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May 15, 2013

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CAL TO PLAY AT NCAA PULLMAN REGIONAL
No. 1 Cal will compete at the 2013 NCAA Pullman Regional hosted by Washington State this Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18. The event will take place at the par-72, 7,308-yard Palouse Ridge Golf Club. The 54-hole tournament with a five-player, count-four scoring format begins from the tees at the first and 10th holes on Thursday and Friday at 8 a.m. PT, and on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. Each of the 14 teams in the field are scheduled to play a single round of 18 holes each day. Top-seed Cal will be paired with second-seed TCU and third-seed USC during Thursday's opening round. The first threesome from the trio of teams will hit the first tee at 8 a.m. Specific tee times and pairings for Friday and Saturday have yet to be determined and will be based upon results at the end of first and second-round action, respectively. There is no admission charge to the event and parking is free. Fans can also follow the NCAA Pullman Regional online by visiting CalBears.com, which will link to live scoring provided by golfstat.com and provide a recap and complete results at the end of each day's action. There is also a tournament central website located at wsucougars.com. Fans can also check out the latest updates and be part of the conversation on Twitter by following @CalMensGolf. When tweeting about the Cal men's golf team, fans can help spread the word by using the suggested hashtag #CalMensGolf.

2012-13 CAL SEASON AMONG THE BEST EVER IN COLLEGE GOLF
The season the 2012-13 Cal men's golf team has registered a season heading into the 2013 NCAA Pullman that is certainly among the best ever in collegiate golf. Cal's school-record 10 wins in its first 12 tournaments has equaled the unoffical NCAA single-season record of 10 victories set by Oklahoma State in 1985-86. Cal has won outright on nine occasions (Gopher Invitational, Pac-12 Preview, Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, John A. Burns Intercollegiate, Fresno State Lexus Classic, Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters, Western Intercollegiate, Pac-12 Championship) and shared another team title at the PING/Golfweek Preview. Not only has Cal won 10 of its first 12 tournaments in 2012-13 but when the team's record against all of the opponents in their fields is individually added up, the Bears are an astounding 160-3-1. The three losses came to New Mexico and TCU when the Bears finished third behind those schools at the Arizona Intercollegiate and to UNLV when the Bears were second one shot behind the Runnin' Rebels at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. The one tie happened when Cal shared the PING/Golfweek Preview title with host Georgia Tech. The Bears also have a huge combined margin of victory in their 10 tournament wins totaling 142 strokes for a 14.2 stroke average margin of victory, including a season-high 37-shot win over host Fresno State at the Fresno State Lexus Classic. During the two tournaments Cal has not won, the Bears have finished a combined four shots off pace of the leaders. Cal has been victorious in 16 of its last 26 events overall dating back to the beginning of the 2011-12 campaign and has finished in the top five in all 26.

CAL'S 2013 NCAA PULLMAN REGIONAL LINEUP
Cal's lineup for the 2013 NCAA Pullman Regional is listed below along with each player's 2012-13 and career stroke-play events, rounds, averages, and current Golfweek and Golfstat national rankings.

	       Season  Season  Season  Career  Career  Career  Golfweek	Golfstat
No. Name       Events  Rounds  Avg.    Events  Rounds  Avg.    Ranking	Ranking
1. Max Homa        12	37     70.86	46	141    71.84	20	22
2. Michael Weaver  10	31     71.23	32	97     72.07	16	19
3. Michael Kim	   12	37     70.08	24	74     70.74	1	1
4. Brandon Hagy	   11	34     71.15	32	99     71.90	23	32
5. Joël Stalter	   10	31     70.87	24	75     71.95	13	16

2013 NCAA PULLMAN REGIONAL FIELD
No. 1 Cal is the nation's highest ranked team in the 2013 NCAA Pullman Regional according to both Golfweek and Golfstat. In addition to the top-ranked Bears, other teams in the field in order of remaining seeding from 1-14 with Golfstat/Golfweek/Golf World Nike rankings include TCU (11, 7, 8), USC (13, 16, 11), St. Mary's (24, 29, T24), Virginia Tech (25, 35, NA), BYU (36, 38, NA), North Texas (37, 34, NA), Baylor (49, 45, NA), San Diego State (51, 42, NA), Ball State (61, 61, NA), Memphis (62, 69, NA), Pacific (93, 71, NA), Princeton (129, 160, NA) and Saint Francis, Pa. (260/NA/NA).

