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15th MONTANA STATE Spanos Center 2:00 p.m.

17th SOUTHERN UTAH Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

20th @ Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. 9:00 a.m.

22nd @ Monmouth N.J. West Long Branch, N.J. 12:00 a.m.

4th @ Portland Portland, Ore. 7:00 p.m.

6th @ Portland State Portland, Ore. 2:00 p.m.

10th SAN FRANCISCO Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

13th SANTA CLARA Spanos Center 2:00 p.m.

22nd @ Fresno State Fresno, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

29th ST. MARY’S Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

2nd @ Cal State Northridge * Northridge, Calif. 4:00 p.m.

4th @ Cal State Fullerton * Fullerton, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

7th CAL POLY* Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

9th SANTA BARBARA * Spanos Center 4:00 p.m.

16th @ UC Irvine * Irvine, Calif. TBA

20th CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD Spanos Center 5:00 p.m.

23rd @ UC Davis * Davis, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

27th UC IRVINE * Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

30th UC RIVERSIDE (PINK GAME) Spanos Center 4:00 p.m.

4th @ UC Santa Barbara * Santa Barbara, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

6th @ Cal Poly * San Luis Obispo, Calif. TBA

11th UC DAVIS * Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

13th @ Sacramento State * Sacramento, Calif. 2:00 p.m.

20th LONG BEACH STATE * Spanos Center 5:00 p.m.

25th @ UC Riverside * Riverside, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

27th @ Long Beach State * Long Beach, Calif. TBA

4th CAL STATE FULLERTON * Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

6th CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE * Spanos Center 4:00 p.m.

Big West Conference Tournament

10th Opening Round Anaheim, Calif. TBA

11th Quarterfinals Anaheim, Calif. TBA

12th Semifinals Anaheim, Calif. TBA

13th Championship Anaheim, Calif. TBA

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#11 jasmine DANA senior|guard|bakersfield, ca

#31 eliza DY sophomore|guard|chino hills, ca

#24 jennifer FATH junior|guard|carrollton, tx

#34 emma HEAD senior|post|san diego, ca

#22 erica McKENZIE freshman|guard|sparks, nv

#10 claire McLEOD junior|guard|melbourne, aust.

#4 kendall RODRIGUEZ freshman|forward|la habra, ca

#23 jordan ROGERS freshman|forward|sparks, nv

#20 andrea SWANSON sophomore|forward|littleton, co

#32 shantel THOMAS junior|forward|sacramento, ca

#33 christina THOMPSON sophomore|forward|sacramento, ca

#21 gretchan TIERNAN junior|guard|roseville, ca

#2 arielle WHITE junior|guard|los angeles, ca

lynneROBERTShead coach

alishaVALAVANISassociate head coach

assistant coachjustinWILSON

bradleyDAVISassistant coach

jenWASSOMbasketball operations

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15th MONTANA STATE Spanos Center 2:00 p.m.

17th SOUTHERN UTAH Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

20th @ Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. 9:00 a.m.

22nd @ Monmouth N.J. West Long Branch, N.J. 12:00 a.m.

4th @ Portland Portland, Ore. 7:00 p.m.

6th @ Portland State Portland, Ore. 2:00 p.m.

10th SAN FRANCISCO Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

13th SANTA CLARA Spanos Center 2:00 p.m.

22nd @ Fresno State Fresno, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

29th ST. MARY’S Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

2nd @ Cal State Northridge * Northridge, Calif. 4:00 p.m.

4th @ Cal State Fullerton * Fullerton, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

7th CAL POLY* Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

9th SANTA BARBARA * Spanos Center 4:00 p.m.

16th @ UC Irvine * Irvine, Calif. TBA

20th CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD Spanos Center 5:00 p.m.

23rd @ UC Davis * Davis, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

27th UC IRVINE * Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

30th UC RIVERSIDE (PINK GAME) Spanos Center 4:00 p.m.

4th @ UC Santa Barbara * Santa Barbara, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

6th @ Cal Poly * San Luis Obispo, Calif. TBA

11th UC DAVIS * Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

13th @ Sacramento State * Sacramento, Calif. 2:00 p.m.

20th LONG BEACH STATE * Spanos Center 5:00 p.m.

25th @ UC Riverside * Riverside, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

27th @ Long Beach State * Long Beach, Calif. TBA

4th CAL STATE FULLERTON * Spanos Center 7:00 p.m.

6th CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE * Spanos Center 4:00 p.m.

Big West Conference Tournament

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#11 jasmine DANA senior|guard|bakersfield, ca

#31 eliza DY sophomore|guard|chino hills, ca

#24 jennifer FATH junior|guard|carrollton, tx

#34 emma HEAD senior|post|san diego, ca

#22 erica McKENZIE freshman|guard|sparks, nv

#10 claire McLEOD junior|guard|melbourne, aust.

#4 kendall RODRIGUEZ freshman|forward|la habra, ca

#23 jordan ROGERS freshman|forward|sparks, nv

#20 andrea SWANSON sophomore|forward|littleton, co

#32 shantel THOMAS junior|forward|sacramento, ca

#33 christina THOMPSON sophomore|forward|sacramento, ca

#21 gretchan TIERNAN junior|guard|roseville, ca

#2 arielle WHITE junior|guard|los angeles, ca

lynneROBERTShead coach

alishaVALAVANISassociate head coach

assistant coachjustinWILSON

bradleyDAVISassistant coach

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TJ Bordeaux

Alex Edfor t

James F ield

Danny Garcia

Alex Grieb

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Patrick Kucich

Bayhaan Lakdawala

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Firestone InvitationalOctober 11-13

Del Walker IntercollegiateOctober 21-23

Bill Cullum IntercollegiateOctober 25-27

The Pacific InvitationalNovember 1-4

Saint Mary’s InvitationalNovember 8-10

Rice IntercollegiateFebruary 14-16

Fresno Lexus ClassicMarch 7-9

Desert ShootoutMarch 18-20

Oregon Duck ClassicMarch 21-23

The Western IntercollegiateApril 16-18

Cougar BYU ClassicApril 22-24

Big West ChampionshipMay 2-4

The NCAA RegionalsMay 23-24

The NCAA ChampionshipsJune 2-5

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EDITOR’S LETTER | 4Why all the jostling for the underdog spot? For some reason backing up your game with a built in excuse seemed like the good way to go.

THE ULTIMATE TOOL | 5Not as important as the putter but somewhere ahead of the umbrella and the divot tool. Why the yardage book is one of the most important things in the Tigers’ bags.

THE 40TH ISSUE | 6Five years into Pacific Golf, THE MAGAZINE celebrates forty is-sues of bringing anything and everything on Tiger golf to you.

THE YEAR THAT WAS. 2009 IN REVIEW| 8A few wins, a few runner-ups. Take a look back at what made 2009 a standout year for Pacific Golf.

SPRING IS IN THE AIR | 10It’s a new year... at least according to the calendar. Why the Tigers could be making some noise in 2010.

THE CLUBHOUSE | 14Memberships available! Get in on the Pacific Golf Clubhouse today and enjoy the perks being closer to the golf team than ever before.

TIP OF THE MONTH | 15Fitness 360’s Ben Mackie shares his tips on how he gets the Tigers in shape off the course so they can raise their game on it.

