Stanford Concludes at The Prestige – Stanford Cardinal

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Nathan Wang’s 3-under third round was enough for a 11-man jump into the top-15 as the Stanford men’s golf team wrapped up competition at The Prestige on Wednesday. Stanford finished the tournament in a tie for 12th at 4-over through the three-day event. 

Wang had a very strong start to the afternoon, grabbing his best opening to a round during the tournament with three birdies through the first four holes to jump into the top-20 early in the round. Having taken a 3-under, 68 scorecard into the back nine, Wang followed up with another birdie on hole three before hitting a birdie on a par-5 hole eight for his penultimate hole of the tournament. Following a double-bogey on hole nine, Wang ended the day at a team leading 3-under for the round and 4-under for the tournament to finish in a tie for 12th overall. 

Stanford continued its strong start to the round with three other golfers recording a birdie before notching an extra stroke on the scorecard. TK Chantananuwat grabbed a birdie on hole 12 before a bogey on 13 forced him into an even-par through nine holes. Chantananuwat kept pace the remainder of the way, shooting at par to finish the tournament at 3-over. 

Both Kush Arora and Ethan Gao ended the tournament at 4-over, albeit through different avenues during round three. Arora, who floated from a birdie on 15 to a double-bogey on a par-5 hole 16, wrapped up the day with a birdie on his final hole of the tournament to finish 1-over for the afternoon. Gao, on the other hand, rifled through his best nine hole start of the tournament, hitting the turn at 1-under after facing some trouble having rattled off three-consecutive birdies from hole 12-15. Gao’s final nine of the tournament was unkind, however, as four bogeys saw the Cardinal turn in a 3-over performance for the afternoon and 4-over for the tournament. 

Jay Leng fought off trouble on the front nine later in the round, earning his first birdie of the afternoon on hole 4 to bring him back in the hunt for an even-par. However, two bogeys on the final four holes saw Leng turn in a 4-over, 76, on the Card to end the tournament. 

Individually, Sean-Karl Dobson showed well in The Prestige Individual Tournament, claiming a tie for sixth. Dobson, who followed up a strong 1-under performance in round one with a 2-over round two, took a strong day in round three with a 1-over, 72 to finish the tournament at 2-over. Brian Ma finished two strokes behind Dobson after turning in…