2013 NCAA PULLMAN REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for the 2013 NCAA Pullman Regional calls for high temperatures in the mid-60's and low's in the mid-40's during each of the three days of the event. Winds are forecast to range up to 6-8 miles per hour from the west and northwest throughout the event. The forecast includes a 30 percent chance of rain with afternoon showers on Thursday, and a 10 percent chance of rain with mostly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday.

CAL'S HISTORY AT NCAA REGIONALS
Cal is playing in an NCAA Regional for the 18th time and the seventh consecutive season in 2013, one shy of the school-record eight in a row the Bears played in from 1997-2004. Cal won an NCAA Regional for the first time last season with a victory at the 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional. Cal's top two top finishes during NCAA Regional action prior to the victory came in the previous two seasons with the Golden Bears third at the 2011 NCAA Arizona Regional and tied for third at the 2010 NCAA San Diego Regional. The team's other top-five finish came when the Bears tied for fourth at the 1993 NCAA Tempe Regional. Cal tied for seventh at the 2004 NCAA Portland Regional to qualify for one of 10 spots from the regional to advance to the NCAA Championship before going on to win its lone NCAA title. All five players in the Cal lineup at the 2013 NCAA Pullman Regional - Max Homa, Michael Weaver, Michael Kim, Brandon Hagy and Joël Stalter - have experience at the NCAA Regional level. Homa has played in an NCAA Regional for each of the last three seasons, tying for 10th at the 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional, tying for 16th at the 2011 NCAA Arizona Regional and tying for 28th at the 2010 NCAA San Diego Regional. Hagy has the best finish at an NCAA Regional among the five players in this year's lineup with a third-place showing at the 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional. Hagy also tied for 21st at the 2010 NCAA San Diego Regional. Kim was tied for fourth in his first regional action at the 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional, with his second-round 64 tied for the lowest of his collegiate career. Weaver finished eighth at the 2010 NCAA San Diego Regional and tied for 25th at the 2011 NCAA Regional. Stalter tied for 27th in his regional debut at the 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional. Cal has never had an individual medalist at an NCAA Regional, although four of the five players in the lineup for the 2013 NCAA Pullman Regional have had a top-10 NCAA regional finish.

EIGHT INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS IN LAST NINE TOURNAMENTS
Cal has had eight individual medalists over its last nine events and has had at least one individual in the top two in 11 of 12 tournaments overall in 2012-13. Michael Kim has been an individual medalist in a school-record four events (Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, Arizona Intercollegiate, Fresno State Lexus Classic, Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters), while Joël Stalter has been individual medalist twice (Arizona Intercollegiate, John A. Burns Intercollegiate). Brandon Hagy (Alister MacKenzie Invitational) and Max Homa (Pac-12 Championship) have won once each. Kim and Stalter shared the Arizona Intercollegiate title, while Kim was one of four players at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters in a playoff. The other individual medalist honors were in outright fashion. Before the current run started Cal's last individual victory came when Eric Mina won the 2010 Pac-10 Championship.

KIM WITH 10 OF CAL'S 34 TOP-10 INDIVIDUAL FINISHES
Michael Kim has finished in the top 10 in 10 of Cal's 12 tournaments in 2012-13, with his two finishes outside the top 10 a pair of tied for 11th place showings at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational and Pac-12 Championship. Cal has a total of 34 top-10 individual showings. Max Homa is second on the club with seven top-10 finishes, while Michael Weaver have been in the top 10 six times. Brandon Hagy and Joël Stalter each have five top-10 finishes, while James Yoon has added one. Cal had a season-high-tying four top-10 finishers in back-to-back tournaments at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate and Fresno State Lexus Classic, including the top three individuals in both events for the first time in school history.

NATIONAL LEADERS
Cal leads the nation in nine of 14 team categories in the latest national statistics complied by Golfstat as of May 15, 2013, including average score (71.22), versus par (+0.03), par-three scoring (3.12), par-four scoring (4.07), par-five scoring (4.67), birdies (680), subpar strokes/round (3.68), greens in regulation (70.5) and putts on green in regulation (1.832). Individually, Cal's national leaders as of the last Golfstat report on May 7, 2013, include Max Homa (Low Round, 61), Brandon Hagy (Greens in Regulation, 74.8%) and Michael Kim (Sand Saves, 78.9%; Short Game, 73.6%). Cal's complete national stroke-play stats and rankings can be found online at Golfstat.com.

