01/28/2012 Cal Opens Spring Action at Arizona IntercollegiateGolden Bears begin spring campaign ranked No. 10 by Golfstat and No. 12 according to Golfweek. 10/15/2011 Cal Hosts MacKenzie Monday and TuesdayBears host annual event at Meadow Club in Fairfax.
CURRENT RANKINGS: Golfweek GENERAL: Has an opportunity to become one of the top players in the nation after coming to Cal as one of the top freshmen in the country in the fall of 2009 ... has tremendous length and accuracy from tee to green ... main area of improvement has been his short game ... has a history of low scores and excels under pressure ... an aggressive player who continues to learn when to charge and when to dial back. CAL CAREER: Posted the top finish ever by a Cal player at the NCAA Championship when he tied for eighth in 2010-11 ... the first Cal player to ever finish in the top 10 at both Pac-10 Championship and an NCAA Regional in the same season when he accomplished the feat as a freshman in 2009-10 ... has finished as Cal's top golfer three times in four NCAA postseason events during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns ... has career totals of 22 events played, 66 rounds, 4,783 strokes and a 72.5 stroke average over his first two seasons from 2009-11 ... posted the lowest round of his career when he shot a 64 to open Arizona Intercollegiate during the 2009-10 campaign and eventually went on to his best collegiate finish in the same event by tying for second place. AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-11): Posted the top finish ever by a Cal player at the NCAA Championship (71-71-74 - 216, E) when he tied for eighth after being near the top of the leader board for the entire event ... played in 12 of 14 events and 36 rounds, totaling 2,622 strokes to post a 72.8 average ... ranks No. 243 nationally with a 72.63 rating according to Golfweek (6/5/11) ... top finish prior to his performance at the NCAA Championship was a 23rd-place showing at Windon Memorial Classic (80-69-69 - 218, +5) ... tied for 25th at NCAA Arizona Regional (70-72-72 - 214, +1), tied for 29th at Alister MacKenzie Invitational (67-73-70 - 210, -3), tied for 30th at Pac-10 Championship (72-73-73-72 - 290, +10) and Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (76-71-70 - 217, +7), tied for 32nd at The Prestige at PGA WEST (76-75-73 - 224, +8), tied for 35th at both John A. Burns Intercollegiate (71-74-73 - 218, +2) and USC Collegiate Invitational (71-75-74 - 220, +7), tied for 44th at U.S. Collegiate Championship (75-74-76 - 225, +9) and 59th at ASU Thunderbird Invitational (75-80-70 - 225, +12) ... missed the first round of Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters due to food poisoning contracted the day before the event but came back in the second round with a four-under par 68 that equaled the best score of the round by a Cal player as the Bears shot the best team round of the tournament with a 12-under par 276 that vaulted them into first place after the second round of an event in which they eventually finished third ... his opening-round 67 at Alister MacKenzie Invitational was a season-low. AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10): Struggled with health issues until late in the spring season when he played the best golf of his collegiate rookie year ... posted the team's second-lowest stroke average behind Pac-10 individual medalist Eric Mina at 72.0, taking 2,161 shots over 30 rounds to earn honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors ... played in 10 of the team's 14 events, including each of the last six after health issues caused him to miss two events in the fall and two more early in the spring ... the team's top player in the postseason, leading the Bears at both NCAA San Diego Regional (70-74-73 - 217, +1) and NCAA Championship (75-73-69 - 217, +1), finishing eighth and tied for 41st, respectively ... also had a strong sixth-place showing at Pac-10 Championship (68-71-66-69 - 274, -10) ... the first Cal player to ever finish in the top 10 at both the Pac-10 Championship and an NCAA Regional in the same season ... had a total of four top-10 finishes, adding the best showing of his collegiate career by tying for second at Arizona Intercollegiate (64-68-71 - 203, -10) and tying for eighth at Alister MacKenzie Invitational (69-68 - 137, -5) ... his 64 on the opening 18 holes at Arizona Intercollegiate was the best round of his collegiate career ... other top-30 showings included tying for 24th at National Invitational Tournament (76-73-71 - 220, +4) , and tying for 30th at both Thunderbird Invitational (69-71-74 - 214, +1) and Golfweek Conference Challenge (81-71-70 - 222, +6) ... ranked as high as No. 35 nationally by Golfweek during the season ... selected by Golfweek as one of the nation's top-10 freshmen prior to the campaign. AMATEUR: HIGH SCHOOL: Co-medalist at CIF/CGA Boys Golf Championship (70) and CIF Southern Regional Championship (66) as a senior in 2009 ... led his team to a third-place finish as a junior at California State Championship after his team was fourth during his sophomore season ... high school squad won a pair of section titles in each of his last two prep seasons and a Southern Regional crown during his 2007 sophomore campaign ... finished his prep career with a 69.3 scoring average ... received the Floyd Buchanan Award given to one person at his school annually for excellence in academics and athletics as a senior. OTHER: Full name is Michael James Weaver ... major is undeclared but considering interdisciplinary studies ... parents are Bill and Joanne Weaver ... has one younger sister, Lauren ... born April 12, 1991, in Fresno, Calif. GETTING TO KNOW MICHAEL: LAST UPDATED: June 6, 2011 |
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