Southern Highlands Collegiate
Southern Highlands Golf Club (Par-72 • 7,510 yards)
Las Vegas, Nev.
Monday-Wednesday, March 6-8
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The Lowdown
• Stanford treks to Las Vegas for the Southern Highlands Collegiate (March 6-8) hosted by UNLV. The prestigious event annually attracts the country's best college golf teams, and each year ranks at or near the top of the collegiate golf schedule in terms of strength of field.
• During the Cardinal's last trip to the event in 2014, Patrick Rodgers defended his individual title by holding off UCLA's Jonathan Garrick and UNLV's Kurt Kitayama. It was Rodgers' second straight win on the season and eighth collegiate victory. Host UNLV won the team title, two shots ahead of second-place Stanford and Oklahoma State.
The Course
• Situated in the southwest foothills of Las Vegas, Southern Highlands Golf Club is a par-72 track which will play at 7,510 yards. The private 18-hole golf course was co-designed by Robert Trent Jones and his son, Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
The Field
• The 15-team field includes No. 10 Stanford, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Illinois, No. 7 USC, No. 9 Texas Tech, No. 11 Oklahoma, No. 17 UNLV, No. 23 San Diego State, No. 25 Arizona State, California, New Mexico, Pepperdine, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian.
The Format
• The 54-hole stroke play event will feature 18 holes each day. Team and individual ties will be broken by a sudden death playoff.
Fourth in La Quinta
• Isaiah Salinda and Franklin Huang shelved top-10 individual finishes while Stanford placed fourth at The Prestige at PGA West with rounds of 281-289-291 (+9). Salinda and Huang tied for sixth at 3-under overall. It was the best-ever collegiate finish for Salinda (69-71-70).
Island Living
• Stanford opened the spring season with a sixth-place finish at the Amer Ari Invitational contested at the Waikoloa Kings' Course. The Cardinal went 21-under after rounds of 278-282-283 on the par-72, 7,074-yard track. Maverick McNealy (68-66-68) went under par in each of his three rounds for a 14-under that yielded a fourth-place finish.
Cardinal Does Napa
• Stanford lost to USC in the final match of the Gifford Collegiate Championship at Silverado Resort and Spa. The Cardinal and USC each won two matches and halved the remaining two, but the Trojans won the tie-breaker (most holes) by a 7-6 margin.
Late Charge Yields Bronze
• Stanford (293-286-278) teamed to go 7-under for third place at the three-day, 54-hole Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate. Brandon Wu (-6) tied for fourth among individuals after rounds of 73-68-69.
McNealy Ties Record
• In his 2016-17 season debut at the Nike Collegiate Invitational, Maverick McNealy earned his 11th career victory, matching the Stanford record shared by PGA Tour professionals Tiger Woods and Patrick Rodgers. McNealy (68-66-68) was the only player with three consecutive rounds under par at Colonial Country Club, two shots better than Oregon's Wyndham Clark. He helped the Cardinal tie for sixth with USC among the 15-team field.
Swinging In Scotland
• Before the season began, Stanford trekked across the pond to Scotland to master their craft on some of the world's best courses. The courses played included: Balcomie Links, Carnoustie Golf Links, New Course in St. Andrews, Kingsbarns Golf Links, Cruden Bay Golf Club, Trump International Golf Links, Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Nairn Golf Club, Castle Stuart Golf Links and Royal Dornoch Golf Club.