During the fall, we had lots of players in the various team formats- the Solheim, Junior Solheim, Junior Ryder Cup and the Walker Cup. Alas, we didn't have any players on the Ryder Cup team. Europe swept all of the team events. The US prevailed in the Walker Cup with the US facing a team from Great Britain and Ireland.
On the Solheim (US vs. European Women), Andrea Lee and Rose Zhang were on the US Team. Rose had a record of 0-3-1 and Andrea had a record of 1-2-1. No one on the Euro team.
In the Junior Solheim, we had two Stanford commits, Leigh Chien on the US team and Nora Sundberg from Sweden on the Euro team. Nora is ranked #39 in WAGR and Leigh is #108. On the European Solheim Cup, she finished third in points to claim her spot.
On the Junior Ryder Cup, Leigh Chien and Nora Sundberg also were on their respective teams. The future Stanford teammates actually met in singles where they tied. Jay Leng, Jr. played for the US and is a Stanford commit.
In the Walker Cup, Barclay Brown played for the GB&I team and was 0-2-1, where the halve was in singles.
The Big Match against Cal is based on a mixed foursome, where there's a player from the women's team and the men's team. They lost 4-3 playing fourball (low player's score)
Stanford men played also played some team events and one stroke play tournament. In the Stephens Cup, they finished 6th out of 7 teams and shot a respectable -29 over three rounds. This week, they hosted the Cypress Point Classic which consisted of Foursome, Fourball and Single matches. They lost to ASU 2-1 in Foursomes, tied Illinois 1.5-1.5 in Fourball and got beat 5-1 in Singles. Stanford's best player, Michael Thorbjornsen has been out with a back stress injury since late summer. He had to give up his spots on the Walker Cup and the US Amateur. Seems like we've been seeing a lot injuries to our golf team. Ben, if you see this, can you ask about Michael's recovery?
On the women's side, they finished 3rd during stroke play at the Stephens Cup, which meant they would play for 3rd against South Carolina. They won 4-1 to capture 3rd.
They then played in the Stanford Intercollegiate where they finished 3rd out of 19 teams. Heck, Englemann and Ganne did not have their usual games with Rachel shooting +13!, Sadie a +6 and Megha +4. Stanford was led by Kelly Xu and Paula Martin Sampedro who finished 3rd and 7th.
The women are at the prestigious East Lake tournament this week which features the 8 2022 NCAA semi-final men's and women's teams. On day 1, Stanford finished first, which earned them the #1 seed and Sadie bounced back to take first place in individual stroke play. On day 2, they beat Texas A&M 3-2 to make to the finals against Wake Forest. With the match tied 2-2, Megha was dormie with two to play. She birdied the tough #17 and then won 18 to force extra holes. She won on the 4th extra hole.
Stanford is playing without Rachel in this tournament as she's representing the USA at the Pan American Games in Santiago this week.
The finals match will be shown on the Golf Channel at noon. This year, since the East Lake course is going through some renovation so it's being played at the Atlanta Athletic Club, Bobby Jone's home club. It's been the host of many major tournaments.
On the Solheim (US vs. European Women), Andrea Lee and Rose Zhang were on the US Team. Rose had a record of 0-3-1 and Andrea had a record of 1-2-1. No one on the Euro team.
In the Junior Solheim, we had two Stanford commits, Leigh Chien on the US team and Nora Sundberg from Sweden on the Euro team. Nora is ranked #39 in WAGR and Leigh is #108. On the European Solheim Cup, she finished third in points to claim her spot.
On the Junior Ryder Cup, Leigh Chien and Nora Sundberg also were on their respective teams. The future Stanford teammates actually met in singles where they tied. Jay Leng, Jr. played for the US and is a Stanford commit.
In the Walker Cup, Barclay Brown played for the GB&I team and was 0-2-1, where the halve was in singles.
The Big Match against Cal is based on a mixed foursome, where there's a player from the women's team and the men's team. They lost 4-3 playing fourball (low player's score)
Stanford men played also played some team events and one stroke play tournament. In the Stephens Cup, they finished 6th out of 7 teams and shot a respectable -29 over three rounds. This week, they hosted the Cypress Point Classic which consisted of Foursome, Fourball and Single matches. They lost to ASU 2-1 in Foursomes, tied Illinois 1.5-1.5 in Fourball and got beat 5-1 in Singles. Stanford's best player, Michael Thorbjornsen has been out with a back stress injury since late summer. He had to give up his spots on the Walker Cup and the US Amateur. Seems like we've been seeing a lot injuries to our golf team. Ben, if you see this, can you ask about Michael's recovery?
On the women's side, they finished 3rd during stroke play at the Stephens Cup, which meant they would play for 3rd against South Carolina. They won 4-1 to capture 3rd.
They then played in the Stanford Intercollegiate where they finished 3rd out of 19 teams. Heck, Englemann and Ganne did not have their usual games with Rachel shooting +13!, Sadie a +6 and Megha +4. Stanford was led by Kelly Xu and Paula Martin Sampedro who finished 3rd and 7th.
The women are at the prestigious East Lake tournament this week which features the 8 2022 NCAA semi-final men's and women's teams. On day 1, Stanford finished first, which earned them the #1 seed and Sadie bounced back to take first place in individual stroke play. On day 2, they beat Texas A&M 3-2 to make to the finals against Wake Forest. With the match tied 2-2, Megha was dormie with two to play. She birdied the tough #17 and then won 18 to force extra holes. She won on the 4th extra hole.
Stanford is playing without Rachel in this tournament as she's representing the USA at the Pan American Games in Santiago this week.
The finals match will be shown on the Golf Channel at noon. This year, since the East Lake course is going through some renovation so it's being played at the Atlanta Athletic Club, Bobby Jone's home club. It's been the host of many major tournaments.