NO. 1 TEAM FOR MOST OF THE SEASON
Cal has spent nearly the entire 2012-13 season as the nation's No. 1 ranked team. The Bears first moved into the top spot in the Golfstat, Golfweek and GolfWorld/Nike national polls that followed their victory at the PING/Golfweek Preview in late September and have not left the top spot in any of them since.

THREE BEARS RANKED NO. 1 IN 2012-13
Michael Kim is the nation's No. 1 player in the latest rankings released by both Golfweek (5/5/13) and Golfstat (5/14/13). Cal has five of the nation's top 23 players according to Golfweek as Joël Stalter (No. 13), Michael Weaver (No. 16), Max Homa (No. 20) and Brandon Hagy (No. 23) are listed along with Kim. In the Golfstat rankings, Kim is joined in the top 32 by Stalter (No. 16), Weaver (No. 19), Homa (No. 22) and Hagy (No. 32). Homa was the nation's top-ranked golfer in both sets of rankings in late September and early October of 2012, while Stalter held the top spot in both in February and March of 2013. The trio represent the first three Cal players to ever be ranked No. 1 nationally.

CAL'S 2012-13 HONORS AND AWARDS
National Player of the Year candidate Michael Kim leads Cal's list of honors and award recipients in 2012-13. A specific date is listed if it is for a period of time other than the entire 2012-13 season. Kim is the No. 1 candidate for the Haskins Award given annually to the nation's top collegiate player by Golfweek and a national finalist for the Ben Hogan Award presented to the best college golfer by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Below is a complete list.

Shotaro Ban - Team Co-Most Improved Player, Team First-Year `Big C' Award
Cal Team - Cal Athletics Men's Team of the Year at the Oskis, Golfweek Team of the Week (September 17, 2012; October 29, 2012; February 25, 2013; March 11, 2013; April 16, 2013; May 6, 2013), Golfweek Co-Team of the Week (October 2, 2012)
Steve Desimone (Head Coach) - Jack Lemmon Ambassador of Golf Award (2012), Pac-12 Coach of the Year
Brandon Hagy - Team Ben Furth Award (), Second-Team All-Pac-12, The Ben Hogan Award Watch List
Max Homa - California Muscle Milk Student-Athlete (April 22, 2013), Team Coaches Award, First-Team All-Pac-12, Golfweek Player of the Week (May 6, 2013), Pac-12 Player of the Month (September 2012, April 2013), The Ben Hogan Award Watch List
Walker Huddy - Team First-Year `Big C' Award
Michael Kim - California Muscle Milk Student-Athlete (March 12, 2013), First-Team All-Pac-12, Golfweek Player of the Week (October 29, 2012; February 4, 2013), Haskins Award Watch List (Current No. 1 Ranking), Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month (October 2012, March 2013), Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Year, Team MVP, The Ben Hogan Award National Finalist
Cameron Shaw - Team Co-Most Improved Player
Joël Stalter - Golfweek Player of the Week (February 25, 2013), Haskins Award Watch List (Current No. 9 Ranking), Pac-12 Player of the Month (February 2013), Second-Team All-Pac-12
Michael Weaver - First-Team All-Pac-12, The Ben Hogan Award Watch List
James Yoon - Team First-Year `Big C' Award, Team Freshman of the Year

NEXT STEP FOR THE BEN HOGAN AWARD
As one of three finalists for The Ben Hogan Award, Michael Kim will attend a black-tie banquet at Colonial Country Club on Monday, May 20, prior to the start of the PGA TOUR's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. The winner will be crowned at the banquet, which will be streamed live beginning at 7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT.

CAL DOMINATES ALL-PAC-12 HONORS
Cal had five players on the 2012-13 All-Pac-12 Men's Golf team voted on by the coaches.>Steve Desimone was also named the league's Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season and third time in his career, while Michael Kim was the league's Men's Golfer of the Year and one of three first-team selections along with Max Homa and Michael Weaver. Brandon Hagy and Joël Stalter were second-team picks.

