Stanford gets its second win at the Prestige at La Quinta, CA. Rodgers wins his 7th event as a Cardinal

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Stanford wins The Prestige at PGA West for its second team title while Patrick Rodgers gets his 7th career individual college.  Stanford brought its entire team (except Shane Lebow who is injured) to play in the 14th Prestige held at PGA West's Greg Norman Course in La Quinta, CA.  The strong field included 6 teams from the deep Pac-12 conference.

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The final leaderboard is shown below.

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Final Round Results:
Stanford held on to win its second team title this season  by 2 strokes over a hard charging Washington team that carved 12 strokes off the 14 stroke lead going into the final round.  The team win was led by a 7th career win by Patrick Rodgers (65-68-71 204 1st) who was closely followed by Cameron Wilson who finished tied for 4th overall (68-70-69 207 T4).  As an individual, freshman Jim Liu had a strong tourney as he tied for 7th (74-67-68 209 T7) - see below.

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The two leaders were followed good contributions by David Boote (71-70-72 213 T24), Maverick McNealy (65-72-77 214 T25) and Viraat Badhwar (73-72-70 215 T28).  Viraat's important final round was highlighted by 5 straight birdies starting at #8, a run that moved him 3 under on his round. A double bogey at #13 marred an otherwise excellent round.

“I’m really excited for the team to pick up our second win of the season, and hats off to Washington for a solid round to finish the tournament,” Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray said. “Our guys held strong and finished well. We had contributions from all players in the lineup and it was neat to see Patrick Rodgers win another individual title.“We’re looking forward to working on a few loose ends to get ready for our next event.” (Southern Highlands March 7-9). 

Patrick's individual win moved him into a 2nd place tie with 4-time All-American Joel Kribel ('99)  on the career win list at Stanford, behind only Tiger Woods' ('96) 11 wins in his two seasons.  Patrick's final round was a steady one with his two birdies and two bogies preserving his 1 shot victory.  Cameron tie for 4th continued his excellent season that finds him #1 on the team with a 69.61 scoring average and 5 our 6 top 10 finishes.  Patrick is close behind Cameron in scoring average at 69.83.

Patrick Rodgers' 3 round scorecards - click to enlarge

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Of special note on the individual front was the play of freshman Jim Liu who charged up the leaderboard to finish tied for 7th overall with rounds of 74-67-68 209 (T7).  Liu's scorecards can be found below.

Jim Liu's scorecards - click to enlarge

Round Two Results:
A solid 4-under par second round score of 280 (3rd best on the day) extended the Stanford lead to 14 strokes over Washington and 17 over Oregon headed into the final round.  Balanced scoring was led by Patrick Rodgers (65-68 133 1st) leaving him in 4 shots ahead of the field in the individual competition.  Tied for 2nd overall was Maverick McNealy (65-72 137 T2) with Cameron Wilson another stroke back and tied for 3rd (68-70 138 T3).  David Boote is tied for 14th after a steady 1-under 70 (71-70 141 T14) and Viraat Badhwar is at 145 after a 72 (73-72 145 T37).

"Our guys hung in there today and extended our lead, which was the goal going into round two," Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray said. "The hole locations were more challenging and the birdies were a little harder to come by. Tomorrow will be good training for our guys to play with a lead, and we hope to come out on top."

Playing as individuals, Jim Liu tied for the day's 2nd low round with a 67 (low round was 66) and

Jim Liu

stands tied for 14th at 141 (74-67 141 T14), Dominic Francks is at 150 (76-74 150 T54), Patrick Grimes at 153 (79-74 153 T62) and Keegan English at 160 (82-78 160 T69).

Weather conditions in the desert were perfect with temperatures in the mid to high eighties and light winds.  Team and individual scoring is included below.

