STANFORD, Calif. — No. 42 Stanford hits the links for the first time this month, taking part in the 78th Western Intercollegiate hosted at Pasatiempo Golf Club by San Jose State University from Monday, April 14 until Wednesday, April 16.
THE COURSE » Consistently ranked as one of the top 100 golf courses in the United States, Pasatiempo Golf Club contains a rich history dating back to 1929. A work from the mind of architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie and player, pioneer, and fellow architect Marion Hollins, the course features challenges right off the bat on hole 1 while also posting a not-so-easy end to a round with a pair of frontside bunkers on hole 18. Translated from Spanish as “a passage of free time,” Pasatiempo GC can be anything but on a given day.
THE FIELD » Stanford joins 13 other programs who make their way to Santa Cruz, Calif., including six other top 50 programs most notable No. 18 San Diego State, No. 22 Pepperdine, No. 29 BYU, No. 34 UNLV, No. 36 Oregon and the No. 42 Cardinal. Joining alongside hosts SJSU is Cal, Chattanooga, UC Irvine, Hawai’i, Washington and newcomers Nihon University out of Tokyo, Japan.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The tournament consists of 54 holes of competition with three rounds of 18 holes played each day under the play six, keep five format.
THE CARDINAL LINEUP » Hitting the course for the Cardinal will be Jay Leng, Ethan Gao, TK Chantananuwat, Nathan Wang, Dean Greyserman and Logan Kim.
TOURNAMENT COVERAGE » A live leaderboard for 78th Western Intercollegiate is available on Scoreboard powered by Clippd.
STANFORD AT THE WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE » Stanford returns to the Western Intercollegiate looking to repeat as champions for the first time since 1955 when the Cardinal won the tournament five-consecutive years from 1951-1955. Stanford has also had nine medal winners at the tournament with the most recent being Isaiah Salinda in 2019. Stanford won the tournament three times in the 2010’s including a string of two titles in three years in 2014 and 2016 as Stanford won both the team and individual titles.
THE SEASON SO FAR
SATURDAY SURGE AT STANFORD GC » Three under-par outings headlined a successful surge into the top 10 as the Stanford men’s golf team wrapped up competition at The Goodwin. Stanford, which was one of five teams to shoot under-par during the final round, shot the best round of the day at 7-under to finish eighth at 6-over for the weekend. With a late surge in the…
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