CAL FIRST TEAM TO SWEEP PAC-12 MEN'S GOLFER OF THE MONTH SELECTIONS
Cal became the first team to ever sweep Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month honors for an entire season in 2012-13. Max Homa both started and closed out the run by earning the honor for his play in both September of 2012 and April of 2013. Michael Kim (October 2012, March 2013) was also honored twice, while Joël Stalter was selected in February of 2013.

TEAM AWARDS
Michael Kim was named the team's Most Valuable Player, while>Shotaro Ban (Co-Most Improved Player, First-Year `Big-C' Award), Brandon Hagy (Ben Furth Award), Max Homa (Coaches Award),>Walker Huddy (First-Year `Big-C' Award),>Cameron Shaw (Co-Most Improved Player) and James Yoon (First-Year `Big-C', Freshman of the Year) also received awards.

WEAVER MAKES CAL HISTORY AT 2013 MASTERS, MISSES FINAL TWO REGULAR-SEASON TOURNAMENTS
Michael Weaver made Cal history when he became the program's first current golfer to play in the Masters in 2013. Weaver (78-74 - 152, +8) played in the first and second rounds of the event on April 11 and 12. Although he did not make the cut, he was tied for second among the six amateurs that participated in the event. Weaver missed Cal's final two regular-season tournaments at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational and Western Intercollegiate to prepare for and play in the Masters. Weaver finished as the runner up at the 2012 U.S. Amateur to earn both his Masters invitation as well as an exemption into the 2013 U.S. Open to be played June 13-16 at the East Course at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

THREE CAL PLAYERS NAMED TO PALMER CUP
Michael Kim (Team USA), Joël Stalter (Team Europe) and Michael Weaver (Team USA) have been named to represent their respective Palmer Cup teams for the 2013 edition of the event to be held June 7-9 at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Del. The event features two teams of 10 collegiate players each from the United States and Europe squaring off in a match-play style format reminiscent of the Ryder Cup. All three Cal players selected for the teams finished among the top six in the final Palmer Cup Ranking for either Team USA or Team Europe, with the top six players in the ranking for each team automatically qualifying for the event. Kim was the No. 1 ranked player for the United States, while Stalter and Weaver were both No. 6 in the rankings for their respective squads. Brandon Hagy and Max Homa were also ranked on the Team USA list at No. 14 and No. 17, respectively.

EXTENSIVE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA ATTENTION ON THE GOLDEN BEARS
The Cal men's golf program and its players have been the subject of extensive media coverage in 2012-13, including national features by the Global Golf Post, Golfweek, Golf World, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Santa Clarita Valley Signal and The Telegraph (Macon, Georgia). The team's stories and individuals have also been prominently featured locally in the Bay Area News Group, Daily Cal, Fresno Bee, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner, as well as on television stations Comcast SportsNet, KPIX 5 (CBS affiliate), KGO 7 (ABC affiliate) and the Pac-12 Networks. The team also has active Twitter (@CalMensGolf) and Facebook (facebook.com/CalMensGolf) accounts in addition its official CalBears.com website. The suggested hashtag when tweeting about Cal Men's Golf is #CalMensGolf. For a compilation of the coverage, visit the team's clip page at CalBears.com.

HEAD COACH STEVE DESIMONE
Head coach>Steve Desimone is in his 34th season at the helm of the Cal men's golf team in 2012-13 and has been named the Pac-12 Men's Golf of the Year for each of the last two seasons for the second and third times in his career. His club has been ranked No. 1 nationally since shortly after winning the PING/Golfweek Preview in late September of 2012. The Bears have equaled an unofficial NCAA single-season record previously established by the 1985-86 Oklahoma State squad by winning 10 of their first 12 tournaments in 2012-13. Dating back to the beginning of the 2011-12 campaign, Cal has captured 16 of its last 26 events and has finished in the top five in all 26. Desimone directed Cal to an NCAA title in 2004 during one of the program's eight NCAA Championship appearances, including a current school-record run of three in a row that began in 2010. Desimone is taking a team to NCAA Regional action for the 18th time in 2013 with a current streak of seven in a row that began in 2007 and is one shy of the school-record eight straight from 1997-2004. Desimone also led Cal to its first NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles in 2012 before defending the conference crown in 2013 for the 54th overall tournament win of his career. Here are some of his thoughts on ...

The stretch drive
"This is always the fun time of the year. You start with the conference championship, and we were successful there. As we now get to the NCAA Regional, we're certainly not going to look past that. It will be very competitive. There are some really good teams in the regional. We're going to have to be ready, and we're going to have to play well. We haven't played the course before, but the one thing I've heard is that it's a good, fair golf course."

