Six former Bruins are playing in the Humana Challenge beginning today in Palm Desert and continuing through Sunday. They are Scott McCarron, Kevin Chappell, Spencer Levin, Tom Pernice, Jr., Brandt Jobe and John Merrick. Formerly the Bob Hope Classic, this event also features three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson and two-time British Open winner Greg Norman. Amateur celebrities entered include Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, Grammy Award winner Smokey Robinson and NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving.
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Three UCLA golfers completed play in the Bill Cullum Invitational, hosted by CS Northridge at Wood Ranch Country Club on Monday. Junior Mario Clemens tied for seventh place with scores of 75-70-69--214 (-2). Freshman Preston Valder tied for 18th at 218 (+2) after posting scores of 70-71-77 and junior Bobby Lange tied for 48th place at 227 (+11) following scores of 74-76-77.
Bringing you the best of the Bruin articles from around the nation this week:
Football:
UCLA's Datone Jones smiles through the bad times - LA Times (October 5)
For UCLA lineman Sheller, breaks of the game have been especially devastating - Daily News (October 6)
Five Yards at a Time - LA Times Magazine (October)
Rosario looking to improve impressive start - ESPNLA (October 6)
Fullerton athlete's dream gets a kick-start at UCLA - Orange County Register (October 4)
10 Questions: Richard Brehaut (VIDEO) - Daily News (October 6)
Junior cornerback Abbott ready for the spotlight - Daily News (October 6)
Expectations are high for Rosario - Daily News (October 5)
Pruning the Rose Bowl with care - LA Times (October 6)
M. Golf:
Cantlay to invade Tiger's spotlight - Orange County Register (October 6)
UCLA sophomore Cantlay paired with Woods at Fry's.com Open - Daily News (October 6)
On Campus: Cantlay and Uihlein's busy summer (VIDEO) - NCAA.com (October 5)
Nevada Union grad Flores earns spot at PGA event - The Union (October 5)
Football:
UCLA's Datone Jones smiles through the bad times - LA Times (October 5)
For UCLA lineman Sheller, breaks of the game have been especially devastating - Daily News (October 6)
Five Yards at a Time - LA Times Magazine (October)
Rosario looking to improve impressive start - ESPNLA (October 6)
Fullerton athlete's dream gets a kick-start at UCLA - Orange County Register (October 4)
10 Questions: Richard Brehaut (VIDEO) - Daily News (October 6)
Junior cornerback Abbott ready for the spotlight - Daily News (October 6)
Expectations are high for Rosario - Daily News (October 5)
Pruning the Rose Bowl with care - LA Times (October 6)
M. Golf:
Cantlay to invade Tiger's spotlight - Orange County Register (October 6)
UCLA sophomore Cantlay paired with Woods at Fry's.com Open - Daily News (October 6)
On Campus: Cantlay and Uihlein's busy summer (VIDEO) - NCAA.com (October 5)
Nevada Union grad Flores earns spot at PGA event - The Union (October 5)
UCLA sophomore Patrick Cantlay will receive the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world's top ranked amateur player, the Royal & Ancient said this week. Cantlay cemented his place at the top of the rankings by finishing as the runner-up to Kelly Kraft at the U.S. Amateur Championship on Sunday. The presentation will take place Sept. 10-11 at the Walker Cup at Royal Aberdeen in Scotland.
UCLA sophomore Patrick Cantlay, the world's No.1 ranked amateur golfer, received a sponsors exemption this week for the Frys.com Open, Oct. 3-9 at CordeValle Country Club in San Martin, CA. Cantlay is quite familiar with the course, having won his first collegiate tournament there in November 2010. This week, he is playing in the 111th U.S. Amateur Championship at Erin Hills.
The latest issue of UCLA Magazine has a nice feature on men's golf freshman (now sophomore) sensation Patrick Cantlay.
This past June and July following a freshman year in which he earned the Jack Nicklaus Award as NCAA Player of the Year, Cantlay played in four PGA events and placed in the Top 25 in all four, including tying for 21st in the U.S. Open. He was also named to the U.S. Walker Cup team.
To read the UCLA Magazine feature, click here.
This past June and July following a freshman year in which he earned the Jack Nicklaus Award as NCAA Player of the Year, Cantlay played in four PGA events and placed in the Top 25 in all four, including tying for 21st in the U.S. Open. He was also named to the U.S. Walker Cup team.
To read the UCLA Magazine feature, click here.
