STANFORD, Calif. — Ringing in the new year, Stanford men’s golf is back in action for the first time in three months, heading down to Indian Wells, Calif. for a match-play bout against Texas A&M on Sunday, January 25.
THE COURSE » The Vintage Club serves as the setting for this season’s match play bout as the Cardinal and Aggies will play on one of two of the best courses that Indian Wells has to offer. The club’s par-72, 7,138 yard Mountain Course hosts a “superb layout” that “strategically balances playability and challenge with its distinct ‘Fazio’ bunkering, bent grass greens, lush fairways and tees” that display the beauty of the Coachella Valley.
Meanwhile, the club’s Desert Course plays as a 6,515-yard, par-72 track that ranks as one of the three greatest courses built in the last 20 years according to the American Society of Golf Course Architects. The Desert Course boasts a plethora of “verdant Palo Verde trees, desert cacti and wildflowers,” and other features that make it the perfect setting for any January golfing excursion.
THE FIELD » This year’s matchup consists of a Top-40 battle as the No. 35 Cardinal take on the No. 31 Aggies for the second time. Texas A&M boasts two golfers ranked inside the top-100 with No. 29 Aaron Pounds and No. 89 Wheaton Ennis while Stanford’s TK Chantananuwat and Jay Leng enter the Sunday shootout ranked at No. 90 and No. 109, respectively.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The one day, 18-hole tournament will be played in the match play style format with eight total points up for grabs.
LIVE SCORING » Live scoring for the Vintage Club Shootout will be available on Scoreboard by Clippd with live coverage of the event on X and Instagram at @StanfordMGolf.
THE CARDINAL LINEUP » Stanford rolls out all eight of its golfers this weekend including the season debut of junior Kush Arora. Nathan Wang, Jay Leng, Edan Ciu, Dean Greyserman, Ethan Gao and Cooper Stearns return to the links following taking part in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate before the winter break. TK Chantananuwat returns to the Cardinal lineup after taking part in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship where he placed tied for 11th overall.
STANFORD AGAINST TEXAS A&M » The Cardinal and the Aggies battled it out last season in the Hideaway Shootout with the Aggies taking a narrow win, 5-4. Stanford picked up wins with Dean Greyserman (-3, 7&5), Sean-Karl Dobson (E, 1 Up), Logan Kim (-1, 1 Up) and TK Chantananuwat (-1, 2&1).
STANFORD’S SILICON VALLEY » Dean Greyserman became the third-consecutive Cardinal to take home the Silicon Valley Amateur title, doing so on home soil as the tournament made its way to The Farm. Greyserman - who led through all three rounds of the competition - concluded the tournament at 12-under while fellow teammate Edan Cui took second at 10-under. Overall, Stanford placed four inside the top-10 of the tournament with Nathan Wang securing fourth at 2-under while reigning champion Ethan Gao placed 10th at 4-over.
GEORGIA ON EDAN’S MIND » Stanford freshman Edan Cui earned his best collegiate finish down at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, leading the pack through two rounds before a rain-soaked third round turned the tide. Cui submitted cards of 67 (-5), 66 (-6), and 78 (+6) to end the tournament at 5-under, 211 to place in a tie for sixth. Stanford ended the tournament placing eighth out of 14 teams that included six ranked opponents.
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.