CAL GOLF’S STATE-OF-THE-ART SHORT-GAME FACILITY In a huge boost for the California men’s and women’s golf programs, the Golden Bears opened their short-game facility at the Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland in the fall of 2007. The Cal athletic department would like to thank everyone who combined to contribute approximately $600,000 to bring the project to fruition. The lead donors were Ed and Mollie Arnold, Ellen and Joffa Dale, Jay deBenedetti, Lon and Becci Haskew, Judy Isaac, and Pat and Kent Newmark. The programs broke ground on the privately-funded project in 2006 after a long planning process. The two-and-a-half acre state-of-the-art short-game facility is conveniently located on the southwest corner of the Metropolitan Golf Links near the Oakland International Airport, approximately 15 minutes from campus. Built to United States Golf Association specifications, the facility features two extremely large greens – one for putting and chipping, and the other for the aerial game, including pitching and bunker play. “This was a dream of mine and Cal men’s golf for 27 years and for the women’s program since its inception in 1994-95. The facility helps improve our players from 120 yards and in. Both teams can always be more efficient in that area. It also helps in terms of recruiting because it makes us more competitive with the best programs in the country. For the first time, we have also been able to reach out to the community and host golf camps and clinics.” – Men’s Head Coach Steve Desimone cal GOLF venues The Cal men's 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 CalBears.com. Blackhawk Country Club Moraga Country Club Castlewood Country Club Oakhurst Country Club Claremont Country Club Orinda Country Club The Course at Wente Vineyards Peninsula Golf & Country Club Crow Canyon Country Club Richmond Country Club Diablo Country Club Ruby Hill Golf Club Lake Merced Golf Club San Francisco Golf Club Meadow Club Sequoyah Country Club Orinda Country Club is the longtime home of the Golden Bears and the Metropolitan Golf Links Tilden Park Golf Course Cal Golf Committee. The course was the site of the 1988 and 1998 Mira Vista Golf & Country Club TPC Stonebrae Pac-10 Championships. Diablo Country Club Lake Merced Golf Club The Course at Wente Vineyards Ruby Hill Golf Club Peninsula Golf & Country Club Castlewood Country Club Meadow Club TPC Stonebrae 2008 Pac-10 Championship Host Richmond Country Club 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report 1 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS Follow Cal Men's Golf at Calbears.com and on its social media channels ... @calmensgolf calmensgolf calmensgolf 2014-15 juniors Shotaro Ban and Keelan Kilpatrick QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location ...................................... Berkeley, CA NCAA Championships ......................1 (2004) Enrollment Cal Golf Venues ......................................IFC-1 ............................................ 37,581 NCAA Championship Appearances ........13 Founded .................................................... 1868 1939, ’48, ’49, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’04, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14 Cal Golf .......................................................... 2 Nickname ....................................Golden Bears NCAA Regional Appearances ..................19 Quick Facts ................................................... 2 Colors (PMS) ...........Blue (282) & Gold (123) 1990, ’93, ’95, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, Conference ....................................... Pacific-12 ’04, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14 Roster ............................................................ 2 Chancellor ............................Nicholas B. Dirks 2014 NCAA Championship/NCAA Coaching Staff ...........................................3-9 Director of Athletics ............... Mike Williams Regional/Pac-12 Championship Finish Men’s Golf Administrator .............Foti Mellis ...........................................T11th/T4th/3rd Outlook .................................................. 10-12 Head Coach ........................... Steve Desimone Athletic Communications ............ Kyle McRae Player Profiles ....................................... 13-32 36th Season (Cal, 1970) Phone ............................(510) 219-9340 Phone ............................. (510) 334-6395 All-Time Roster (1987 – Present) ..............33 FAX Email [email protected] ................................