David Chung named a semifinalist for the 2010 Ben Hogan Award

Congratulations go to sophomore David Chung whose outstanding 2009-2010 season play has led to him being named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2010 Ben Hogan Award, the most prestigious award in men's college golf.

In 7 events this season, David has 4 top 10 finishes and a team leading 71.3 stroke average.

As announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America, the semifinalists are Bud Cauley of Alabama, Stanford’s David Chung, Harris English and Russell Henley of Georgia, Texas’ Dylan Frittelli, Brendan Gielow of Wake Forest, Augusta State’s Patrick Reed, Nick Taylor of Washington and Oklahoma State’s Kevin Tway and Peter Uihlein.

The semifinalists were announced on Golfweek TV. To view the video you can follow this link: http://www.golfweek.com/videos/2010/apr/14/429/

The Hogan Award finalists will be announced on May 11 and will be invited to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Hogan Award presentation on the evening of May 24.

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Hogan Award Watch List
(in alphabetical order)


Bud Cauley, Alabama
David Chung, Stanford
Harris English, Georgia
Dylan Frittelli, Texas
Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest
Russell Henley, Georgia
Patrick Reed, Augusta State
Nick Taylor, Washington
Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State
Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State

Stanford's US Intercollegiate has tie to the PGA Tour for first time

The PGA Tour and college golf are linking up for the first time at Stanford's U.S. Intercollegiate tourney.  The medalist of this year's event will receive a full exemption into the field of the PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open to be held July 15-18.




STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford's men's golf team recorded a final round team score of 276 to finish seventh at the U.S. Intercollegiate played at Stanford Golf Course. Complete scoring is available at http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1655.

The Cardinal's 54-hole team score of 853 (+13) were 14 strokes behind Oregon, which won the team title with a one-under score of 839. San Diego State finished second at 842 (+2), followed by Washington (843; +3) and UCLA (849; +5) and USC (849; +5).

Daniel Miernicki of Oregon claimed medalist honors with a eight-under par 202 on rounds of 70, 68 and 64, edging out Nick Taylor of Washington (205).

Stanford was led by sophomore David Chung, who shot a final round 67 to finish tied for sixth, three strokes behind Miernicki.

Steve Ziegler's final round of 65 valuted the junior from 32nd into a tied for 11th. His 65 was the second lowest score of the third round behind Miernicki's 64.

"We competed well on the last day but dug ourselves too big of a hole over the first two rounds," said head coach Conrad Ray. "I saw some good signs today, especially with the play of Chung and Ziegler."

Freshman Andre De Decker, playing as an individual, tied for 44th at 219 (71-75-73).
Senior Jordan Cox tied for 51st with a 10-over score of 220, closing with a 72.
Freshman Andrew Yun was also 10-over at 220 after a final round 73.
Senior Joseph Bramlett tied for 57th with an 11-over 221, carding a 72 over his final 18 holes.
Graham Brockington, also playing as an individual, tied for 57th with a 221 on rounds of 75, 74 and 72.
Steve Kearney shot a final round 66 and tied for 68th at 223.
Sihwan Kim shot a final round 72 and finished tied for 79th at 226.
Wilson Bowen tied for 94th at 233 on rounds of 86, 75 and 72.

Stanford will next be in action at the Pac-10 Championships, set for Apr. 26-28 at the Karsten Course in Tempe, Ariz.

PRE-TOURNEY BACKGROUND:
STANFORD, Calif. - The 42nd Annual U.S. Intercollegiate Golf Tournament, featuring five of the top-10 teams in the nation, gets underway on Sunday, April 11 at the Stanford University Golf Course.
Teams will tee off on holes 1 and 10 on Sunday and Monday starting at 9:00 a.m. and use a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start for Tuesday's final round. Stanford Golf Course will play at a length of 6,727 yards and to a par of 70 for this event.

The 20-team field features five teams ranked in the top-10 by Golfstat, including in No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Oregon, No. 6 UCLA and No. 8 Arizona State.
Other teams in the field include California, Denver, Fresno State, Hawaii, Lamar, Long Beach State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San Francisco, San Jose State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, USC and Washington State.
Six of the nation's top-20 players are also expected to be in the field, including No. 1 Diego Velasquez of Oregon State, No. 3 John Chin of UC Irvine, No. 4 Eugene Wong of Oregon, No. 8  Sihwan Kim of Stanford, No. 17 and defending champion Nick Taylor of Washington and No. 19 Brooks Koepka of Denver.

The medalist of this year's U.S. Intercollegiate will earn an automatic exemption into the 2010 Reno-Tahoe Open, which will take place from July 15-18 at the Montreux Golf & Country Club.

"Over the years the U.S. Intercollegiate has become one of the top West Coast college events," said Knowles Family Director of Golf  Conrad Ray. " The Stanford Golf Course stands up to par and the weather forecast looks good so we should have a fantastic competition.

"With the majority of the Pac-10 Conference in attendance the level of play will be very high," said Ray. "Our guys really look forward to playing well at home because there is a lot of local knowledge about playing Stanford well so I hope we can execute our plan properly. We are also excited about the Reno Tahoe Open exemption. It is a first for our event and a really neat thing for college golf in general."

