Cardinal wins the NCAA central regional at Notre Dame!

Conrad passes on links to three local articles about the Cardinal win at the NCAA Central regional --- http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100520/SPORTS13/5200378

http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100520/SPORTS13/100529935

http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100519/SPORTS10/100519367

Story from Gostanford.com - May 22

SOUTH Bend, Ind. - The second-ranked Stanford men's golf team shot a final round 274 (-6) to claim the NCAA Central Regional title by four shots over Florida State at the Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind.

Stanford's 54-hole total of 830 (-10) was four strokes clear of the second-place Seminoles and eight strokes ahead of third place Florida (838; -2). Also advancing to the NCAA Championships from the Central Regional were Duke (839; -1) and LSU (847; +7).

"We came in with the mindset that we wanted to win this tournament and we're excited that we were able to do so," said Stanford head coach Conrad Ray. "It was a great field and I felt it was one of the stronger regionals out there. We had a good vibe from the first shot we hit in the practice round."

The Stanford players finished in the top-10, led by sophomore David Chung, who tied for fourth at 206 (-4). Chung finished with a 69 today and finsihed two strokes behind medalist Drew Kitteson of Florida State (204; -6).

Steve Ziegler shot a final round 69 to finish at 207 (-3), good for fifth place.
Junior Sihwan Kim tied for sixth at 208 (-2) after a final round 70.
Freshman Andrew Yun recorded the best round of any of the Cardinal player today, firing a closing round 66 to climb up to a 19th place tie at even par 210.
Senior Joeseph Bramlett tied for 39th at 216 (+6) after carding a 72 on Saturday.

Stanford will join the field at the NCAA Championships, June 1-6 at the Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn., where it will be in search of its ninth national title.

The Pac-10 will be well represented in the final NCAA event with 8 teams qualifying from the 6 regions.


Pre-event summary:
Play begins with Stanford's players teeing off starting at 8 am. The team consists of Joseph Bramlett, David Chung, Steve Ziegler, Sihwan Kim and Andrew Yun. Five of the 14 teams will advance to the NCAA Finals.

Pre-Tournament News:
Coach Conrad Ray learned in a conference call about NCAA Regional Assignments:

"We have been assigned to Notre Dame's Warren Course. Here are the teams at our site by seed. 5 teams will advance to NCAA Finals. We will leave next Tuesday morning the 18th." Play will take place May 20-22.

1. Stanford

2. Florida

3. Florida State

4. Duke

5. LSU

6. NC State

7. Iowa

8. Michigan

9. Northwestern

10. Indiana

11. VA Tech

12. Murray State

13. Detroit

14. St. Francis

Nine Pac-10 teams have been assigned to the six regions with Oregon, Washington and UCLA also receiving #1 seeds. ASU and Southern Cal are #2 seeds, OSU is a #4 seed, Cal is seeded #6 and Arizona is a #9 seed. Washington State will be represented by an individual player, Kevin Tucker.

Here is the NCAA site showing all the regionals with the seeded teams. The official NCAA website for the Notre Dame regional is here --- participant manuals are included on this website. Here is the Notre Dame Warren Golf Course site.

The Finals will be held June 1-6 at the Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Photos from team play at Cypress Point and the Preserve in Monterey area

After a recent round played at Cypress Point this email was sent to the membership about the course record round by senior Jordan Cox:

Greetings,

 

Big news from the Cypress Point Club. Jordon Cox, a member of the Stanford Golf Team, shot a 63 and joined Ben Hogan, Jim Langley and Casey Reamer in sharing the course record.

 

Happy golfing!

 

 

Ken Schley/Jim Vorhes

Golf Captains

Coach Ray shares photos in a Picasa album (see link below) and a note from the team's recent play at Cypress Point and the Preserve in the Monterey area. "We just got back from a great day at Cypress and the Preserve. Cox ties Hogan CR at CPC .... 63. Kearney fires back to back to back 66's. Good warm up for NCAA's!" Here's the link to the photo album.

