STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford men’s golf is back in action this week, starting a stretch run of four rounds in five days beginning with the sixth rendition of The Big Match on Thursday, September 25 at the Menlo Country Club.
THE COURSE » The storied Menlo Country Club hosts the Big Match for the sixth time, serving as the lone track to host the event. The setup includes a 6,732-yard, par-71 layout and will serve as a premium setting for the Bay Area rivalry.
THE FORMAT » Stanford and Cal battle in a mixed Match-Play format on Thursday, with seven total pairings in a best-ball effort to secure four team points. Matches will tee off every 12 minutes from the first tee box, starting with the first pairing at noon PT.
THE PAIRINGS » The Cardinal rolls out the following seven pairs ahead of Thursday’s contest:
Noon - Kelly Xu / TK Chantananuwat
12:12 p.m. - Meja Ortengren / Jay Leng
12:24 p.m. - Andrea Revuelta / Nathan Wang
12:36 p.m. - Leigh Chien / Edan Cui
12:48 p.m. - Nora Sundberg / Cooper Stearns
1 p.m. - Paula Martin Sampedro / Ethan Gao
1 p.m. - Megha Ganne / Dean Greyserman
BIG MATCH HISTORY » Stanford and Cal will battle it out for the sixth time as the Cardinal looks to even the all-time series (3-2 Cal) after a 4-3 win last season. TK Chantananuwat, Nathan Wang and Ethan Gao are among the returners for the Cardinal that scored in last season’s win.
LIVE SCORING » Live scoring for Big Match will be available on GolfGenius.com with live coverage of the event also available on X and Instagram at @StanfordMGolf.
LAST TIME OUT » Stanford opened the 2025-26 campaign last weekend taking an 11th place finish at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational. TK Chantananuwat led the Cardinal through 54 holes, placing 24th overall at 2-over for the tournament. Elsewhere, Jay Leng and Nathan Wang had solid starts to the season placing inside the top-50 with both turning in cards of 7-over. Freshman Edan Cui - who made his collegiate debut - also slotted inside the top-50, earning an 8-over card.
ALL-ACC NATHAN » In his first season on The Farm, Nathan Wang had a stellar season culminating in the Cardinal’s first-ever ACC accolade with the junior being named to the All-ACC Team. Wang earned four top-20 finishes during the season and led the Cardinal with a 70.97 scoring average in 30 competitive rounds. Placing T-17 at Stanford’s debut in the ACC Championships, Wang earned his best finish of the season at the Western Collegiate placing T-5 at 5-under, 205, while also aiding the Cardinal to postseason golf for the 26th-consecutive season.
FIRST YEAR SUCCESS » In their first season on The Farm, TK Chantananuwat and Jay Leng has tremendous success for the Cardinal. Chantananuwat finished the season with five top-20 finishes including a season-best eighth-place finish at The Western Intercollegiate as the Cardinal took runners-up at its annual appearance at Pasatiempo. Leng also had a respectable freshman year, earning four top-20 finishes with his best outing being a T-12 finish at The Goodwin. Both players were two of only three players (Nathan Wang) to compete in every competition last season and the only freshman to do so.
THE SUMMER OF DEAN » Dean Greyserman enters his senior season on The Farm following an outstanding summer season back on the east coast. Greyserman, who appeared in three competitions in the 2024-25 season for Stanford, won two tournaments over the summer culminating in earning an automatic bid to the 125th U.S. Amateur Championship with a 3&1 win at the 123rd Met Amateur Championship in early August. Greyserman also took the top spot at the 70th Ike in July to kickstart MGA competitions.
FRESH FACES » A relatively young squad, Stanford welcomes two highly-touted recruits for the 2025-26 season in Edan Cui and Cooper Stearns. Cui enters his freshman season having been ranked No. 41 in the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings and was the seventh-highest player in the state of California following a win and four top-10 finishes on the AJGA circuit. Stearns comes to Stanford having been a multi-sport athlete at Irvine High School in golf and basketball. The 2025 Orange County Boys Athlete of the Year, Stearns was ranked No. 326 in the AJGA rankings and earned his lone junior win at the Los Angeles City Junior Championship.