Congratulations to sophomore golfer Anton Arboleda who is playing in the semifinals of the SCGA Match Play Championship this morning at Sandpiper GC near Santa Barbara. As of 9:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Arboleda was 2-up through eight holes. Yesterday, he defeated Joe Sanders 1-up in the Round of 16 and Jordan Nasser 1-up in the quarterfinals. Earlier this summer, Arboleda finished eighth at the Sahalee Players Championship and second at the Pacific Coast Amateur.
Congratulations to UCLA golfers Alex Shi Yup Kim and Anton Arboleda for winning their first round matches at the Southern California Amateur Championship at Sandpiper GC today. Kim won 3 & 2 over Brad Shaw of Los Angeles and Arboleda won 2 & 1 against Dick Engel of Lancaster. Second and third rounds will be played Tuesday with the semifinals and finals to be played on Wednesday.
Sophomore Anton Arboleda qualified for the 2011 U.S. Amateur last night by winning a U.S. Amateur Qualifying tournament at North Ranch Golf Course in Westlake Village, CA. Arboleda finished the tournament with a score of five-under par and won by four strokes over the second place finisher. He will join teammates Gregor Main, Alex Kim and Patrick Cantlay in competing at the 111th U.S. Amateur, which will be played from August 22 to August 28 at the Erin Hills Country Club in Erin, Wisconsin.
Last year, Cantlay made the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to eventual champion Peter Uihlein of Oklahoma State.
Last year, Cantlay made the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to eventual champion Peter Uihlein of Oklahoma State.
Former UCLA golfers Kevin Chappell, Scott McCarron, John Merrick, Tom Pernice Jr. and Duffy Waldorf, and current UCLA golfer Patrick Cantlay are all scheduled to participate in this weekend's PGA Tour RBC Canadian Open.
Cantlay, who will be entering his sophomore year this season, is coming off a win at the SCGA Amateur Championship played at San Gabriel Country Club in San Gabriel, CA. Patrick also broke the PGA Tour record for lowest round by an amateur after he shot a 60 (-10) at the PGA Traveler's Championship. Finally, he made the cut at the U.S. Open and finished as the low amateur at the tournament, tying for 21st place.
Kevin Chappell, who won the National Player of the Year Award for UCLA back in 2008, has two top-5 finishes on the Tour this year including a third place finish at the U.S. Open. Meanwhile, Tom Pernice is coming off of a second place finish at the Viking Classic in Madison, MS last week and John Merrick has four top-15 finishes on the Tour this year.
For the complete field at the RBC Canadian Open, click here.
Cantlay, who will be entering his sophomore year this season, is coming off a win at the SCGA Amateur Championship played at San Gabriel Country Club in San Gabriel, CA. Patrick also broke the PGA Tour record for lowest round by an amateur after he shot a 60 (-10) at the PGA Traveler's Championship. Finally, he made the cut at the U.S. Open and finished as the low amateur at the tournament, tying for 21st place.
Kevin Chappell, who won the National Player of the Year Award for UCLA back in 2008, has two top-5 finishes on the Tour this year including a third place finish at the U.S. Open. Meanwhile, Tom Pernice is coming off of a second place finish at the Viking Classic in Madison, MS last week and John Merrick has four top-15 finishes on the Tour this year.
For the complete field at the RBC Canadian Open, click here.
In the July 4th edition of the Los Angeles Times, writer Ben Bolch sat
down
with sophomore golfer Patrick Cantlay to talk about him staying at UCLA rather than deciding to turn professional.
To read the story, click here.
To read the story, click here.
FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS:
CROMWELL, Conn. -- Nineteen-year-old UCLA star Patrick Cantlay shot a course-record 10-under 60 -- the lowest PGA Tour round ever by an amateur -- to take a four-stroke lead Friday in the Travelers Championship.
The low amateur last week in the U.S. Open, Cantlay tied the tournament record set by Tommy Bolt when the event was played in Wethersfield in 1954.
Cantlay birdied the final two holes at TPC River Highlands to reach 13 under. After shooting a 67 on Friday morning in the rain-delayed first round, he had eight birdies and an eagle in the afternoon.
D.J. Trahan (62), Webb Simpson (65), Vaughn Taylor (66) and Alexandre Rocha (66) were 9 under along with Andres Romero, who completed only five holes in the second round before play was suspended because of darkness just after 8 p.m. Seventy-seven players were unable to finish the round.
