... (510) 643-5914 California Coaching Staff .................5-6 Golf Offi ce Fax: ............................................................................................(510) 643-1116 Q&A with Coach Desimone ................7 2008 Pac-10 Finish: .....................................................................................................Third 2009 Player Profi les ......................8-20 2008 NCAA West Regional Finish: ...............................................................................20th Fall 2008 Team/Individual Results ....21 Returning Lettermen: .........................................................................................................8 2007-08 Tournament Results............22 Lettermen Lost: ..................................................................................................................2 2007-08 Team/Individual Results......23 Newcomers: .......................................................................................................................5 Cal Golf Committee ..........................24 Media Relations Golf Contact: ..........................................................................Anton Malko Golden Bear Golf Contributors ....24-26 E-mail: ........................................................................................ [email protected] Additional 2009 Cal Golf Events .......26 Offi ce Phone: .......................................................................................(510) 642-7813 Honors and Awards ..........................27 Web Site: ..............................................................................................www.CalBears.com University of California .................28-29 Cal Golf Roster (1987-present) ........30 Alister MacKenzie Invitational ...........31 BEAR BACKERS SUPPORT YOUR TEAM 2008 Pac-10 Championships ...........32 Bear Backers are loyal Cal alumni and friends who provide fi nancial support to Cal 2004 NCAA Champions .....Inside Back Athletics with their donations. Every student-athlete benefi ts from their contributions 2009 Team/Schedule .........Back Cover which underwrite scholarships, operational needs and academic tutoring programs. Bear Backers also build athletic facilities, including Haas Pavilion. The best way to support a Cal team is to join Bear Backers. Call 510-642-2427 for more information. 2008-09 MEN’S GOLF ROSTER Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) James Coré 5-8 150 Fr. HS Montreal, Canada (Phillips Exeter Academy) Ian Dahl 6-1 180 Fr. RS Longview, Wash. (Mark Morris HS) Evan Derian 5-8 150 Jr. 2V Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) George Gandranata 5-10 165 Sr. 3V Jakarta, Indonesia (The Pendleton School) Stephen Hale 5-10 165 So. 1V Bakersfi eld, Calif. (Garces Memorial HS) Jeff Hamm 5-9 160 Fr. RS Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Devin Hexner 5-10 155 Fr. HS San Francisco, Calif (The Urban School ) Michael Jensen 6-0 165 Sr. 3V Los Altos, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 2009 co-captains Kent Yamane (left) Anthony Machi 6-0 180 Fr. HS Pleasanton, Calif. (Foothill HS) and Michael Jensen. Akshay Maliwal 6-0 195 Fr. HS Singapore (United World College of South-East Asia) Eric Mina 5-7 140 So. 1V Fremont, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) CREDITS Andrey Mindirgasov 6-2 180 Jr. 2V Pacifi c Grove, Calif. (Pacifi c Grove HS) John Murphy 5-11 180 Jr. TR Wilton, Conn. (Old Dominion University) The 2009 California Men’s Golf Feldman Tan 5-10 165 So. 1V Singapore (Anderson School) Media Guide was written and edited Erick Thorson 5-9 155 Sr. 2V Westlake Village, Calif. (Moorpark College) by Assistant Media Relations Director Kent Yamane 5-11 180 Sr. 1V San Jose, Calif. (Chabot College) Anton Malko. Layout and design by Publications Director John Dunbar and Publications Coordinator Evan Kerr. Head Coach: ...................................................Steve Desimone (Cal 1970, 30th year) Photos by John Todd and Don Faria Assistant Coach: ..................................................Walter Chun (Cal 2001, Fifth year) of GoldenBearSports.com, and John Operations Manager: ..........................................Curt David (Pacifi c 1989, Fifth year) Dunbar, among others. Printing by U.C. Volunteer Assistant Coach: .................... Gene Bakkum (UC Davis 2000, Fifth year) Printing Services, Berkeley, Calif. 2 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Men's Golf Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2009 MEN'S GOLF OUTLOOK BEARS LOOK TO CARRY MOMENTUM INTO NCAAS AND BEYOND ith fi ve of its top-six golfers back for the 2008-09 season, joined by two-time All-Pac-10 selection WMichael Jensen after a redshirt year and junior all-conference transfer John Murphy, the Golden Bears are ready for a big spring after putting together an impressive fall season. Sophomore Stephen Hale California advanced to the NCAA Regionals at the end of 2007-08 season for the 10th time in the last 12 years after posting a third-place fi nish at the 2008 Pac-10 Championship, hosted by Cal at the Meadow Club in Marin. It was the Bears’ best fi nish since 2000 in the event. The loss of seniors Brandon Beck and The coaching staff challenged the team four of the BearsBears’’ returning players, GeGeorgeorge Freddy Wolfe to graduation has been offset to continue to improve between spring and Gandranata, Stephen Hale, Andrey Mindir- by the return to solid health of its veterans, fall and Cal did just that. This past summer, gasov and Eric Mina, competed in the 2008 the ascendancy of Cal’s underclassmen and U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst the arrival of Murphy and four true freshmen, Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. It was the great- all of whom are pushing each other to higher est number of participants Cal has ever had levels of achievement. qualify for this prestigious event. After ending the spring of 2008 ranked No. Along the way the Bears gained a signifi - 46 in the nation by Golfweek Magazine, the cant addition with the arrival of junior John Bears charged through the fall of