Golf Alumni News

Four Cardinal Look to Advance to Q School Finals

2011-11-14T21:01:00.001-08:00

Notah Begay (1995, pictured above), Alex Aragon (2001), Joseph Bramlett (2010) and Steve Ziegler (2011) all compete this week in the PGA Tour's 2nd Stage of Qualifying School in hopes of advancing to the final stage. Zack Miller (2008) is exempt into the final stage since he finished 141st of 2011 PGA Tour Money List with earnings of $427,341.

Bramlett and Ziegler tee it up November 16th - 19th at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, CA. Begay and Aragon play the same dates but at Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club in Plantation, FL. Go Cardinal!

First Stage PGA Tour Qualifying Results

2011-10-30T19:22:00.000-07:00

Last week four Cardinal alums, scattered across the country, competed in the First Stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School. Steve Ziegler (2011, pictured above) and Alex Aragon (2000) played their way into 2nd stage. Rob Grube (2008) and Dodge Kemmer (2009) fell short in their qualifying bid.

Ziegler fired rounds of 70, 70, 67, 73 for a 8 under total of 280--good for 2nd place. After opening with 72, 73, 74, Aragon rallied with a final round 69 to finish T21st, squarely on the cut line at even par.
Grube finished T25th, one shot above the cut line, and Kemmer finished 41st, five shots above the cut line.

Exempt from 1st stage, Zack Miller (2007) and Joseph Bramlett (2010) will join Ziegler and Aragon in the quest for a 2012 PGA Tour Card. Miller and Bramlett, both 2010 PGA Tour members, return to Qualifying School after finishing outside the top 125 on the money list.

Golf helping Kemmer see world

2011-10-07T07:52:00.000-07:00

Dodge Kemmer news keeps coming ...

BY BOB LUTZ

The Wichita Eagle

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WICHITA, KS - AUGUST 5, 2010: Dodge Kemmer from Wichita tee's off on hole number eleven during the first round of the Wichita Open in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday, August 5, 2010.
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WICHITA, KS - AUGUST 5, 2010: Dodge Kemmer from Wichita waits to tee off on hole number ten for his first pro event during the first round of the Wichita Open in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday, August 5, 2010.

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Dodge Kemmer is a Stanford graduate with a degree in human biology. He studied pre-med. He has an uncle who is a physician. So is his uncle's wife. His parents are petroleum geologists.

Something tells me that if golf doesn't work out for Kemmer, he'll find a way.

So far, though, golf is his meal ticket. Not that he's eating at the finest restaurants; Kemmer, a 2005 graduate of Wichita Independent, is working through the maze that ultimately could lead to a nice career.

Or he might get stuck. It's too soon to tell.

Kemmer recently became a client of International Sports Management, a United Kingdom-based firm that represents four recent majors winners from Europe: Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Rory McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel, along with Lee Westwood and a flock of others.

Kemmer, a former Stanford captain, was ranked among the world's top 20 amateur players and has spent much of 2011 playing professional on the Canadian Tour, having earned medalist honors and full exemption at the California Winter Qualifying School. He has two top-10 finishes in Canada this season and will start Q School in Dayton, Ohio., on Oct. 18 in his quest to play on the PGA Tour.

Last month, Kemmer won a Europro Tour event, the Integral Collection Classic, by five shots.

Kemmer, though, isn't stressing about his future. Talking to him gives a sense of his well-roundedness, a golfer who isn't defined by the game he plays.

"I don't think I'm a typical American touring pro,'' he said. "I've always expressed a lot of interest in playing golf in Europe and going abroad. It's definitely possible that I would try to play on the European Tour, which is something a lot of guys in the United States don't even consider. But when I turned pro, one of the things I wanted to do was use it as a chance to travel and do all the things I wouldn't be able to do if I had a more stationary job.''

That same uncle and his wife are avid bird watchers who have been to more than 100 countries, Kemmer said.

"I've never gotten into bird watching myself, but I would be willing to give it a try,'' he said. "It seems kind of cool.''

Kemmer's base is in Mountain View, Calif., near Stanford. He loves the serenity and beauty of his surroundings. He qualified for the Nationwide Tour's Wichita Open in 2010 but failed to make the cut.

Like most young golfers with professional aspirations, Kemmer is caught on the merry-go-round of emotions and disappointments, quelled at times by that one really good round or tournament.

He grew up playing in events against Topeka's Gary Woodland, who went to Kansas and might be the rookie of the year on the PGA Tour this season.

"He's always had a great game,'' Kemmer said of Woodland. "It's just a matter of being able to play well for that one or two months. There are so many guys who have the game to be out there on the PGA Tour. It's a matter of whether they're playing well at the right times.''

Kemmer said he chose to spend more time in Canada this year than on some of the mini-tours in the southeast because of the variety.

"When you're playing down there, the courses kind of look the same week after week,'' Kemmer said. "It's the same area and the same weather. The people in Canada were very friend and they come out and support those tournaments. And the courses were great, a little bit different every week.''

Whatever happens, Kemmer doesn't want to be a stranger to Europe. He was elated by ISM's decision to bring him aboard as a client and feels loyalty to the continent.

Kemmer's sister, Callie, is a standout golfer at Yale. His little brother, Riley, is a 6-foot-7 shooting guard at Collegiate and a potential Division I recruit.

Basketball is in the Kemmer family's blood; Dodge's grandfather, Howard Engleman, is an all-time great at Kansas.

"I'm sure Riley's height comes from my grandfather,'' Kemmer said. "I'm a little peeved that he got that.''

Kemmer got plenty, though. At 24, he has a killer golf game, a Stanford degree and a family heritage he is eager to live up to.

While at Stanford, Kemmer was part of a team conducting medical research on lupus, an auto-immune disease that most commonly attacks women and their skin, joints, heart, lungs, kidneys, blood and brain. He has been helping a Stanford Ph.D. candidate with a paper on the subject, which is nearly ready to submit.

"With my parents being geologists, science was always a high priority growing up,'' Kemmer said. "It caught my attention.''

This is a golfer with a back-up plan.

Dodge Kemmer (09) becomes 1st American to win on the PGA EuroPro Tour

2011-09-29T07:24:00.000-07:00

More news from Dodge Kemmer ('09) about his recent play in Europe and the US:

Europe
-KLM Open
-EuroPro Integral Collection Classic
-European Tour School Stage 1
USA
-Midland Qualifier
-Fry's Qualifier
-US Tour School Stage 1

My first event since joining ISM was also the biggest tournament I've played in to date, the European Tour's KLM Open. It began with a direct, 10 hour flight from San Francisco to Amsterdam, arriving the Sunday morning of tournament week. Most Dutch speak quite a bit of English so I wasn't as lost as I was expecting. What had been Holland's rainiest summer on record never cared to let up in consideration of the KLM Open, and I spent the whole week soaked. I played well in round 1 (and birdied my first hole ever on the European Tour), but could never keep anything going; I followed nearly every birdie by a bogey or other missed opportunity. I did get to -2 through 15 holes, only to lose a ball in small shrubs on my 16th, make double bogey, and finish at even 70. Due to rain delays, my second round did not start until 5:30pm on Friday, after the course and greens had taken a day of rain, half the field twice and the other half once (close to 200 rounds), and it showed. Any putt over 2 feet was a crap-shoot. Needless to say, I didnt make anything and played the seven holes of that day +2. The cut was most likely going to be level par, so I had 10 holes to get at least back to that mark. I birdied my first hole of the day (no. 8), but bogeyed 10 and 11. Birdies on 14 and 18 weren't enough to do the job and I missed the cut by a shot.

While I didn't play terrific, I didn't play terrible either; it wouldn't have taken much to go from missing the cut to within a few of the lead after 36. If nothing else, I proved to myself and others that I can compete and belong at that level.