QUESTIONS. ANSWERED | 16Hear from head coach Brandon Goethals about the upcoming spring semester and what’s new for the Tigers.

THE RANKINGS | 18See where the top teams in the nation and big west rank against the Tigers.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | 20The numbers don’t lie. Get the rundown on all the scores, trends and averages for the year.

COMING TO AMERICA | 22Junior Bayhaan Lakdawala came to Florida four years ago for high school. He’s made the transition to California to shine at Pacific. We think he’s Americanized enough!

312-yards. carry the water. 112 to the bunker. four feet of break. left edge? wind in the face, better club up. ground is wet. dew on the ball. roughs thick. looks like a flyer. no sand in the bunker. 221-yards. nine iron. four iron. hit the knockdown. 500-yard, par four. four-iron during the first round, wind was at the back. gotta be a three. play it safe. definitely green light here. go for it. grain goes against the hill. greens are rolling fast. get up! stop and let it roll out. play this safe. it’s a red-light shot. 54 degree or 58? shape it around the trees. punch it through. play the draw. little cutty-shark in there. deep par three. 110. that’s my number. go to shot. hit the flop. dead-hand it. keep the spin off it. gotta get it under the trees. just get it in the fairway. 200-yards to carry the water. that’s a fried egg. oh. he’s screwed from there. 150-yards. that’s a nine-iron. it’s a red-light shot. 54 degree or 58? shape it around the trees. punch it through. play the draw. little cutty-shark in there. deep par three. 110. that’s my number. go to shot. hit the flop.

I realize it’s a little bit of a cop-out and kind of rhetorical to start a column off with a question that I’m inevitably going to answer on my own but in this case it’s a question that needs to be an-swered and there really is no better way to go about it than to just ask.

When did not being the best become the thing that everyone wants?

It’s true. It’s like at some point in the last few years I clicked off Sportscenter to watch a few episodes of Entourage and before I could get back everyone was jockeying for the “underdog” label like guys trying to get to the front of the ropes at the President’s Cup. Since when did being the best some with such a stigma? Isn’t that why we play the games? To be the best and win the most? And if we do that shouldn’t be embrace being the best?

Apparently not because if you’ve watched anything leading up to the national championship game last month you’ll know that the word of the day wasn’t “strategy” or “confidence”. It was “underdog”. Everyone from the Texas lineman to Nick Saban talked about how they were the “underdog” and they were the ones coming in with something to prove. Granted in this day and age someone is always going to be labeled the favorite and someone in turn has got to be the underdog; I get that; there’s gotta be something for the bookies to go on. But when did that “second-best” slot get more attractive than Tigers’ girls numbers one through four?

And it’s not just college football. Or the NBA. Or even college golf. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting an athlete talking about how “they’re the ones that have to beat the insurmountable odds.” Can’t we just get ONE person to stand up anymore and say, “hey, we’re the best. And we’re going to back that sh*t up!”

Remember the ‘85 Bears? The Lakers? Larry Legend in the 3-point contest? Every remember one of those guys saying how the competition was that much better than them and how they had to beat the odds? Of course not! They didn’t make excuses. Claiming the underdog tag is simply a built in excuse in case you don’t win; in case you don’t perform or in case you don’t show up that day. I know that America loves the underdog second only to financial debt and an all-you-can-eat yogurt shop but let the media or the outsiders label you the underdog. That’s what Michael Wilbon and the rest of the crew at ESPN are for.

No one used to even think underdog unless they actually were and the one guy that started the whole thing went against the grain and predicted a WIN!

Ironically there’s only one guy I can think of that stands up to the plate and has taken that path every single time. Tiger Woods. Granted, Tigers’ had a rough road the last couple of months and I’m not going to defend his off-course choices but lets not try to mix the two halves. That’s something that sports fans and athletes in general do better than anyone else. They compartmentalize an athletes superior skill and on-court performance from any off-court transgression he may be involved in. Kobe was accused of rape, Ray Lewis accused of murder… BILL CLINTON got a little oval-office benefit and those turned out a two championships and damn good approval rating. Let’s just all keep everything in perspective when we look at athletics from now on. Tiger may have stepped out…ok, he stepped out a few times but I admire the hell out of the guy and he is still a role model for one undeniable reason. There are so few like him. He’s the rare athlete that has never made an excuse or claimed to not be the favorite. He’s held himself accountable. And I don’t care what he does off the course. If I want to win I’ll take him every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Let’s just hope he’ll be there...

DOESN’T ANYONE WANT TO BE THE BEST?

312-yards. carry the water. 112 to the bunker. four feet of break. left edge? wind in the face, better club up. ground is wet. dew on the ball. roughs thick. looks like a flyer. no sand in the bunker. 221-yards. nine iron. four iron. hit the knockdown. 500-yard, par four. four-iron during the first round, wind was at the back. gotta be a three. play it safe. definitely green light here. go for it. grain goes against the hill. greens are rolling fast. get up! stop and let it roll out. play this safe. it’s a red-light shot. 54 degree or 58? shape it around the trees. punch it through. play the draw. little cutty-shark in there. deep par three. 110. that’s my number. go to shot. hit the flop. dead-hand it. keep the spin off it. gotta get it under the trees. just get it in the fairway. 200-yards to carry the water. that’s a fried egg. oh. he’s screwed from there. 150-yards. that’s a nine-iron. it’s a red-light shot. 54 degree or 58? shape it around the trees. punch it through. play the draw. little cutty-shark in there. deep par three. 110. that’s my number. go to shot. hit the flop.

The Yardage BookYou’ve got the clubs, the balls, extra gloves, tees, ball markers, divot tool and maybe a range finder but for the Pacific Golf team one of the most important items in the bag is a book. The yardage book. Charting every aspect of the game, including distance, wind direc-

tion, slope of the greens and everything in-between the Tigers use these handy little books to take the guess work out of the game of golf. In a sport that’s all about confidence and knowing what you need to do in every situation nothing’s more important than these little books. Practice it in the warm-up round, take another shot during the first round, perfect it in the second and by the final round

you’ve already been there three times before. No thinking. Just execution.

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P A C I F I C G o L F | T H E M A G A Z I N EOk, so this is actually the 41st issue but at some point in the second season we did a Pacific Invitational preview that was literally only one page... you can’t count that. But for better or worse Pacific Golf | The Magazine, formerly just “a Pacific Golf pdf” and then most recently the Pacific Golf Weekly, has been your top source for information about the Pacific Golf program. Inside information about the players, the coaches, the tournaments and history have all made The Magazine the place to turn for Tiger fans.

Started in 2005 by then-media relations intern Jeremy Fletcher The Magazine grew from a logo and a few pictures into the 28-page glossy that is mailed around the country each month. In 2008 The Magazine was turned over to the design firm Projected Cut Productions and relaunched in full-color magazine format. The reissue of the magazine reaffirmed head coach Brandon Goethals’ desire to bring the Pacific Golf program to a higher level and do something in which no other school in the country could match. Once a printable pdf The Magazine is e-mailed to over 700 friends of Pacific Golf, downloadable online and can be found throughout the city of Stockton at various businesses and golf courses.

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COVER BOYsee whose graced the front page more often than anyone else.