Photos of Cardinal team hosting First Tee kids at Seibel Practice Center

Coach Conrad Ray sends a few photos of a recent Saturday the team spent hosting First Tee kids. Rob Grube, recent winner on the Canadian Tour, joined in the fun.

CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO ENLARGE

5 Cardinal golfers are honored by the Pac-10 led by David Chung

The Pac-10 announced it's all Pac-10 awards and five Cardinal golfers were honored this year including David Chung being named to the first team.  Sihwan Kim and Steve Ziegler were named to the 2nd team while Joseph Bramlett and Andrew Yun were given honorable mention recognition.

David has had four top-10 finishes in 8 events, including two third place results, and has a 71.2 stroke average which is second on the team to Joseph's 70.8 average in 4 events (Joseph missed the first five events due to injury).

Here are the complete results of from the Pac-10 announcement.

Pac-10 championship - "We finally got a taste of what we're capable up"

Stanford Daily article - April 30, 2010.  Photo of Joseph Bramlett.

Cardinal falls on final day despite big lead Stanford men’s golf hasn’t won a Pac-10 Championship since 1994, the same year that Tiger Woods was a senior in high school. After two days and three rounds in Tempe, Ariz. at the Karsten Golf Course, however, the team looked poised to end its 16-year drought.

Senior Joseph Bramlett (above) was in contention for an individual Pac-10 championship heading into the final round. A score of 75 in that round doomed him to fourth place, five strokes behind the tournament's champion.

The Cardinal was also strong in the individual competition. Senior Joseph Bramlett lurked two strokes behind leader Jesper Kennegard of Arizona State after shooting three consecutive five-under rounds of 66.

“No matter where you’re playing,” said head coach Conrad Ray, “that’s pretty impressive.”
“We were firing on all cylinders,” Bramlett said. “Monday was the best day of team golf I’ve had at Stanford.”

The Cardinal was 35 strokes under par after two rounds, 13 strokes ahead of second-place Arizona State.

“It was great to be back in that spot,” Bramlett said. “It was so fun for everyone to be doing that well on the same day.”

The Karsten course features a desert layout with few trees and limited water hazards. For the first two days, the wind was a non-factor and left the course exposed to a lot of low scores.
“It’s a course that really allows you to put the pedal to the metal and try to make as many birdies as you can,” Bramlett explained.

On Wednesday, the winds picked up and Stanford failed to repeat the success of the first two days. Read the rest of this article.

Stanford finishes 2nd at the Pac-10 Championship in Tempe, AZ

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April 28, 2010 TEMPE, Ariz. - Stanford's men's golf team shot an eight-over team score of 363 in the final round of the Pac-10 Championships and finished second in the event, three shots behind Washington, which rallied from a seven stroke deficit to defend its team title.

The Cardinal, which led the field at the end of the first three rounds, finished the tournament with a 72-hole score of 1386 (-34). Washington carded a final round 353 (-2) in windy conditions to deny the Cardinal of winning its first Pac-10 team title since 1994.

USC finished third at 1396 (-24), followed by Arizona State (1401; -19) and Oregon State (1407; -13).

Stanford had three players finish in the top-10 of the individual competition, paced by senior Joseph Bramlett, who tied for fourth at 273 (-11). Bramlett carded a final round 75 on Wednesday after turning in three straight 66's.

Bramlett finished five strokes behind medalist Eric Mina of California, who turned in a final round 68 (-3) to overtake Arizona State's Jesper Kennegard (269; -15) for the individual title.

Junior Steve Ziegler and freshman Andrew Yun tied for 10th at 276 (-8). Yun shot a final round 73 while Ziegler closed with a 69.

Sophomore David Chung shot his second straight 73 (+2) and finished tied for 20th at 282. Junior Sihwan Kim was also part of the log jam at 282 after closing with a 73 on Wednesday.

Freshman Andre DeDecker shot a final round 77 and finished 58th at 299.

