WINTER 2009-2010

UCLA Men’s Golf

Inside this issue of The

Bruin18:

Fall Recap 2

Team Retreat 2

2010 Recruiting Class 2

Q-School Update 3

Featured Player 3

Upcoming Events 3

2009-2010 Roster 4

The 2009-2010 Bruins (Left to Right): Taylor Travis, Bobby Lange, Mario Clemens, Coach Derek Freeman, Pontus

Widegren, Pedro Figueiredo, Alex Shi Yup Kim, Beau Schoolcraft, Gregor Main, Connor

Driscoll and Coach Ryan Ressa

Words from Coach Freeman To our Bruin Golf Family- The 2009 Fall season was an opportunity for our freshman to get accustomed to life at UCLA. By design, we scheduled only two events, allowing our young team to ease into the school year, focus on academics, and work on technical areas in their golf games. We finished fourth in both fall events, The Prestige at PGA West and The Gifford Collegiate Champion-ship. Most importantly, we put ourselves in position to win each tournament. We played very well at times and not so well at others, learning from each round, which gives us a lot to look forward to in the spring. We saw great things from several players this fall. Pedro “Figgy” Figueiredo finished second and eighth in his first two events at UCLA. Pontus “PW” Widegren finished tied for third at CordeValle. Gregor “G Money” Main continued his solid play and was two rounds away from playing very well. Alex “Shi Yup or Chip” Kim has his strongest quarter at UCLA with a 72.6 scoring average. We are looking for Connor “Diggs” Driscoll, Mario “MC Hammer” Clemens, Bobby “Bob” Lange, Taylor “TT” Travis, and Beau “Schooly” Schoolcraft to give us the needed competition and depth to win events this coming spring. We have a great tournament schedule in 2010 and hope you can make it out to watch. All the best and 212! Go Bruins!

The Bruins decided to go light in competition this fall. By competing in only two events, the young Bruins were able to focus on fun-damental training and aca-demics.

The fall began in La Quinta, CA at PGA West. The tour-nament was held on the famed Stadium course and was set up similar to the PGA Tour Qualifying School. After the first round, the Bruins found themselves on top of the leader board at 8-under par. The final two rounds showed the youth as

the team backed up into fourth place. Finishing be-hind top teams TCU, Stan-ford, and Washington. Pedro Figueiredo fired 69-71-70 to lead the charge in his first event as a Bruin to a second place finish at six-under par.

In November, The Gifford Collegiate Championship at CordeValle was hosted by UCLA. Again, there were flashes of greatness during the tournament. However, having the top two teams in the country, Oklahoma State and Stanford playing well,

there was little room for error. With six holes to play in the final round, the Bruins found themselves within two shots of the lead. In the end, too many mistakes cost them and eventually they had to settle for a fourth place finish. Freshman, Pontus Widegren, had his best fall finish of third. He fired rounds of 72-69-67 (8-under).

The Bruins finished the fall ranked 13th in the country.

country. Each has been suc-cessful on the junior circuit." Said Coach Freeman

"The signing of these two outstanding young men dem-onstrates the importance of bringing the best players from California to UCLA," Freeman continued. "Both Patrick and Anton had a lot of college options athleti-cally and academically.

We are proud to announce the signing of two local junior golfers, who will at-tend UCLA in the Fall of 2010. Anton Arboleda and Patrick Cantlay, both 17, are ranked among the na-tion's top 50 prep amateurs and are veterans of the junior circuit. "Both are ex-perienced junior players, who have participated in tournaments all over the

We're very excited that they chose to become Bru-ins.”

Patrick and Anton will add immediate depth to an al-ready young Bruin lineup in the 2010 season. We are excited to have them on board!

2009 Fall Season Recap

2010 Recruiting Class

a day at the TaylorMade Kingdom to get any equip-ment issues taken care of before the year began. On Saturday, the team watched the Bruins beat Kansas State at the Rosebowl. After the game, the team headed to San Luis Obispo.

The next morning gave rise to an unbelievable obstacle and ropes course that the players had to overcome all fears to become successful. Being a young team with four fresh-

man, this was the first oppor-tunity for some of the players to trust and believe in one another. For the Bruins, there was no better way to begin the year. The second day in SLO began with a morning sea kayak in Morro Bay watching wildlife and having lunch on the beach. The after-noon was a full hike up to Bishop’s Peak. After all the challenges and fun during the trip, the team headed back to campus to begin the fall.

2009 Team Retreat The coaches decided to have a different team retreat this year. Instead of traveling to have intense practice and play, the team went on a multi-day, multi-city retreat for some team building excercises and loads of fun.