I then flew to Manchester, England, which would be my home-base for the next two weeks. I rented a car and drove--on the wrong side of the road--to every tournament and back, mostly without incident. The first week I played in a EuroPro (British mini-tour) event, the Integral Collection Classic in Saltburn-by-the-sea in North Yorkshire. It was played at Hunley Hall, a links-style course overlooking the North Sea, and fully exposed to the wind and cold that sea is known for. The first two rounds each had their bright spots, and I shot 70-68 (-6) to be tied for the lead going into the last round, which was cold and windy--again. I played well on the front nine, and shot -4 despite missing a 3-footer for birdie on 7, and had a 3-shot lead with 9 to go. My competitor then made some bogeys to give me a 6-shot lead with three to go; I finished -3 for the day and -9 for the week, 5 shots clear of 2nd place. I believe I held the all-time record for winning percentage in UK, for the next week. I made a speech, which no one in the audience could understand (I had ordered a club sandwich earlier in the week, and was then served a ham sandwich), and was awarded a trophy and £10,000.

Next stop was Stage 1 of European Tour School at Wychwood Park, about 30 minutes south of Manchester. The weather was about the same--cold and windy--but the course was more demanding, especially off the tee. As q-schools go, it was rather uneventful--which is the best kind--and I shot rounds of 67-72-73-70 to finish -6 and in 2nd place. I was never worse than t3 (after round 1), and 25 guys advanced, so it was pretty stress-free. 2nd stage is not until late November, and conflicts with Final Stage of PGA Q-school, so if things go as planned, I won't get to return for Stage 2.

Mission complete in England, I flew back to the States Saturday night (barely escaping some of the $470 baggage fees on Continental), and tried to be ready to play the Midland, TX Nationwide qualifier Monday. I played well enough for 16 holes (including 7 birdies), but made double-bogey on my 8th hole, and bogey on my last, a par 5 from just off the green in 2, to miss a playoff by 2 shots.

I finally made it back to San Francisco Tuesday night, but had to drive to Napa to play the Frys.com Open pre-Monday-qualifier. I managed to struggle around in -2, somehow staying awake the entire 5+ hours and advanced to the Monday qualifier at Bayonet Golf Course. Top 4 from there will earn spots in the Frys.com Open next Thursday through Sunday.

After that, next up is First stage of PGA QSchool at Dayton Valley Golf Course, just outside Carson City, NV, October 18-21.

Thanks,
Dodge

Dodge Kemmer became the first American to win on the PGA EuroPro Tour after he powered to victory in the Integral Collection Classic. Here is how the EuroPro Tour reported on Dodge's win:

California-based Kemmer, 24, won the event, the penultimate one of the season, as he finished five shots clear of Jon White (Saunton GC) at the Hunley Hotel and Golf Club in North Yorkshire.

Dodge Kemmer with the trophy.

“I hit the ball well on the first day and putted well on the second with a little bit of both on the third,” said Kemmer, who was ranked inside the top 20 in the world amateur rankings before turning professional in 2010.

“I came over to play in the KLM Open (on the European Tour) last week and am playing again next week so I wanted something to play in this week.

“It’s definitely helped with my experience and I won’t get to play as well as this at every course. The Tour is great, well run and everyone I spoke to has been really nice so it’s been a great experience.

"This victory is definitely near the top of my achievements. I’ve only had a couple of wins playing professionally and this was one of my best showings.

"Every day I did something really well and today in the front nine I put it all together and never had to panic. It’s good to know my game is good enough to win and is a good confidence boost going into Tour School.”

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2009 grad Dodge Kemmer reports on his golf pro activities

2011-09-19T07:15:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago 2009 graduate Dodge Kemmer updated the coaches about recent activities in his young professional golf career. Dodge was co-captain of the 2009 team and a human biology major, one of the most demanding of all majors so he took his studies very seriously. Dodge was a member of the 2008 national runner-up team, and after a solid senior season with the golf team returned for another school year to complete his degree. Dodge continued to work on his golf game and had solid success on the amateur circuit and decided to turn pro after school ended.

Here is Dodge's recent report:

Much has happened since the year 1 review that I am excited to report. In early August, my dad and I flew to Atlanta for PGA Championship week to meet with Chubby Chandler of International Sports Management (ISM). After meeting with Chubby Thursday at the PGA and Friday evening over a Guinness (or two), we made a deal to work together to advance my golf career domestically and internationally. Chubby and ISM (http://www.sportism.net/) are based out of Manchester, England and deal with administration issues such as sponsors exemptions / invites into tournaments and corporate sponsorship. They have an office in Palm Beach, FL as well, where my player manager is based. She organizes all tournament and travel logistics in the US and can take care of just about anything I can think of here. More on how this affects my immediate future below.

After my unsuccessful bid in Lawrence to qualify for the Kansas City nationwide, I flew to Canada to play in the Canadian Tour Championship at Ambassador Golf Club in Windsor, Ontario. Ambassador is a links-style course used to strong winds, which, if blowing in certain directions make the course play very difficult. Sadly, however, what wind was blowing was from the opposite direction, making the course as easy as possible; effectively changing the par from 71 to 68 (on sunday I hit pitching wedge, 5 iron, and 7 iron into the three par-5's). Round one I hit every green until my last, missed a lot of putts early, and was even through 12 holes. Then I went birdie-birdie-par-eagle-birdie to get to -5 only to bogey my last hole and finish at 67 (-4). This put me in a mediocre t17, 4 shots behind two guys who shot 63. The next day I hit the ball a little worse but made more putts and despite bogeying the par-5 13th (which is more like a double-bogey), I shot 66 (-5) and moved into t8. The weekend didnt see any improvement: I started hitting it poorly and not knowing where to expect a miss, which makes it hard to pick a safe line and shot. However, I had fewer three-putts and missed short putts on the weekend which somewhat made up for my ball striking. I recorded a pair of 69's (-2 but effectively +1), and finished t10, good for $4,800. I finished the year in 17th on the order of merit with $22,937.50 in 6 events.

Yesterday morning, after just arriving home, I received a call from my player manager, Andrea, informing me that they had been able to acquire an invite to the European Tour's KLM Open in Hilversum, The Netherlands (http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2011/tournamentid=2011065/index.html). I will be flying from San Fransisco to Amsterdam this Saturday afternoon and begin the event Thursday. I havent seen the TV schedule but I would imagine there is a good chance it is on the golf channel! I will then play the European Tour QSchool 1st stage in Manchester England September 20-23. I'm still waiting to hear about Midland, TX nationwide and the Fry's.com Open PGA exemptions, which would be my next stops in the states.

Dodge

Tom Watson ('72) wins the Senior PGA Championship at age 61

2011-06-03T10:52:00.000-07:00

PGA.com - Tom Watson chipping to hole 5.

Tom Watson ('72) became the second oldest player to win a major championship after his win in the Senior PGA Championship at age 61. An excellent summary of the tournament, copied below, is available at the PGA website --- http://www.pga.com/seniorpga/2011/news/gamer-052911.cfm. Video highlights of the championship can be found here --- http://www.pga.com/seniorpga/2011/multimedia/video/#. Here is the video interview of the awards ceremony ---http://www.pga.com/seniorpga/2011/multimedia/video/#.

By T.J. Auclair, PGA.com Interactive Producer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The late Jock Hutchison was the oldest player to ever win a major championship when he claimed the 1947 Senior PGA Championship at age 62.

On Sunday, 61-year-old Tom Watson became the second oldest to accomplish the feat when he deftly poured in a 3-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against David Eger at a scorching hot and steamy Valhalla Golf Club to win the 72nd Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid.

Watson shot a 2-under 70 in the final round – to deadlock Eger at 10-under-par 278 – and was the only player in the field with all four rounds under par (70-70-68-70). He earned $360,000 for the win and took home the Alfred S. Bourne Trophy.

"When you're walking up the 18th hole and you have a chance to win a tournament like this, you're nervous," Watson said. "You're nervous. But you've been there before. And I said, 'okay, I know that level of feeling in my gut and now let's go take care of business.'"

Eger, a four-time winner on the Champions Tour, recorded the best round of the day Sunday, a 5-under 67.

Starting the final frame four off the lead, Eger figured he had no chance and felt 12 or 13 under would be the number required to win or get in a playoff.

“I was very shocked,” he said. “I didn't look at a board on the front nine. And when I parred 12, I looked at the board and said, ‘whoa, you know, there it is.’ And I parred 13 and 14 and birdied 15 and looked at the board again and said, ‘oh, all right.’

