A beautiful view was not enough to distract the Cal men’s golf team last week in Oahu, Hawaii. The No. 10 Bears defeated an 18-team field in the three-day John A. Burns Intercollegiate tournament that came down to the final day of the competition. The victory, the Bears’ third of Read More…
The Cal men’s golf team is off to paradise this week as the squad begins its second tournament of the year. The team will play in the John A. Burns Intercollegiate tournament in Kuhuku, Hawaii Wednesday through Friday. “This tournament has become a tradition for us,” coach Steve Desimone said. Read More…
“Let’s be pioneers in this.” That was exactly the answer current Cal golf coach Steve Desimone was looking to hear from the headmaster of the College Preparatory School in 1972. His second day into his new position, Desimone, a basketball coach who knew little about soccer, faced his first predicament Read More…
The Cal men’s golf team has been anticipating the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational all season. It was to be the squad’s most competitive tournament of the fall, the pinnacle of the last few months. And while the Bears anticipated the first-rate competition, the result was a fitting end to a fall Read More…
Usually, when the top-ranked teams in the nation come together to compete, they are battling for a national championship. It may still be the first phase of the season, but the Cal men’s golf team will face championship-level competition starting on Sunday. The Isleworth Collegiate Invitational will host 14 teams Read More…
Twenty-five feet is almost nothing in most sports. But in golf — a sport in which the ball is about 1.7 inches in diameter and the cup is 4.25 inches long — 25 feet is a significant expanse. On Tuesday, it was the difference between a title and a not-quite-enough Read More…
Last year’s Alister MacKenzie Invitational ended in dramatic fashion as San Diego State roared from 10 strokes behind in the final round to within two of the Cal men’s golf team. While the Bears were able to deflect the Aztec’s arrows to take the tournament title for the second year Read More…
What is the vision of a young, relatively inexperienced Cal men’s golf team for the 2011-2012 season? “I see us winning a National Championship!” said junior Max Homa. “You always have to expect the best.” Though they graduated four seniors from last year’s team, including standouts Eric Mina and Stephen Hale, Read More…
Tough competition was not the only obstacle the Cal men’s golf team faced at their weekend tournament. The team had to struggle through whipping winds, wet conditions and bone-chilling cold as it faced off against some of the best teams in the country. Sound like a world away from sunny Read More…
After starting the year off with a bang, tying a course record in its season opener two weeks ago, the Cal men’s golf team hopes to carry its momentum into a more competitive field. The team will travel to Burlington, Iowa to compete in the Golfweek Conference Challenge beginning this Read More…
