The UCLA men’s and women’s golf teams split up this weekend to perform in their penultimate tournaments before they hit a season hiatus until February. The men took their game to the U.S. Collegiate Championship while the women participated in the Stanford Intercollegiate. The women’s team had an impressive showing this weekend, placing third as […]
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UCLA men’s golf places first at Erin Hills Intercollegiate
The Bruins got off to a good start on Sunday at the Erin Hills Intercollegiate in Erin, Wis. Junior Lorens Chan and redshirt senior Manav Shah led the way for the Bruins, as both were tied for second place in individual scores after the tournament. In the opening round, Chan finished with a score of […]
Men’s golf makes most of narrow NCAA tournament berth
Maybe it has something to do with John Wooden’s inescapable aphorisms immortalized all over the walls of the Wooden Center and the winning culture that he brought as a scientific formula to Westwood. Maybe it has to do with the sudden emergence of UCLA as a football powerhouse. Or maybe it has to do with […]
UCLA men’s golf ends championship run against LSU
UCLA men’s golf, a team that won one tournament all year, needed two birdies on the 18th green at the NCAA regionals to squeak into the championship tournament. The Bruins entered the NCAA championship tournament with a low seed and were just happy to be there. By how their season had gone, it would be […]
UCLA men’s golf well-prepared for high winds at NCAAs
A men’s golf season that saw the team face unexpectedly adverse weather conditions will fittingly be concluded in Kansas, a state known for its wind and trailer-park-plowing tornadoes. This weekend, UCLA men’s golf will play in the NCAA men’s golf championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. The championship tournament will last from […]
Men’s golf prepares for nationals in new setting
With finals fast approaching and the reality that they can no longer be ignored starting to sink in, most students find themselves increasingly surrounded by the all-too-familiar setting of either their desks or the library. But for the UCLA men’s golf team, the lead-up to the NCAA championships saw them exchange home comforts for the […]
Men’s golf clinches final regional spot in NCAA championship
Being six shots behind the fifth and final qualifying spot for the NCAA national championships with just nine holes to play is difficult for any golfer. Overcoming that deficit to ensure that the season doesn’t come to a premature end is even harder. Such was the challenge facing the UCLA men’s golf team. “I tried […]