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U.C. Berkeley - 2004 National Champions
NCAA Division I Golf
This page tells the story of the Cal Men's Golf 2004 National Championship.

107th NCAA Division I Men's Championship
Course: The Cascades @ The Homestead
Championship Tees Par 70 - 6679 yards

BEARS WIN
       NATIONAL       
 CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!

The Men's U.C. Golf Team won its first National Championship on June 4 in Virginia. Visit any sports web site and read all about it! Read full story at the NCAA Sports Web Site. They were competing in the Division I Men's Championship at the Homestead's Cascades Golf Course in Hot Springs, Virginia from June 1-4, 2004. The Bears led the field after days 1 and 2, but had to overcome an 8 stroke deficit in a rain and wind plagued final round to win the national title. (Right: The Bears pose with the 2004 NCAA trophy.)

Some Facts:

  • Since 1938 (66 years) only 34 coaches have won it.

  • In 107 years, only 29 different universities have won the National Championship

  • Cal is the 5th California University to win the National Championship.

  • Cal tied for the 6th lowest team score in modern era (Since 1968 - past 37 years).

  • Steve Desimone is the 2nd Coach named "Steve". The first was coach Steve Loy who coached the Arizona State team to victory in 1990.
     

Number of National Championships per University
(through 2004 season)

(Only 29 universities have captured this title. U.C. Berkeley was the 29th to accomplish the feat)

Rank University Titles 1st Title
1 1st Yale 21 1897
2 2nd Houston 16 1956
3 3rd Princeton 12 1914
4 4th Oklahoma St. 9 1963
5 5th Stanford 7 1938
6 6th Harvard 6 1899
7 7th Florida 4 1968
8   LSU 4 1940
9   North Texas 4 1949
10 10th Wake Forest 3 1974
11 11th Arizona St. 2 1990
12   Michigan 2 1934
13   Ohio St. 2 1945
14   Texas 2 1971
15 15th Arizona 1 1992
16   Brigham Young 1 1981
17   Clemson 1 2003
18   Dartmouth 1 1921
19   Georgia 1 1999
20   Minnesota 1 2002
21   Notre Dame 1 1944
22   Oklahoma 1 1989
23   Pepperdine 1 1997
24   Purdue 1 1961
25   San Jose St. 1 1948
26   Southern Methodist 1 1954
27   U.C. Berkeley 1 2004
28   UCLA 1 1988
29   UNLV 1 1998

 

Past National Champions:
(through 2004 season)

Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Score Host or Site
1897 Yale         Ardsley Casino
1898 Harvard (spring)          
1898 Yale (fall)          
1899 Harvard          
1901 Harvard         Atlantic City
1902 Yale (spring)         Garden City
1902 Harvard (fall)         Morris County
1903 Harvard         Garden City
1904 Harvard         Myopia
1905 Yale         Garden City
1906 Yale         Garden City
1907 Yale         Nassau
1908 Yale         Brae Burn
1909 Yale         Apawamis
1910 Yale         Essex County
1911 Yale         Baltusrol
1912 Yale         Ekwanok
1913 Yale         Huntingdon Valley
1914 Princeton         Garden City
1915 Yale         Greenwich
1916 Princeton         Oakmont
1919 Princeton         Merion
1920 Princeton         Nassau
1921 Dartmouth         Greenwich
1922 Princeton         Garden City
1923 Princeton         Siwanoy
1924 Yale         Greenwich
1925 Yale         Montclair
1926 Yale         Merion
1927 Princeton         Garden City
1928 Princeton         Apawamis
1929 Princeton         Deal, N.J.
1930 Princeton         Oakmont
1931 Yale         Olympia Fields
1932 Yale         Hot Springs, Va.
1933 Yale         Buffalo
1934 Michigan         Cleveland
1935 Michigan         Congressional
1936 Yale         North Shore
1937 Princeton         Oakmont
1938 Stanford         Louisville
1939 Stanford Eddie Twiggs 612 Northwestern, Princeton 614 Wakonda
1940 Princeton, LSU Walter Bourne, Mike Donahue 601     Ekwanok
1941 Stanford Eddie Twiggs 580 LSU 599 Ohio St.
1942 LSU, Stanford Mike Donahue, Eddie Twiggs 590     Notre Dame
1943 Yale William Neale 614 Michigan 618 Olympia Fields
1944 Notre Dame George Holderith 311 Minnesota 312 Inverness
1945 Ohio St. Robert Kepler 602 Northwestern 621 Ohio St.
1946 Stanford Eddie Twiggs 619 Michigan 624 Princeton
1947 LSU T.P. Heard 606 Duke 614 Michigan
1948 San Jose St. Wilbur Hubbard 579 LSU 588 Stanford
1949 North Texas Fred Cobb 590 Purdue, Texas 600 Iowa St.
1950 North Texas Fred Cobb 573 Purdue 577 New Mexico
1951 North Texas Fred Cobb 588 Ohio St. 589 Ohio St.
1952 North Texas Fred Cobb 587 Michigan 593 Purdue
1953 Stanford Charles Finger 578 North Carolina 580 Broadmoor
1954 Southern Methodist Graham Ross 572 North Texas 573 Houston/Rice
1955 LSU Mike Barbato 574 North Texas 583 Tennessee
1956 Houston Dave Williams 601 North Texas, Purdue 602 Ohio St.
1957 Houston Dave Williams 602 Stanford 603 Broadmoor
1958 Houston Dave Williams 570 Oklahoma St. 582 Williams
1959 Houston Dave Williams 561 Purdue 571 Oregon
1960 Houston Dave Williams 603 Purdue, Oklahoma St. 607 Broadmoor
1961 Purdue Sam Voinoff 584 Arizona St. 595 Lafayette
1962 Houston Dave Williams 588 Oklahoma St. 598 Duke
1963 Oklahoma St. Labron Harris 581 Houston 582 Wichita St.
1964 Houston Dave Williams 580 Oklahoma St. 587 Broadmoor
1965 Houston Dave Williams 577 Cal St. L.A. 587 Tennessee
1966 Houston Dave Williams 582 San Jose St. 586 Stanford
1967 Houston Dave Williams 585 Florida 588 Shawnee, Pa.
1968 Florida Buster Bishop 1,154 Houston 1,156 New Mexico St.
1969 Houston Dave Williams 1,223 Wake Forest 1,232 Broadmoor
1970 Houston Dave Williams 1,172 Wake Forest 1,182 Ohio St.
1971 Texas George Hannon 1,144 Houston 1,151 Arizona
1972 Texas George Hannon 1,146 Houston 1,159 Cape Coral
1973 Florida Buster Bishop 1,149 Oklahoma St. 1,159 Oklahoma St.
1974 Wake Forest Jess Haddock 1,158 Florida 1,160 San Diego St.
1975 Wake Forest Jess Haddock 1,156 Oklahoma St. 1,189 Ohio St.
1976 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,166 Brigham Young 1,173 New Mexico
1977 Houston Dave Williams 1,197 Oklahoma St. 1,205 Colgate
1978 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,140 Georgia 1,157 Oregon
1979 Ohio St. James Brown 1,189 Oklahoma St. 1,191 Wake Forest
1980 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,173 Brigham Young 1,177 Ohio St.
1981 Brigham Young Karl Tucker 1,161 Oral Roberts 1,163 Stanford
1982 Houston Dave Williams 1,141 Oklahoma St. 1,151 Pinehurst
1983 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,161 Texas 1,168 Fresno St.
1984 Houston Dave Williams 1,145 Oklahoma St. 1,146 Houston
1985 Houston Dave Williams 1,172 Oklahoma St. 1,175 Florida
1986 Wake Forest Jess Haddock 1,156 Oklahoma St. 1,160 Wake Forest
1987 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,160 Wake Forest 1,176 Ohio St.
1988 UCLA Eddie Merrins 1,176 UTEP, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. 1,179 Southern California
1989 Oklahoma Gregg Grost 1,139 Texas 1,158 Oklahoma/Oklahoma St.
1990 Arizona St. Steve Loy 1,155 Florida 1,157 Florida
1991 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,161 North Carolina 1,168 San Jose St.
1992 Arizona Rick LaRose 1,129 Arizona St. 1,136 New Mexico
1993 Florida Buddy Alexander 1,145 Georgia Tech 1,146 Kentucky
1994 Stanford Wally Goodwin 1,129 Texas 1,133 Southern Methodist
1995 *Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,156 Stanford 1,156 Ohio St.
1996 Arizona St. Randy Lein 1,186 UNLV 1,189 Chattanooga, Tenn.
1997 Pepperdine John Geiberger 1,148 Wake Forest 1,151 Northwestern
1998 UNLV Dwaine Knight 1,118 Clemson 1,121 New Mexico
1999 Georgia Chris Haack 1,180 Oklahoma St. 1,183 Minnesota
2000 *Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,116 Georgia Tech 1,116 Auburn
2001 Florida Buddy Alexander 1,126 Clemson 1,144 Duke
2002 Minnesota Brad James 1,134 Georgia Tech 1,138 Ohio St.
2003 Clemson Larry Penley 1,191 Oklahoma St. 1,193 Oklahoma St.
2004 U.C. Berkeley Steve Desimone 1,134 UCLA 1,140 HomeStead, Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

