Cal Golf

This section covers a few of the Cal Golf activities that many of our club members participate in each year. The University of California Men's Golf Team competes as a Division 1 team in the Pac-10 conference. Most members of the U.C. Golf Club are affiliated with the University. As such many of them follow the successes of the Cal Golf team and support the team. The ties between the organizations are further strengthened in that Steve Desimone, the manager for the U.C. Golf Club, is also the head coach of the Cal Men's golf team. Current news regarding the golf team are available on the golf team website.

Every year the Cal Golf team holds several fundraisers. These fundraisers are the primary source for funding of the University's golf program. Since many of members of the UCGC attend these annual events, we have begun providing the results.

Annual Cal Golf Fundraiser: 

Support the Cal Golf team while enjoying fine golf at a premier local course. This event takes place annually around September. Contact Steve for information on participating in this event. Sign up early as event often sells out. The 2003 Cal Golf fundraiser was the most successful fundraiser to date. The sold-out event was attended by about a dozen UCGC members. In all there was an attendance of 130 participants. It was held at the Orinda Country Club on September 15, 2003. 

• 2000 (Orinda Country Club)

• 2001 (Orinda Country Club)
• 2002 (Orinda Country Club)
• 2003 (Orinda Country Club)
• 2004 (Orinda Country Club)

Annual Big Game Cup Fundraiser:

The Big Game Cup is an annual fundraiser that takes place every year just prior to the Big Game football match between Cal and Stanford. The Fundraiser benefits both the Cal and Stanford Men's Golf teams. Contact Steve for information on participating in this event. The 2002 Big Game Cup saw Cal defeat Stanford 41.5 to 30.5. It was the 6th consecutive Big Game Cup for Cal, which also boosted it's overall Big Game Cup record to 8-3. If you ever participate in this event, make sure and visit our Guide to Winning the Big Game Cup at Stanford Golf Course page.

• 2001 (Stanford Golf Course)
• 2002 (Stanford Golf Course)
• 2003 (Stanford Golf Course)

Cal Men's team barely misses cut to earn trip to NCAA Championship 

The Men's team received a bid to compete in the NCAA West Regional hosted by the University of New Mexico on May 16-18 at their Championship Golf Course in Albuquerque. The Bears were seeded 21st in the 27-team field, and placed 12th. The top 10 teams advanced to the NCAA championships in Columbus, Ohio, May 29-June 1. Peter Tomasulo also narrowly missed the opportunity to earn a place individually, for the top 2 players from teams other than the top 10 also received invitations. Regardless of the narrow misses, the team performed extremely well. Texas Tech advanced as the 10th qualifer after a one-hole playoff victory over SDSU. Individuals advancing in a playoff were: Mark Warman (SDSU) and John Merrick (UCLA).

• Cal Men's web site

Final results from NCAA West Regional Final Position Team Scoring Rounds Total score to par thru today 1 2 3 T1 New Mexico, U. of +8 F -4 293 295 284 872 T1 Washington, U. of +8 F E 291 293 288 872 3 UNLV +10 F +4 290 292 292 874 4 Minnesota, Univ. of +11 F -1 290 298 287 875 5 Pepperdine Univ. +13 F E 292 297 288 877 T6 Arizona, U. of +14 F +5 292 293 293 878 T6 Pacific, U. of the +14 F +1 294 295 289 878 T6 Texas, Univ. of +14 F +2 285 303 290 878 9 Fresno State Univ. +15 F +8 290 293 296 879 T10 San Diego State U. +18 F +9 289 296 297 882 T10 Texas Tech Univ. +18 F -1 298 297 287 882 12 California, U. of +19 F +1 308 286 289 883 T13 Oregon, U. of +21 F +5 300 292 293 885 T13 UCLA +21 F +9 296 292 297 885 15 Ohio State Univ. +25 F +8 295 298 296 889 16 Nevada, Univ. of +26 F +10 299 293 298 890 17 Stanford University +27 F +3 303 297 291 891 18 Southern California +31 F +10 294 303 298 895 19 Washington State U. +35 F +13 302 296 301 899 20 Arizona State U. +36 F +6 304 302 294 900 21 Brigham Young Univ. +37 F +11 301 301 299 901 22 UC-Irvine +39 F +2 307 306 290 903 23 Colorado State Univ. +47 F +13 314 296 301 911 24 Illinois State U. +49 F +18 301 306 306 913 25 IU-Purdue U.-Indy +64 F +14 315 311 302 928 26 Detroit Mercy, U. of +69 F +31 302 312 319 933 27 Central Conn. St. U. +73 F +20 313 316 308 937

2000 Cal Golf Team Member Robert Hamilton Places Second in 2001 U.S. Amateur

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2002 NCAA Men's Division 1 Championship

2002 NCAA Men's Division 1 Championship - Individual scores
* player is participating as an individual rather than as a team member.