"And I just wanted to stay in the moment and hit the shots one at a time, as the old saying goes, and there's nothing more true in golf than stay within the moment and hit one shot at a time," he added. "Don't get ahead of yourself. Don't start memorizing a speech walking up the 18th hole, even with a two-stroke lead.”

Kiyoshi Murota finished alone in third, one shot out of the playoff, and Hale Irwin – who was bidding to become the oldest major champ of all time at 65 (he turns 66 on Friday) – finished in fourth at 8 under.

Murota shot an even-par 72 in the final round with an incredibly colorful scorecard that included six bogeys, six birdies and six pars.

“I played my Murota golf to the best of my ability,” he said. “However, my putting had left something to be desired. Putting on Sunday is extra hard.”

Irwin suffered a double bogey and bogey back-to-back at Nos. 6 and 7 to drop back to 7 under. Another bogey at 12 pretty much knocked him out of the tournament, but he did manage birdies on Nos. 14 and 17 to finish up with a 1-over 73.

Defending champion Tom Lehman tied for 22nd at even-par 288.

Up until this week, Watson had been in a bit of a slump. He had played just two individual Champions Tour events in the last two months, resulting in a tie for 56th and a tie for 32nd. While he was home practicing in Kansas City last week, he said nothing was clicking. Then, just before he arrived at Valhalla, he said he was able to flip a switch.

Suddenly, he was hitting the ball much better. Although he missed a short putt on No. 18 in regulation that could have avoided a playoff, Watson said he made a lot of key putts this week too. When the driver, the irons and the putter are all on, there's a winning formula.

Crucial putts in the final round dropped frequently on the back nine -- a 10-footer for birdie at No. 10 to get to 9 under; a 5-footer to save par at No. 13; and a 23-footer for birdie from the fringe on No. 15.

At No. 18 in regulation, Watson’s second shot sailed over the green, leaving a difficult chip from the rough that he executed beautifully, but wasn't able to connect on the par putt. Looking back, that miscue helped him when it was time for the playoff.

"No. 18 gave me a little bit of understanding about how not to play the hole in the playoff," he said. "Don't go over. Being in the bunker was the right place to be. And my second shot in the playoff hole, frankly, I was just trying to hit the ball as high as I could and if it got lucky and hit the front edge of the green and stayed on, fine. But if it went in the bunker, it is just where I wanted to be.

"It ended up in the bunker in a perfect lie, an uphill, slightly uphill bunker shot, and hard sand, and I made a good bunker shot out there and didn't take very much time on the putt just one practice stroke and said, let's get this over with. And I made a pretty decent stroke and the ball went in and that was the tournament."

Eger found the left rough off the tee in the playoff, was forced to lay up and then just barely missed his birdie try from about 10 feet.

"I'm pleased," Eger said. "I went out there and played a good solid round of golf, I did make a bogey late in the round which kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but then I came back and birdied 17, I just failed to birdie 18 both times I played it. So that's it."

The win was the 14th of Watson’s Champion’s Tour career, his sixth senior major and second Senior PGA Championship (2001). The 10 years between Senior PGA Championship victories ties Watson with Hutchison for longest span between victories in Championship history.

This latest victory was the first for Watson since he won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in 2010.

“I'm thinking to myself I'm saying, ‘how do I do this?’” Watson said about being able to win into his 60s. “And I guess that I just ... every day I say about my mom and dad, ‘thank you, mom and dad, for giving me the genes to be able to play injury free. And the talent that you put into me.’

"My dad put a lot of passion into me as far as the game and work ethic. And my mom, she could give you that look. And I just, I look at this, it makes you want to go out and play more.”

In his days on the PGA Tour, Watson racked up an amazing 39 wins, including eight majors – five Open Championships, two Masters Tournaments and one U.S. Open. Despite his tireless efforts, the best Watson could muster in his attempt to complete the career grand slam with a PGA Championship win was a second-place showing in 1978.

While it wasn’t the same as winning the PGA Championship, Watson felt he at least picked up a morsel of vindication with his 2001 Senior PGA Championship triumph.

Now, he has two of those.

“I would have liked to have won the real PGA Championship, but this is a great substitute for it, sure,” he said.

US Open Local Qualifying and Gateway Tour results

2011-05-25T18:30:00.000-07:00

US Open Qualifying:

Dodge Kemmer '09 and Joseph Bramlett '10 were both successful in the Local Qualifying Stage of the U.S. Open last week and will continue on their quest to join current Men's Team Junior, David Chung, in the field of golf's elite at Congressional Country Club, Maryland, June 26-19, 2011.

Both shot rounds of 73 (+2) to advance in difficult playing conditions. Check the USGA Championship website for Sectional Qualifying results posted on Jun 6th.

Gateway Tour:

Dodge Kemmer continued his good form this year with a T2 finish at the latest Gateway tour event in Arizona. Check here to view the tournament leaderboard. Meanwhile in the Gateway Tour's California Series, Alex Aragon '01 fired a bogey-free round of 5 under par to finish T4 (results here).

Kemmer (pictured) was kind enough to fill us in with the following exclusive update from his recent play and upcoming tournament schedule plans:

SUMMARY:
1. Made it thru US Open local (+2),
2. t2 at Gateway in Phoenix (-10),
3. next up: Canadian Tour debut (Victoria, BC), US Open sectional

Last week witnessed my final 'gearing up for summer' tournaments; I played the US Open local qualifier last Monday and my final Gateway Tour event of the year Wednesday thru Friday.

In the US Open local qualifier at Half Moon Bay, despite fighting wind, cold, bumpy greens, and having no warm-up, I was able to make some putts and shoot 73 (+2). This placed me in a tie for 2nd, enough to qualify me for another qualifier--the 'sectional' qualifier--which will give me a direct chance to earn a spot in the US Open. That will be help June 6th in Bremerton, WA (an hour from Seattle across Puget Sound), and is 36 holes, 1 day. I don't know how many guys are there or spots are available, as the USGA likes to keep you waiting (I haven't even gotten confirmation I am playing there...).

I then flew to Phoenix to play in Gateway #14 at McCormick Ranch Pine Course. I shot 68-69-69 (-10) and tied for 2nd. I made 19 birdies and 10 bogeys, every single one of which would be considered an 'unforced error' or 'stupid mistake'; those shots and decisions that make you want to pull a Tin Cup and play in with a 7 iron. These included 3-putts (3), deciding to hit to the front edge and proceeding to fly the green, hitting the first driver of the day after you decided to hit 3 iron on that hole, and convincing yourself that the 15 mph wind won't affect this particular shot, among others. However, 19 birdies in 54 holes is something to build on, and more importantly, my putting is back! (except for the 3-putts).

Next, I fly to Seattle, play my first Canadian Tour event at Uplands GC in Victoria, BC June2-5 (http://www.tcopen.ca/), then the sectional qualifier at Gold Mountain in Bremerton, WA June 6.
After that, I will be in Wichita for the Wichita Open Nationwide qualifier on June 13. I will fly in to Wichita a few days early and may fly out of KC after that is over (around the 15th or around the 20th).

Thank you Dodge and best wishes for the rest of the season...

GO CARDINAL !

Alums Victorious in Alumni-Varsity Matches

2011-05-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

The Annual Alumni Matches were held Saturday, May 7th at the Stanford Golf Course. For the 2nd time in 3 years (but only 3rd in the last 20), the Alums were the victors. Frank "Sandy" Tatum (1942, pictured below) unofficially captained a spirited and vivacious Alumni squad. Dave Garcia (1996, pictured above) and Wade Nonnenberg (1976) fired 1 under par 69s on a blustery, difficult day to lead the way. Dave Baskins (1975) carded a 72, Coach Phil Rowe (2002) and Teddy Collins (2008) 73s and Coach Conrad Ray (1997) rounded out the top 6 Alumni scores with a 74. Seniors Graham Brockington and Freshmen Cameron Wilson lead the Varsity team with 72s and were followed by Wilson Bowen, Steve Ziegler, David Chung and Steven Kearney's 74s.