9 TJ Bordeaux 9 Thomas Petersson 7 Brandon Goethals 7 Charlie Van Sicklen 6 Patrick Kucich 6 Chris rosenau 5 Alex Johnson 3 robert Perrott 2 Bayhaan Lakdawala 2 AJ Hohn

It’s long since been known that the mantra for head coach Brandon Goethals was to improve the Tigers each season. Gain headway in some area, whether it be recruit-ing, individual victories, team victories or simply by the numbers. That has always worked out as planned as the Tigers climbed the national rankings early on and improved in virtually every area of the game. However, if ‘06, ‘07 and ‘08 were one for the mantle then 2009 was certainly one for the record books.

In college athletics seasons are accounted for according to the academic calendar; just as the golf season ranges from the fall season of 2008 and ends with the spring season of 2009. However, this IS a year-in-review issue so calendar year 2009 it is!

The Pacific Golf team rang in 2009 much the same way they finished it.

With a victory.

Starting with the Rice Intercollegiate in February the Tigers ended a six-year winless drought by climbing back from nine-strokes down after the second round to win by four shots. The victory was the first for Goethals as head coach of the Tigers, ample confirmation that he had the team headed on the right path. But the win did more than to confirm that the Tigers were a talented team - that was something he had known since the season began - rather the victory was a psychological edge that the team had broken through to an “elite club” and reached the winners circle.

“That first win was huge for the guys because once you taste victory it’s not as hard to get there the second time,” said Goeth-

als. “I know and they know how

great it is to win and also how hard it is. Things just have to come together and this was a perfect time for the guys to break through.”

The spring season would unfold in a hurry for the Tigers, with trips to Los Angeles, Fresno, Oregon, Santa Cruz and Arizona all paving the way to the Big West Cham-pionship. Played for the first time at San Luis Obispo Country Club, Pacific simply hung around for two rounds before finally turning up the heat during the end of the second day. Their late charge would boost them into a tie for second place with long-time foe UC Irvine and just a precious few shots back from regional rival UC Davis. There would be no postseason for the Tigers in the spring of 2009 but the runner-up wouldn’t be the last of the accolades as TJ Bordeaux was named an All-Big West selection for the second straight year.

As the academic year came the Tigers graduated their lone senior, Charlie Van Sick-len, a four-year starter for Pacific Van Sicklen was the lone member of the team to enter Pacific before Goethals took over in 2005. He had a victory on his belt but would also leave with one of the highest collegiate athletic honors, an Academic All-American honor. The three-year captain was named a recipient for playing in more than 70% of the tournaments, earning at least a 3.2 GPA and having under a 76.0 scoring average. He would be the third Academic All-American during Goethals’ tenure.

The offseason would not be a time to rest for the Tigers as the highlights kept coming. First it was alumni Jeff Brehaut

taking the first round

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lead at the US Open at Bethpage Black in June and a host of former Pacific standouts winning statewide tournament including AJ Hohn and Reid Scarff. Not to be outdone, current Tiger and upcoming captain for the 2009-2010 season Patrick Kucich etched his name onto the trophy by winning the Stockton City Championship. It was the second year in a row that a Tiger captain won the event as Van Sicklen took home the title last year.

There would be one more event to put the Tigers on the map in 2009 as Goethals was named the new director of the Topy Cup; a Japan vs United States collegiate golf tournament held at the end of each summer. Goethals took over for current United States director and Fresno State coach Mike Watney. As part of the passing of the torch in 2010, Goethals accompanied the team to Ja-pan for a week-long tournament and celebra-tion.

It was back to business as usual when Goethals returned from Asia, with the Tigers welcoming in two new players, Alex Edfort, a highly touted recruit from New Jersey and James Field, a talented and proven transfer from Furman College. Graduating only one senior and with the core of the nucleus intact the Tigers started their season at the famed Firestone Country Club in Ohio in October.

With varied amounts of success and failure during the 2009 fall season the Tigers hit a high-note midway through their five tournaments at the Bill Cullum Intercollegiate in Northridge. Playing a course very much like their own Brookside Country Club the Tigers took control early on and would never relin-quish their lead after the opening round. An early round 66 by Alex Johnson shot him up the leader-board and he would take a five-shot individual lead while the t eam seemed destined

to do the same. When the dust settled on Tuesday afternoon Johnson would claim his first collegiate win with clutch play down the stretch and lead his team to an amazing 12-shot victory.

“Everything just came together this week,” said Goethals. “We played great but it wasn’t out of character. This wasn’t an amazing tournament by any means. This is how talented these guys are an it shows what we’re capable of when we simply play good golf.”

The Tigers then closed the book on 2009 with the Pacific Invitational at Brookside Country Club. A four-day tournament that ri-valed any tournament in the country in terms of amenities also did not lack for drama as Tyler Raber of UC Davis drained a 40-footer on the final hole to lift the Aggies to victory. While the Tigers would again struggle in their home tour-

nament, the event in itself was a celebration and a capstone of where the program has come and the support the Tigers received. With the Stockton Sports Commission and Ron Berberian providing support in numer-ous ways the 2009 Pacific Invitational was once again one for the ages.

With two individual and two team titles the question in hand on whether the Tigers can improve every year seems to be answered. Another jump in the rankings and another top recruit in Matthew Ogden help set the stage for 2010 but first the Tigers look to take care of business in the spring of 2010 and end another drought that is

long overdue.

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UP IN THE AIRJunior’s Patrick Kucich and TJ Bordeaux make a case for the Tigers 2010 title hopes.

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Tennessee basketball coach Kevin O’Neill once said, “the best thing about freshmen... is that they become sophomores.” Case in point for the Tigers as everyone in Goethals program is now a year older. The Tigers’ one true fresh-man, Alex Edfort has already played a tournament and there’s no one on the team better at observing and learning from his teammates than the New Jersey native. That being said with everyone on the team with at least two years of experience at the collegiate level you can start writing off “rookie” mistakes. No more questioning what’s expected or what type of golf the Tigers play or if you show up at the country club unshaven or not. For the first time there’s more answers than questions.

After a freshman year that he won and nearly set the single season scoring average record it has been a drop off for the Washington native. A runner-up for freshman of the year and all-big west first team candidate he barely edged out an honorable mention during his sophomore year. He’s struggled marketably during his junior year this past fall as the driver has abandoned him at crucial times and Bordeaux claimed only a lone top 20 finish this past fall. Why is all this a good thing? Simply for the fact that Bordeaux is too much of a competitor to let that remain the main theme of his college golf career. True, his driver has been errant and he’s had some mediocre finishes. But that’s a glass half empty criticism. To hit it that wayward off the tee and still manage the rounds he has shows his incredible short game skill. While he’s had to work harder this fall that ever before to shoot scores that once came easy... don’t be fooled. Once the driver comes back full circle look for his name atop the leaderboard.

It’s been since the Thomas Petersson years of 2006 that the Tigers had a clear-cut number one player for a full season. Chris Rosenau did the duty for a semes-ter and Bordeaux claimed it during his freshman season. But the emergence of Patrick Kucich over last summer had hopes that he would claim the number one spot and then freshman Ben Bauch jumped into the mix at the Del Walker. Not to be outdone Alex Johnson claimed his first collegiate victory at the Bill Cullum with a dominant performance and even Danny Garcia has shown flashes of a top-tier player. And perhaps there need be no “clean-up hitter” for the Tigers.