(510) 643-7778 Alister MacKenzie Invitational ...................36 Associate Head Coach .............. Walter Chun Email ..................... [email protected] Twitter .......................... @KyleMcRaeCal Honors & Awards ...................................37-40 11th Season (Cal, 2001) Phone ............................. (510) 439-8391 2004 NCAA Team Champions ..................IBC Email ................... [email protected] FRONT COVER Schedule .....................................................BC Volunteer Assistant Coach ...Gene Bakkum Top Row (left to right): Volunteer assistant 13th Season (UC Davis, 2000) coach Gene Bakkum, associate head coach Cal Golf Tournament ..................................BC Assoc. Dir. of Olympic Sports Ops .............. Walter Chun, Ben Doyle, KK Limbhasut, Maria Uriarte Sebastian Crampton, Walker Huddy, Alex 7th Season (UCLA, 2008) Helgans, Clayton Madey, Alexander Wilson, head coach Steve Desimone. ROSTER Bottom Row (left to right): Tanner Hughes, Andrew Morgan, Jay Burlison, Cameron Shaw, Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous Schools) Keelan Kilpatrick, Shotaro Ban. Shotaro Ban 5-10 155 Jr.* 2L San Jose, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS) Jay Burlison 5-9 180 Fr.* RS Salinas, CA (Palma HS/Stevenson HS) Sebastian Crampton 6-0 165 Fr. HS Pacific Grove, CA (Stevenson HS) CREDITS Ben Doyle 6-0 150 Fr. HS La Jolla, CA (La Jolla HS) The 2014-15 men's golf annual report was Alex Helgans 6-1 175 So.* SQ Alamo, CA (San Ramon Valley HS) written and edited by Associate Director of Ath- Walker Huddy 6-2 200 So.* 1L Studio City, CA (Calabasas HS) letic Communications Kyle McRae. Composition Tanner Hughes 5-10 145 Fr.* HS Livermore, CA (Foothill HS) and design by Evan Kerr. Special thanks to Steve Keelan Kilpatrick 5-9 165 Jr.* 2L Christchurch, New Zealand (St. Bede's College) Desimone and Walter Chun. Photography by Luke KK Limbhasut 6-0 200 Fr. HS Loma Linda, CA (Redlands HS) Adams, Hailey Archambault, Arizona Athletics, Clayton Madey 6-1 180 Fr.* RS West Linn, OR (Lake Oswego HS) Dan Avila, Gene Bakkum, Ricky Brackett, Michael Andrew Morgan 5-7 145 So.* SQ Long Beach, CA (Woodrow Wilson HS) J. Burns, Samuel Cain, Steven Colquitt, Rod Com- Cameron Shaw 5-8 150 So.* 1L Derby, England (Repton School) mons, Kelley Cox, Todd Drexler/SE Sports Media, Alexander Wilson 6-0 160 Fr.* RS Edinburgh, Scotland (Loretto School) John Dunbar, Ethan Erickson, Richard Ersted, *has used redshirt season or plans to redshirt in 2014-15 Don Feria, Jacob Funk/J and L Photography, GCAA, Getty Images, GoldenBearSports.com, HEAD COACH: Steve Desimone, 36th Season (Cal, 1970) Zach Gray, Jamie Hines, Evan Kerr, Martin Miller/ ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Walter Chun, 11th Season (Cal, 2001) Miller Brown Photography, Nathan Phillips, John VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Gene Bakkum, 13th Season (UC Davis, 2000) Todd, Casey Valentine, USGA and Doug Zimmer- man, among others. 2 2014-15 Men's Golf Annual Report CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS Coaching staff the unanimous National and Pac-12 Player event in 2013-14 but did head into the NCAA of the Year in 2012-13 as well as Homa’s Championship as the No. 5 seed before fin- NCAA individual title the same campaign. ishing tied for 11th. Hagy, Homa and Weaver also became the Hagy raked in the honors in 2013-14 with first three players in the history of the pro- the long list including All-Nicklaus Team, gram to each play in the NCAA Championship first-team Golfweek All-American, first-team four times. Division I PING All-American, Byron Nelson The golden era arguably came to an end Award, first-team Capital One Academic All- following the 2013-14 campaign when four America® Division I Men’s At-Large, first- of the team’s five players at the NCAA Cham- team Division I PING All-West Region, Pac-12 pionship were seniors but not before the Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Pac-12 All-Aca- Bears extended their school-record string of demic, Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal, first-team appearances at the national finals to each All-Pac-12, Co-Team MVP, Cal’s Ben Furth of the last five seasons, which is something Award, Golden Bear Achievement Award, The STEVE DESIMONE only six teams in the country can claim. Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist, and Septem- Although the golden era may be over, ber 2013 Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Month. Head Coach a young 2014-15 team that includes four Stalter joined Hagy on the All-Nicklaus Team, 36th Season • Cal, 1970 freshmen and no seniors on its roster is look- as well as the first-team Division I PING All- ing to start a new era and got off to a good American and All-West Region teams, while Head coach Steve Desimone is in his 36th start in the fall of 2014 by winning a pair of adding second-team All-American recognition season at the helm of the Cal men’s golf events at the Windon Memorial and Alister from Golfweek. He was also a national final- team in 2014-15 and has led the Golden MacKenzie Invitational while finishing the fall ist