Stanford is competing in the unique Gifford Collegiate tournament held at highly regarded CordeValle GC in nearby San Martin, CA, about 45 minutes from the Stanford campus. CordeValle is a top venue having recently hosted the PGA Tour's Fry's Open.
Final Results:
The third and final round ended with Stanford in 6th place after an 11-over par 366 total counting the low five scores out of six players competing in this unique event. The Cardinal finished 50 shots behind the winning USC team and 46 behind 2nd place UCLA.
Freshman Patrick Rodgers led the way with a 2-over total of 215 (70-73-72 T10), followed by Cameron Wilson at 216 (75-72-69 T13), Andrew Yun at 222 (73-74-75 T25), David Chung at 223 (74-75-74 T30), Shane Lebow with 231 (79-76-76 T59) and Marcel Puyat at 236 (80-79-77 67th). The overall individual winner was Steve Lim of USC with an 11-under 202 total.
Playing as individuals, Steven Kearney finished at 223 (75-77-71 T30) while Andre DeDecker ended with a 231 total (78-79-74 T59). The fall tournament season has ended with Stanford returning to action on the Big Island of Hawaii Feb 1-3.
Prior round results, tournament background and practice round videos can be found below. Final round scorecards can be found immediately below --- click to enlarge:
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| Final round scorecards - click to enlarge |
The second round ended with Stanford moving up one spot to 7th with its 15-over par 370 total. The team is 44 shots behind the leading USC team, 31 behind UCLA and 19 behind 3rd place Virginia. The lead individuals, Cantlay of UCLA and Lim of USC are tied with 9-under par totals of 133.
The Cardinal is led by Patrick Rodgers at 143 (70-73 T8), followed by Andrew Yun (73-74 T27) and Cameron Wilson (75-72 T27) at 147, David Chung at 149 (74-75 T37), Shane Lebow at 155 (79-76 T62) and Marcel Puyat's 159 (80-79 69th). Playing as individuals, Steven Kearney is at 152 (75-77 T47) and Andre DeDecker at 157 (78-79 T64).
Second round scorecards of the six team players are below (click to enlarge):
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| 2nd round scorecards - click to enlarge |
It was a tough first round for the 2nd ranked Cardinal team as they ended in 8th place a full 26 shots behind leading USC. On a day when scoring was low, it took a sensational comeback by freshman Patrick Rodgers to achieve his 1-under par total of 70 (T9) which was the team's only sub-par score. Patrick was 5-over on his first 8 holes, starting on the back nine, and he then reeled off 6 birdies on his next 10 holes, resulting in a 31 on his back nine.
Andrew Yun was next with a 73 followed by David Chung's 74, Cameron Wilson's 75, Shane Lebow's 79 and Marcel Puyat's 80. Playing as individuals Steven Kearney had a 75 and Andre DeDecker had a 78. The individual leader was UCLA's Patrick Cantlay's 63 while USC had 3 players with rounds of 66, 68 and 68.
The individual scorecards are show below (click on image to enlarge):
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| First round scorecards - click to enlarge |
Tournament Background & Video:
Each team competes with 6 players, not the typical 5 players, with the low 5 scores counting each day. In addition, the Cardinal bring 2 individual competitors. Read Coach Phil Rowe's excellent summary of the qualifying for this CordeValle tourney in the coach's blog --- http://stanfordmensgolf.blogspot.com/2011/10/team-heading-to-cordevalle.html. Stanford finished 2nd to UCLA in the 2010 event at CordeValle.
The tournament includes many of the nation's top teams (by GolfWeek) including #2 Oregon, #3 Stanford, #5 Washington and #11 UCLA, plus #32 USC, Arizona, Central Carolina, Long Beach State, Northwestern, Virginia and Washington State.
Stanford's line-up includes Patrick Rodgers, Andrew Yun, Cameron Wilson, David Chung, Shane Lebow and Marcel Puyat and Steven Kearney and Andre DeDecker will compete as individuals. Stanford is paired with Virginia in the first round. Short practice round videos of each player are included below -- each video is very short and will automatically move to the next video.
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