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With five players all making moves up the leader-board each week it’s anyone’s spot to control and that still leaves five more guys at home desper-ately looking to make the jump into the line-up. Five guy or one guy... .they count ‘em all the same.

Matt Ogden. The talented senior from Salinas joins the Tigers next fall and should look to make an immediate impact during the second half of 2010. Strong, athletic and golf obsessed, Ogden will have to challenge a senior-laden line-up in 2010-11 but he’s got the talent to blend right into the mix.

Long gone are the days that golfers weren’t considered athletes. That was so 1995. The greatest player in the game changed all that and the results have long since filters down the ranks (somehow missing a few guys along the way... see John Daly). The Pacific squad has taken that methodology to heart as they’ve enlisted personal trainer Ben Mackie to keep them on the highest level of their games. Swing coach. Check. Mental coach. Check. Course manage-ment. Check. Fitness. Check. If the Tigers come up short this spring you certainly won’t be able to blame a lack of conditioning as five-day-a-week workouts have seen the Tigers make significant physical improvements.

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He had a pretty solid fall season in 2009 after redshirting his first year at Pacific in ‘08-’09. And while he’s been in the top 30 of all four of his tour-naments this past semester and has a half a stroke on the all-time scor-ing average re-cord at Pacific go-ing into the spring that’s not why he’s number four on this list. He’s num-ber four in this list because up until about October 1st he had yet to

show ANY indication that he was ready to play college golf. Then he gets into the field at the Del Walker and promptly goes six-under his first nine rounds of his college career. The point being that the Tigers are a VERY talented group of players that hasn’t come close to showing their true metal yet. Who will be the next Bauch is yet to be seen.

It’s both neither impossible or a push-over. The Tigers return to defend the Rice Intercollegiate and after that it’s a host of tournaments in various locations that could leave the Tigers either on the brink of the postseason or struggling right the ship. There’s nothing new out there in the spring except the Cougar Classic in Provo, Utah. The only location the Tigers aren’t used to. Difficult fields there and at the Duck Classic and The Western should prove to give the Tigers all they can handle but performing well in Houston, Fresno and in Arizona

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shouldn’t be a problem. Next fall as the team hits their stride they should gear up for the Husky Invitational in Washington, a trip to Cabo San Lucas, return date in Palm Springs at the Prestige, Bayonet for the Saint Mary’s Invitational and home at last for the Pacific Invitational. Challenging fields, great courses and great locations meet the Tigers when they should be at their best.

Head coach Brandon Goethals has put aside the politics of coaching college golf and the day-to-day grind of intercollegiate athletics for the basics of what could make the Tigers Pacific’s only conference championship team. He’s refocused his coaching and scheduled individual sessions for a minimum of two hours a week with each player on the team. He spent countless hours over the offseason charting out each players weaknesses in order to maximize on-course potential during his tenth semester as head coach. With an emphasis in the gym and now making the most of on-course work the Tigers should be more prepared than ever before.

That’s right. The Tigers have no seniors on this years’s squad. They will return every player from the 2009-10 campaign. Patrick Kucich, Bayhaan Lakdawa-la, TJ Bordeuax, Alex Johnson and Alex Grieb all constitute the senior class of 2011 however and each of the five have represented the Tigers since the moment they stepped on campus. Bordeaux and Johnson already have one win with their college careers just past the midway point and expect Kucich to get one before he’s done in Stockton. Lakdawala and Grieb are opposites on the course but both of their games appear to be coming around as they prepare to make a name for themselves within the class. All that loading up when Goethals first arrived on the scene should pay huge dividends in 2010 because if it’s not going to get done with this class leading the way... then... it’s probably not going to get done.

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The ultimate vision for the Pacific Golf Program, through The Clubhouse, is to maintain and enhance fund-raising opportunities. Our goal is to create different levels of giving that would allow Pacific Golf to not only maintain financial stability but to also grow and continue on the path towards an elite collegiate golf program.

By creating The Clubhouse, our supporters now have the ability and financial freedom to support the program with a one-time yearly gift. Abandon-ing various promotions for funds throughout the year this will allow the ultimate clubhouse membership to join and support the Tigers in all aspects including the Tiger Hunt, Pacific Invitational, Pacific Cup and numerous other ventures.

The Clubhouse will also allow Pacific Golf to better recognize and track annual giving, thus bringing those members of the Pacific Golf family closer to the young men they are supporting.

The foundation for any successful venture begins and ends with planning and vision. The Pacific Golf Program, much like the game of golf is no exception. As on the golf course you would use a yardage book to plan and chart you game you will use this yardage book to track and show your involvement in the Pacific Golf Program.

Within the normal pages you would be able to mark yardages, pin placements and wind tendencies to complete a successful round. That same vision is applied here as you will be able to choose your level of involvement with the Tigers. The system is designed as one of ease; we want you to have the flexibility to join the Clubhouse either all at once, split payments or even quarterly.

While you have the ability to become more involved with this great program and the young men that will shape its future the Pacific Golf program likewise will now have the ability to bring you closer within the Family than ever before.

The vision of the program is one of greatness and that begins and ends with the support from players like yourself. Let this yardage book be your guide throughout The Clubhouse and we look forward to you joining someday soon.

• The Clubhouse Decal• Letter from Head Coach Brandon Goethals

• Pacific Golf Weekly (online version)• Pacific Golf Media Guide

• Tournament White Pacific Golf Hat• Tournament Black Pacific Golf Polo

• Entry into the 2009 Tiger Hunt• Pacific Golf Weekly (magazine version)

• Tournament Black Pacific Golf Hat• Tournament Final Round Sweater Vest• Invitation to Annual Kick-Off Dinner

• Official Players Only Team Golf Bag• Dozen Tournament Bridgestone Golf Balls

• Set of Official Players Only Head Covers• Adidas The Clubhouse Jacket

• Invitation to the 2009 Pacific Cup• Tournament Zero Restriction Rain Suit

• Invitation to the 2009 Orange and Black Ball• Advertisement in the 2010 Media Guide

• 2009 Tiger Hunt Sponsorship Recognition• Tahoe Golf Vacation

If you’d like to become part of The Clubhouse or support the Pacific Golf Program please e-mail head coach Brandon Goethals at [email protected] or call the Pacific Golf office

at 209.946.2713. More information about Pacific Golf and the program can be found on www.pacifictigers.com as well as the Pacific Invitational website; www.pacificinvitational.com

and the Pacific Golf Academy site; www.pacifictigergolf.com

Extra BenefitsMackieFitness 360’s Ben Mackie

shares his tips for training Pacific’s golfers

HELICOPTER LUNGE | Preform a regular lunge with arms straight out to each side, at the bottom of the lunge make a full turn to one side and repeat on each leg/side. Preform 10 lunges to warm up the major muscles in the legs and begin to activate the core and rotational muscles.

FIGURE OF 4 WALK | Take a hold of one foot and with leg bent and in-step fac-ing upward squeeze up to feel a stretch in the hips and buttocks. Release, take a step and switch sides. Repeat 5 on each side to stretch the hip complex and glutes.

