22nd Stanford Intercollegiate
• Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 16-18, 2017
• Poppy Hills Golf Course, Pebble Beach, California
• Par-71, 6,069 yards
• Live Results • GoStanford.com and Golfstat.com
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• Tee Times: 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. PT off the No. 1 and 10 tees, all three days
The Tournament
• The 54-hole event is hosted by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Stanford's Hoover Institution. Dr. Rice served as U.S. Secretary of State from 2005-09 and is an avid golfer. The tournament will be held at Poppy Hills for the first time while renovation is being done at Stanford Golf Course.
The Format
• Three rounds of stroke play. Teams will be grouped in threesomes and repaired after the first and second rounds based on scores. The low four out of five scores will be counted each day in the team competition. The team champion and individual medalist will be honored.
The Forecast
• Cool morning temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s, reaching 70 degrees on Monday, 66 on Tuesday and 63 on Wednesday. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with light winds.
Cardinal Contingent
• Stanford will compete with A and B teams. The first unit includes Andrea Lee, Albane Valenzuela, Mika Liu, Shannon Aubert and Madie Chou, while the second squad consists of Ziyi Wang, Jisoo Keel, Sierra Kersten, Kelsey Zeng and Calli Ringsby.
The Field
• Fourteen schools and 15 teams. Based on the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, they are: No. 4 UCLA, No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 8 Stanford, No. 13 Northwestern, No. 22 Iowa State, No. 23 Florida State, No. 35 Washington, No. 36 Pepperdine, No. 44 San Jose State, No. 48 Oregon, No. 50 Cal, No. 75 Georgia, No. 90 UC Davis, No. 110 Cal Poly.
• Two-time defending champion Bronte Law of UCLA is now a professional, so a new winner is assured. Top individuals include No. 3 Patty Tavatanakit of UCLA, No. 5 Andrea Lee of Stanford, No. 8 Maddie McCrary of Oklahoma State, No. 15 Jillian Hallis of Georgia, No. 20 Kenzie Neisen of Oklahoma State, No. 22 Mariel Galdiano of UCLA, No. 26 Kathleen Scavo of Oregon, No. 30 Stephanie Astrup of Oklahoma State and No. 35 Bethany Wu of UCLA. Lee tied for second in 2016.
Last Year
• Sparked by Bronte Law, UCLA captured the team title for the third time in the rain-shortened 36-hole event at Stanford Golf Course. Law fired rounds of 70-65 to finish at 7-under 135 and earned medalist honors for the third consecutive year. The Bruins finished at 4-over 572, 11 strokes ahead of host Stanford (583). Heavy rain on the morning of the final round resulted in standing water on the greens, forcing officials to suspend and cancel play. Individually, freshman Andrea Lee (70-68) of Stanford and Georgia Lacey of San Diego State shared second at 2-under 140.
The Course
• Located on the famed Monterey Peninsula in the Del Monte Forest, Poppy Hills Golf Course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and opened in 1986. It is home of the Northern California Golf Association and is the first course in the country to be owned and operated by an amateur golf association.
The challenging layout is situated high above Pebble Beach Golf Links and features rolling terrain as the holes meander through majestic Monterey pines and cypress trees. Large, undulating greens put a premium on club selection and distance control, and there are many risk-and-reward holes. Poppy Hills offers scenic views of the Pacific Ocean. From 1991-2009, the course hosted the PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and was also site of the 1991 NCAA Men's Championships. A 13-month, $10 million course renovation was completed in 2014.
• Stanford has produced many influential golfers throughout the years. Former Cardinal standouts include Casey Danielson, Melinda Daniels-Price, Allison Finney, Martha Freitag, Kim Hall, Sara Hallock, 1971 NCAA champion Shelley Hamlin, Lauren Kim, 2003 U.S. Women's Open champion Hilary Lunke, Stephanie Louden, Mhairi McKay, Joanne Pacillo, Jodi Renner, Anne Sander, Mariah Stackhouse, Sally Watson and LPGA Hall of Famer Mickey Wright. Wright won 13 major championships, including the 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1964 U.S. Women's Open, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Century Team in 2016.
