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Top Ranked USC Women Keep Winning

May 10, 2013

Junior Sophia Popov won her USC record-tying fifth career individual title as the Trojan women dominated at the SDSU Farms Invitational for their third straight win. Popov’s fifth win ties her with Irene Cho (2002-2006) and Mikaela Parmlid (1999-2002) for the most in school history. USC won by 21 strokes over second-place Arizona at The [...]

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No. 1 Cal Keeps on Rolling

April 16, 2013

Santa Cruz, Calif.—– The University of California posted the best 18-hole team score of the tournament with a 10-under par 340 and overcame a nine-stroke deficit to capture the Transamerica/WFG 67th annual Western Intercollegiate men’s golf tournament. The Golden Bears, ranked No. 1in the nation by GolfStat, won for the ninth time in 11 tournaments this [...]

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Volvik Announces Signing Of Web.com Tour Player Erik Flores To Professional Staff

April 4, 2013

Volvik, the #1 Color Golf Ball on Tour, today announced the signing of Web.com Tour player Erik Flores to a two-year endorsement contract. Flores currently plays an Orange Volvik Vista 4-piece golf ball and will play his first Web.com Tour event of the 2013 season this week at The Brasil Classic at Sao Paulo Golf [...]

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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: California teams gear up for new season

September 30, 2012

GRIN AND BEAR IT: Cal’s men’s team should be smiling after receiving a second-place preseason ranking behind Alabama. The Golden Bears return five starters from last year’s team, not including U.S. Amateur runner-up Michael Weaver, who redshirted last season. Led by senior Max Homa, the Bears look to improve on their semifinal loss to Alabama in [...]

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Fox rallies to beat University of Cal’s Weaver in 37 holes at U.S. Amateur

August 20, 2012

Steven Fox, 21, of Hendersonville, Tenn., made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 37th hole to defeat Michael Weaver, 21, of Fresno, Sunday and win the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado. Fox, who like Weaver advanced to match play as one of 14 survivors of a 17-man playoff earlier [...]

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Cal’s Weaver ‘not disappointed, just sad’ as U.S. Amateur title slips away

August 20, 2012

Michael Weaver of the University of California fell in heartbreaking fashion to Steven Fox in the championship match Sunday at the 112th U.S. Amateur. Weaver’s five-foot par putt to clinch the title on the final hole of regulation went partway into the cup on the left side but horseshoed out to give Fox the hole [...]

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University of Cal’s Michael Weaver advances to finals at U.S. Amateur

August 18, 2012

Michael Weaver and Steven Fox, who each advanced to match play following a playoff earlier in the week, each recorded semifinal wins Saturday to reach the 36-hole championship match at the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship at the par-71, 7,409-yard Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado. Weaver, 21, of Fresno, Calif., held off Justin Thomas, 19, [...]

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U.S. AMATEUR NOTEBOOK: Bittersweet day for Cal coach

August 18, 2012

Steve Desimone has been downing plenty of pain relievers this week for an Achilles tendon strain he suffered 3 and a half months ago. The veteran University of California-Berkeley men’s golf coach probably could have used a bottle of antacid on Saturday at Cherry Hills Country Club. Watching two of his golfers – Michael Weaver [...]

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Semifinals set at U.S. Amateur with two California players in the hunt

August 17, 2012
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Steven Fox, 21, of Hendersonville, Tenn., defeated the world’s No. 1-ranked amateur, Chris Williams, 21, of Moscow, Idaho, 4 and 2, in the quarterfinals Friday at the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship  being conducted at 7,409-yard, par-71 Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado. Other quarterfinal winners included Justin Thomas, 19, of Goshen, Ky., who is No. [...]

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Cal’s Brandon Hagy into the Semis at the U.S. Amateur

August 17, 2012
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Brandon Hagy’s first foray in a USGA championship continues to be an excellent adventure, born of excellent execution. Using his distance advantage off the tee and timely putting, Hagy, 21, of Westlake Village, Calif., dispatched rival Pacific-12 Conference player Cheng-Tsung Pan, 4 and 3, Friday in the quarterfinals of the 112th U.S. Amateur at Cherry [...]

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