LEG SWINGS | Grab the driver and use it as a balancing aid like a walking stick, now with the opposite side take full leg swings to the front and rear with a straight leg. Make sure not to compromise the posture by leaning forward or backwards. This will get you focused on a good posture and spine angle while warming up the hips and hamstrings. 5 each side

SAWS | Bend the arms at right angles and hold them by your side, make for-ward and backward movements with your arms, imitating a sawing motion. Reach to a full range of motion an both directions to stretch the chest and back muscles and warm the rotator cuffs. 10 reps.

PRAYER PRESS | Press the hands and fingers together as if praying, apply good pressure thru the palms. Bring the hands and arms away form the body enough to make room to rotate the hands and wrist forward and back-ward, increase the range of motion as you go to warm up all the small joints and muscles in the wrists hands and fin-gers. 10 reps

RUSSIAN TWISTS | Grab the driver again and hold it at the middle of the shaft with both hands interlocked. Now make full turns to both sides making sure to squeeze the core muscles. Increase the turn as each rep goes by to pre-pare the body to go thru full turns when you start swinging. 10 reps each side.

WEIGHTED SWINGS | Now its finally time to grab a club or two and start making short swings progressing to full swings and increasing the power slowly. at this point the whole body is warm and loose, the core and rotational muscles are fired up and you'll be dialed in ready to start hitting balls! Good luck.

For more information and tips visit Ben mackie at www.fitness360california or check out his tips at www.fitness360california/blog

Just going straight to the range and hitting balls isn’t preparation enough for a round of golf, if the best players warm up, so should you. Give yourself the best chance at a good round by being mentally and physically ready. if you correctly warm and stretch all the golf specific muscles before you even hit a ball you'll be ready on the first tee as opposed to not feeling loose and finally reaching your stride on the sixth hole!

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Q. You’ve got a host of tournaments in the springs, great fields, great courses... what tournament are you looking forward to and which tournaments are the Tigers going to have to bring their “A” games?BG. Our spring schedule is really solid. I always look forward to Oregon and Fresno. I will say though that we must be ready to compete at the Western and the BYU Cougar Classic at the end of the semester. Those fields are solid and it will be key to beat some good teams at that time to help our regional chances. In this day and age though, you have to play well every event…especially us!

Q. Don’t wanna get ahead of ourselves but how’s next year’s class looking? Who’s signed on for next year and what are the prospects?BG. Next year should be a lot of fun. We will finally have seniors from my initial recruiting class and we now have players buying into the system. We have also added Matthew Ogden from Salinas, CA. This young man is seriously talented and I know he will have an immediate impact on the team. Bottom line, and I have said it many times, this program needs young men that want it!

“This young man (matt Ogden) is seriously talented and i know he will have an immediate impact on the team.”

Questions

WillnoW beAQ. Patrick Kucich, your captain had a good fall, a number of top finishes for Pacific, what does he have to

do in the spring to become a top-tier player?BG. Pat is a very solid player and has really developed over the past three and a half years. All Pat has to do is believe. He is already a great athlete and a competitor. I think the more Pat competes in events, the more confident he will become. I believe in him, he just needs to know he can do it.

Q. You guys are the defending champs at the Rice Intercollegiate coming up here in a few weeks. What do the Tigers have to do to repeat?BG. To start, I can tell you that it is always great to defend a title. We have really played well in Houston the past few years and I think this year will be no different. We will dissect the course as we always do and come up with a stellar game plan. If we stick to the game plan, we will have a chance to win.

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2009-2010IndividualStatistics Name Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Par/- Finish PACIFICTIGERS 15 4,336 289 278 28 1st BenBauch 12 860 71.6 66 6 13th AlexJohnson 15 1,086 72.4 66 7 1st DannyGarcia 12 876 73.0 68 5 7th PatrickKucich 15 1,088 72.5 68 6 8th TJBordeaux 15 1,100 73.3 69 4 14th AlexEdfort 3 228 76 72 1 42nd AlexGrieb 6 460 76.6 73 - 80th BayhaanLakdawala 3 230 76.6 75 - 46th

2007-2008IndividualStatistics Name Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Par/- Finish PACIFICTIGERS 35 10,264 293.2 275 47 2nd TJBordeaux 34 2,461 72.3 66 12 1st ChrisRosenau 35 2,580 73.7 67 12 7th AlexJohnson 33 2,469 74.8 68 8 4th A.J.Hohn 29 2,143 73.8 69 8 9th CharlieVanSicklen 32 2,432 76.0 69 7 20th AlexGrieb 14 1,055 75.3 72 - 19th

2008-2009IndividualStatistics Name Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Par/- Finish PACIFICTIGERS 36 10,650 295.8 274 34 1st TJBordeaux 36 2,650 73.6 68 11 3rd PatrickKucich 33 2,457 74.4 68 4 3rd AlexJohnson 36 2,693 74.8 68 7 10th CharlieVanSicklen 30 2,244 74.8 66 7 9th AlexGrieb 12 905 75.4 68 2 12th RobertPerrott 17 1,285 75.5 69 3 31st BayhaanLakdawala 12 933 77.7 71 - 50th DannyGarcia 3 236 78.6 75 - 79th

2006-2007IndividualStatisticsName Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Par/- FinishPACIFICTIGERS 36 10,733 298.1 278 26 3rdThomasPetersson 36 2,628 73.0 66 16 3rdChrisRosenau 33 2,474 74.9 65 4 10thReidScarff 3 226 75.3 72 - 61stCharlieVanSicklen 24 1,815 75.6 68 3 13thA.J.Hohn 27 2,056 76.1 70 5 15thBrettGiurlani 3 231 77.0 74 - 72ndPatrickKucich 24 1,855 77.2 71 1 48thAdamBeckman 9 695 77.2 75 - 48thBayhaanLakdawala 24 1,857 77.3 70 1 25th

#66Head Coach | Cy Williams

Austin Graham | #98

#72Head Coach | Paul Smolinski

John Chin | #155

#92Head Coach | Brandon Goethals

Ben Bauch | #302

#112Head Coach | Bill PoutreMichael Drake | #207

#124Head Coach | Steve LassBrian Hollenbeck | #375

#135Head Coach | Scott Cartwright

Brian Pierce | #296

#144Head Coach | Jim Bracken

Nick Delio | #220

#149Head Coach | Paul Hjulburg

Scott Clayton | #240

#210Head Coach | Jason Drotter

John San Juan | #583

ConferenceRankings

Stacking Up Against the NationTransitioning from #250 in the nation four years ago to the top 100 this past year has put the Tigers rebuild-

ing process on the fast track for more and more success. Yet there still remains a huge hill to climb for Pacific Golf to reside among the nation’s elite.