The Bruins arrived in West-wood on September 17th to attend a full day of required meetings that are not enjoy-able, but are necessary. The following day, the vans headed down to Carlsbad for

The Team gathered on top of

Bishop’s Peak in San Luis

Obispo.

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Freshman Pedro Figueiredo

led the Bruins with two top-

eight finishes this fall. Pedro

is currently ranked 12th in

the country.

Future Bruins

Anton Arboleda La Canada, CA

Patrick Cantlay Los Alamitos, CA

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The depth of talent coming out of Westwood is appar-ent when you look through the recent Qualifying school results. In addition to the eight former Bruins with status on the PGA Tour, there were a number of Bruins competing in Q-school.

Five former Bruin players advanced into the second stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School. 2008 Individual Champion, Kevin Chappell advanced, as well as Chris Heintz, Daniel Im, Jason Kang, and Lucas Lee.

Unfortunately, all five missed making the final stage of qualifying school. Daniel Im, Jason Kang, and Lucas Lee will continue to play on the Canadian Tour and try to qualify for spe-cific events on the Nation-wide and PGA Tours. Kevin Chappell will be playing on the Nationwide Tour full-time next year with hopes of getting some starts on the PGA Tour.

Brandt Jobe was the lone Bruin to make it into final stage. Jobe played the six-round qualifying at three-

under par which gave him a full Nationwide Tour card. PGA Tour veteran, Tom Per-nice, Jr., competed as well. He fired a eight-under par. Pernice will have status on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, due to the win at the SAS Champion-ship.

Feb 3-5 University of Hawaii-Hilo (Manua Lani North Course) Kohala Coast, HI

Feb 14-16 Battle at the Beach (Pelican Hill) Newport Beach, CA

Mar 1-2 USC Invitational (North Ranch CC) Westlake Village, CA

Mar 12-14 Southern Highlands Collegiate (Southern Highlands CC) Las Vegas, NV

Mar 21-23 GCAA Match Play Championship (Dove Mountain Resort) Tucson, AZ

Apr 2-3 ASU Thunderbird Invitational (Karsten GC) Tempe, AZ

Apr 11-13 U.S. Intercollegiate (Stanford GC), Palo Alto, CA

Apr 17-18 Western Intercollegiate (Pasatiempo GC) Santa Cruz, CA

Apr 26-28 Pac-10 Championships (Karsten GC) Tempe, AZ

May20-22 NCAA Regionals (TBA)

June 1-6 NCAA Championships (The Honors Course) Chattanooga, TN

PGA Tour Q-School Update

Upcoming Events

We asked AK a few questions regarding UCLA and his fall.

B18: What do you like about UCLA?

AK: I Love UCLA because they expect excellence. UCLA is about winning and I love that.

B18:What did you learn from the fall season?

AK: The fall season showed me a lot about my self and my team. We are young but

showed a lot of potential and I can’t wait for the spring!

B18: We know you love hoops. Who’s your favorite team?

AK: I love the Lakers and Kobe. I grew up in LA watch-ing the Lakers during the Kobe and Shaq years. I just love watching them dominate!

Featured Player: Alex Shi Yup Kim, So. Alex Shi Yup Kim, a sopho-more from Fullerton, CA be-gan his second season in Westwood as a stronger player.

His growth was evident through just two starts this fall as he posted counting scores in each of his 6 rounds. His scoring average has dropped 3 full shots from his freshman year (currently averaging 72.6).

Alex Shi Yup Kim has lowered

his stroke average by 3 full

shots this year.

Tom Pernice, Jr. won

his first event on the

Champions Tour.

Sophomore Gregor

Main looks to continue

his strong play this

spring. Main will com-

pete on the PGA Tour

in the Bay Hill Invita-

tional in March.

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Mario Clemens

Dallas, TX

Pedro Figueiredo

Portugal

Bobby Lange

Sherman Oaks, CA

Freshman

Scoring Average:

74.8

Pontus Widegren

Sweden

Freshman

Scoring Average:

70.1

Freshman

Scoring Average:

76.6

Freshman

Scoring Average:

72.1

Alex Shi Yup Kim

Fullerton, CA

Taylor Travis

Freemont, CA

Gregor Main

Danville, CA

Beau Schoolcraft

Englewood, CO

Sophomore

Scoring Average:

72.6

Sophomore

Scoring Average:

72.5

Sophomore

Scoring Average:

78.0

Sophomore

Scoring Average:

DNP

Connor Driscoll

Encinitas, CA

Junior

Scoring Average:

DNP

Derek Freeman

Head Coach

3rd Season

Ryan Ressa

Assistant Coach

1st Season

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