2019-20 Men's Golf Roster

Kento Yamawaki

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 142
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Encinitas, CA
  • Last School(s) La Costa Canyon HS

Biography

Cal Career (Fall 2019 – Current)
• Stats – 7 stroke-play events, 21 rounds, 1538 strokes, 73.23 stroke average
• Top-5 Finishes – 1
• Top-10 Finishes – 1
• Top-20 Finishes – 2
• Cal’s Top Finisher – 0
• Low 54-Hole Score – 208, -5 (Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Fall 2019)
• Low 72-Hole Score – N/A
• Low Round – 66 (Twice, last Southwestern Invitational, Second Round, Spring 2020)
• NCAA Regionals – N/A
• Pac-12 Championships – N/A


2019-2020 (Freshman)
• Final Ranking – No. 334 Golfweek/Sargarin 
• Top-5 Finishes – 1
• Top-10 Finishes – 1
• Top-20 Finishes – 2
• Stats – 7 stroke-play events, 21 rounds, 1538 strokes, 73.23 stroke average
• Low 54-Hole Score – 208, -5 (Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Fall 2019)
• Low Round – 66 (Twice, last Southwestern Invitational, Second Round, Spring 2020)
• Named Newcomer of the Year

T47. OFCC/Fighting Illini Invite (70-75-75 – 220, +10)
T20. Alister MacKenzie Invitational (71-66-71 – 208, -5)
T26. Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (75-70-74 – 219, +3)
T5. Southwestern Invitational (74-66-74–214, -2)
T110. John A. Burns. Intercollegiate (80-78-73–231, +15)
T64. Cabo Collegiate (77-73-75–225, +12)
T51. Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic (75-73-73–221, +5)

AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Ranked No. 48 nationally by Golfweek the Junior Golf Scoreboard has him at No. 56
• The 2017 CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year after earning individual medalist honors at the section championships (68-67 – 135) before following that with a third-place showing (68-69 – 137) in 2018
• A three-time first-team All-CIF San Diego County selection (2016-18)
• Qualified for match play at the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur after tying for 45th in stroke play (70-76 – 146)
• Also was the individual medalist at the 2018 San Diego Junior Golf Association's Fall Championship and Junior World and ABIJC Qualifier at Carlton Oaks Golf Club (68-66 – 134) while adding top-10 showings the same calendar year at the Toyota Tour Cup Invitational at La Costa Resort (2nd, 68-71-73 – 212), the AJGA PING Heather Farr Classic (T8th, 70-71-71 – 212) and the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic (T9th, 72-70-75-70 – 287)
• Parents are Koichi and Yoshiko Yamawaki