# Name School Average Events1 Peter Uihlein Okla. St. 67.47 4 2 Bud Cauley Alabama 67.81 3 3 Russell Henley Georgia 68.19 5 4 Diego Velasquez Oregon St. 68.56 4 5 Hunter Hamrick Alabama 68.57 5 6 Morgan Hoffmann Okla. St. 68.62 5 7 Nils Floren Texas Tech 68.63 3 8 Cody Gribble Texas 68.66 4

GolfWeek Team Rankings | 12/1/09

GOLFWEEK INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

# Team Rating Events Sched. Rank1 Oklahoma State 69.09 4 71.14 2 Stanford 69.86 4 71.31 3 Florida 70.12 3 71.17 4 TCU 70.15 3 71.16 5 Florida State 70.24 4 71.69 6 Texas A&M 70.27 4 72.12 7 Arizona State 70.27 3 70.84 8 Washington 70.36 4 71.28 9 Augusta State 70.37 5 71.58 10 Illinois 70.44 5 72.03 11 South Carolina 70.45 4 72.38 12 Alabama 70.55 4 71.24 13 UCLA 70.59 2 71.72 14 Tennessee 70.60 4 71.77 15 Texas 70.66 5 71.85 16 Southern California 70.70 4 71.28 17 Oregon State 70.70 4 72.68

# Team Rating Events Sched. Rank18 UNLV 70.78 5 72.52 19 Texas Tech 70.81 3 71.24 20 Virginia 70.83 5 72.15 21 Georgia 70.88 4 71.07 22 Georgia Tech 70.94 4 72.06 23 North Carolina State 71.01 3 71.83 24 San Diego State 71.02 4 72.24 25 North Florida 71.05 4 72.18 66 UC Davis 72.19 5 73.2176 UC Irvine 72.44 4 73.0992 Pacific 72.85 5 73.50112 Long Beach State 73.14 5 72.65124 UC Santa Barbara 73.53 4 73.80135 Cal Poly 73.68 5 74.19144 Cal St. Northridge 73.93 5 73.93149 UC Riverside 74.13 4 73.93210 Cal State-Fullerton 75.40 4 74.03

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49ercoLLeGiatecLassicOctober23-24,2006•CabbarrusCountryClub

15thof15 PacificTigers 322 318 318 958 50th AdamBeckman 79 81 76 236 54th ChrisRosenau 77 82 79 238 61st ThomasPetersson 82 79 80 241 73rd PatrickKucich 86 76 83 245 79th BayhaanLakdawala 84 82 84 250

countrYWidehoMeLoansOctober30-31,2006•WoodRanchCountryClub

13thof14 PacificTigers 295 299 287 881 8th ThomasPetersson 69 74 71 214 30th ChrisRosenau 73 75 71 219 61st ReidScarff 77 76 73 226 69th A.J.Hohn 80 78 72 230 72nd BrettGiurlani 76 74 81 231

PaciFicinvitationaLNovember6-8,2006•BrooksideCountryClub

11thof14 PacificTigers 291 297 298 886 13th CharlieVanSicklen 68 72 74 214 31st ThomasPetersson 74 71 74 219 48th PatrickKucich 75 77 75 227 48th AdamBeckman 75 77 75 227 52nd BayhaanLakdawala 74 78 77 229

uh-hiLointercoLLeGiateFebruary7-9,2007•WaikoloaVillageCourse

14thof18 PacificTigers 284 281 289 854 18th ThomasPetersson 66 68 71 205 63rd ChrisRosenau 72 71 72 215 63rd CharlieVanSicklen 73 71 71 215 80th BayhaanLakdawala 73 71 77 221 84th PatrickKucich 73 75 75 223

riceintercoLLeGiateFebruary17-18,2007•WestwoodGolfClub

4thof12 PacificTigers 298 311 300 909 3rd ThomasPetersson 71 73 74 218 12th ChrisRosenau 76 75 75 226 24th CharlieVanSicklen 73 84 74 231 53rd A.J.Hohn 82 81 77 240 53rd PatrickKucich 78 82 80 240

FresnoLexuscLassicMarch12-13,2007•SunnysideCountryClub

8thof15 PacificTigers 298 296 292 886 4th ThomasPetersson 71 71 71 213 35th ChrisRosenau 76 73 74 223 56th A.J.Hohn 75 81 73 229 62nd PatrickKucich 76 77 78 231 68th BayhaanLakdawala 81 75 77 233

WesternintercoLLeGiateMarch18-19,2007•PasatiempoGolfCourse

15thof18 PacificTigers 302 299 298 899 39th A.J.Hohn 73 74 74 221 55th ThomasPetersson 74 77 75 226 55th ChrisRosenau 77 73 76 226 68th BayhaanLakdawala 80 76 73 229 85th PatrickKucich 78 76 81 235

biGWestconFerencechaMPionshiPApril23-24,2007•TijerasCreekGolfClub

3rdof7 PacificTigers 292 292 287 871 4th ThomasPetersson 74 69 70 213 10th ChrisRosenau 69 73 75 217 15th A.J.Hohn 75 72 72 219 25th BayhaanLakdawala 77 78 70 225 33rd CharlieVanSicklen 74 78 80 232

ALL THE NUMBERS AND NOTHING BUT THE NUMBERS

adaM’scuPoFneWPortSeptember25-26,2007-NewportNationalGC•7,244-yard,Par72

7thof15 PacificTigers 304 302 303 909 T15 T.J.Bordeaux 77 74 74 225 T19 AlexGrieb 74 78 74 226 T28 ChrisRosenau 75 77 77 229 T28 A.J.Hohn 78 73 78 229 T53 AlexJohnson 79 81 78 238

huskYinvitationaLOctober1-2,2007-GoldMountainGolfClub•7,061-yard,Par72

7thof13 PacificTigers 299 300 599 T8 T.J.Bordeaux 73 73 146 T24 ChrisRosenau 75 76 151 T31 A.J.Hohn 76 76 152 T39 CharlieVanSicklen 75 79 154 T44 AlexGrieb 80 75 155

thePrestiGeatPGaWestOctober15-16,2007•PGAWest•7,156-yard,Par72

13thof16 PacificTigers 306 290 296 892 T37 ChrisRosenau 79 74 70 223 T41 AlexJohnson 79 72 73 224 T66 AlexGrieb 73 77 79 229 74 CharlieVanSicklen 75 72 84 231 DQ T.J.Bordeaux DQ 72 74 DQ

deLWaLkerintercoLLeGiateOctober25-26,2007•VirginiaCountryClub•6,633-yard,Par71

2ndof11 PacificTigers 284 275 283 842 T4 AlexJohnson 69 68 72 209 T7 ChrisRosenau 72 67 71 210 T7 T.J.Bordeaux 69 70 71 210 T20 CharlieVanSicklen 74 71 69 214 T35 A.J.Hohn 75 70 72 217 T49 AlexGrieb 76 73 72 221

PaciFicinvitationaLNovember5-7,2007•BrooksideCountryClub•6,777-yard,Par72

11thof14 PacificTigers 287 280 293 860 T25 T.J.Bordeaux 73 66 74 213 36 AlexJohnson 71 73 71 215 T37 ChrisRosenau 74 70 72 216 T37 CharlieVanSicklen 69 71 76 216 T58 AlexGrieb 75 73 76 224

