Boys golf 2010 season preview

O.C. PRESEASON TOP 10

1. Servite – Patrick Cantlay, the No. 2 senior in the latest Golfweek poll, returns to lead the Friars

2. Villa Park – The Spartans have some nationally-ranked juniors in their lineup, including Ryan Tetrault and Alex Bungert, the only O.C. player to make the state tournament last year

3. Santa Margarita – Three of the Eagles returners had scoring averages in the 30s for nine holes. Andrew Levitt led at 37.80.

Click here for a closer look at Santa Margarita and other top teams for the boys golf season.

4. Mater Dei – The Monarchs are led by Brian Campbell, who posted a 36.2 scoring average last season, and won the individual portion of the Diamondback Tournament, shooting a 6-under 66 at Spring Valley Country Club.

5. San Clemente – Kevin Allen and Matt Duralde, two All-South Coast League first-team selections last year, are returning, so the Tritons should contend for their fourth consecutive league title.

6-10: Tesoro, Foothill, Brea Olinda, Aliso Niguel, Los Alamitos

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Andrew Akers (Sr. Tesoro); Kevin Allen (Jr., San Clemente); Ryan Arzaga (Sr., Mission Viejo); Zach Bauer (Jr., Edison); Ryan Beckies (Sr., Mission Viejo); Jordan Bender (Jr., Edison); Miles Beran (Sr., Marina); Benny Bernard (Jr., Cypress); Vikram Bhatt (Sr., Laguna Hills); Patrick Brady (Jr., Sage Hill); Mike Brockinton (Sr., Dana Hills); Keegan Brown (Jr., San Juan Hills); Alex Bungert (Sr., Villa Park); Ryan Burns (Sr., Estancia); Brian Campbell (Jr., Mater Dei); Patrick Cantlay (Sr., Servite); Anthony Catalano (Sr., Edison); Tyler Cedarholm (Sr., Laguna Hills); James Chai (Sr., Sage Hill); Rak Cho (Jr., Brea Olinda); Michael Choe (So., Brea Olinda); Brian Clifford (Sr., Villa Park); Braden Cluck (Sr., Mater Dei); Nick Busemi (Sr., Aliso Niguel); Sammy Cole (Jr., Aliso Niguel); Forbes Collins (Sr., El Toro); Cory Cwieka (Jr., Esperanza); Kevin De Huff (Jr., Santa Margarita); Chase Dinsmore (Jr., Tesoro); Patrick Dorris (Sr., San Clemente); Matt Duralde (Sr., San Clemente); Ryan Dungan (Sr., Capistrano Valley Chr.); Dan Edwards (Sr., Fullerton); Brandon Elliott (Sr. San Clemente); Ahmed ElTamami (So., Sage Hill); Jeff Ferguson (Jr., Edison); Sam Ferguson (Jr., San Juan Hills); Zach Fielder (Sr., Calvary Chapel); Carson Fitch (Sr., Mission Viejo); Kyle Frame (Jr., Marina); Kam Fujii (Jr., Sage Hill); Jeff Fuzzard (Sr., Marina); Corey Gard (Sr., Villa Park); Stephen Grant (Sr., Sage Hill); Garrett Grewe (Sr., JSerra); Michael Haeri (Jr., Mater Dei); Jesse Heinrichs (Jr., Marina); Chase Hinman (Sr., Irvine); Brenton Hirao (Fr., Cypress); Jarred Hoffman (Jr., Sage Hill); Beau Hossler (Fr., Santa Margarita); Caleb Ilagam (So., Cypress); Ezequiel Jauregui (So., Savanna); William Jiang (Jr., University); Stephen Jasper (Jr., JSerra); Mark Jensma (Jr., Aliso Niguel); Greg Johnson (Jr., University); Matt Johnson (Sr., Fullerton); Alex Kang (Sr., Beckman); Jeffery Kang (Sunny Hills); Steve Kang (Jr., Beckman); Matt Kepstein (Jr., Savanna); Shakun Khanna (Sr., Dana Hills); Billy Kim (Fr., Troy); Andrew Kim (Jr., San Clemente); Matt Kim (Sr., Esperanza); Kevin Koeller (Jr., Edison); Jake Knapp (So., Estancia); Jeff Koch (Jr., Tustin); Andrew Levitt (So., Santa Margarita); Daniel Lim (Jr., Troy); Norelle Lohmann (Sr., Capistrano Valley Chr.); Gabriel Lozano (Sr., Savanna); Dan Martin (Sr., Tesoro); Matt Martin (Sr., Mission Viejo); Danny McCarthy (So., Santa Margarita); Carson Miller (Sr., El Modena); Michael Moorehead (So., Corona del Mar); Grant Myers (Sr., Dana Hills); Patrick O'Dea (Sr., Irvine); Rikcy Owaki (Sr., Esperanza); Joe Ovalle (Sr., Brea Olinda); Isaac Park (Sr., Troy); David Peiekoudas (So., University); Jordan Pierson (Sr., Santa Margarita); Tyler Poucher (Jr., Tustin); Camden Price (So., Mater Dei); Steven Remolacio (Sr., Santa Margarita); Matt Rigg (Sr. Mission Viejo); Jae Son (Sr., Irvine); Spencer Roberts (Sr., Estancia); Travis Russell (Sr., Newport Harbor); Jamie Salttery (Sr., Laguna Hills); Kelby Scharmann (Jr., Tesoro); Andrew Shoup (Jr., Marina); Kevin Su (Sr., Edison); Jordan Singh (Sr., Edison); Jacob Suarez (Jr., El Modena); Barrett Taylor (So., Esperanza); Eric Taylor (Jr., San Juan Hills); Owen Taylor (Jr., San Juan Hills); Ryan Tetrault (Jr., Villa Park); Keaton Thomas (Sr., Tesoro); Kevin Thompson (Sr., JSerra); Nathan Trok (Sr., Mission Viejo); Daniel Tuchler (Sr., Fullerton); Preston Valder (Jr., Servite); TJ Valois (Jr., Capistrano Valley Chr.); Bobby Uchida (Sr., Dana Hills); Carl Vaughn (Jr., Capistrano Valley Chr.); Spencer Verrill (Sr., Irvine); Derek Wang (Jr., Troy); Ian Webb (Jr., San Juan Hills); Kevin Weber (Jr., Santa Margarita); Brian Wielenga (Sr., San Clemente); Daniel Wilson (Sr., Brea Olinda); Matt Wilson (Sr., Villa Park); Jordan Wines (Jr., Savanna); William Yang (Sr., Aliso Niguel); Matthew Yoshino (Jr., Irvine); Jordan Young (Jr., Estancia);

IMPORTANT DATES

May 10, Eastern CIF Team Regional, Yucaipa Valley Golf Club, 8 a.m. shotgun; May 10, South Coast CIF Team Regional, Talega Golf Club, 7:30 a.m. shotgun; May 10, Southern CIF Team Regional, Tijeras Creek Golf Club, 7 a.m. shotgun; May 10, Western CIF Team Regional, Mountain Meadows Golf Club, 8 a.m. shotgun; May 13, CIF-SS Team Championship, Redhawk Golf Club, 8 a.m.; May 17, Southern Individual Regional, Skylinks Golf Course, 7 a.m. shotgun; May 24, CIF-SS Individual Championship, La Purisima Golf Course, 8 a.m.; June 3, SCGA State Qualifying tournament, SCGA Members Course; June 8, CIF State Championship, Santa Maria Country Club.