The 2013-14 season marks the fourth at his alma mater for assistant coach Philip Rowe.
A four-year letterwinner for the Cardinal from 1999-2002, Rowe came back to The Farm after eight years of competing on various world tours, including a five-year stint playing on the professional circuit in France. Rowe has won four world-wide tournaments as a professional, including a pair at the Open de La Réunion, and was ranked ninth by the Allianz Golf Tour in 2009.
Since 2005, Rowe has been the attached touring professional golfer for the Trevose Golf & Country Club near Padstow, Cornwall (England).
Rowe was a two-time Academic All-American at Stanford and captained the team as a senior. He posted team-low scoring averages of 72.8 (2001) and 71.8 (2002). Rowe captured the 2002 U.S. Intercollegiate Championship held at Stanford and earned honorable mention All-America honors as a senior.
A native of Cornwall, England, Rowe played for the England Boys Team at age 16, and competed with the Great Britain & Ireland Boys Team in 1996 and 1997. He accumulated 30 team match representations (caps) for the England Men’s Team.
In 1999, Rowe teamed with future PGA stars Luke Donald and Paul Casey on the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team that defeated the United States at the Nairn Golf Club in Ireland. In 2000, Rowe won all three of his matches to lead Great Britain & Ireland to victory in the Palmer Cup, sinking the deciding putt on the 18th hole to secure the win.
Rowe competed in the 2000 British Open at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Rowe earned a degree in psychology from Stanford in 2002.
Rowe and his wife, Claire, reside in Mountain View.