April 27, 2010 TEMPE, Ariz. - Stanford's men's golf team will take a seven shot lead into the final round of the Pac-10 Championships being contested at the Karsten Course in Tempe, Ariz.

The Cardinal maintained its place atop the leaderboard after three rounds, as Stanford shot a 7-under team score of 348 today and is now 42-under after 54 holes at 1023.

If Stanford is to win its first Pac-10 title since 1994, it will have to hold off a hard-charging Washington squad, which blistered the Karsten Course in the third round, carding a 15-under team score of 340 today. The Huskies are 35-under for the tournament and are seven strokes off the lead heading into tomorrow's final round.

Arizona State is in third place at 1036 (-29), followed by UCLA (1044; -21) and USC (1045; -20).

Stanford senior Joseph Bramlett turned in his third straight five-under 66 today and is in second place on the individual leaderboard at 198 (-15), two strokes behind leader Jesper Kennegard of Arizona State (196; -17).

Freshman Andrew Yun is now tied for eighth at 203 (-10) after carding a five-under 66 today. Steve Ziegler is tied for 14th at 207 (-6) after turning in a one-under 70.

Sophomore David Chung slipped back into a tie for 18th after finishing with a two-over 73 today after posting a pair of 68's on Monday. Junior Sihwan Kim was five-over on his round today, finishing with a 76 after turning in rounds of 63 and 70 on Monday. Freshman Andre DeDecker is in 57th at 222 (+9) afer shooting a 73 today.

August 26 TEMPE, Ariz. - Stanford's men's golf team, paced by senior Joseph Bramlett and junior Sihwan Kim, top the leaderboard after two rounds of the Pac-10 Conference Championships being held at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.
Stanford's 36-hole team score of 675 (-35) came on rounds of 330 and 345 on Monday, as the Cardinal took advantaged of perfect scoring conditions to build a 13 shot lead over second place Arizona State (688).
USC is in third place at 689 (-21), followed by Washington (690) and UCLA (693).
Head coach Conrad Ray knew if his team was going to be a factor this weekend, the Cardinal would need to make a statement at the top of the lineup. Stanford was up to the task in the first two rounds after senior Joseph Bramlett and junior Sihwan Kim combined to shoot 19-under par on Monday.
Bramlett carded a pair of 66's and at 132, is in second place on the individual leaderboard, three strokes off the pace set by Arizona State's Jesper Kennegard (129; 63-66).
Bramlett had 11 birdies and just one bogey on his cards today.
Kim, who did not break 80 in any of his three rounds at the ASU/Thunderbird Invitational held on the Karsten Course just a few weeks ago, shot an 8-under par 63 in the morning round, followed by a one-under 70 this afternoon. At 133, he is four strokes off behind second round leader Kennegard.
Kim's morning round featured nine birdies and one bogey. Six of his birdies came on the front side of the Karsten Course.
Sophomore David Chung was steady all day for the Cardinal, turning in a pair of 68's and is tied for ninth after two rounds at 136 (-9). Chung was helped by eagles in each round.

GENERAL INFORMATION
WHAT: The 51st annual Pacific-10 Conference Men’s Golf Championship.
WHEN: Monday-Wednesday, April 26-28, 2010
HOST: Arizona State will serve as the host for the 72-hole Championship.
COURSE INFORMATION:
ASU Karsten Golf Course, Tempe, Ariz.
Par 71, 7,057 yards
WHO: Men’s golf teams from all 10 institutions will compete for bragging rights at the 2010 Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championship.
ADMISSION: Admission to the 2010 Pacific-10 Men’s Golf Championship is free.
MEDIA CONTACT: Arizona State’s Doug Tammaro will serve as the media contact for the 2010 Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championship. For media inquiries you can contact him via email at tammaro@asu.edu.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS: At the conclusion of each round, results will be posted on the Pac-10’s web site (www.pac-10.org) and a link will also be available on the Pac-10 website to live Golfstat scoring.