Washington won last year's event with a 36-under team score of 804, 15 strokes ahead of second place USC (819). Nick Taylor of Washington took medalist honors with a 12-under score of 198 on rounds of 69, 66 and 63, edging out teammate Darren Wallace by one stroke.

Stanford placed fourth last year with an 11-under team score of 829. The Cardinal has won the event 12 times since the tournament's inception in 1968, most recently in 2007, edging out Minnesota in a tie breaker for the title. Rob Grube is the last Stanford player to win the individual title, as he captured medalist honors in 2006 and '07.

Stanford, ranked second in GolfStat's Top-25 poll, is coming off a fourth place finish at last weekend's ASU/Thunderbird Invitational in Tempe, where the Cardinal shot a 54-hole team score of 846, seven strokes behind tournament-winner Washington (839).

Stanford began its spring schedule with a win at the Mauna Lani Invitational and then placed eighth at the USC Collegiate Invitational.

The U.S. Intercollegiate will be the team's final tune up before the Pac-10 Conference Championships, scheduled for Apr. 26-28 at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe.


Golf Digest Online (3/9/10 story) - Winners at a handful of amateur tournaments already earn exemptions into PGA Tour stops (Southern Am into the Arnold Palmer Invitational; Players Amateur into The Heritage, etc.). Now the medalist at (the) U.S. Intercollegiate at Stanford GC in Palo Alto, Calif., will get that same perk. Officials with the Reno-Tahoe Open announced they'll give the champion at Stanford GC in Palo Alto, Calif., a spot in their field this coming July, becoming the only PGA Tour event to do so.

“Not only is this an incredible opportunity for a top-level collegiate golfer to gain exposure and experience on the PGA TOUR, it’s also an avenue for the tournament to create buzz in key regional markets,” said Reno-Tahoe Open executive director  Jana Smoley in a release. “Because this is such a unique situation for a college athlete in that it offers such an exciting and potentially life changing reward, it also presents a great opportunity to bring visitors from sought-after West Coast markets in which these athletes attend school.”

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ASU Invitational Results at the Karsten Golf Course against a top field

ASU hosts its annual college golf tournament played at the Karsten Golf Course next to campus. Live scoring can be found at http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1619

The Pac-10 Championships, slated to begin April 26, will also take place at Karsten Golf Course.
This tournament welcomes some of the nation’s toughest competition, including No. 1 Oregon, No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Washington, No. 5 UCLA, No. 7 UNLV, No. 12 USC, No. 23 California and No. 25 Oregon State in addition to the host No. 9 ranked ASU team.

Competing for the Cardinal are Joseph Bramlett, Sihwan Kim, Steve Ziegler, David Chung and Andrew Yun who hales from Arizona.

A pre-tournament story can be found here.

Callaway Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Arizona

A full scoring summary can be found at: golfstatresults.com

SECOND ROUND RESULTS:
From gostanford.com --- MARANA, Ariz. - Stanford's hopes of capturing the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championships came to an end today as the Cardinal suffered a 3-2 defeat at the hands of USC in the second round of the event being held at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Ariz.

Joseph Bramlett and freshman Steven Kearney accounted for Stanford's only two wins on the day. Bramlett defeated Matthew Giles, 1-up while Kearney downed Stewart Hagestad, 3 and 2.

The Trojans posted three wins at the top of the lineup. T.J. Vogel earned a 2 and 1 victory over Sihwan Kim, Steve Lim bested Steve Ziegler, 4 and 3 while Martin Trainer scored a 1-up victory over freshman Andre De Decker.

FIRST ROUND RESULTS:
Top seed Stanford beat Indiana 3 & 2 behind victories by Sihwan Kim (2 and 1), Steve Ziegler (3 and 2) and Steven Kearney (1 up). In the uniqueness that is match play, despite losing 3 & 2 Joseph Bramlett had the best first round scoring of any Cardinal player.

Next match is against Pac 10 rival Southern Cal which didn't get completed and will be finished up on day 2. Southern Cal was leading 2-1-2 well into the 2nd round --- the two tied matches of Bramlett and DeDecker will swing the result one way or the other. Once again Bramlett has played the best but again has run into a hot opponent.

Pre-Tournament --- From Gostanford.com news service:

STANFORD, Calif. - The second-ranked Stanford men's golf team has earned the top seed at the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championships which will be held March 21-23 at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz.

Stanford will meet 16th-seeded Indiana in Sunday's first round match beginning at 8:00 a.m., with the winner advancing to take either eighth-seeded USC or No. 9 TCU in the second round later in the afternoon.

Arizona State, the fourth seed, will tee off against Iowa, while fifth-seeded UCLA will meet Colorado State to complete the top half of the bracket.

Texas A&M, seeded third, will battle host school Arizona with the winner advancing to face the victor of No. 6 UNLV and No. 11 Middle Tennessee. Seventh-seeded Texas Tech will square off against San Diego, while No. 2 Washington will meet New Mexico in the first round.

Third round matches will be contested on Monday while the championship and consolation matches are slated for Tuesday.

