The Bruins began their challenge-riddled season with some nature-caused difficulties. UCLA women’s golf finished second in a three-team pool in The Match in the Desert at the Superstition Mountain Golf Club in Gold Canyon, Arizona. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Emma Spitz was UCLA women’s golf’s lowest scorer at The Match in the Desert, shooting an even-par 144 over the course of the two-day tournament. (Courtesy of Connor Smith)
The Bruins will make their return to the course this weekend after a 10-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. UCLA women’s golf will be competing in The Match in the Desert, which runs from Sunday to Monday and includes Arizona State, Denver and Arizona. Read more...
Photo: Junior Simar Singh is one of five Bruins making the trip to Arizona as UCLA women’s golf prepares for The Match in the Desert, its first tournament of the season. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
The NCAA announced Friday that another year of athletic eligibility will be given to fall sport student-athletes. After the cancellation of the Pac-12 and Big Ten fall sports seasons earlier this month, the Division 1 Board of Directors implemented a blanket COVID-19 waiver, which not only gave fall athletes another year of eligibility but protected all players from losing scholarships should they opt out of the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football rising redshirt senior running back Demetric Felton is one of the fall sport student-athletes who will be granted an extra year of athletic eligibility. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Aug. 18 at 5:16 p.m. to reflect a new illustration for the Swim & Dive team. With the Pac-12’s recent cancellation of all athletic competitions for the rest of the 2020 calendar year, many UCLA sports will be waiting longer than usual to start their seasons. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
All fall Pac-12 sports have been postponed for the rest of the calendar year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference announced Tuesday. “The health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports has been our number one priority since the start of this current crisis,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.” In the official announcement, the conference also released the medical recommendations that went into its decision. Read more...
Photo: Every Pac-12 fall sport season – including the third year for UCLA football junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson – has been postponed. The conference announced Tuesday that the conditions made playing unsafe for the time being. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Fall sports have been given a road map to a return. The NCAA Board of Governors released Wednesday a list of requirements for schools and conferences to conduct fall sports, as well as implemented an Aug. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s soccer rising junior goalkeeper Justin Garces (left), UCLA football rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson (center) and UCLA women’s volleyball rising senior outside/opposite hitter Mac May (right) might still be able to take the field this fall after new NCAA guidelines were announced Wednesday. (Left to right: Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff, Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff, Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)
With limited sports to watch, remote summer sessions and endless canceled internships, a lot of Bruins are looking for hobbies to fill their time. Any students still near campus have hiking trails, beaches and top-tier takeout at their fingertips, but for anyone looking to pick up a new sport this summer, there’s always golf. Read more...
Photo: Just a couple miles away from LAX, Westchester Golf Course offers players a full 18 holes from early morning to past sundown. (Courtesy of Westchester Golf Course)
