Thursday-Saturday, March 28-30
Stanford Golf Course • Stanford, Calif.
6,758 yards • Par-70
The Tournament
• Stanford will play host to The 50th Goodwin (March 28-31) at Stanford Golf Course.
• Originally called the United States Intercollegiate, the event was renamed 'The Goodwin' prior to the 2014 edition in honor of former Cardinal head coach Wally Goodwin. He coached at Stanford from 1987-2000, and his tenure was highlighted by winning the 1994 national title. Goodwin was named national coach of the year in 1992 and 1994, and was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.
• Goodwin recruited and coached standouts such as Tiger Woods, Casey Martin, Notah Begay III, Patrick Rodgers, Joseph Bramlett, Joel Kribel, Rob Grube and current Stanford head coach Conrad Ray, among many other stars from Stanford's proud golfing tradition.
• Stanford has claimed 15 team victories and 15 individual titles at the event, the most of any program in each category. The Cardinal captured the first team and individual titles in 1968 during the inaugural year of the tournament.
• Stanford alumni who have won the event include Sandy Adelman (1968), Gary Vanier (1970), Tom Watson (1971), Conrad Nilmeier (1973), Dave Baskins (1974), Mike Peck (1976), Mike Milliken (1990), Casey Martin (1995), Joel Kribel (1996-97), Philip Rowe (2002), Rob Grube (2006-07) and Patrick Rodgers (2014).
• The Cardinal holds the event's longest team winning streak at six (1970-1975).
The Coverage
• Live results will be available throughout the event at GoStanford.com, with updates available on Twitter (@StanfordMgolf), Facebook (StanfordMgolf) and Instagram (@StanfordMgolf).
The Field
• The 26-team field is comprised of No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 7 USC, No. 9 Cal, No. 13 Pepperdine, No. 31 BYU, No. 32 Stanford, No. 34 UNLV, No. 37 Oregon, No. 41 Florida, No. 42 Nevada, No. 44 Northwestern, No. 47 Arizona, No. 53 St. Mary's, No. 58 San Francisco, No. 60 UC San Diego, No. 61 San Jose State, No. 80 Washington, No. 87 Santa Clara, Colorado, McNeese State, Nebraska, SMU, Toledo, George Washington Nova Southeastern and UC Davis.
Last Year
• No. 8 Oklahoma combined for an impressive 54-hole score of 24-under 828 to claim the team title by three strokes over No. 10 Cal at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco by posting rounds of 279-269-280. Stanford placed third at 16-under 836.
• Norman Xiong of Oregon fashioned rounds of 65-65-68 to capture the individual title with a 15-under total of 198. Jeffrey Swegle of Sanford secured a career-best runner-up finish at 9-under 204 and fired an 8-under 63 in the first round, matching the fifth-lowest score in program history.
The Format
• The event will span three days and features 54 holes of stroke play. Team scores will consist of the cumulative total of its four best scores out of five per round. For the purposes of tournament honors and awards, ties will be split per NCAA Championship tie-breaking procedures.
• There will be morning and afternoon sessions each day with starting times off the first and 10th tees. The first session starts at 7:30 a.m. PT and the afternoon wave begins at 12:00 p.m. on the first tee and 12:25 p.m. on the 10th tee.
• Pairings remain the same for the first two rounds. Teams will be repaired Saturday according to scores.
• The tournament is open to the public and admission is free.
The Forecast
• Light rain on Thursday with a high temperature of 62 degrees. Sunny and 65 degrees on Friday and sunny and 69 degrees on Saturday.
Cardinal Contingent
• Stanford will compete with two teams. The Cardinal (A) group starts off No. 1 on Thursday from 12:55 p.m. to 1:39 p.m. and is paired with Oklahoma and USC. The White (B) squad starts off No. 1 from 1:50 p.m. to 2:34 p.m. and is paired with UC San Diego and Nova Southeastern.
The Course
One of approximately 30 college courses in the country, Stanford Golf Course opened in 1930 and was designed by famed architects George C. Thomas and Billy Bell Jr. It underwent a renovation by John Harbottle in 2008. In 2018, Beau Welling Design oversaw a renovation that included reconstruction and relocation of nearly every bunker, new irrigation, and the modification of several holes, notably the par-4 fifth and par-4 11th.
Located on campus below the scenic foothills, the sprawling, championship layout is flanked by majestic oak trees and meandering San Francisquito Creek, the latter coming into play on nearly half the course. Each hole offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains, and San Francisco, about 30 miles north, can be seen from the elevated 18th tee.
Home to the nationally-ranked men's and women's golf programs, and the Cardinal cross country teams, Stanford Golf Course was ranked No. 88 in the world in 1993 by Golf Magazine. In a poll of college golf coaches in 2009, the course was ranked No. 3 in the nation. In 2015, Stanford was rated the No. 6 college course in the country by Golfweek.
Rich in tradition and history, World Golf Hall of Famers Lawson Little, Tom Watson and Mickey Wright honed their games on the course, as did future Hall of Famer, Tiger Woods. The course was also home to former USGA Presidents Sandy Tatum, Grant Spaeth and Walter Driver.
Stanford Golf Course has been the site of many important tournaments, including men's and women's NCAA Championships, U.S. Open Qualifying, USGA Junior Amateur Qualifying, and The Gathering, a former PGA Senior Tour event. Each year, the course hosts The Goodwin, a top men's collegiate tournament, and two women's events: the Stanford Intercollegiate hosted by Professor Condoleezza Rice, and the Peg Barnard Invitational.