Round 2 teams scoring - click to enlarge

Round 2 scorecards - click to enlarge

Round One Results:
It was a great start for the Cardinal on a day when there were light winds under 10 mph, clear and

sunny conditions between 70 and 80+ degrees.  Ideal for scoring --- at least for Stanford which raced to a 15-under 269 total giving them an 11-stroke lead over San Diego State.  Stanford was led by a pair of 65s by Patrick Rodgers and Maverick McNealy placing them first individually, 3 strokes ahead of the four players with 68s including Cameron Wilson.  Patrick's round included 8 birdies and one double bogey as he shot a 30 on the back nine while Maverick had 7 birdies and one bogey and a 31 on his back nine.

David Boote was at even par 71 and Viraat Badhwar shot a 73.  Playing as individuals Jim Liu shot 74, Dominic Francks 76, Patrick Grimes 79 and Keegan English shot an 82.

The top 10 team and individual scoring is shown below followed by the 5 team member scorecards.

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The Event
• Co-hosted by Stanford and UC Davis, the 14th Prestige will be played at PGA West’s Greg Norman Course in La Quinta, Calif.

• Stanford won the 2006 team title after firing a 15-under, led by medalist Zach Miller’s 9-under performance. Andrew Yung (-12) was the 2012 medalist.

• In 2013, the Cardinal was fifth at 8-over as Stanford frontrunners Cameron Wilson and Andrew Yun tied for seventh at even-par 213.

The Field
• The 12-team field includes No. 11 Stanford, No. 17 Washington, No. 22 USC, No. 23 UCLA, Arizona State, LSU, Texas Tech, Oregon, San Diego State, UC Davis, Pepperdine and Stirling (Scotland).

The Format
• The three-day, 54-hole event will feature 18 holes each day. The lowest four scores of each team’s five players will comprise the overall team score.

The Course
• The newest course at PGA West and the only Greg Norman-designed golf course in the Coachella Valley is aptly described as being very “challenging but fair.” Sporting only 68 acres of lush manicured turf, 102 white-crushed marble bunkers and shark blue water coming into play on nine holes, the par-72, 7,096-yard course offers a truly Outback experience.

• Resting in a prehistoric ocean bed 40-feet below sea level and surrounded by an immense crescent of terra cotta mountains, the course teems with purple, white and yellow wildflowers, while the mix of tall and short native grasses produce different shades of green running almost to silver. The grass covers just 60 acres of tight fairways that taper toward the greens with nine ponds blanketing 18 acres. The demands of this target-style course are a challenge for players of all levels.

Quotable
• Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray previews the Prestige at PGA West …
“Our guys are eager to get down to PGA West and compete. It is a course we know well and have had some success on. If the weather cooperates, the scores are usually fairly low. Our event in Hawaii was a good tune-up. We have focused this week on par-three scoring, which was an area of concern in Hawaii.

“We are looking forward to everyone on the team teeing it up except senior Shane Lebow, who is out due to injury. Experience under pressure and tournament rounds played are solid keys to success down the road, and The Prestige will lend itself to both.”

Hawaii's Amer Ari Invitational as 7 Cardinal golfers compete

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Seven Stanford golfers competed against another strong field on the Big Island of Hawaii at Waikaloa's King's Course.  Cameron Wilson, Patrick Rodgers, David Boote, Maverick McNealy and Viraat Bahdwar make up the 5-man team.  Patrick Grimes and Jim Lui compete as individuals.  The Stanford Daily provided an excellent recap article of the event with quotes from Coach Ray and Cameron Wilson.

Final Results
The Cardinal was able to move up into a tie for 7th at a 27-under par total of 837 after a final round 7-under par 281,  but finished 18 shots behind the impressive 45-under par total of 819 posted by Oklahoma State, who finished 12 shots clear of Washington in 2nd place.   Some interesting highlights, lowlights, videos and much more can be found at this Storify website.

Stanford was led by an excellent 3rd place finish by Cameron Wilson (67-65-70 202 3rd) who finished only 2 shots behind the winning score of Oklahoma State's Jordan Niebrugge.  Patrick Rodgers finished strongly with a 6-under 66 for another top 10 finish (69-70-66 205 T7).  David Boote also finished under par and tied for 55th (75-69-71 215 T55) while Viraat Badhwar tied for 78th (73-72-73 218) and Maverick McNealy tied for 89th (72-72-76 220).