In all fairness to the Varsity team, they were outnumbered by more than 30 to 9 and were without Andrew Yun, the 2nd ranked collegiate player. However, absent from the Alumni team were Stanford greats Tom Watson (1971), Christian Cevear (1992), Notah Begay III (1995), Will Yanagisawa (1995) and Casey Martin (1995) and young touring professionals Alex Aragon (2001), Jim Seki (2003), Ron Won (2003), Zack Miller (2007), Rob Grube (2008), Dodge Kemmer (2009), Jordan Cox (2010) and Joseph Bramlett (2010). Special thanks to the Men's Varsity Team, Coaches Conrad Ray and Phil Rowe, the Stanford Golf Course and "semi-professional" photographer Matt Thompson (1995).

Cardinal Compete Across the Globe

2011-05-05T19:15:00.000-07:00

Cardinal Alums are competing on professional tours across the globe this week.

Zack Miller (2007) and Joseph Bramlett (2010) are competing at the PGA Tour's Wells Fargo Championship. Both in their rookie season on the PGA Tour, Miller is 95th and Bramlett 191st on the Money List.

Will Yanagisawa (1995) is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, site of this week's Asian Development Tour event. Last week, Yanagisawa jumped out of the gates fast and played steadily to finish T15th with scores of 68-73-71-72 (-4) in the Clearwater Classic in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Jim Seki (2003), Ron Won (2003) and Jordan Cox (2010) are competing at the Canadian Tour sponsored Mexican PGA Championship in Mazatlan, Mexico.

Rob Grube (2008) competed in the Willow Creek Open on the eGolf Professional Tour this week. Unfortunately, Grube missed the cut after posting 1 over par through two rounds.

Kevin Blue Earns Associate AD Role

2011-04-13T20:01:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week, Kevin Blue (2005) was promoted to an Associate Athletic Director position in the Stanford Athletics Department. Blue will be responsible for expanding the Department's use of digital and social media to better connect fans, alumni and donors with Stanford Athletics and to enhance their overall experience.

Prior to his new role, Blue served as the Matteson Family Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics after completing a one-year Matteson Fellowship. He returned to The Farm full-time in 2009 after completing a Ph.D in Education and Sports Psychology from Michigan State University and management training from the Stanford GSB. Blue, a two-time Academic All-American, captained the 2004-05 men's team in Coach Conrad Ray's first year at the helm. He graduated from Stanford in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology.

Kemmer Claims Canadian Q School Victory

2011-04-10T21:26:00.000-07:00

Dodge Kemmer (2009) claimed medalist honors at the Canadian Tour's Winter Qualifying School in Desert Hot Springs, California. Kemmer won by two shots and was one of two players to finish under par after carding rounds of 68-69-75 for a three round 4 under par total of 212. He joins Rob Grube (2008) and Jim Seki (2003) as Cardinal on the Canadian Tour.

Alumni Update

2011-04-03T17:06:00.000-07:00

The Men's Varsity Team has had a busy winter and spring as they push towards the championship season. Currently, the team is preparing for the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas. Meanwhile, junior David Chung is at Augusta National with former Stanford standouts Tom Watson and Tiger Woods fine tuning their games for this week's Masters Tournament. That is not to say that Stanford alums have not been busy and grabbing the headlines themselves. Here are some of the highlights below:

Frank "Sandy" Tatum (Class of 1942) - On February 6th Tatum, pictured above with Ken Venturi and Jim Nantz, was inducted into the NCGA Hall of Fame. Additionally, Tatum was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on March 7th alongside legends George Seifert, Dwight Clark and friend of the golf program, Juli Inkster. Tatum was introduced by close friend and fellow Stanford alum Tom Watson.

Grant Spaeth (Class of 1954) - Spaeth was also inducted into the NCGA Hall of Fame alongside Tatum, Ken Venturi and Jack Bariteau.

Zack Miller (Class of 2007) - In his rookie year on the PGA Tour, Miller has made 7 of 10 cuts posting 1 top 10 and 3 top 25 finishes. With $338,239 in earnings this year, Miller is in 74th place on the PGA Tour Money List.

Joe Bramlett (Class of 2010) - As a rookie on the PGA Tour, Bramlett has made the weekend in 4 of 8 events. He is 192nd on the money list with $45, 223 in earnings.

Dodge Kemmer (Class of 2009) - After Monday qualifying for the Chitimacha Louisiana Open with an 8 under 64, Kemmer carded a career best 33rd place finish on the Nationwide Tour at 4 under par after rounds of 74-68-66-72. His next event is this week at Canadian Tour Q School in Palm Springs. If Kemmer successfully completes Q school he will join Stanford alums Rob Grube (2008) and Jim Seki (2003) on the Canadian Tour.

Sandy Tatum and Grant Spaeth inaugurated into NCGA Hall of Fame

2011-03-03T07:04:00.000-08:00

Two of Stanford's all-time greats, Sandy Tatum and Grant Spaeth, were inaugurated into the Northern California Golf Association's Hall of Fame on Feb 6, 2011 as part of it's initial class of inductees which also included Ken Venturi and Jack Bariteau. The NCGA announcement can be found here. Sandy Tatum is also a member of the Stanford Hall of Fame. A wide ranging video interview with Grant Spaeth can be found here.

The NCGA's press release included the following about Tatum and Spaeth:

Sandy Tatum

Frank "Sandy" Tatum

The rich golf legacy of Frank “Sandy” Tatum is crystalized by his now-famous defense of the punishing setup of Winged Foot for the 1974 U.S. Open. When he said, “Our objective is not to humiliate the best players in the world. It’s to identify them,” Tatum spoke with the passion, eloquence, clarity and vision of a man who regarded golf as more than just a sport. To him, it veered close to a spiritual experience, and he attached that kind of love to every golf endeavor, whether it was striking a 5-iron to a tightly-guarded green or serving as the president of the United States Golf Association from 1978 to 1980.

Tatum, raised in Los Angeles on the fairways of Wilshire and Bel Air country clubs, became a Stanford man, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate and a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Raised by a father who took the game seriously, Tatum could golf his ball. He was a member of Stanford’s back-to-back NCAA golf championships in 1941 and ’42, and during the latter year he also captured the individual title. For that, he is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Sandy also was the first American to play golf for Oxford, where he was conditioned to understand that playing in bad weather was a fundamental part of the game.

From there, the longtime attorney dedicated his life to the betterment of of golf. Few men, with the possible exception of Bobby Jones and Bill Campbell, have done more for amateur golf than Tatum. His accomplishments ring like churchbells over the decades. From his service on the USGA executive committee during the 1970s, to his bringing his beloved Pebble Beach onto the U.S. Open rotation, to his collaboration with Tom Watson and Robert Trent Jones Jr. in the creation of Spanish Bay in 1987, and to his tireless push toward the restoration of Harding Park in San Francisco, Sandy has attacked each project with the energy of a teenager.

Today, at 90 years old, he remains one of golf’s most influential purists. His life, like that signature pause at the top of his swing, has been unforgettable. More than 36 years after his memorable words at Winged Foot, we identify Frank “Sandy” Tatum as an inductee to the Northern California Golf Association Hall of Fame.

Grant Spaeth

Grant Spaeth’s lifelong impact on golf actually is the reverse–the game impacted him and never let go.

From his NCAA team title at Stanford in 1953 to his eventful years from 1990 to ’92 as president of the United States Golf Association, Spaeth’s contribution to the game continues to this day. Simply, Spaeth was born to serve the game. He was a graduate of Palo Alto High and the son of the Dean of the Stanford Law School. While his father was stationed in Montevideo, Uruguay, Spaeth was introduced to golf on a course across the street from his home. Later as a teenager, he caddied for the Stanford golf team, and it wasn’t too long before he and his Stanford teammates became national champions.

Spaeth graduated from the Harvard Law School and served in the U.S. Army followed by the Reserves. His law practice in Palo Alto was the foundation to years of public service. Spaeth was the Deputy Secretary for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1978 to ’80 and also served as a Palo Alto city councilman. Then came years of work on various USGA committees, leading to his USGA presidency and a list of accomplishments to remember. He may have been the best reach-out-to-people person who ever filled the USGA president’s chair. Spaeth was instrumental in bringing the British Open back to Carnoustie, Scotland. He founded the U.S. Men’s Mid-Amateur and Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships. He created the USGA’s regional affairs departments.

