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Still the champs. Despite the season being cut short due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Stanford Men's Golf is the last team in collegiate golf to win a national championship. And with the top-ranked recruiting class coming to The Farm for the 2020-21 season, mixed with loads of experience returning, the Cardinal looked primed to make a serious run at defending its crown next season.
Defending The Crown
As the defending national champions, Knowles Family Director of Men's Golf Conrad Ray put together one of the toughest schedules in golf for his squad in 2019-20. Despite losing key seniors Brandon Wu and Isaiah Salinda, the Card charged into the Nike Golf Collegiate Invite in September and came away with a Top-10 finish. Stanford finished sixth at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invite in October before closing the fall at Cypress Point in a match-play format against some of the top programs nationally.
Youth really shined for the Cardinal in its four spring events. Stanford was twice led at events by sophomore Daulet Tuleubayev and once each by sophomore Ethan Ng and freshman Barclay Brown. A Cardinal finished in the top six individually in four of the team's six events, led by freshman Barclay Brown's second-place finish at the Cabo Collegiate.
Team Awards
Sophomore Ethan Ng was named Most Improved and Team MVP in 2019-20. Full team awards can be viewed HERE. Ng was also named All-Region, as he put together a scoring average of 71.61 in 18 rounds.
Individual Highlights
• Ashwin Arasu improved his scoring average by more than two strokes, finishing with a career-best finish of tied for seventh at The Prestige Individual
• Barclay Brown was Stanford's lone true freshman, finishing with a scoring average of 72.67 and two top-10 finishes in five events
• Freddie Lee improved his scoring average by more than a stroke from his freshman to sophomore seasons and saw five of his nine rounds at par or better
• Nate Menon played in just one event, finishing tied for 24th in the fall before an injury that ended up ending his year due to the pandemic
• Ethan Ng improved his scoring average from 75.27 as a freshman to 71.61 as a sophomore to lead the Cardinal … 10 of his 18 rounds were par or better while six were in the 60s
• Henry Shimp continued to be solid as a senior captain, with a 72.78 scoring average … he will return to The Farm for a fifth year in 2020-21
• David Snyder had eight of 12 rounds at par or better in 2019-20 and plans to return to The Farm for a fifth year next season
• Daulet Tuleubayev had five of 18 rounds in the 60s in 2019-20 and had his career best finish of tied for sixth at The Prestige