Playing as individuals Patrick Grimes (68-77-78 223) and Jim Liu (73-80-70 223) tied for 98th.

“We hung in there today and moved a few spots on the leaderboard,” Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray said. “The competition was stiff, and there’s still plenty of work to do as we move towards the spring.

“It was neat to see Patrick Rodgers put together a solid round and for Cameron Wilson to be in contention again. The guys fought hard this week and are motivated to play well at The Prestige.”

The Cardinal gets back to action at The Prestige (Feb. 17-19) at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif.  

Team and individual scoring is shown below --- click on the images to enlarge.

Round 3 scorecards

Top 10 teams and individual scores - click to enlarge

Round 2 Results
Cameron Wilson's blazing 65 moved him into 1st place individually and led Stanford to a 12-under par276 team total and within 9 strokes of leading Oklahoma State.  Stanford is tied for 10th overall with a very crowded leaderboard at the top -- players are scoring very well in the light wind conditions of the first two rounds of play.

Cameron's 2nd round 7-under 65 followed a solid 67 in the first round --- the 65 included 8 birdies and a lone bogey putting him 1 stroke ahead of several players.  Patrick's 70 included 7 birdies but also a double bogey and two bogies leaving him tied for 25th at 5-under par.  David Boote's 2nd round 69 included two birdies, an eagle and one bogey.  The two freshmen, Maverick and Viraat shot even par 72's.  The two individuals, Patrick and Jim, both struggled in round 2 with 77 and 80 respectively.

Team and individual scorecards are included below - click to enlarge.

Round 1 Results
Team and individual scoring is shown below as Stanford is led by Cameron's 5-under 67 despite him carding a double bogey offset by 7 birdies.  Patrick had a 69, freshman Maverick was even par at 72, freshman Viraat was at 73 and David came in at 75.

Stanford is in 12th place 10 strokes behind Oklahoma State.  Cameron is 3 strokes behind the low round of 64 on day 1.  Scoring conditions were ideal with light winds and partly cloudy conditions.  If the ocean breezes kick up the course can play 4-5 shots tougher.

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Cardinal sign 3 to National Letters of Intent - Jeffrey Swegle, Bradley Knox and Franklin Huang

Congratulations to Conrad Ray and Phil Rowe as they inked 3 new recruits starting 2014, and welcome to three fine student-athletes who will be coming to the farm.  I enjoyed the humor of Bradley Knox in the photo below when choosing from 3 hats to select his college on signing day.

GOSTANFORD.COM ARTICLE ABOUT SIGNING 3 RECRUITS:
11/20/13 -STANFORD, Calif. – Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray announced Wednesday that three of the nation’s top high school student-athletes have chose to continue their academic and athletic careers on The Farm, each signing a National Letter of Intent to attend Stanford beginning in the fall of 2014.

Franklin Huang (Poway, Calif./Rancho Bernardo), Bradley Knox (Menlo Park, Calif./Sacred Heart), and Jeffrey Swegle (West Des Moines, Iowa/West Des Moines Valley) all made their official commitments to the Cardinal during the early signing period.

“We are excited about the 2014 recruiting class,” Ray said. “All three players have tremendous upside and epitomize what it means to be a student-athlete. They will join a team built on depth, and they will add a lot to our program with their leadership, work ethic, and passion for Stanford.”