Winning the Pac-12 title and tying the NCAA's all-time unofficial single-season win record
"This was really fairy-tale stuff defending the Pac-12 title and winning for the 10th time to equal a record that's stood since 1986. It doesn't get much better than that."

Being named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year
"It's a huge honor and gratifying to be selected by your fellow coaches. It's recognition that we've had an historic year."

Being the No. 1 team in the country
"It's great, it's fun and it has expectations. We know that we've got people that want to be a part of what's going on and knock us off, but I'd rather be in this position than anyplace else. It's a real honor to be the No. 1 team in the country, make no mistake about it, and our job is to be there at the end of the season."

2012-13 TOURNAMENTS
Cal Wins Gopher Invitational to Open Season (Sept. 9-10, 2012) ... Full Recap
Cal (274-290-298 - 862, -2) started its 2012-13 season with a victory at the Gopher Invitational hosted by Minnesota at the Spring Hill Golf Club. Cal maintained the 14-stroke advantage over second-place SMU (303-275-298 - 876, +12) the Golden Bears began the third and final round with. Cal had three of the top four golfers on the final individual leader board. Max Homa (67-70-77 - 214, -2) and Michael Kim (71-72-71 - 214, -2) tied for second, with both players one shot behind individual medalist Corey Conners of Kent State (75-70-68 - 213, -3). Brandon Hagy (66-75-75 - 216, E) finished fourth two shots behind his teammates and three off the lead. Michael Weaver (70-73-78 - 221, +5) tied for ninth in the final standings, while>Walker Huddy (76-78-75 - 229, +13) tied for 29th. Huddy moved up 25 spots on the final day with his best round of the event.

Cal Rallies for Co-Title at Pac-12 Preview (Sept. 23-25, 2012) ... Full Recap
Cal (289-280-276 - 845, +5) ended up with a co-title at the PING/Golfweek Preview along with host Georgia Tech (287-282-276 - 845, +5) after the conclusion of action at the 54-hole event at the Crabapple Course at the Capital City Club. Cal's four scorers played the final four holes in two-under par, while Georgia Tech's top four players were one-over par down the stretch on the same four holes. The Bears stormed back from a nine-shot deficit after the opening round by tying for the best team round of the day during both the second and third rounds. Cal was tied for eighth after the first 18 holes of the event, before moving into a tie for third three shots off the lead heading into the final round. Michael Weaver (71-70-69 - 210, E) and Max Homa (71-70-69 - 210, E) were among a group of eight players that tied for second place, two strokes back of individual medalist Tom Berry of San Diego State, who was the only player in a field of 75 to shoot under par for the tournament (67-69-72 - 208, -2). Michael Kim (73-68-70 - 211, +1) tied for 10th one shot behind the group of eight, while Brandon Hagy (74-76-68 - 218, +8) carded his best round of the tournament in the final round to move up 27 spots into a tie for 39th and>Walker Huddy (76-72-73 - 221, +11) tied for 54th.

Cal Wins Pac-12 Preview in Dominating Fashion (Oct. 8-9, 2012) ... Full Recap
Cal (285-273-277 - 835, -29) fired the best team score of the day in the third and final round of action on its way to victory at the inaugural Pac-12 Preview at Witch Hollow Course at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The Bears finished the 54-hole event hosted by Oregon State seven shots ahead of second-place Washington (277-281-284 - 842, -22). Cal was a winner for a third straight match, opening the season with three straight victories for the first time. Cal had trailed by as many as 15 strokes at one point after a rough start on its first nine holes of the tournament, but rallied to play the final 45 holes in an astonishing 36-under par. All five Cal players were under par with Michael Kim (71-69-70 - 210, -6) the Bears' top finisher in a tie for sixth. Joël Stalter (72-72-67 - 211, -5) tied for eighth, while Brandon Hagy (77-68-67 - 212, -4) and Max Homa (72-67-73 - 212, -4) tied for 14th, and Michael Weaver (70-69-76 - 215, -1) tied for 22nd.

