STANFORD, Calif. — Having started the spring season in dominant fashion just two weeks ago, Stanford men’s golf heads to The Aloha State to take part in its first tournament of the new year at the Amer Ari Invitational.
THE COURSE » For the third-consecutive year, Mauna Lani Resort plays host for the Amer Ari Invitational with its North Course serving as the setting for this season’s competition. Renowned as the No. 2 course in Hawaii by Golfpass Golfers Choice, the North Course consistently ranks among the top courses to play among the islands.
The north course plays as a par-72, 6,913 yard track that is the preferred course among its visitors. Designed alongside a Kiawe forest, the north course hosts sweeping ocean views that sets a beautiful scene for this season’s competition.
THE FIELD » This season’s field for the 35th Amer Ari Invitational includes one of the strongest lineups of teams in collegiate golf including four top-10 teams headlined by No. 4 Auburn. No. 6 Texas follows the Tigers alongside No. 7 Arizona State, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 14 North Carolina, No. 15 Pepperdine, No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 18 Georgia Tech. No. 35 Stanford follows No. 21 UCLA before No. 41 Washington rounds out the top-50. Also golfing is Oregon, Oregon State, Pacific, UT Arlington, San Jose State, UC Davis, University of Hawaii, international competition Osaka Gakuin and hosts Hawaii-Hilo.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The three day, 54-hole tournament will be played in the play five, keep four format beginning with a shotgun start on each day at 7:30 a.m.
LIVE SCORING » Live scoring for the Amer Ari Invitational 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 five for the trip to Hawaii led by Edan Cui at the No. 1 slot. Fresh off of a solid start to the spring with amateur and match play wins, Dean Greyserman will tee off at the No. 2 slot for the Cardinal. No. 109 Jay Leng and Nathan Wang follow suit for Stanford at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while No. 89 TK Chantananuwat makes his return to tournament action having missed Stanford’s final fall tournament after taking part in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship where he placed tied for 11th overall. Kush Arora serves as the lone individual golfer for Stanford this weekend.
VINTAGE CLUB DUB » Stanford avenged last season’s loss to Texas A&M at the Hideaway Shootout with a clinical 7-1 victory over the No. 31 Aggies two weeks ago at the Vintage Club Shootout in Indian Wells, Calif. The Cardinal earned three 3&2 wins with Ethan Gao, TK Chantananuwat and Kush Arora securing three points for the Cardinal in dominant fashion. Nathan Wang, Dean Greyserman and Cooper Stearns also nabbed points for Stanford with Greyserman’s 2&1 win bookend by Wang and Stearns who both earned 1up wins. Jay Leng and Edan Cui both tied their respective matches against top talent as the Cardinal earned an early spring win to start 2026.
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.