STANFORD, Calif. - No. 22 Stanford men's golf closes out the fall slate at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate on October 18-20. Hosted by Georgia Tech, the tournament will be hosted on the Lakeside Course at The Golf Club of Georgia.
THE COURSE » The Lakeside Course at the Golf Club of Georgia is a par-72, 7,092-yard track and has been one of the most critically-acclaimed courses in the state since being built in 1991. Located in Alpharetta, Ga., has hosted PGA Tour Champions events, the annual Georgia Cup, and U.S. Open qualifiers in addition to its annual collegiate event.
THE FIELD » The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate field includes 14 programs, eight of which are ranked in the Bushnell/Golfweek Top 25. Participating teams include No. 16 Alabama, Charlotte, Clemson, No. 23 Duke, East Tennessee State, No. 11 Georgia Tech, No. 23 Pepperdine, Southern California, No. 22 Stanford, No. 8 Tennessee, UCLA, No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Virginia, and Washington.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The tournament will consist of 54 holes of competition, with 18 holes of competition beginning on holes 1 and 10 each day. The tournament will be played under the play five, keep four format with action beginning at 6 a.m. PT on Friday and Saturday, and 5:30 a.m. PT on Sunday.
THE CARDINAL LINEUP » Taking the tee box for the Cardinal will be Jay Leng, Ethan Gao, Sean-Karl Dobson, Nathan Wang, and TK Chantananuwat. Kush Arora will also be competing in the event as an individual.
TOURNAMENT COVERAGE » A live leaderboard for The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate will be available on Scoreboard powered by Clippd.
STANFORD AT THE GOLF CLUB OF GEORGIA COLLEGIATE » Stanford is set to make its 13th appearance at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, finishing in the top-five of the team leaderboard five times during that span. The Cardinal won the tournament in its last appearance in 2022, shooting a 23-under 841 to defeat Georgia Tech and Pepperdine by a single stroke. Stanford has had two individual medalists in tournament history: Patrick Rodgers (2012) and Maverick McNealy (2015).
TK FINISHES TOP-20 » Returning to Colonial Country Club, Stanford turned in a seventh-place finish at the Ben Hogan Invitational with a 22-over performance for the week. Freshman TK Chantananuwat was the Cardinal's best finisher of the tournament, finishing T-19th with a 3-over 213, including an opening round 69 for the second sub-70 scorecard of his career.
BIG WIN IN WOODSIDE » In the fifth installment of the Big Match between the golf programs of Stanford and California, the Cardinal emerged victorious at Menlo Country Club, winning 4-2. It was the second time that Stanford has won the event, with its other victory coming in 2022. T.K. Chantananuwat, Ethan Gao, Logan Kim, and Nathan Wang each contributed match wins, sealing to win for Stanford.
LENG'S IMPRESSIVE DEBUT » In a condensed Fighting Illini Invitational that squeezed 54 holes of competition into two days rather than the scheduled three, Stanford opened the season with T-6th finish with an 8-over 848 weekend scorecard. Freshman Jay Leng impressed in his collegiate debut as Stanford's best finisher, placing T-15th on the weekend at 1-under par.
NATION'S TOP CLASS » Widely regarded as the top recruiting class of 2024, the Cardinal inked three exciting young golfers joining the program this season - T.K. Chantananuwat, Jay Leng Jr., and Logan Kim.
Chantananuwat, one of the world's best golf prospects, won the Trust Asian Mixed Cup at just 15 years of age to become the youngest player ever to win an event on a major professional tour. The Bangkok native has ranked as high as sixth in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and is the top Asian amateur golfer.
Leng is among California's elite in junior golf, ranked as the No. 1 recruit in the state according to Junior Golf Scoreboard. The San Diego native is a multiple AJGA Junior Tour champion and a two-time AJGA First-Team Rolex All-American.
Kim rounds out the 2024 class as yet another in-state commitment coming to The Farm. The San Jose native is the fourth-ranked recruit in the state of California according to Junior Golf Scoreboard, a Southern California Junior PGA Tour tournament winner, and has multiple top ten finishes on the AJGA Tour.
BOLSTERING THE STAFF » Stanford head coach Conrad Ray recently completed his staff ahead of the 2024-25 season, announcing the addition of Hong Seh Lim Assistant Men’s Golf Coach Alex Merrill on Monday afternoon.
Joining the staff in a newly-endowed role, Merrill comes to The Farm after a two-year tenure at Purdue as the Director of Administration & Performance for Golf, where he managed the operations and strength & conditioning for both the men's and women's golf programs. Under his guidance, the Boilermaker golf programs combined for six tournament wins and a pair of NCAA Championship appearances.
Previous stops for Merrill also includes Duke University, where he spent 12 seasons as a sports performance coach, as well as Attain Sports Performance in western Massachusetts.