Cantlay just completed his freshman year at UCLA, and has said he plans to stay until he earns his degree.
Four players have shot 61s at the TPC River Highlands course. The last was Kenny Perry in 2009.
An amateur hasn't won a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in the 1991 Northern Telecom Open in Arizona.
CROMWELL, Conn. -- Nineteen-year-old UCLA star Patrick Cantlay shot a course-record 10-under 60 -- the lowest PGA Tour round ever by an amateur -- to take a four-stroke lead Friday in the Travelers Championship.
The low amateur last week in the U.S. Open, Cantlay tied the tournament record set by Tommy Bolt when the event was played in Wethersfield in 1954.
Cantlay birdied the final two holes at TPC River Highlands to reach 13 under. After shooting a 67 on Friday morning in the rain-delayed first round, he had eight birdies and an eagle in the afternoon.
D.J. Trahan (62), Webb Simpson (65), Vaughn Taylor (66) and Alexandre Rocha (66) were 9 under along with Andres Romero, who completed only five holes in the second round before play was suspended because of darkness just after 8 p.m. Seventy-seven players were unable to finish the round.
Cantlay just completed his freshman year at UCLA, and has said he plans to stay until he earns his degree.
Four players have shot 61s at the TPC River Highlands course. The last was Kenny Perry in 2009.
An amateur hasn't won a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in the 1991 Northern Telecom Open in Arizona.
Congratulations to Gregor Main and junior Pontus Widegren, who earned All-America honors Thursday from the Golf Coaches Assn. of America. Main, who is turning professional this summer, earned third team honors and Widegren was voted honorable mention.
Three former Bruins, Corey Pavin, Brandt Jobe and Scott McCarron, will all be competing in this weekend's Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, CA. Pavin is a two-time winner of the event (1994, 1995) and has already earned one top-10 finish on the Champions Tour this year. He also captained the U.S. Ryder Cup team back in October. This will be Scott McCarron's 4th tournament on the tour this year. He has made two cuts in his previous three tournaments with his best finish being a tie 55th at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. This is also Brandt Jobe's 4th tournament of the year and his best finish was a tie for 29th at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course.
Congratulations to UCLA alumnus John Merrick who qualified for this week's Sony Open in Hawaii. Merrick fired a six-under par 66 on Monday to win the qualifier at Turtle Bay on Hawaii's North Shore.
The $5.5 million Sony Open begins Thursday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Merrick tied for 25th at last year's Sony Open, his best finish at the event in four starts. Overall, Merrick has 10 career Top-10 results in 117 Tour starts. He has won more than $3 million in five years on the PGA Tour.
The $5.5 million Sony Open begins Thursday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Merrick tied for 25th at last year's Sony Open, his best finish at the event in four starts. Overall, Merrick has 10 career Top-10 results in 117 Tour starts. He has won more than $3 million in five years on the PGA Tour.
Earlier this week, it was announced that 25 Nationwide Tour players had earned their PGA Tour cards for 2011. Kevin Chappell, former UCLA All-American, NCAA individual champion and Player of the Year, was among those on that list. Chappell finished ninth on the Nationwide money list with $326,507 in earnings and a victory.
The UCLA men's and women's golf teams are both ranked among the Top 5 in the latest polls.
The Bruin women are ranked No. 4 on the Golf World/NGCA coaches' poll. To view the entire poll, click here. UCLA won the Landfall Tradition Tournament on Sunday.
The UCLA men are ranked fifth on the Golf World/Nike Golf coaches' poll. To view that poll, click here. The Bruins placed second at the U.S. Collegiate Championships earlier this week.
Corey Pavin, one of the greatest golfers in UCLA history, is the captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
Pavin - and his UCLA connection - is featured in several local newspaper articles to day.
The L.A. Daily News has two articles. One is a Q&A with Pavin while the other highlights conversations between Pavin and men's head basketball coach Ben Howland. To read the Q&A, click here. To read the Pavin-Howland article, click here.
The L.A. Times also has a column about the U.S. team's chances in the Ryder Cup, again mentioning Pavin's UCLA connections. To read that column, click here.
UCLA golf recruit Patrick Cantlay won the CIF State Boys Golf Championship Tuesday at Santa Maria Country Club.
Cantlay fired a 68 (-4) and tied with Jack Perry of Santa Barbara after 18 holes. Cantlay won the third playoff hole.
