Golf Programs Begin Season in Top 20

The UCLA golf programs will begin the 2009-10 season ranked among GolfWorld's Top 20 teams.

For the third consecutive time, the UCLA women's team begins the season ranked among the nation's Top 5 teams. The Bruins opened the 2009 coaches poll at No.3 behind defending NCAA champion Arizona State and arch-rival USC.

The men will start their season at No. 16, marking the eighth consecutive year the Bruins have opened in the Top 20. Oklahoma State is the top-ranked team, followed by Washington, Georgia, Alabama and Stanford. In all, six Pac-10 teams are ranked in the Top 20.

Individually, sophomores Gregor Main and Stephanie Kono are ranked eighth and ninth, respectively, in each poll.