2008-09 M Golf Roster

Andrey Mindirgasov

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pacific Grove, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Pacific Grove

Biography

Hard worker, solid all around game.

FALL 2008: Redshirt year.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08): Finished the season with a 74.5 stroke average over seven events...best finish was a tie for 13th at the Falcon Invitational (74-73-68 - 215, -1)...tied for 35th in both the Pac-10 Championship (73-76-73-73 - 295, +11) and the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate (73-77-70 - 220, +7).

AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07): Averaged 74.1 over 34 rounds in eleven events...best finish was a tie for tenth at the Falcon Invitational (74-69-71 - 214, -2) and a tie for tenth at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (67-72-72 - 211, -2)...placed a team best 15th at the Southwestern Intercollegiate (69-76-71 - 216, +3)...tied for 25th at the CordeValle Collegiate (71-74-70 - 215, -1)...finished tied for 41st at the Duck Invitational (76-78-74 - 228, +12).

HIGH SCH0OL/AMATEUR: In 2008, was medalist at Peninsula Golf & Country Club in San Mateo, CA (68-74 - 142) and qualified for the US Amateur at Pinehurst #2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina...finished third in the Christmas Classic (67-71 - 138)...finished fourth in the Monterey City Amateur (74-64-76 - 214)...finished sixth in the Santa Cruz City Amateur (71-74 - 145)...finished 14th in the Los Angeles City Amateur (70-73-77-71 - 291)...finished 26th in the Southwestern Amateur (71-79-72-80 - 302)...in 2007, finished tied for second at the Santa Cruz City Amateur (71-71 - 142)...finished seventh at the Memorial Amateur (71-70-70 - 211)...finished 11th at the Monterey City Amateur (75-76-71 - 222)...finished 20th at the NCGA Stroke Play Championship (78-73-73 - 224)...qualified for Match Play in the NCGA Match Play Championship (78-70 - 148)...in 2006, claimed medalist honors in the 2006 CCS Championship at Rancho Canada shooting 65...qualified for NCGA Stroke Play Championship (72) and finished tenth (76-70-76 - 222)...qualified for NCGA Match Play Championship (67) and made it to the Round of 16... tied for seventh at the Monterey City Amateur (72-71-74 - 217)...finished tied for 24th at the AJGA Las Vegas Founders Junior (72-70-77 - 219)...tied for 35th at the AJGA Mission Hills Desert Junior (71-79-77 - 227)...tied for 45th at the California State Fair Championship (71-70-78 - 219)...in 2005, finished second in the Northern California Junior Championship (74-70-75 - 219)...tied for sixth in the Sacramento County Junior Championship (74-72 - 146)...tied for seventh at the AJGA Hanmi Bank Junior Open (72-72-71 - 215)...tied for eighth at the Phil Marskey Junior (76-68 - 144)...tied for 16th at the AJGA PING Phoenix Junior (72-69-71 - 212)...tied for 18th at the AJGA PING Junior at Diablo Grande (71-75-72 -218)...tied for 22nd at the AJGA Pacific Northwest International Junior (75-76-77 - 228)...in 2004, finished second in the JAGS Long Beach Junior (73-76 - 149)...finished fifth in the Northern California Junior Championship (80-78-71 - 229)...tied for eighth at the AJGA Diablo Grande Junior (70-72-79 - 221)...finished ninth at the Phil Marskey Junior (72-72 -144).

PERSONAL: Full name is Andrey Sergeevich Mindirgasov...undeclared major...parents are Sergei and Svetlana Mindirgasov...father was an Olympic Silver Medalist and six time Fencing World Champion and currently an art gallery owner...born in Moscow, Russia.

Mindirgasov's Career Stats

  Andrey Mindirgasov
Andrey Mindirgasov
Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Pacific Grove, Calif.

High School:
Pacific Grove

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 180

Experience:
2V

Major:
Undeclared

Year Rounds Strokes Avg Low Round Top Finish
2006-07 34 2520 74.1 68 T10/Falcon Invitational
Fall 2007 11 815 74.1 68 T13/Falcon Invitational
Totals 45 3335 74.1 67 T10/Falcon Invitational

Bear Bites

QuestionAnswer
Actor to portray me in golf movie:Jude Law.
Fantasy foursome:Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan.
The best thing about the Cal Men's Golf team is:The unity of the squad. We do many activities on and off the course together.
Most memorable Cal moment:Winning the Alister MacKenzie Golf Tournament in 2006.
If I could go back and give myself advice at age 15:Be much more patient with my game & make more conservative & prudent decisions on the course.
If only one food for a year:Peanut butter, honey and banana sandwiches.
When I'm not studying or playing golf I like to:Read and in the off-season I like to ski.
I chose to play golf over other sports because:It is generally an individual game where you have all control, so you hold your own destiny.
The one tournament I'd like to win the most is:The Masters.
Favorite golf course I've played:Kingsbarns in Scotland.
Coach Desimone is:Supportive and persuasive.
My best Halloween costume was:A mummy costume last year. I wrapped myself in toilet paper.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Freshman

    6'2" 180 lbs
  • 2007-08Sophomore

    6'2" 180 lbs
  • 2008-09Junior

    6'2" 180 lbs