NCAA Championships
Friday-Wednesday, May 29-June 3
The Concession Golf Club • Bradenton, Fla.
Cardinal Contingent • Maverick McNealy, Viraat Badhwar, David Boote, Franklin Huang, Jeffrey Swegle
Live Results • GoStanford.com
Television • Golf Channel (June 1-3)
Social Hour • @StanfordMgolf • #GoStanford
The Tournament
• Stanford finished second in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, one of six sites used for the tournament proper. The Cardinal has won eight NCAA titles, the most recent in 2007. Last season, Stanford won the stroke-play portion of the tournament, led by individual winner Cameron Wilson, and finished third in match play.
• Conrad Ray, the Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf, is taking his team to its eighth appearance in the NCAA Championships in 11 years at the helm.
• There will be 54 holes of stroke play competition, with the top eight teams advancing to match play
The Field
• This season’s field includes 30 teams and six individuals, including eighth-ranked Stanford.
The Course
• Named the “Best New Private Course of 2006” by Golf Digest, The Concession Golf Club was designed in honor of the 1969 Ryder Cup, where Jack Nicklaus conceded a putt to Tony Jacklin on the 18th green, resulting in the first-ever tie in the competition. The “concession” made by Nicklaus is considered one of the greatest acts of sportsmanship in history.
• Located near downtown Sarasota on a 520-acre site complete with wildlife, wetlands, native oaks, magnolia and pine, the course offers spectacular views. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course was designed in association with former British Open champion and fellow World Golf Hall of Famer Tony Jacklin. The course measures 7,474 yards from the back tees (there are five sets overall) and has the state’s highest slope rating by the USGA at 155.
Looking Back on 2014-15
• Sophomore Maverick McNealy won medalist honors six times, including the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, tying Patrick Rodgers for the second-best total in school history behind Tiger Woods (8).
• McNealy helped the Cardinal capture back-to-back Pac-12 Conference titles for the first time ever by shooting a Stanford-record tying 61 in the final round in Pullman, Washington, and was named Pac-12 Player of the Year. He was a finalist for the Ben Hogan Award.
• Sophomore Viraat Badhwar and freshman Franklin Huang tied for 18th at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, while freshman Jeffrey Swegle finished 24th.
• Junior David Boote tied for third in last year’s NCAA Championships.