The Swegle File

Jeffrey Swegle from Des Moines, Iowa

• Prepped at West Des Moines Valley (Iowa)
• Four-time Iowa all-state
• Four-time Iowa all-tournament honoree
• Round of 32 at 2013 USGA Junior Amateur Championship
• First at 2013 Future Collegians World Tour Half Moon Bay
• First at 2013 Midwest Junior Championship
• 2013 National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
• 2012-13 Future Collegians World Tour all-academic team
• 2012-13 All- Future Collegians World Tour second team
• 2012 HP Scholastic Honor Roll 
• Tied for 41st at 2012 Callaway Junior World Championship
• Round of 64 at 2011 United States Junior Amateur
• Two top-10 AJGA finishes in 2011
• 2011 Iowa Golf Association Junior Player of the Year - YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_fblI23sE
• 2011 Iowa Golf Coaches Association Class 4A Player of the Year
• 2011 Iowa Class 4A state champion
• Low stroke average during 2013 Iowa 4A season (71.92)
• Low stroke average during 2012 Iowa 4A season (71.98)
• Low stroke average during 2012 Iowa 4A season (72.72)
• Born in Texarkana, Texas
• Son of Carol and Jim Swegle
• Older brother, Scott
• National Honor Society
• Enjoys photography

Conrad Ray on Jeffrey Swegle …
“Jeff will bring a lot to our team with his work ethic and focus. Coming from the Midwest, he is excited to be able to work on his game year-round, and physically, he has all the tools for success. He established himself over the last few years as one of the top players in the Midwest, and we see that success continuing for him at Stanford.”

The Knox File 

Bradley Knox on signing day - which school to pick?

• Played golf and basketball at Sacred Heart (Calif.)
• 2013 San Jose Mercury News all-area
• 2013 first team all-conference
• 2013 team MVP
• First state qualifier in school history
• Two-time Rotary Award winner in mathematics
• AP Scholar
• Born in Stanford Hospital
• Son of Susan and Brad Knox
• Three siblings: Katherine, Jeffrey and Kevin
• Mother, father, sister, uncle and grandfather attended Stanford
• Mother played tennis at Stanford
• Sister played volleyball at Stanford
• Brother, Kevin, played golf at Ponoma (Calif.)

Conrad Ray on Bradley Knox …
“We are excited to sign Bradley as the top local product in the Bay Area. He grew up playing the Stanford Golf Course and he has strong ties to the University with his parents, grandfather and older sister all having gone to Stanford. We believe with more national tournament exposure and hard work that he is only going to get better.”

The Huang File -- Swing Video on YouTube

Franklin Huang

• Prepped at Rancho Bernardo (Calif.)
• Tied for 13th at 2012 Callaway Junior World Golf Championship
• Tied for eighth at 2012 Junior America’s Cup
• Tied for fifth at 2013 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic
• Third at 2012 Toyota Tour Cup Invitational at Westin Mission Hills
• 2012 AJGA All-America
• 2012 Rolex All-America
• 2012 Rancho Bernardo Player of the Year
• Two-time first team all-CIF San Diego
• Led team to second at 2013 CIF San Diego
• School-record three consecutive SoCal Regional appearances
• 2013 HP Scholastic All-America
• National Merit Scholar
• Rancho Bernardo Scholar-Athlete Award
• Born in San Diego
• Son of Tina Mai and Gordon Huang
• One sister, Angela
• Hobbies include swimming, billiards and chess

Conrad Ray on Franklin Huang …
“Franklin’s game will translate well at the collegiate level. He is tremendously consistent off the tee and makes very few mistakes. He was named an AJGA All-American in 2012, which shows that he has what it takes to compete and win at the highest levels.” 

Cardinal finishes 2nd at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate in Dallas as 6 players compete

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The Royal Oaks Invitational offers new challenges to the 12th ranked Cardinal team.  First, it's a new

Freshman Viraat Badhwar

venue for the team, played on an exclusive private course in Dallas, Texas in an event hosted by the 19th ranked Baylor team.  Second, the format includes 6 players competing for 5 low scores each round.  Third, the first day will include 36 holes in this two-day event.  Fourth the lineup includes for the first time, highly touted freshman Viraat Badhwar from Australia, who has been dealing with a wrist injury that has kept him from competing until now.

The 12-team field includes #3 Texas A & M, #5 Oklahoma State, #13 Oklahoma, #16 New Mexico as well as SMU, Iowa, and Ohio State.  Stanford's team includes Cameron Wilson, Patrick Rodgers, David Boote, Patrick Grimes and freshmen Jim Liu and Viraat Badhwar.