Through it all, Spaeth’s affection for the game remained rich. On Sunday mornings before the final round of the Masters, he often walked Augusta National’s back nine alone, savoring the memories and the promise of what was ahead. Closer to home, he has entertained TV viewers on “Hooked on Golf” with his articulate, entertaining and informative essays on the game and its rules. “I want more people exposed to the game,” he said recently. “Those who take to it will be lucky and should be thankful.” The Northern California Golf Association is proud and honored to induct Grant Spaeth to its Hall of Fame.

Stanford stars of past shine under the sun at Pebble

2011-02-11T07:19:00.000-08:00

San Jose Mercury News Article By JOhn Reid - Daily News Staff Writer

Posted: 02/11/2011 12:02:49 AM PST

PEBBLE BEACH -- Stanford Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby made it just in time to watch former Cardinal stars Zack Miller and Joseph Bramlett tee off at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Miller and Bramlett, who acquired their PGA Tour cards at the same Q-School in December in Orlando, Fla., were about to have themselves a special day under the bright, coastal sun at the AT&T Pro-Am.

Miller's amateur partner is Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, who lives in Portola Valley. Playing with Bramlett is Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo, who resides in Los Altos Hills. Miller and Bramlett were hardly yahoos on the course.

Bramlett carded a 3-under-par 69, four strokes behind co-leaders D.A. Points and Steve Marino. Bramlett registered six birdies, three bogeys. Miller, who had four birdies and four bogeys, finished an even-par 72.

They both have a chance to improve their score today on the Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course, the easiest of the three courses used in the tournament. The foursome tees off at 8:44 a.m. on the 10th tee.

Miller was a senior at Stanford when Bramlett, a St. Francis-Mountain View alum, was a freshman. That year, 2007, the Cardinal won the NCAA men's golf championship. On Thursday, they were competing against each other. Bramlett has some catching up to do. Miller won $121,000 on the Nationwide Tour last year and has a $63,000 edge over Bramlett in money earnings, their PGA careers in embryonic stages.

Miller tied for 25th at the Bob Hope Classic and tied for 29th at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

"Joe and I are close friends," said Miller, who prepped at the Branson School in Ross, Calif. "That said, we really want to beat each other. There were a couple of times when we had conversations up the fairway. We're both focusing on what we have to do ourselves. When this event is over, we'll look back and say, 'How fun was that?'"

"It was awesome playing with Zack," Bramlett said. "We have so many special memories."

Miller had the most dynamic shots, bailing himself out of potential trouble. He holed out from 57 yards out at No. 18 to salvage par, the ball taking one hop and into the cup. It was a great up-and-down for Miller, who hit a provisional ball after his drive found the ocean. At the par-4 No. 16, Miller chipped in for birdie. After chunking one out of the trap at the par-3 No. 5, Miller took a slow walk toward the ocean to gather himself. He returned and promptly chipped in for par.

Read the complete article in the SJ Mercury News.

Miller and Bramlett in Hot Pursuit of Tour Card

2010-12-04T13:48:00.000-08:00

With two rounds remaining Zack Miller (2007, pictured above) and Joseph Bramlett (2010, pictured below) are both in strong position to make the final push to earn their very first PGA Tour Cards. Miller is in 3rd place at 13 under par after turning in four impressive rounds of 70, 68, 67 and 68 at the Tour Qualifying School in Winter Garden, FL. Bramlett is in 21st place at 8 under par after carding rounds of 67, 73, 69 and 69 in his very first appearance. The top 25 plus ties earn their 2011 PGA Tour Cards so the next two rounds will be pressure packed for both Miller and Bramlett. You may follow their progress live by clicking here or tuning into the Golf Channel Sunday, 1pm - 4pm eastern and Monday 12:30pm - 4pm eastern. Go Cardinal!

Bramlett and Miller Advance to Final Stage

2010-11-26T09:30:00.000-08:00

Joe Bramlett (2010, pictured above) and Zack Miller (2007, pitcured below) advanced to the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School to be held December 1st - 6th at Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. Bramlett and Miller, who are former teammates and All-Americans from the 2007 National Champion Stanford team, finished tied for 4th and tied for 6th respectively at the Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside, CA. Bramlett carded rounds of 69, 65, 70 and 72 for a 12 under par total. Miller followed suit with rounds of 68, 67, 71 and 72 to finish at 10 under par two shots back of Bramlett.

Also competing was former teammate Dodge Kemmer (2009) who fired rounds of 69, 71, 71 and 75 for 2 under par total of 286 that left him just 5 shots behind the final qualifying spot at 7 under par. Unfortuntately, Alex Aragon (2000) also fell short of advancing to the final stage. Aragon finished tied for 46th at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, CA.

Cardinal Compete for Card in California

2010-11-12T14:08:00.000-08:00

Joseph Bramlett (2010, upper left), Zack Miller (2007, upper right), Dodge Kemmer (2009, lower left) and Alex Aragon (2000, lower right) will continue their quest to earn a 2011 PGA Tour Card in the Second Stage of Tour Qualifying School November 17th through the 20th. Bramlett, Kemmer and Miller will compete at the Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Course in the Monterey neighboring town of Seaside, CA. Aragon is set to play at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, CA. The number of qualifying spots at each site have yet to be determined, but the top finishers will earn on spot in December's Final Qualifying Stage where finalists will compete for a 2011 PGA Tour Card or status on the 2011 Nationwide Tour. We encourage the Cardinal faithful in Northern California or Southern California to get out and support these fine players.

Kemmer Advances and Miller Completes Strong Rookie Season

2010-10-31T15:24:00.001-07:00

Dodge Kemmer (2009) joined former teammate Joe Bramlett (2010) and fellow alum Alex Aragon (2000) as those to advance to the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School via first stage. Kemmer carded rounds of 74-71-70-70 good for a 3 under total and tied for 6th finish at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, CA. The top 22 finishers advanced.

Zack Miller (2007) completed a successful rookie season on the Nationwide Tour this weekend at the Tour Championship in South Carolina. Even though Miller's 56th place finish on the money list fell short of a 2011 PGA Tour Card or exemption into the final stage of qualifying school, he earned an exemption into the second stage and is assured fully exempt status on the Nationwide Tour next year. Miller's total earnings on the Nationwide Tour in 2010 were $121,650.

Miller Makes Charge and Tour Qualifying School Update

2010-10-29T15:04:00.001-07:00

Zack Miller (2007) fired a second round 69 to charge 23 spots up the leaderboard at the season ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. Currently 55th on the money list, Miller will most likely need at least a third place or higher finish to jump inside the top 25 on the money list and secure his 2011 PGA Tour card. If not Miller will be exempt into the final stage of the PGA Tour qualifying school if inside the top 40 on the money list at weekend's end. Miller is assured an exemption into the second stage if he remains outside the top 40.

In other news, Joe Bramlett (2010) and Alex Aragon (2000) successfully made it through the first stage of qualifying school at Carlton Oaks in Santee, CA. Rob Grube (2008) finished outside the cut line at Carlton Oaks as did Joel Kribel (1999) at the Club at Irish Creek in North Carolina.

Dodge Kemmer (2009) is currently tied for 14th with two rounds remaining in the first stage event at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, CA. The top 22 and ties will move onto the second stage.

Miller and the Money List

2010-10-21T08:05:00.001-07:00

With two Nationwide Tour events remaining in 2010, there is a lot at stake for tour rookie Zack Miller (2007). Miller is currently 52nd on the money list heading into this week's

Winn Dixie Jacksonville Open in Ponte Vedra Beach. It will more than likely take two consecutive top 5 finishes for Miller to jump inside the top 25 and secure a 2011 PGA Tour Card. However, players who finish inside the top 40 are exempt into the finals of the PGA Tour Qualifying School. Players inside the top 60 are guaranteed a spot in the Nationwide Tour Championship and are fully exempt on the Nationwide Tour in 2011 if they do no qualify for the PGA Tour through qualifying school. Click on this link for the complete breakdown: Nationwide Money List: 25-40-60-100.