Head coach Conrad Ray is expected to send out a lineup consisting of senior Joseph Bramlett, juniors Steve Ziegler and Sihwan Kim along with freshman Steve Kearney and Andre De Decker.

It will mark Bramlett's second event of the season, as the talented senior had been sidelined with a nagging wrist injury for the better part of the last two years. He made his season debut earlier the month at the USC Collegiate Invitational, where he finished tied for 16th.

Having Joseph Back has been great," said Ray. "He has been playing solid and his best golf is ahead of him. He brings leadership and intensity which we need."

Ray is also anxious to see how Kearney and De Decker perform in this marquis event.
"I'm excited for Steven and Andre to get a shot in the line-up. Both have been working hard and are competitive and it speaks to our depth that they are able to qualify at this point in the season."

The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain a desert golf layout which is the home of the Accenture Match Play Championships, opened in January 2009. The course features elevation changes from 2,300 to 3,000 feet, and distinct character that blends naturally among majestic saguaros that stand along the surrounding Tortolita Mountain Range. Jack Nicklaus' first in the Tucson area in 25 years, the 27-hole Dove Mountain facility offers three distinct nines - the Saguaro, Tortolita and Wild Burro.

The Callaway Collegiate Match Play is to be contested on the Saguaro and Tortolita nines, just as is the Accenture Match Play Championship. They form a par 72 that measure 7,833 yards.

Joseph Bramlett gets back in the swing for #2 Stanford

San Jose Mercury News
March 4 by Eric Pinkela

After missing nearly two years because of injury, Joseph Bramlett was understandably concerned about being able to compete against the top collegiate golfers in the country.

But that's the advantage of being on the Stanford men's golf team: Just to get into a tournament, you have to compete against the nation's top college golfers.

Cardinal golfers must qualify for each tournament by beating out their teammates, virtually all of whom were All Americans as juniors.

"As much as I was stressing out about qualifying, by the time I got to (the tournament), I was much more relaxed," said Bramlett, now a senior. "It pushed me to make sure I was ready."

Bramlett, from Saratoga, proved he was ready this week when he tied for 16th at the USC Collegiate in Westlake Village.
It was the top finish for the Cardinal, which placed a disappointing ninth against a strong field.

But there was no disappointment from Bramlett, who shot a first-round 3-under-par 68 and followed with a 73 and a 71 at North Ranch Country Club. It was his first competition since 2008.

Two separate injuries to his right wrist limited Bramlett to just nine tournaments over the past two seasons. This after a freshman season that saw the St. Francis High product post one of the 10 best scoring averages in Stanford history (71.5) and help the Cardinal to an NCAA title.

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Here are full results from Bramlett's first tournament back since 2008.

Stanford finishes 8th at USC Collegiate in Bramlett's comeback event

Stanford finished a disappointing 8th at the USC Collegiate but the big news was the return of senior captain Joseph Bramlett, who led the team in scoring, in his first event since the fall of 2008. Joseph had rounds of 68-73-71 to tie for 16th at 1-under par. The team led after the first round by 1-shot firing a 278 total behind Joseph's 68 and all four other Cards shooting 1-under 70s. The 2nd round was 14 shots higher at 292 as Stanford slid to 8th and a final round 285 total kept them in 8th position, 24 shots behind the red-hot Oregon Ducks.

Stanford's lineup also included Sihwan Kim, Steve Ziegler, Andrew Yun and Graham Brockington. Playing as a freshman was Andre De Decker from South Africa. Andrew had rounds of 70-73-71 (T25), defending individual champion Steve Ziegler shot 70-74-71 (T31), Graham shot 70-72-73 (T31) and Sihwan shot 70-74-73 (T33). Andre shot 82-77-71 (77th).

A healthy Bramlett gives hope for an even stronger, deeper team for the 2nd ranked Cardinal. Missing from action for the first time since he came to the Farm, was sophomore David Chung who came down with strep throat.

The USC Collegiate was played at North Ranch CC in Westlake Village. Live scoring by Golf Stat is provided. Stanford won last year's tournament by 10 shots with a record score and Steve Ziegler captured the individual title for his first collegiate win shooting a 65 in his final round -- a summary of last year's tournament can be found here.

The 14-team field includes Arizona State, BYU, California, Fresno State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Stanford, UC Davis, UCLA, UNC Charlotte, USC, San Diego.

Play begann with 36 holes Monday with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m., followed by 18 holes on Tuesday, starting at 7:30 a.m. (with starting times off both nines). The course plays to a par 71 at 6,869 yards. General info on the tourney is provided on the host website by USC.

Golf Digest interviews Conrad Ray in 26-minute podcast

Golf Digest Campus Insider Podcast/Conrad Ray
by Ryan Herrington
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010


Today's episode is an interview with Stanford men's coach Conrad Ray , whose Cardinal squad ranks second in the Golf World/Nike Golf coaches' poll. After winning its spring opener in Maui earlier this month, the team heads south this week to North Ranch CC in Westlake Village, Calif., where it will attempt to defend its title at the USC Invitational.



Quick note, as you'll learn when you listen to the podcast: senior Joseph Bramlett will be playing in his first tournament of the 2009-10 season for Stanford.