On May 17 Cantlay won the CIF-SS Regional title at Sky Links GC in Long Beach with a score of 66 (-6).
Cantlay fired a 68 (-4) and tied with Jack Perry of Santa Barbara after 18 holes. Cantlay won the third playoff hole.
On May 17 Cantlay won the CIF-SS Regional title at Sky Links GC in Long Beach with a score of 66 (-6).
Congratulations to four golfers with UCLA connections who have advanced through local U.S. Open qualifying this month. Sophomores Gregor Main and Alex Shi Yup Kim represent the current team. Incoming freshman Patrick Cantlay will be part of the UCLA team in the fall and former player Jason Kang lettered for the Bruins three years ago.
Kim, who earned 1st Team All-Pac-10 honors last month, survived a six-man playoff Monday for five spots after posting a one-over par 72 at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, Calif. Kim made par on his first playoff hole to advance to sectional qualifying.
Cantlay tied for fourth place on May 12 at Newport Beach Country Club with a two-under par 70.
On May 10 at Ruby Hill Golf Course in Pleasanton, Calif., near his hometown of Danville, Main tied for third with a one-over par 73. High winds and rain elevated scores for the 88-player field.
Main, Kim and Cantlay are set to compete at Sectional Qualifying on June 7th at Del Paso CC in Sacramento, Calif.
Finally, former Bruin Jason Kang won his local qualifying on May 10 at Towson Golf and Country Club in Phoenix, MD. Kang's 69 was three-under par.
Kim, who earned 1st Team All-Pac-10 honors last month, survived a six-man playoff Monday for five spots after posting a one-over par 72 at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, Calif. Kim made par on his first playoff hole to advance to sectional qualifying.
Cantlay tied for fourth place on May 12 at Newport Beach Country Club with a two-under par 70.
On May 10 at Ruby Hill Golf Course in Pleasanton, Calif., near his hometown of Danville, Main tied for third with a one-over par 73. High winds and rain elevated scores for the 88-player field.
Main, Kim and Cantlay are set to compete at Sectional Qualifying on June 7th at Del Paso CC in Sacramento, Calif.
Finally, former Bruin Jason Kang won his local qualifying on May 10 at Towson Golf and Country Club in Phoenix, MD. Kang's 69 was three-under par.
Congratulations to UCLA All-American and 2008 NCAA individual champion Kevin Chappell for his victory in the Fresh Express Classic Sunday at TPC Stoenbrae in Hayward, Calif. Chappell fired rounds of 66-67-66-65--264 (-20) to win by one stroke over Canadian David Hearn. The 23 year-old also pocketed $108,000 and moved to No.2 on the Nationwide Tour money list through six events. For more information, click here.
The opening round of the U.S. Intercollegiate, hosted at the Stanford Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif., has been suspended due to rain. Play will resume Monday, Apr. 12, weather permitting, at 9 a.m.
In the latest collegiate golf polls, the UCLA men's and women's teams are ranked among the Top 5 teams nationally by GolfStat. The women's team secured the No.1 ranking in GolfStat's Apr. 7 poll and the men's team is ranked fourth by the same service. In other rankings, the women's team was ranked second by the coaches and GolfWeek and the men's team was ranked seventh by both of those entities.
Anton Arboleda, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play golf at UCLA in November, won the AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic over the weekend at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz. Arboleda posted rounds of 71-66-68--205 (-8) to win by two strokes.
Congratulations to UCLA sophomore Gregor Main who is currently playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Fla. Main earned a spot in the tournament by winning the Southern Amateur last summer at Colonial CC in Memphis.
Former UCLA All-American and Hall of Fame member Steve Pate became the oldest Nationwide Tour winner on Mar. 7 when he won the Bogota Open at the Bogota Country Club.
Pate traveled to Colombia for the opening of the first Bogota Open and won it on the second playoff hole with a par. After 72 holes, he was tied with Aaron Watkins at 11-under par 273. Watkins missed a three-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to give Pate his first victory since the 1998 CVS Charity Classic.
"It sure is nice to win anything. I haven't done that in a long time." said Pate, who is about three months shy of his 49th birthday. "Three-footers out here are not tap-ins. I feel bad for Aaron, but everyone missed a bunch of them this week."
Pate's victory ended an 11-year drought that spanned 245 starts (173 PGA Tour and 72 Nationwide Tour).