Joseph Bramlett ('10) receives sponsor's exemption to PGA Tour's Fry's Open

2010-10-14T12:39:00.000-07:00

Frys.com Open Tournament Director Ian Knight announced today that Stanford graduate and Saratoga, Calif. resident, Joseph Bramlett, will receive the fifth sponsor exemption for the 2010 Frys.com Open. Knight will hand out a total of eight sponsor exemptions for the tournament, scheduled to be played, October 11-17 at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif.

“Bramlett is certainly a promising local talent with a bright future ahead,” said Knight, “His achievements while at Stanford and his appearance as an amateur in the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach certainly speak to his talent and character as a player. We look forward to watching him compete.”

Although the 22-year-old Bramlett missed the cut by five shots at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, he tied for 5th among the 12 amateurs in the field, and had an opportunity to play a practice round with fellow Stanford grad, Tiger Woods. Bramlett was a five-time U.S. Amateur qualifier, including 2002 at Oakland Hills where he was the youngest qualifier in the championship’s history at age 14. He was an All-American his freshman year at Stanford, when he helped lead the Cardinal to an NCAA title. Injuries to his wrist marred the remains of his career at Stanford, but he is now at 100 percent physically. Read the complete press release about the tournament from the PGA Tour.

Miller Notches Top 15 Finish

2010-10-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Zack Miller (2007) finished tied for 11th after rounds of 68, 69, 69, 67 at the Nationwide Tour's Chattanooga Classic in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Miller's 15 under par performance garnered $10,600 in earnings increasing his season total on the tour to $115,850, good for the 46th position on the money list. With three events remaining Miller will most likely require either a victory or multiple top 5 finishes to climb inside the top 25 on the money list and earn a coveted 2011 PGA Tour card.

Miller makes his next start in Miami, Florida at the Miccosukee Championship that has a total purse of $600,000.

Miller Makes A Move

2010-09-19T17:50:00.000-07:00

After a few slow weeks and a couple of missed cuts, Zack Miller (2007) regained form as the Nationwide Tour enters its most pivotal stretch. Miller strung together rounds of 67, 69, 65 and 69 at the Albertsons Boise Open for a 14 under total and a 13th place finish. A $14,500 check increased his 2010 earnings to $105,250 and allowed him to jump from 53rd place on the money list to 44th. The top 25 on the Nationwide Tour money list automatically earn 2011 PGA Tour cards. Miller has 6 events remaining to climb the 19 spots necessary to earn his first PGA Tour card. If he fails to do so his quest will continue at the Tour's grueling qualifying school.

Zack Miller Posts Solid Final Round on Nationwide Tour

2010-08-01T11:47:00.000-07:00

The Nationwide Tour lit up the Champions Run golf course at the Cox Classic in Omaha, Nebraska. Zack Miller (2007) could not quite build the momentum necessary to get into serious contention after rounds of 68, 68 and 71. With a strong 6 under 65 on Sunday, Miller jumped 14 spots to finish in 41st place at 12 under, 11 shots behind winner Martin Piller.

With earnings this week of $3,060, Miller fell three spots on the money list from 45 to 48. He will look to resume his move up the money list at this coming week's Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open in Wichita, Kansas.

Strong Play from Rob Grube and Zack Miller

2010-07-25T21:37:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube (2008) quickly took advantage of the invite into the PGA Tour's Canadian Open after opening with consecutive 4 under par rounds of 66 to jump within 2 shots of the lead. Although rounds of 72 and 71 on the weekend took him out of contention, Grube's 5 under total for the event was good for a 37th place finish, a $19,890 check and a plethora of experience to draw on in his budding professional career.

Zack Miller (2007) also turned in a strong finish this week on the Nationwide Tour. Miller's four round total of 280 (-4) garnered a 12th place finish and a $16,960 check at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. Miller increased his 2010 earnings to $76,533 and improved his position on the money list from 50 to 45. At year's end the top 25 on the money list earn a 2011 PGA Tour Card.

Also competing this past week was Jordan Cox (2010). In his second event on the eGolf Professional Tour, Cox turned in a 50th place finish after a four round total of 284 (-4) in the Forest Oaks Classic.

Rob Grube in field at PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open

2010-07-21T21:57:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube (2008) qualified for the PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open through his 2010 play on the Canadian Tour. He will join the likes of Canadian favorite and former Masters champion, Mike Weir. You may follow his progress on www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.

Rob Grube currently sits 5th on the Canadian Tour's Order of Merit with $40,036 in earnings. In last week's The Players Cup, Grube battled back from an opening round 75 with rounds of 67, 66 and 68 for a 4th place finish at 9 under. Jim Seki (2003) finished at 2 under for the tournament good for 31st place.

In other alumni news, Zack Miller (2007) looks to bounce back from a missed cut in the Nationwide Tour's Chiquita Classic. Miller tees it up in the Nationwide Tour's Children Hospital Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. You may follow his progress on www.pgatour.com/h/leaderboard.

New graduate, Jordan Cox (2010), also looks to build momentum at the eGolf Professional Tour's Forest Oaks Classic after missing the cut in his first event on the tour. You may follow his progress by clicking here.

Miller and Seki Finish Top 25

2010-07-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

Zack Miller (2007) fired a final round 67 (-4) to climb 8 spots on the leaderboard for T17 finish in Nationwide Tour's Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic. After rounds of 62, 73, 69, 67 (-14) Miller finished 10 shots behind former Pac-10 rival and California Bear standout, Peter Tomasulo. With his finish Miller jumped 5 spots on the Natiowide Tour money list from 50 to 45 with $59,573 in 2010 earnings. Also competing was Rob Grube (2008) who failed to make the weekend missing the cut after rounds of 72 and 67.

Jim Seki (2003) also carded a top 25 finish at the Canadian Tour's Dakota Dunes Casino Open. Heading into the final day 3 shots behind the leader after rounds of 68, 65 and 67, Seki could not capture the same momentum in closing with a 1-over 73 for a T23 finish.

Zack Miller will continue his pursuit to climb up the money list in next week's Chiquita Classic in Ohio. Rob Grube is slated to join Jim Seki in the field at the Canadian Tour's Players Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Zack Miller Earns Career High Finish Plus Other News

2010-06-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

In last week's Fort Smith Classic Zack Miller (2007) tied for 3rd good for a career high finish on the Nationwide Tour. More importantly, Miller earned a $25,200 check that vaulted him from 79th on the money list to 48th with a 2010 total of $47,972. At season's end the top 25 on the money list qualify for a 2011 PGA Tour card. Miller aims to carry his strong play into this week's Mexico Open Bicentenary at El Bosque Golf Club in Mexico. To follow his progress click here.

In other alumni news, newly minted Stanford grad, Joseph Bramlett (2010), missed the cut by four shots in last week's dramatic U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Although Bramlett did not join former Stanford stars, Tiger Woods and Tom Watson, for weekend play, it was an experience he will not soon forget as he embarks on his own career.

Rob Grube (2008) finished tied for 29th in the eGolf Professional Tour's Bolle Classic. Between the Canadian Tour and eGolf Professional Tour, Grube has earned over $43,000 in 2010. Grube's next start will be at the ATB Financial Classic in Edmonton, Alberta where another Cardinal alum, Jim Seki (2003), will be in the field.

Former Stanford Players Compete Across Country

2010-06-16T21:59:00.000-07:00

Many eyes will be on recent grad Joseph Bramlett (2010, pictured left), as he joins the two most famous former Stanford standouts, Tom Watson (pictured right) and Tiger Woods, in the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. You may follow progress live here. Watson, more than 35 years Bramlett's senior, is the only player in the field who has competed in each U.S. Open held at Pebble Beach. Read more and watch Watson's interview.

In other alumni news, Bramlett's former teammates, Zack Miller (2007) and Rob Grube (2008), continue their trek on the Nationwide and eGolf Profesional Tours. Miller, who is currently 79th on the Nationwide's money list, tees it up in the Fort Smith Classic in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Grube is already underway this week opening with a 1-under par 70 in the 1st round of the eGolf Professional Tour's Bolle Classic in Lexington, North Carolina.