FresnoLexuscLassicMarch10-11,2008•FortWashingtonG&CC•6,729-yard,Par72

5thof20 PacificTigers 287 293 282 862 12th T.J.Bordeaux 73 68 71 212 31st A.J.Hohn 71 76 69 216 31st ChrisRosenau 71 73 72 216 57th AlexJohnson 74 76 70 220 84th CharlieVanSicklen 72 82 74 228

oreGonduckcLassicMarch24-25,2008•EmeraldValleyGolfClub•7,093-yard,Par72

4thof11 PacificTigers 285 301 300 886 WON T.J.Bordeaux 68 68 74 210 21st A.J.Hohn 72 76 76 224 33rd AlexJohnson 71 79 76 226 46th CharlieVanSicklen 76 78 77 231 52nd ChrisRosenau 74 87 74 235

stevinsonranchinvitationaLApril7-8,2008•StevinsonRanch•7,144-yard,Par72

7thof14 PacificTigers 305 295 301 901 14th TJBordeaux 73 72 78 223 16th ChrisRosenau 78 72 74 224 16th AlexJohnson 76 74 74 224 41st AJHohn 78 77 75 230 70th CharlieVanSicklen 83 79 81 243

asuthunderbirdinvitationaLApril11-13,2008•KarstenGolfCourse•7,057-yard,Par71

14thof16 PacificTigers 292 293 301 886 9th AJHohn 74 69 71 214 31st TJBordeaux 72 73 74 219 46th ChrisRosenau 70 74 78 222 80th AlexJohnson 79 77 78 234 82nd CharlieVanSicklen 76 79 80 235

biGWestchaMPionshiPApril21-22,2008•TijerasCreekGolfCourse•6,918-yard,Par72

4thof8 PacificTigers 296 292 290 878 8th ChrisRosenau 76 67 72 215 10th AJHohn 72 75 71 218 21st TJBordeaux 77 74 71 222 32nd CharlieVanSicklen 78 76 76 230 38th AlexJohnson 71 82 81 234

WiLLiaMh.tuckerinvitationaLSeptember26-27,2008•NewMexicoCC•7,272-yard,Par72

11th PacificTigers 302 300 306 908 29th AlexJohnson 77 74 73 224 37th AlexGrieb 75 77 74 226 57th TJBordeaux 76 74 79 229 71st CharlieVanSicklen 74 79 80 233 79th DannyGarcia 78 75 83 236

huskYinvitationaLSeptember29-30,2008•GoldMountainGC•7,104-yard,Par72

6th PacificTigers 296 299 295 890 11th TJBordeaux 73 73 72 218 12th CharlieVanSicklen 71 76 72 219 29th AlexJohnson 77 73 74 224 58th AlexGrieb 79 77 77 233 63rd PatrickKucich 75 79 83 237

deLWaLkerintercoLLeGiateSeptember14-15,2006•VirginiaCountryClub

13thof14 PacificTigers 295 299 287 881 8th ThomasPetersson 69 74 71 214 30th ChrisRosenau 73 75 71 219 61st ReidScarff 77 76 73 226 69th A.J.Hohn 80 78 72 230 72nd BrettGiurlani 76 74 81 231

adaM’scuPoFneWPortSeptember26-27,2006•NewportNational

7thof12 PacificTigers 304 298 306 908 17th ThomasPetersson 78 74 75 227 17th CharlieVanSicklen 77 74 76 227 28th ChrisRosenau 73 79 78 230 37th BayhaanLakdawala 76 74 82 232 49th A.J.Hohn 83 76 77 236

oreGonduckinvitationaLMarch26-27,2007•EugeneCountryClub

12thof12 PacificTigers 322 307 294 923 31st ThomasPetersson 79 72 74 225 54th CharlieVanSicklen 84 78 71 233 59th A.J.Hohn 84 77 74 235 59th PatrickKucich 80 80 75 235 65th ChrisRosenau 79 82 77 238

PaciFiccoastintercoLLeGiateApril2-3,2007•AlisalRiverCourse

7thof18 PacificTigers 278 290 285 853 17th ChrisRosenau 65 71 74 210 17th ThomasPetersson 70 71 69 210 42nd A.J.Hohn 72 73 70 215 59th PatrickKucich 71 76 72 219 76th CharlieVanSicklen 74 75 74 223

uhhiLointercoLLeGiateFebruary6-8,2008•WaikoloaVillage•6,738-yard,Par70

17thof18 PacificTigers 291 282 293 866 T53 A.J.Hohn 72 69 74 215 T57 T.J.Bordeaux 72 72 72 216 T68 ChrisRosenau 72 70 75 217 T81 AlexJohnson 76 71 73 220 T88 CharlieVanSicklen 75 75 74 224

riceintercoLLeGiateFebruary18-19,2008•WestwoodGolfClub•7,184-yard,Par72

3rdof12 PacificTigers 296 301 287 884 T4 T.J.Bordeaux 75 76 68 219 T15 ChrisRosenau 74 73 75 222 T27 AlexJohnson 75 76 74 225 30 CharlieVanSicklen 79 77 70 226 T32 A.J.Hohn 72 76 80 228

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thePrestiGeatPGaWestOctober13-14,2008•PGAWest•7,156-yard,Par72

15th PacificTigers 317 305 299 921 38th PatrickKucich 74 80 75 229 38th AlexJohnson 80 71 78 229 67th TJBordeaux 78 82 73 233 73rd AlexGrieb 85 77 73 235 WD RobertPerrott - 77 79 -

deLWaLkerintercoLLeGiateOctober16-17,2008•VirginiaCountryClub•6,633-yard,Par71

4th PacificTigers 283 276 289 848 9th PatrickKucich 68 72 69 209 12th AlexGrieb 72 68 71 211 29th AlexJohnson 70 71 75 216 29th TJBordeaux 74 68 74 216 38th RobertPerrott 73 69 76 218

PaciFicinvitationaLNovember3-5,2008•BrooksideCountryClub•6,777-yard,Par71

8th PacificTigers 290 292 291 873 6th TJBordeaux 69 68 74 211 27th CharlieVanSicklen 73 75 71 219 39th AlexJohnson 75 75 72 222 48th PatrickKucich 73 74 77 224 53rd RobertPerrott 76 77 74 227

riceintercoLLeGiateFebruary16-17,2009•WestwoodCountryClub•7,184-yard,Par72

WON PacificTigers 296 290 288 874 3rd PatrickKucich 73 73 70 216 8th TJBordeaux 74 72 72 218 9th CharlieVanSicklen 75 69 75 219 21st AlexJohnson 75 76 71 222 67th BayhaanLakdawala 74 81 81 236

Firestone invitationalOctober12-13,2009•FirestoneCC•7,???-yard,Par72

8th PacificTigers 310 293 303 906 20th PatrickKucich 76 73 75 224 34th TJBordeaux 75 76 76 227 46th DannyGarcia 82 71 77 230 46th BayhaanLakdawala 79 76 75 230 46th AlexJohnson 80 73 77 230

usccoLLeGiateinvitationaLFebruary23-24,2009•NorthRanchCC•6,869-yard,Par71

11th PacificTigers 290 297 305 892 30th TJBordeaux 72 72 76 220 38th PatrickKucich 73 72 77 222 56th BayhaanLakdawala 72 78 77 227 60th CharlieVanSicklen 76 78 75 229 67th AlexJohnson 73 75 83 231

Fresno lexus ClassiCMarch8-10,2009•BelmontCC•6,511-yard,Par72

10th PacificTigers 302 295 296 893 31st RobertPerrott 77 74 72 223 31st CharlieVanSicklen 76 74 73 223 40th TJBordeaux 76 72 77 225 49th PatrickKucich 78 75 74 227 73rd AlexJohnson 73 77 81 231

oregon DuCk ClassiCMarch22-24,2009•EugeneCountryClub•7,033-yard,Par72

10th PacificTigers 307 308 299 913 37th TJBordeaux 75 79 72 226 50th BayhaanLakdawala 80 75 75 230 59th PatrickKucich 75 82 75 232 59th CharlieVanSicklen 77 79 76 232 59th AlexJohnson 80 75 77 232