• Notables on the men's side are former USGA Presidents Sandy Tatum and Grant Spaeth, and PGA Tour players Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Notah Begay III, Patrick Rodgers, Andrew Yun and Maverick McNealy.
• Stanford Intercollegiate - Team Champions
2016 - UCLA (287-285, 572, +4)
2015 - Stanford (287-281-279, 847, -5)
2014 - Stanford and USC (837, -15)
2013 - USC (276-272-283, 831, -21)
2012 - USC (286-285-286, 857, +5)
2011 - UCLA (277-279-286, 842, -10)
2009 - Arizona State (273-282-285, 840, -12)
2008 - UCLA (277-285-282, 844, -8)
2007 - Arizona State (293-293-276, 862)
2006 - Vanderbilt (288-292-275, 855)
2005 - Duke (283-280-271, 834)
2004 - Arizona State (282-282-288, 852)
2003 - Duke (281-278-286, 845)
2002 - California (296-295-294, 885)
2001 - Tulsa (284-286-285, 855)
2000 - Arizona (277-293-303, 873)
1999 - Tulsa (297-285-297, 879)
1998 - Arizona (298-300-287, 885)
1997 - Stanford (296-282-287, 865)
1996 - San Jose State (881)
1995 - San Jose State (889), UCLA (889)
• Stanford Intercollegiate - Individual Champions
2016 - Bronte Law - UCLA (70-65, 135, -7)
2015 - Bronte Law - UCLA (67-70-68, 205, -8)
2014 - Bronte Law - UCLA (65-71-69, 205, -8)
2013 - Alison Lee - UCLA - (69-67-70, 206, -7)
2012 - Kyung Kim - USC - (72-66-68, 206, -7)
2011 - SooBin Kim - Washington - (66-68-66, 200, -13)
2009 - Jennifer Song - USC - (67-71-67, 205, -8)
2008 - Lizette Salas - USC - (66-72-68, 206, -7)
2007 - Stacy Lewis - Arkansas - (69-72-70, 211, -2)
2006 - Stacy Lewis - Arkansas - (71-67-69, 207, -6), Alison Walshe - Arizona - (67-71-69, 207, -6)
2005 - Elizabeth Janangelo - Duke - (70-67-65, 202, -11)
2004 - Anastasia Kostina - Washington State - (68-68-69, 205, -5)
2003 - Erica Blasberg - Arizona - (70-69-70, 209, -7), Elizabeth Janangelo - Duke - (68-67-74, 209, -7)
2002 - Erica Blasberg - Arizona - (73-69-69-211, -5)
2001 - Stacy Prammanasudh - Tulsa - (67-69-67, 203, -13)
2000 - Stacy Prammanasudh - Tulsa - (72-68-70, 210, -6)
1999 - Stacy Prammanasudh - Tulsa - (73-66-71, 210, -6)
1998 - Jenna Daniels - Arizona - (215, -4), Elisha Au - Washington - (215, -4)
1997 - Hilary Homeyer - Stanford - (73-67-71, 211, -8)
1996 - Janice Moodie - San Jose State - (70-68-71, 209, -10)
1995 - Vibeke Stensrud - San Jose State - (215, -5), Mhairi McKay - Stanford - (215, -5)
Fall update
• Stanford has competed twice this fall, capturing thirds at the Dick McGuire/Branch Law Firm Invitational in New Mexico, and the ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M in Minnesota. Sophomore Andrea Lee, the 2017 National Freshman of the Year, tied for first in New Mexico with rounds of 73-68-67 to finish at 8-under 208, earning her fourth career victory on The Farm. Lee placed third at the ANNIKA, shooting 74-69-69 to conclude at 4-under 212.
The Cardinal has also received two strong showings from freshman Mike Liu, who came in 20th in New Mexico and 11th in Minnesota. Senior Shannon Aubert finished 33rd and 24th, respectively, while sophomore Albane Valenzuela tied for 24th in Minnesota in her only start.
Lee boasts a team-best 70.0 scoring average, followed by Liu (72.33), Valenzuela (73.66) and Aubert (74.0).