Cal Stays Unbeaten with MacKenzie Win (Oct. 15-16, 2012) ... Full Recap
Cal (265-268-273 - 806, -46) won its fourth consecutive tournament to open the season at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational hosted by the Golden Bears at Meadow Club. Cal has won its own tournament for four consecutive seasons and seven times in 10 tries since the event began in 2002. Cal had the best team score in each of the 54-hole event's three rounds and won by 20 strokes. Brandon Hagy (64-62-72 - 198, -15) recorded his first collegiate win and became Cal's first individual medalist since Eric Mina won the crown at the 2010 Pac-10 Championship to lead the way. Joël Stalter (70-65-68 - 203, -10) tied for third, while Michael Kim (64-71-69 - 204, -9) and Max Homa (67-70-68 - 205, -8) tied for fifth. Michael Weaver (70-72-68 - 210, -3) vaulted up 20 spots in the final round to tie for 14th.

Cal Finishes Unbeaten Fall with Isleworth Victory (Oct. 21-23, 2012) ... Full Recap
Cal (284-295-289 - 868, +4) completed the first unbeaten fall season in school history by scratching out a two-stroke win at the prestigious Isleworth Collegiate Invitational co-hosted by Texas Tech and UCF at the Isleworth Golf & Country Club. Michael Kim (67-72-73 - 212) won his first collegiate individual title to lead the Bears. Michael Weaver (68-76-71 - 215, -1) finished fourth and was one of only four players under par for the tournament. Brandon Hagy (73-73-73 - 219, +3) tied for ninth, while Max Homa (78-76-72 - 226, +10) played a big role in the team win by coming through with a huge even-par final round after being 10 shots over par through 36 holes heading into the final round and finished tied for 37th, moving up 20 spots during the final round. Joël Stalter (76-74-77 - 227, +11) tied for 40th.

Cal Finishes Third at Arizona Intercollegiate (Jan. 28-29, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (281-284-282 - 847, -5) had its dreams of an unbeaten season end in the first tournament of the spring schedule as the Golden Bears finished third at the 2013 Arizona Intercollegiate although Michael Kim (70-69-65 - 204, -9) and Joël Stalter (65-69-70 - 204, -9) did share individual medalist honors. Kim won his second straight collegiate event dating back to his most recent outing at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational in October of 2012. Michael Weaver (73-76-73 - 222, +9) ended in a tie for 39th place, while Brandon Hagy (79-70-77 - 226, +13) and Max Homa (73-79-74 - 226, +13) tied for 57th. Playing as an individual,>Shotaro Ban tied for 54th (81-69-75 - 225, +12). New Mexico (285-278-281 - 844, -8) won the team title, while TCU (280-282-284 - 846, -6) finished second.

Milestone Win for Cal at John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Feb. 20-22, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (284-282-284 - 850, -14) picked up a milestone win at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate with its sixth victory in seven outings in 2012-13 to tie a school record. The win was also Cal's third in a row at the event and the 50th career win for head coach>Steve Desimone. Cal finished 27 strokes ahead of its nearest competitor New Mexico (287-303-287 - 877, +13), who entered the tournament as the nation's No. 4 team according to Golfweek. Cal also had the top team score during each round of the event and finished with its highest margin of victory this season. Joël Stalter (67-70-67 - 204, -8) ran away with an eight-stroke victory for his second win in as many outings. Max Homa (71-68-73 - 212, -4) and Michael Weaver (72-70-72 - 214, -2) placed second and third, while Michael Kim (74-75-72 - 221, +5) tied for ninth and James Yoon (78-74-75 - 227, +11) tied for 33rd in his collegiate debut.

Cal Sets School Record with Seventh Win (Mar. 4-5, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (346-348-343 - 1037, -43) set a school record with its seventh win in eight tournaments in 2012-13 with a dominating 37-stroke victory at the Fresno State Lexus Classic. Michael Kim (68-65-67 - 200, -16) tied a school record with his third victory of the season, while Brandon Hagy (68-69-69 - 206, -10) and Michael Weaver (69-68-70 - 207, -9) finished second and third as the Golden Bears posted the top team score in each of the event's three rounds. The 1-2-3 individual finish of Kim, Hagy and Weaver marked the second consecutive tournament that Cal players were in the top three spots after having never done it before in the history of the program. Weaver was the only player to be a member of both trios with third-place finishes in both events. Joël Stalter (69-73-68 - 210, -6) tied for seventh, while Max Homa (73-73-69 - 215, -1) tied for 22nd and James Yoon (72-73-74 - 219, +3) tied for 35th.