FINAL RESULTS: 
Thanks to a sparkling final round 65 (and 5-under 31 on his final 9) by Patrick Rodgers, Stanford finished in 2nd place, 16 strokes behind Oklahoma State.  See the final team standings below:

Final team standings - click to enlarge

Cameron Wilson (69-67-70 208) and Patrick Rodgers (70-71-65 208) tied for 8th at 7-under par 206, David Boote (70-67-71 208) continued his fine play tying for 13th at 208, freshman Jim Liu (68-72-73 213) tied for 29th after another good showing, Patrick Grimes (72-71-71 214) had a solid event as he tied for 32nd while freshman Viraat Badhwar 72-70-73 215) in his collegiate debut contributed with a 215 total to tie for 37th.

Patrick's standout final round 65 included 8 birdies and 2 bogies.  Cameron completed his excellent fall season with another top 10 result leading to his team leading 70.33/round stroke average.  See full individual and team results for the fall season.  

Final round scorecards are included below - click to enlarge:

It was an encouraging event showing that Stanford has good depth to draw on when the spring season gets underway in Hawaii. 

ROUND 1 & 2 RESULTS:

Stanford sits in 2nd place, 6 shots behind Oklahoma State heading into the final round today. Weather forecast is for highs near 80 with winds from 10-20 mph.

Team standings after round 2 - click to enlarge

Scoring was low at Royal Oaks on day one as Stanford was led by Cameron Wilson who is tied for 3rd on rounds of 69-67.  Cameron sits 5 strokes behind leader Kevin Dougherty from Oklahoma State who fired a 63 in his first round.

David Boote is tied for 6th with 70-67, Patrick Rodgers on rounds of 70-71 is tied for 26th, freshman Viraat Badhwar is next tied for 33rd with 72-70 and Patrick Grimes is tied for 37th with 72-71. Viraat was at 5-under thru 13 holes on his 2nd round until derailed by two late bogies and a double bogey to end the day 1-under par.

Round 2 Scorecards - click to enlarge

No doubt low scoring in the final round will be required to overtake the strong OSU squad.

Cardinal competes in the US Collegiate in Georgia

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BACKGROUND 

The same Stanford 5 (Rodgers, Wilson, Boote, Liu and McNealy) who just won at Erin Hills compete in what some have called the Masters of College Golf, the US Collegiate Championship held in Alpharetta, Georgia.  The strong field of 15 teams includes host #2 Georgia Tech, #4 Washington, #6 Oklahoma State, #7 UCLA, #11 Stanford, #16 Texas A&M, #19 Kent State, #20 Auburn, #23 USC and #25 Duke plus Virginia, Clemson, Iowa, Wake Forest and East Tennessee State.

FINAL RESULTS (article by Alan George of GoStanford.com) - recommend reading the excellent recap by the Stanford Daily.
A two-over-par 290 on the third and final day of the United States Collegiate Championship earned the ninth-ranked Stanford men’s golf team a tie for seventh. The three-day event at The Golf Club of Georgia’s Lakeside Course saw the Cardinal post collective scores of 288-288-290 (866).

Final Team Results - click to enlarge

Patrick Rodgers started the third round tied for 41st, but was the low man Sunday with a 67 to finish 2-under on the weekend. Rodgers (75-72-67, 214) tied with Cameron Wilson (69-71-74, 214) for 15th overall.

“We struggled a bit with big numbers and a lack of birdies on the par-fives, but we did a lot of things well,” Stanford’s Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray said. “Cameron and Patrick played solid and both were close to having another chance to win. We’re looking forward to a quick turnaround at next week’s event.”

Stanford will travel to the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 28-29) in Dallas to wrap up its fall season.

David Boote (69-74-74, 217, +1) tied for 29th as Jim Liu (79-71-75, 225, +9) and Maverick McNealy (75-74-76, 225, +9) tied for 60th through three rounds on the par-72, 7,017-yard course.