Grube's Strong Play & Zack Miller Update

2010-05-31T21:32:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube's (2008) stellar play continues since capturing his first professional title. Grube followed winning the Canadian Tour's Riviera Nayarit Classic with a T-4th finish at the eGolf Professional Tour's Cowans Ford Open and a T-11th finish at the Grand Harbor Open. In the past past three events Grube compiled 12 consecutive rounds in 60's for a combined 67.33 stroke average. Grube looks to continue his torrid play at the Canadian Tour's Times Colonist Open in Victoria, British Columbia where Jim Seki (2003) will also be in the field. Play begins Thursday, June 3rd.

In other alumni news, Zack Miller (2007) aims to climb the Nationwide Tour's money list at this week's Melwood Prince George's County Open in College Park, Maryland. Miller, who earned All-American honors alongside Grube as Stanford captured the 2007 NCAA team title, currently is 77th on the money list with $20,240 after making the 3 cuts in 6 2010 appearances. The top 25 on the money list at season's end automatically earn a 2011 PGA Tour card.

Sandy Tatum: "Trip to South Bend ‘mystical’ for 1942 champion"

2010-05-23T06:49:00.000-07:00

As Stanford returns to South Bend recently to win the NCAA Central Regional on its way to the upcoming national championship, Tom Noie of the South Bend Tribune reflects on the Cardinal's 1942 national championship triumph at Notre Dame, led by individual champion Sandy Tatum.

May 23, 2010
By TOM NOIE
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
Here's a link to the full article.

Time may have taken his ability to hit a golf ball far and straight and with uncanny accuracy like he once did for so many years.

But when it comes to the most special day he may have ever spent on a golf course, Sandy Tatum remembers that time nearly a lifetime ago as if it was last month.

Memories of traveling halfway across the country — on money he raised — to win the 1942 NCAA men's golf national championship at South Bend Country Club remain strong.

"I can't think of any other subject on which I would rather converse," said the 89-year-old Tatum. "It was a mystical experience."

An experience that almost never unfolded.

With the United States involved in World War II, Stanford University officials were not sure they wanted to send the school's golf team to compete at the NCAA Championships. That didn't sit well with Tatum, then the school's No. 3 golfer and Pacific Coast Conference individual champion.

"When the school told us we couldn't go, I just couldn't bear it," he said.

Tatum learned the trip for the team would cost $2,500, and went about raising the funds himself. One of his first sales pitches was to the man who initially vetoed traveling to the tournament — university president Ray Lyman Wilbur.

"A wonderful character," Tatum said. "But he was a very stiff personality."

Tatum entered the president's office one afternoon, and proceeded to explain his business to a seemingly disinterested Wilbur. When Tatum stopped speaking, Wilbur quietly turned toward his desk, scribbled something out and handed it to Tatum, whose fund-raising campaign had been kick-started with a check for $25.

"He wished me good luck," Tatum said. "And I was on my way."

Tatum raised enough money for Stanford to get to South Bend. Just boarding the train in Oakland for the three-day trek east was memorable.

"It was just us, a group of college guys going across the country to play golf," Tatum said. "How lucky can you get?"

Tatum's luck would get better. Days later, he and his teammates had played well enough to earn a share of the team national championship with Louisiana State. Unbeknownst to Tatum, his game soon would fall into a groove that he had never before or since experienced.

He finished it off with a 5 and 4 victory over Northwestern's Manuel de la Torre for top individual honors among 64 golfers.

"It was stunning," he said. "I was not in a zone all week until then."
Here's a link to the full article.

Rob Grube Captures First Canadian Tour Title

2010-04-28T20:41:00.000-07:00

In a wire-to-wire performance Rob Grube (2008) captured his first career Canadian Professional Golf Tour title this past Sunday in the Riviera Nayarit Classic in Nayarit, Mexico. Grube finished a week in which he held at least a share of the lead after each round in dramatic fashion by holing a 25 foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to seal a one shot victory over Lucas Lee of Brazil. Grube blistered the course with rounds of 64, 66, 68, 68 for a 22 under par total of 266. It was the first win for a Stanford alum on the Canadian Tour since Jim Seki (2003) took the 2005 Northern California Classic. For the full story please click here.

Also competing were Jim Seki (2003) and Daniel Lim (2009). Seki finished T43 after rounds of 70, 70, 71, 71 for a four day total of 282. Lim continued his struggles by missing the cut after consecutive rounds of 76. For complete results please click here.

Cardinal on the Canadian Tour

2010-04-19T20:50:00.000-07:00

Stanford Alums Jim Seki (2003), Rob Grube (2008 - pictured) and Daniel Lim (2009) opened their 2010 play on The Canadian Professional Golf Tour south of the border at the Corona Mazatlan Mexican PGA Championship in Mazatlan, Mexico. After an opening round of 74, Rob Grube strung together three under par rounds of 68, 67 and 71 for a four-day total of 280 and T10 finish. Jim Seki (78, 74) and Daniel Lim (76, 78) struggled early in the tournament and did not recover to make the cut. Complete results can be found here.

All three remain in Mexico this week for the Riviera Nayarit Classic Presented by Corona Lite in Nayarit, Mexico. Play begins Thursday April 22 as Rob looks to continue his strong play and Jim and Daniel hope to build some momentum early in the 2010 Canadian Tour season. You may follow their progress on www.cantour.com.

Hall of Famer Warren Berl passes at age 89

2009-12-30T16:22:00.000-08:00

The following notice was published in the SF Chronicle's online SF Gate. Included is an online guest book where condolences for the family and remembrances can be shared. Some of his contributions to the Stanford men's golf team can be found here.

Warren Harry Berl August 24, 1920 - Nov. 22, 2009 Warren passed away peacefully at his home in San Francisco on November 22. Warren was a third-generation San Franciscan. He attended Galileo High School where he was captain of the golf team. He also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

He graduated from Stanford University in 1942. He was a member of the 1939 and 1941 NCAA Championship teams. In 1939 he was the Individual Conference Champion and NCAA Individual runner up. Warren was elected to the Stanford Hall of Fame for Golf in 1961.

During WWII he served as a Lieutenant on the U.S. Navy destroyer Aaron Ward, which was sunk in Guadalcanal, and the USS Downes. Warren's business career began in 1946 when he joined his father at Edwin D. Berl & Sons, a San Francisco investment firm established by Harry Berl in 1882. They merged with Sutro & Co. in 1957 where he was Chairman and President from 1971-1982 as well as Chairman Emeritus. His leadership at Sutro gained the respect and admiration from all those who worked with him. During his career he was on the Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Chairman and Governor of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, SIA Board Chair and Chairman of the Investment Bankers Assoc.

Active in the community, he was Director of the greater S.F. Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Emeritus Northern California Multiple Sclerosis Society, Honorary Lifetime Director of the Institute on Aging and a Mt. Zion Hospital Board member. He was a member of the Pacific Union Club, The Family Club and Lake Merced Golf and Country Club where he won 7 club championships.

The family would like to give special thanks for the care and devotion from Dr. Jim Davis, Francine, Lou, Hospice by the Bay, Vince, Lin and the staff at 1070. Warren is survived by his loving and devoted wife and best friend of 61 years Aline, his brother John Berl, his devoted children; Douglas and Jane, Cathy and Peter Deutsch and Susan Berl, his adoring grandchildren; Elizabeth, Michael, Natalie, Marion, Aleen, Jason, Shelby and Haley. Aline's love and dedication gave him the support and encouragement he needed to live life to the fullest, an inspiration to us all. His family, friends and community will miss him.

There will be no public service. However, donations in his memory may be made to National M.S. Society Northern California Chapter 1700 Owens St., Ste 190, San Francisco 94158 Berl/Tatum Scholarship c/o Stanford Athletic Department, 641 East Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-6150. Institute on Aging (IOA) 3330 Geary Blvd. San Francisco 94118

Zack Miller earns conditional status on Nationwide Tour in 2010

2009-12-08T09:28:00.000-08:00

Zack Miller ('07) tied for 90th at the PGA Tour's final stage of qualifying school (Q-School) in a field of 152 players. The final stage was held at Bear Lakes CC in West Palm Beach over 6 rounds from Dec 2-7. Zack had rounds of 75-71-72-72-73-70, to finish 1-over par.