GOLFERS TO WATCH

Oregon State senior Diego Velasquez holds the No. 3 ranking in the nation according to Golfweek. The Bogota, Colombia native owns a 70.59 scoring average and is on pace to break the school record by a full stroke. In October at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, Velasquez took first with a score of 10-under 206. At the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, he finished tied for 16th, 2-under 211. His teammate Mike Barry finished tied for 8th to help the squad finish seventh overall in the high-powered field. Velasquez has been named to the watch list for the Ben Hogan Award, which is presented annually to the best collegiate golfer in the nation.
Washington senior Nick Taylor is ranked fourth in the nation and comes into the Pac-10 Championships fresh off a second place finish at the U.S. Intercollegiate with a score of five-under 205. His performance included three-straight rounds of under-70 golf, and led Washington to a third place team finish in the tournament. At the difficult ASU Sundevil Invitational Taylor finished tied for third with a score of six-under 207 to help the team come back from being down by 16 strokes to win the invitational. For the second-straight year he has been named one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Ben Hogan Award.

Stanford sophomore David Chung is playing strongly coming into the Pac-10 Championships after tying for 6th place at the U.S. Intercollegiate with a score of three-under 207. The Cardinal is the highest ranked Pac-10 team, ranked No. 4 according to Golfweek, and Chung led the squad to a fourth place finish at the ASU Invitational, finishing in eighth place after shooting a final round of 68. He was named one of ten finalists for the Ben Hogan Award, given annually to the best collegiate golfer in the nation. Chung was recently selected to compete on the U.S. squad at the Palmer Cup which showcases the top collegiate players from the United States and Europe.

The No. 6 ranked UCLA team finished second at the Western Intercollegiate recently, led by sophomore Alex Shi Yup Kim, who tied for fourth at three-under 210. Kim is ranked No. 23 in the country according to Golfweek. Freshman Pontus Widegren has been named the 2010 Palmer Cup’s Team Europe. At the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, the Bruins took second and Widegren tied for 16th at two-under 211.

No. 14 ranked Eugene Wong of Oregon won the Western Intercollegiate and helped lead the Ducks to their school-best fourth team title this season. Wong also earned a win a the USC Invitational finishing 10-under 203. These two victories mark the first of Wong’s career. For his efforts Wong was named the Pac-10 Men’s Golfer of the Month for March.

David Chung is named to the 2010 Palmer Cup team

STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford sophomore David Chung has been selected to compete for the United States team at the 2010 Palmer Cup which will be held June 24-26 at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.

The Palmer Cup is an international collegiate that matches top players from the United States and Europe in a Ryder Cup-style event.

Joining Chung on the United State's team will be Florida's Tyson Alexander, John Chin of UCI, Dustin Garza of Wichita State, Georgia's Russell Henley, Daniel Miernicki of Oregon, Charlotte's Corey Nagy and Jonathan Randolph of Mississippi. The U.S. squad will be lead by head coach Chris Zambri of Southern California and assistant coach Brian Sharp of Virginia Tech. Although the United States team does not have a returning player, Alexander's father Buddy coached the U.S. squad to victory at Whistling Straits in 2005.

The European team will consist of James Byrne and Jesper Kennegard of Arizona State, East Tennessee State's Rhys Enoch, David Lingmerth of Arkansas, Augusta State's Henrik Norlander, Andrea Pavan of Texas A&M, Stirling's Patrick Spraggs and Pontus Widegren of UCLA. Italy's Pavan and Norlander of Sweden will be competing in their second Palmer Cup after leading the Euros to victory last summer at Cherry Hills Country Club. Byrne hails from Scotland, Enoch and Spraggs from England and Kennegard, Lingmerth and Widegren from Sweden. Dean Robertson of Scotland and Sweden's Walle Danewid will coach the European team for the second-straight year.

The all-time Palmer Cup series is tied 6-6-1.

Here's a Golf Week article about the 2010 Palmer Cup participants.