STANFORD, Calif. — History was made once again by Stanford women’s golf in 2023-24, capping off another season as the top-ranked team in the country and with its third-ever national championship. Despite two-time NCAA individual champion Rose Zhang turning pro, Stanford remained best in the nation, piling up five wins, a Pac-12 championship, and an NCAA championship. Stanford has made every regional field dating back to 1993 and has made every national championship field since 2010 while being the only team in the country to reach the NCAA match play quarterfinal stage in all nine seasons of the current format.
TOURNAMENT WINS
Stanford came out of the gates hot during the 2023-24 season by winning the 2023 Carmel Cup, the second year in a row the team won the season-opening event. Megha Ganne built on her Pac-12 Freshman of the Year season by winning her first collegiate tournament, opening the event with a 6-under 66 in the first round en route to a 15-under 201, the lowest score of her career and the fifth-lowest 54-hole score in Stanford history.
It wasn’t until March 5 that Stanford claimed another title, winning the 2024 Juli Inkster Invitational in Fairfax. It was another rain-soaked event like it was in 2023, and the final round was suspended and ultimately canceled. Stanford led after 36 rounds and thus was declared the winner, scoring its second-consecutive win at the Juli Inkster Invitational.
Then came the final Pac-12 Championship, hosted at Palouse Ridge in Pullman, Washington where Stanford set the NCAA Regional scoring record in 2023 by shooting 50-under as a team. The Cardinal were the only team under par through round one, and then went 14-under and 12-under in the final two rounds to shoot a 28-under 836 to break the Pac-12 Championship scoring record. Stanford claimed its third-ever Pac-12 Championship and its first since 2014. Four Cardinal finished in the top-11, and the entire team was under par for the event. In the second round, four Stanford golfers shot in the 60s for the first time in program history.
Bringing the final one home to The Farm 🏆
Stanford claims the 2024 @pac12 championship‼️#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/6G2PDU3WM6
— Stanford Women’s Golf (@StanfordWGolf) April 23, 2024
Continuing to peak at the right time, Stanford cruised through the NCAA Cle Elum Regional, finishing 17-under over three rounds, the only team in the field to finish under par. It is the sixth time in the last eight years that the…
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