STANFORD, Calif. — Having had two top-10 finishers in its last outing on Long Island, Stanford men's golf heads back out east to conclude the fall slate at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, hosted by Georgia Tech, from October 24-26.
THE COURSE » The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate is hosted by its namesake with the par-72, 7,017 yard Lakeside Course serving as the backdrop to this season’s tournament.
Featuring a rolling terrain and engrained greens along the scenic woods that encompasses the track, the Lakeside Course - built in 1991 - was the original course at the The Golf Club of Georgia. A product of architect Arthur Hills, the Lakeside Course is challenging as it is stunning, serving as a strong layout to conclude the fall slate.
THE FIELD » This season’s 14-team field boasts 6 teams ranked in the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Top 25 heading into the weekend.
Headlined by No. 1 Virginia, this season’s event also includes No. 9 Utah, No. 14 Pepperdine, No. 15 UCLA, hosts No. 18 Georgia Tech, and No. 24 Charlotte. Stanford also joins the list of participants that includes Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Loyola Marymount, USC and Washington.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The 54-hole tournament will be played under the play five, keep four format over three days. Tee times for Friday and Saturday from holes 1&10 will be announced later with Sunday’s pairings based on the 36-hole score.
LIVE SCORING » Live scoring for the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate will be available on Scoreboard by Clippd with live coverage of the event on X and Instagram at @StanfordMGolf.
THE CARDINAL LINEUP » Stanford sends out a new starting five for this weekend’s tournament leading off with No. 136 Jay Leng, followed by Edan Cui and Nathan Wang. Making his season tournament debut, Ethan Gao hits the links at the No. 4 slot while Cooper Stearns makes his Cardinal tournament debut at No. 5. Dean Greyserman serves as Stanford’s individual entry for the tournament.
STANFORD AT THE GOLF CLUB OF GEORGIA COLLEGIATE » Stanford makes the trip to Alpharetta for the 14th time in the history of the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, having placed 13th overall in last season’s outing. Stanford won the team title in the 2021 rendition of the tournament and has produced two medalists with Patrick Rodgers winning the tournament in 2012 and Maverick McNealy finishing in a four-way tie for the individual championship in 2015.
HISTORY IN THE HAMPTONS » Dean Greyserman and Jay Leng both had career outings at the Hamptons Intercollegiate with both earning their first top-10 finishes of their respective careers. Greyserman, who led the tournament at one point, paced atop the Cardinal leaderboard, placing tied for sixth at 2-under while Leng surged into the top-10, finishing tied for ninth at 1-under. Stanford improved during all three rounds, finishing the tournament at 5-over and in fourth place out of 11 teams in its penultimate fall competition.
TOP-10 TK IN TEXAS » TK Chantananuwat led the way for the Cardinal at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational presented by Charles Schwab, earning his third career top-10 finish at 1-over, 211. Chantananuwat entered the third round of the two-day contest at 1-over following a 36-hole marathon on day one, rattling off three birdies as the sophomore slotted tied for 8th. The Cardinal took 11th overall in Fort Worth in a field of 13 ranked teams with Chantananuwat, Jay Leng, Nathan Wang and Edan Cui scoring for Stanford.
BACK TO BACK AT THE BIG MATCH » In a 19-hole thriller at Menlo Country Club, Stanford retained its Big Match title for the first time, earning a 3.5-3.5 tiebreak winner courtesy of the duo of Megha Ganne and Dean Greyserman. With both golfers earning great approach shots on the playoff 18th hole, Ganne secured the tiebreaker with a roughly 50 foot putt to give the Cardinal the win. Ganne and Greyserman secured a 3&2 win for Stanford while the Cardinal also earned points with 4&3 decisions from Edan Cui/Leigh Chien and Nathan Wang/Andrea Revuelta.
WINDY CITY STANFORD » 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 had 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.