Cal Closes Out Win at Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (Mar. 8-10, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (285-280-291 - 856, -8) posted a convincing 13-stroke win at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters for its eighth victory in nine tournaments in 2012-13. Cal won the prestigious event hosted by UNLV at the Southern Highlands Golf Club for the first time in a field that featured 12 of the nation's top 13 teams. Michael Kim (76-67-69 - 212, -4) finished in a four-way tie for the lead at the end of 54 holes of regulation before Stanford's Patrick Rodgers won the playoff on the first extra hole with a birdie on 18. Kim shared at least a part of an individual win for the fourth time in his last five tournaments and extended Cal's streak of at least sharing individual medalist honors to six events in a row. Each of Cal's five players finished among the top 11 on the final leader board. Max Homa (72-72-73 - 217, +1) tied for seventh, while Brandon Hagy (69-75-74 - 218, +2), Joël Stalter (72-70-76 - 218, +2) and Michael Weaver (72-71-75 - 218, +2) were each part of a five-way tie for 11th.

Cal Finishes Second at ASU Thunderbird Invitational (Apr. 5-7, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (284-282-278 - 844, -8) finished one stroke behind winner UNLV (283-283-277 - 843, -9) at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational hosted by Arizona State at the ASU Karsten Golf Course. Brandon Hagy (70-65-68 - 203, -10) tied for second on the final player leader board a shot behind individual medalist Nick Chianello of Oregon State (64-68-70 - 202, -11). Michael Kim (69-71-72 - 212, -1) tied for 11th, while Joël Stalter (73-76-66 - 215, +2) tied for 23rd, Max Homa (73-70-74 - 217, +4) tied for 33rd and James Yoon (72-76-72 - 220, +7) tied for 46th. Cal played the first of two consecutive tournaments to end the regular season without Michael Weaver, who was preparing to become the first current Cal men's golfer to ever play in the Masters.

Cal Storms Back for Western Intercollegiate Win (Apr. 13-14, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (350-361-340 - 1051, +1) won for the ninth time in 11 tournaments in 2012-13 after a third and final round of 10-under par at the Western Intercollegiate that head coach>Steve Desimone claimed "was certainly one of the best and maybe the best ever" in school history. The final-round performance at the event hosted by San Jose State at Pasatiempo Golf Club turned a nine-point deficit at the start of the final round to second-round leader UCLA (341-361-362 - 1064, +14) into a 13-shot win over the second-place Bruins. Cal won the event for the second time in its 67-year history and first since 1950. Max Homa (67-73-66 - 206, -4) and Michael Kim (67-73-66 - 206, -4) tied for second. James Yoon (71-72-67 - 210, E) tied for seventh, while Brandon Hagy (73-72-71 - 216, +6) tied for 19th, Joël Stalter (76-71-70 - 217, +7) tied for 23rd and>Walker Huddy (72-75-71 - 218, +8) tied for 29th.

Cal Ties NCAA Win Record by Defending Pac-12 Title (Apr. 29 - May 1, 2013) ... Full Recap
Cal (338-357-361-350 - 1406, +6) tied the unofficial all-time NCAA win record and defended its conference title by winning the Pac-12 Championship hosted by UCLA at the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club. The Golden Bears finished nine shots ahead of second-place and host No. 3 UCLA (346-358-354-357 - 1415, +15) and more than 25 strokes ahead of every other club in a 12-team tournament field that featured six of the nation's top 11 squads. Southern California native Max Homa (61-70-71-69 - 271, -9) led the effort by becoming the third player in Cal history to win conference individual medalist honors. Homa broke the course record with his opening-round nine-under par 61 that was also his collegiate low and equaled the lowest round shot in the nation in 2012-13. Both the team and Homa led from wire-to-wire, topping the leaderboards after each of the four rounds of the event. Homa finished five strokes ahead of teammate and second-place finisher Michael Weaver (65-69-74-68 - 276, -4) to give Cal the top two finishers, with Weaver's second-place finish the best showing of his collegiate career. Brandon Hagy (68-76-71-72 - 287, +7) and Michael Kim (71-73-72-71 - 287, +7) tied for 11th, while Joël Stalter (73-72-73-70 - 288, +8) tied for 15th, and James Yoon (74-73-75-73 - 295, +15) tied for 32nd.