Round 3 scorecards - click to enlarge

Rodgers final round 5-under was without a bogey. The All-American was 4-over on the front nine to open the tournament and responded with respective front nine performances of 2-under and 3-under on his way to the top-15 finish.

Wilson was 4-over through 11, but rolled in birdies on three of the next seven holes to close his final round with a 2-over 74.

Fifth-ranked Oklahoma State captured the team title by one stroke over defending champion Georgia Tech.

The Cowboys nearly were tied at the finish by the second-ranked Yellow Jackets, but Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans missed an eight-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole, giving Oklahoma State the win at 15-under 849.

Schniederjans was the individual champion at 10-under 206.  The victory also earned him a tournament exemption for Web.com Tour’s Air Capital Classic next June.

Virginia’s Ben Rusch was second in the individual race at 6-under 210, followed by Georgia Tech’s Anders Albertson at 5-under 211.

Wake Forest finished third at 2-under 862, followed by No. 14 Virginia (863). Third-ranked Texas A&M and No. 17 UCLA shared fifth place at even-par 864.

ROUND TWO RESULTS:
The Cardinal moved up one spot to 7th, 9 strokes behind Oklahoma State after a 2nd even par 288 total.  The tightly bunched leader board finds Stanford only 3 behind 3rd place UCLA.

Round 2 Team Scores - click to enlarge

Cameron Wilson and Jim Liu led the way with 1-under par 71s while Patrick Rodgers had 72, David Boote and Maverick McNealy each shot 74.  Patrick's round was marred by a double on the par 5 finishing hole while Maverick had a triple on the par 3 13th hole.  Cameron is tied for third overall (69-71 140), David is tied for 20th (69-74 143), Patrick is tied for 41st (75-72 147), Maverick is tied for 51st (75-74 149) and Jim is tied for 59th (79-71 150).  The individual leader from OSU is 5 strokes ahead of Cameron at 9-under 135 after rounds of 66-69.

Round 2 scorecards - click to enlarge

FIRST ROUND RESULTS (by Alan George for gostanford.com)
Stanford used the efforts of David Boote and Cameron Wilson to put itself in the middle of the 15-team pack Friday through the first round of the United States Collegiate Championship.

The Cardinal pair each notched a 3-under 69, while Stanford sat in eight place after its first trek through the 7,017-yard, par-72 Lakeside Course.

Boote was even heading into the par-5 ninth, and then came away with an eagle on the 540-yard closer. Boote also birdied the par-5, 564-yard 18th.

Wilson had a pair of birdies on both the front and back nine. The lone bogey came on the par-4, 432-yard 14th. Wilson birdied two of the next three to end the day.

Defending champion Georgia Tech exploited perfect scoring conditions at The Golf Club of Georgia and grabbed the first-day lead of by five shots over Oklahoma State.

The host Yellow Jackets compiled a 9-under 279, led by Ollie Schniederjans, whose 6-under 66 shared the individual lead with Virginia’s Ben Rusch.

Round 1 Team scores - click to enlarge

Despite rain-softened greens and windless conditions, defending individual champion Patrick Rodgers recovered from a 4-over front nine to close with a bogey-free back half. Rodgers nabbed a 3-over 75 while tying for 38th with Maverick McNealy.

Jim Liu logged a 7-over 79, hindered mostly by a triple bogey on the 12th hole. Liu started the round 1-under through three with the assistance of looper Conrad Ray.

The first-round stroke average was 73.33, with 34 players at par or better.

The final two rounds of the 54-hole tournament will be streamed live starting at noon (PT) on Saturday and Sunday at GoStanford.com.