Lowest Team Scores
(Scoring records only date back to 1939; Through 2004 season)

Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Score Host or Site
1st 2000 *Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,116 Georgia Tech 1,116 Auburn
2nd 1998 UNLV Dwaine Knight 1,118 Clemson 1,121 New Mexico
3rd 2001 Florida Buddy Alexander 1,126 Clemson 1,144 Duke
4th 1992 Arizona Rick LaRose 1,129 Arizona St. 1,136 New Mexico
1994 Stanford Wally Goodwin 1,129 Texas 1,133 Southern Methodist
6th 2002 Minnesota Brad James 1,134 Georgia Tech 1,138 Ohio St.
  2004 U.C. Berkeley Steve Desimone 1,134 UCLA 1,140 HomeStead, Virginia
8th 1989 Oklahoma Gregg Grost 1,139 Texas 1,158 Oklahoma/Oklahoma St.
9th 1978 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,140 Georgia 1,157 Oregon
10th 1982 Houston Dave Williams 1,141 Oklahoma St. 1,151 Pinehurst
11th 1971 Texas George Hannon 1,144 Houston 1,151 Arizona
12th 1984 Houston Dave Williams 1,145 Oklahoma St. 1,146 Houston
1993 Florida Buddy Alexander 1,145 Georgia Tech 1,146 Kentucky
14th 1972 Texas George Hannon 1,146 Houston 1,159 Cape Coral
15th 1997 Pepperdine John Geiberger 1,148 Wake Forest 1,151 Northwestern
16th 1973 Florida Buster Bishop 1,149 Oklahoma St. 1,159 Oklahoma St.
17th 1968 Florida Buster Bishop 1,154 Houston 1,156 New Mexico St.
18th 1990 Arizona St. Steve Loy 1,155 Florida 1,157 Florida
19th 1975 Wake Forest Jess Haddock 1,156 Oklahoma St. 1,189 Ohio St.
1986 Wake Forest Jess Haddock 1,156 Oklahoma St. 1,160 Wake Forest
1995 *Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,156 Stanford 1,156 Ohio St.
22nd 1974 Wake Forest Jess Haddock 1,158 Florida 1,160 San Diego St.
23rd 1987 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,160 Wake Forest 1,176 Ohio St.
24th 1981 Brigham Young Karl Tucker 1,161 Oral Roberts 1,163 Stanford
1983 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,161 Texas 1,168 Fresno St.
1991 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,161 North Carolina 1,168 San Jose St.
27th 1976 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,166 Brigham Young 1,173 New Mexico
28th 1970 Houston Dave Williams 1,172 Wake Forest 1,182 Ohio St.
1985 Houston Dave Williams 1,172 Oklahoma St. 1,175 Florida
30th 1980 Oklahoma St. Mike Holder 1,173 Brigham Young 1,177 Ohio St.
31st 1988 UCLA Eddie Merrins 1,176 UTEP, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. 1,179 Southern California
32nd 1999 Georgia Chris Haack 1,180 Oklahoma St. 1,183 Minnesota
33rd 1996 Arizona St. Randy Lein 1,186 UNLV 1,189 Chattanooga, Tenn.
34th 1979 Ohio St. James Brown 1,189 Oklahoma St. 1,191 Wake Forest
35th 2003 Clemson Larry Penley 1,191 Oklahoma St. 1,193 Oklahoma St.
36th 1977 Houston Dave Williams 1,197 Oklahoma St. 1,205 Colgate
37th 1969 Houston Dave Williams 1,223 Wake Forest 1,232 Broadmoor


California Universities which have won National Championships
(through 2004 season)

Stanford 7
San Jose St. 1
UCLA 1
Pepperdine 1
U.C. Berkeley 1


Media Coverage

Steve Desimone Named GolfWeek's Coach of the Year

Steve Desimone was recently named GolfWeek's 2003-2004 Coach of the Year!

Article on Steve Desimone in Sunday's Chronicle

Ed Louie pointed out this article on Steve. Here's a similar article from the Contra Costa Times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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