Western interCollegiateMarch29-31,2009•PasatiempoGolfCourse•6,500-yard,Par70

8th PacificTigers 294 307 307 908 25th PatrickKucich 74 73 77 224 32nd TJBordeaux 77 73 76 226 37th AlexJohnson 72 80 75 227 71st CharlieVanSicklen 78 81 79 238 79th BayhaanLakdawala 71 85 84 240

Wyoming CoWboy ClassiCApril6-7,2009•TalkingStickNorth•7,133-yard,Par70

8th PacificTigers 299 274 289 862 27th TJBordeaux 73 68 73 214 27th CharlieVanSicklen 77 66 71 214 39th PatrickKucich 71 72 73 216 54th AlexJohnson 78 68 72 218 104th RobertPerrott 78 73 80 231

big West ChampionshipApril20-21,2009•SanLuisObispoCC•6,779-yard,Par72

2nd PacificTigers 294 288 286 868 3rd TJBordeaux 74 71 69 214 10th AlexJohnson 73 70 74 217 12th CharlieVanSicklen 70 77 71 218 20th PatrickKucich 77 70 74 221 33rd RobertPerrott 80 78 72 230

Del Walker invitationalOctober22-23,2009•VirginiaCC•6,578-yard,Par70

8th PacificTigers 354 353 354 1,061 13th BenBauch 70 67 70 207 21st DannyGarcia 70 71 68 209 26th AlexJohnson 68 73 70 211 50th TJBordeaux 73 70 73 216 62nd PatrickKucich 73 72 73 218 85th AlexGrieb 76 76 75 227

bill Cullum invitationalOctober26-27,2009•WoodRanchCC•Par72

1st PacificTigers 279 281 283 843 1st AlexJohnson 66 68 73 207 7th DannyGarcia 69 76 68 213 14th TJBordeaux 76 70 69 215 15th PatrickKucich 72 71 73 216 22nd BenBauch 72 72 73 217

the paCiFiC invitationalNovember1-4,2009•BrooksideCountryClub•Par71

8th PacificTigers 278 284 286 848 8th PatrickKucich 71 68 70 209 13th AlexJohnson 69 70 71 210 16th BenBauch 66 72 73 211 39th TJBordeaux 72 75 72 219 50th DannyGarcia 73 74 77 224

saint mary’s invitationalNovember9-10,2009•PoppyHills•Par72

6th PacificTigers 303 292 295 890 16th PatrickKucich 79 69 73 221 21st TJBordeaux 78 72 73 223 28th BenBauch 73 75 77 225 42nd AlexEdfort 78 78 72 228 42nd AlexJohnson 74 76 78 228

riCe interCollegiate-

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oregon DuCk ClassiC-


big West Championship-


Western interCollegiate-


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ALL THE NUMBERS AND NOTHING BUT THE NUMBERS

THE MAGAZINE | Biggest difference between California and Dubai?BAYHAAN LAKDAWLA | How much time do you have? Back home it’s all buildings and clubs. In Stockton I see a lot of tractors and farm-land.Best thing about California. The weather. Wait... you’re from the desert! Isn’t it always hot and sunny? Good point. Take it off. I’d say having LA and the Bay so close...Golf better here or there? It depends. It’s different. Over here its competitive. Back home the courses have a different layout. Most are professional tracks that have tour events.You’re a car guy right? How’d you get into that? Ever since I can remember. Ever since I began to speak I loved them. Even before golf? How’d you get into the game? My dad played a lot. And I followed him. I got hooked from the first time that I played. The car of your dreams or a membership at Augusta. And you gotta drive Prius or something...Oh geez. Membership cause then I’m well off and can get a good car.

the last word

B o r d e a u x | L a k d a w a l a | J o h n s o n | K u c i c h | G r i e b | P e r r o t t | G o e t h a l s | E d f o r t | B a u c h | G a r c i a | F l e t c h e r | F i e l d

Nope. You gotta drive the Prius...(thinking...) Ok... I’ll take the membership. What motivates you? In life or golf...? The fact that every day I can beat someone at some-thing.What’s your biggest strength on the golf course? I don’t go down easy. You’ll have to cut me down and drag me off. I’ll use the word that my friend Claudo described me. Fiesty.You live with Pat, TJ, and Grieb. What’s that like? It’s actually great. I’ve always lived with Pat. TJ and Grieb are more alike. They usually provide the entertainment. We all have different personalities but we blend it in. We all pick on Grieb though... that’s when we come together. Whose the biggest clown on the team? TJ.How many times a day do you wash your hands? Do you really want me to count? I’m gonna go with 20 to 25 times. What’s one thing you want to do in America that you haven’t done yet? Win a championship ring.

You’re a big fan of rap music. Who’s your favorite? No one in particular. It’s more about the beats. As long as it’s got a good beat. What’s your tournament day routine? Wake up, shower. Ten-minute prayer session that I do twice a day, once in the morning. Ten-minutes of stretching. I always make sure I have all my equipment ready for the day and I always have to have my wallet, phone and keys with me. How is an off-day in Stockton different from a day in Dubai? In Dubai I usually put on my latest playlist and just take the car out and go drive around the city at night. That really relaxes me. In Stockton I usually wouldn’t do that. I’d put a movie on and stay at home.How would you describe Dubai in two words to someone who’s never been there before?Different. Extravagant.You have to pick one guy on the team to make a 20-foot putt to save your life. Who do you pick? Can I pick me? No. TJ most likely.

B o r d e a u x | L a k d a w a l a | J o h n s o n | K u c i c h | G r i e b | P e r r o t t | G o e t h a l s | E d f o r t | B a u c h | G a r c i a | F l e t c h e r | F i e l d

You should know this will be mostly about golf, expen-sive cars, education and golf.

Probably in that order too.

Bayhaan Lakdwala isn’t local. Heck, he’s not even national.

He’s from the only place in the world that spends money like it’s water. His homeland cares about ap-

pearance, quality and they have a little bit of swagger ‘cause they do it like no one else in the world. It’s safe to say that Dubai-born Bayhaan Lakdawala has brought a

bit of that attitude over the pond with him.

Welcome to America

You enter a best-ball tournament for a million dollars... who’s your partner? In the world? Gotta be Tiger. No two ways about it. He’s been clutch a few times before...On the team? Pat. Why? We understand each other’s game. We know how each other’s tenden-cies are.How is the team different now than when you were a freshman? The gap between the 8 guy and 1 guy is a lot less. We have a lot bet-ter team. We’re still young but we’re deep. Our scores also tell that the gap isn’t that big. That’s the biggest thing.What’s something you wish you knew your first year in the pro-gram. I wish I understood patience back then. That if I work hard than the results will come. Not to freak out and push too hard at once.What’s the biggest thing you’ll take away from the program after you graduate? That life is one big competition. You have to go beat someone for ev-erything you want.

Good... Better... Best.

Never rest ʻtill good be better and better be best.

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