In the final round, Pate eagled the par-5 13th, draining a 35-foot putt, to pull within a stroke of Watkins. He grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at the 17th. He had a chance to win at the par-5 18th, but his 25-foot birdie attempt burned the edge of the cup.
Pate earned $108,000 and is fully exempt on the Nationwide Tour for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. He will join the Champions Tour next year.
"I really don't have the desire to continue to grind it out on the PGA Tour. I just don't," he said. I'd love to play a handful of events and I'll do that if I get in (to a PGA event), but I don't want to do that week in and week out."
Former UCLA All-American and player of the year Kevin Chappell finished 19th and earned $8,400.
For complete scores, click here.
Pate traveled to Colombia for the opening of the first Bogota Open and won it on the second playoff hole with a par. After 72 holes, he was tied with Aaron Watkins at 11-under par 273. Watkins missed a three-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to give Pate his first victory since the 1998 CVS Charity Classic.
"It sure is nice to win anything. I haven't done that in a long time." said Pate, who is about three months shy of his 49th birthday. "Three-footers out here are not tap-ins. I feel bad for Aaron, but everyone missed a bunch of them this week."
Pate's victory ended an 11-year drought that spanned 245 starts (173 PGA Tour and 72 Nationwide Tour).
In the final round, Pate eagled the par-5 13th, draining a 35-foot putt, to pull within a stroke of Watkins. He grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at the 17th. He had a chance to win at the par-5 18th, but his 25-foot birdie attempt burned the edge of the cup.
Pate earned $108,000 and is fully exempt on the Nationwide Tour for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. He will join the Champions Tour next year.
"I really don't have the desire to continue to grind it out on the PGA Tour. I just don't," he said. I'd love to play a handful of events and I'll do that if I get in (to a PGA event), but I don't want to do that week in and week out."
Former UCLA All-American and player of the year Kevin Chappell finished 19th and earned $8,400.
For complete scores, click here.
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.
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.
Junior Connor Driscoll fell 2&1 Thursday in the second round of match play at the 109th U.S. Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Ok. The UCLA letterman lost to Peter Uhlein of Orlando, Fla. in a morning match. Driscoll took a 1-up lead on the first hole with a par then lost it with a bogey at the second. The two players traded leads throughout the outward nine with Driscoll 1-up at the turn. Uhlein began the inward side with a pair of birdies to take a 1-up lead, which he never lost. A birdie by Uhlein at the 16th gave him a 2-up lead and a halve at the 17th gave him the match.
For more information, click here.
For more information, click here.
Congratulations to Connor Driscoll and Gregor Main of the UCLA men's golf team for qualifying for the 109th U.S. Amateur, which begins Mon., Aug. 24 at historic Southern Hills CC in Tulsa, OK. Driscoll tees off at 1:05 p.m. (CDT) at Cedar Ridge CC and Main tees off at 1:15 p.m. (CDT) at Southern Hills. Format for the championship is 36 holes of stroke play (18 each at Southern Hills and Cedar Ridge), followed by match play for the low 64 qualifiers. The tournament runs through Sun., Aug. 30. For more information, click here.
Incoming freshman men's golfer Pontus Widegren has won two tournaments in his native Sweden in the last week.
Widegren won the 2009 Swedish Jr. Masters on the second playoff hole early last week. He posted scores of 76-65-68-72--281 (-7). Also competing were Arizona State's Jesper Kennegard and Nils Floren of Texas Tech.
Widegren also won his next event, the Club Championship of Stockholm Golf Club, with scores of 68-66-63-64--261 (-15, par 69). He defeated runner-up Jacob Carlsson, who plays collegiately at Augusta State, by 12 shots. His third round 63 (-6) was a course record.
Widegren, is the top-ranked amateur in Sweden. Earlier this summer, he helped lead Sweden to the European Men's Team Championship with scores of 67-67--134 (-10).
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Widegren won the 2009 Swedish Jr. Masters on the second playoff hole early last week. He posted scores of 76-65-68-72--281 (-7). Also competing were Arizona State's Jesper Kennegard and Nils Floren of Texas Tech.
Widegren also won his next event, the Club Championship of Stockholm Golf Club, with scores of 68-66-63-64--261 (-15, par 69). He defeated runner-up Jacob Carlsson, who plays collegiately at Augusta State, by 12 shots. His third round 63 (-6) was a course record.
Widegren, is the top-ranked amateur in Sweden. Earlier this summer, he helped lead Sweden to the European Men's Team Championship with scores of 67-67--134 (-10).
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