Round 1 scorecards - click to enlarge

QUOTES from gostanford.com --- Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray previews the U.S. Collegiate Championship …“We’re excited about where this team is headed. They have been working hard and the results will follow. We have had some great contributions across the lineup this fall and we’re looking for that to continue.  “We’ll be on the road this weekend against a good field for an excellent test of golf.”  Defending champion in this event at 7-under 209 Patrick Rodgers says --- “Playing out here, with the difficulty of the golf course, the crowds, the skyboxes around the 18th green, it really is like playing in a PGA Tour event,” said Rodgers after winning the 2012 title.

Stanford wins the team title and Patrick Rodgers the individual title at Erin Hills in Wisconsin!

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The 2017 US Open venue, Erin Hills GC, is the site of the Marquette Invitational. Stanford's team includes two of its highly touted freshmen class, Jim Liu and Maverick McNealy, who will be playing in their first collegiate events. Remaining team members include two-time First Team All-American Patrick Rodgers, Cameron Wilson coming off his first win at Olympia Fields, and top returning sophomore David Boote.

Hosted by Marquette, two other Pac 12 teams are in the field including 3rd ranked UCLA and Oregon State.  Stanford carries an 8th place ranking at this time.  Other teams in the field include a ranked Oklahoma squad, Michigan, Wisconsin and an always solid Northwestern team.

FINAL RESULTS: 
Stanford wins the team championship by 8 strokes over UCLA with a 13-under par score of 851 and

Patrick Rodgers wins his 6th

Patrick Rodgers wins the individual title by 3 strokes at 7-under par on rounds of 68-72-69 209.  This is Patrick's 6th career win in just over two seasons, putting him in 3rd place in Cardinal history behind only Tiger Woods (11) and Joel Kribel (7).

Cameron Wilson (69-72-73 214) tied for 6th with David Boote (71-72-71 214) while freshman Jim Liu ties for 10th place (72-69-74 215) in his first collegiate tournament despite posting a 10 on the par 5 first hole and a 7 on the par 5 18th hole in his final round.  Freshman Maverick McNealy had a strong debut as well as he tied for 25th on rounds of 72-74-73.

The freshmen including Viraat Badhwar who's waiting in the wings to make his college debut are provided important depth and talent to the team's lineup making the prospects very positive going forward.

Final team and 3rd round individual scorecards are included below --- click to enlarge:

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ROUND 2 RECAP: weather in the low to high 50s, partly cloudy, with gusty winds to about 12 mph.
The Cardinal extended its lead to 11 strokes over SMU (and 15 over 3rd place teams) with the day's best team score of 3-under 285 (280-285 565).  Patrick Rodgers remains tied for 1st individually (68-72) with Cameron Wilson (69-72) and Jim Liu (72-69) tied for 3rd only one stroke behind.  David Boote (71-72) is tied for 6th overall and Maverick McNealy (72-75) is tied for 25th.

Freshman Jim Liu's 3-under 69 tied for the day's low round as he had 4 birdies and only one bogey.  Patrick's steady round included two birdies and two bogeys while Cameron had 3 bogies offset by an eagle and a birdie.  The individual highlight of the day was a hole in one by David Boote (see photo below) on the 208 yard par 3 sixth hole leading to his even par showing.  Maverick McNealy's round was only marred by his 4-over par play on the par fives as he tallied 4 birdies.  Top 5 team scores and  scorecards are shown below.

David Boote's hole in 1 on #6 - click to enlarge

Top 5 Team scoring - click to enlarge

Round 2 scorecards - click to enlarge

ROUND 1 RECAP:  weather low 50s with light winds.
After round 1 Stanford leads the field by 6 strokes with a team total of 8-under 280.   There was solid play by all 5 players, led by a 4-under 68 by Patrick Rodgers, who is tied for 1st individually.  The consistency of Stanford's play was shown in that all 5 players had only a total of 7 bogies on the day, more than offset by 13 birdies and an eagle.

Cameron Wilson shot 69 (T3), David Boote (T7) had 71 while freshmen Jim Liu (T16) and Maverick McNealy (T16) had par 72s.

The top 7 teams and individual scorecards are shown below -- click to enlarge:

Top 7 Teams & individuals - click to enlarge

Round 1 scorecards - click to enlarge