The low 25 finishers and ties earned PGA Tour cards, while the next 52 players earned fully exempt status on the Nationwide Tour for 2010 for the first 12 events. Zack was included in the remaining finishers who earned conditional status on the Nationwide Tour, also for the first 12 events. After 12 events, there will be a re-shuffling of status of the players based on 2010 play.

Complete results can be found here ---

San Rafael's Zack Miller ('07) goes for PGA Tour card at Q-school finale

2009-12-01T06:39:00.000-08:00

The following article was written by Dave Allen for the Marin Independent Journal about Stanford's former All-American golfer, Zack Miller ('07).

Zack Miller knows he has the physical tools to compete with the best golfers in the world. Now the San Rafael native believes he has the mental focus to take his game all the way to the PGA Tour.

Miller, 25, is the closest he has been to earning his PGA Tour card - the golden ticket every professional golfer dreams of - when he plays in the third and final stage of the Q-school tournament beginning Wednesday at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. The top 25 scorers in the field of more than 150 golfers (which includes some big names like David Duval, Tim Herron and Jesper Parnevik) earn a 2010 card.

"My game has reached a whole new level and it has been about taking control of my emotions on the golf course," said Miller, a 2003 graduate of the Branson School. "I'm not concerned about my score out there. That takes care of itself. I'm hitting the ball great. I'm putting the ball great. These are products of my ability to control my emotions. I'm exciting to get out there and compete."

Miller tuned up for this week's showdown by challenging a couple records on a pair of Marin courses last week. Last Tuesday, he broke his own mark at San Geronimo Golf Course, shooting a 9-under-par 63. He followed that up by tying the course record at Novato's StoneTree Golf Club the next day. Miller carded a 6-under 66 to tie the mark set by Matt Dito, now the club pro at Eagle Vines in Napa.

"He is so hot right now," said Ken Maring, a former PGA caddie who played with Miller during the record-setting round at San Geronimo. "There is no question (he is good enough to play on the PGA Tour). We all knew he was dialed in (last Tuesday). You could see he was in for a special day."

To view the complete article click here.

Zack Miller advances to final stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School

2009-11-24T08:12:00.001-08:00

Zack Miller ('07) has advanced to the final stage of the PGA Tour's grueling Q-School after making it through 2nd stage qualifying at Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, FL. Zack had rounds of 67-69-70-74 for an 8-under 280 total which was the cutline for qualifying for one of the 21 spots (plus ties). No doubt Zack was feeling the pressure of the moment as he ended up double bogeying his final hole, probably feeling as though he had missed his chance to advance.

Here you can find full results for the PGA Tour's Q-School including information about the final stage of qualifying to be played Dec 2-7 at Bear Lakes CC in West Palm Beach, FL. Zack will be one of 132 players competing for spots on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. All players in the final stage will have some status on one of the two tours for the 2010 season.

Three other Cardinal grads made it through first stage qualifying but were not able to advance beyond 2nd round qualifying at three other sites. Jim Seki ('02) finished 6 shots back of the cutline with rounds of 75-71-75-69 while playing at Deerwood GC in Kingwood, TX. Joel Kribel ('99) was 8 shots off the 8-under cutline with rounds of 69-72-74-73 playing at Oak Valley GC in Beaumont, CA. Alex Aragon ('01), who played on the PGA Tour this season but didn't retain his card, had rounds of 74-75-76-72 to tie for 64th at Hombre GC in Panama City Beach, FL.

In first stage qualifying Rob Grube ('08) and Daniel Lim ('09) were unable to advance to 2nd stage play.

Four Cardinal Grads advance to 2nd stage of PGA Q-School

2009-11-09T06:06:00.000-08:00

The grueling PGA Tour Q-School finds 4 former Cardinal golfers advancing to the all-important 2nd stage. Joel Kribel, Alex Aragon, Jim Seki and Zack Miller advanced from four different qualifying locations in play from Oct 27-30. Rob Grube and Daniel Lim failed to quality in their first stage qualifying attempts.

Joel Kribel ('99), 4-time All American while at Stanford shot 5-under rounds of 71-73-71-68 to tie for 13th at San Juan Oaks CC in Hollister, CA --- the cut was at 2-under par. Alex Aragon ('01) tied for 22nd on the cut-line of 6 under with rounds of 70-68-70-74 at Lantana GC in Lantana, TX. Jim Seki ('02) was 9-under versus a 7-under cut to tie for 11th with rounds of 73-70-68-68 at Grasslands CC in Lakeland, FL. Zack Miller ('07) tied for 14th at 1 over par versus the 2 over cut with rounds of 72-74-68-75 at Carlton Oaks in Santee, CA.

Rob Grube ('08) tied for 34th at 4-over par versus the 1-under cut with rounds of 75-70-74-72 at Kinderlon Forest GC in Valdosta, GA. Daniel Lim ('09) was 5-over to tie for 49th with rounds of 79-73-70-71 to miss the cut by 7 shots also at San Juan Oaks in Hollister.

Good luck to our 4 Cardinal golfers moving on to all important 2nd stage qualifying to be held Nov 18-21 at various sites across the country.

Complete scoring and second stage fields can be found at the PGA Tour's Q-School website.

Sandy Tatum's contributions to Harding Park and golf

2009-10-04T05:59:00.000-07:00

John Upton, SFExaminer.com
October 2, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — The technology that will beam The Presidents Cup from Harding Park Golf Course into bars and homes in 231 countries starting Tuesday hadn’t even been imagined when Sandy Tatum was born in the Roaring ’20s.
In the early 1920s, the Spring Valley Water Co. built world-class links at Lake Merced as golf’s popularity grew wildly. During that era, President Warren Harding would die while staying downtown at the Palace Hotel and Tatum — the man who would later be credited with successfully restoring the course — would be born in Los Angeles.

By the late 1920s, Harding Park had been named after the golf-enthused late president, San Francisco had purchased Spring Valley Water Co. and its assets — including the golf course — and Tatum had kick-started a lifelong love affair with golf at the newly opened Bel Air Country Club in Los Angeles using sawed-off clubs provided by his father.
“Golf is a game you can play all your life,” said Tatum, appearing dapper in a button-down dress shirt and slacks on a recent afternoon at Harding Park. “I’m 89 years old and I play three or four times every two weeks, and the statistics will tell you that it’s a life extender. It’s obviously a life enhancer, but its also a life extender.”

Tatum grew up playing golf and brought his passion north as a late teen to Palo Alto, where he attended Stanford University and helped its golf team win the NCAA men’s golf championships in 1941 and 1942.

After graduating, Tatum spent time in Los Angeles and served in the Navy before returning to Stanford to study law in 1946. He moved with his wife in 1950 to practice law in San Francisco, a city that he would call home for more than 50 years.
Tatum, a member of the Stanford Sports Hall of Fame, has never played golf professionally, but he has worked in the game’s highest professional echelons.

After serving for six years as an executive committee member with the United States Golf Association, which oversees national championships, Tatum was appointed president in 1978. He held the post for two years, forging relationships that he would lean on more than two decades later to support his bid to revive Harding Park.

By the 1990s, the course had become neglected and overgrown with weeds as interest in golf waned locally and nationally. To secure political support for a loan from The City’s open-space fund that was needed to help resuscitate the greens, Tatum convinced the PGA Tour to play professional championships at Harding Park — if it could be renovated.
The revived course hosted its first professional event in 2005, the same year that the octogenarian moved into a Palo Alto retirement home. Tatum, however, remained a regular fixture at Harding Park, a familiar face to golfers and employees and at the clubhouse that bears his name.

Since 2005, the course has regained its former popularity with amateur golfers, while interest in other city courses has remained low.

The City’s loan to Harding Park is being repaid largely through increased green fees paid by non-San Francisco residents, for whom a weekend round of golf costs up to $155 — almost three times what locals pay.
In keeping with Tatum’s goal of providing public access to municipal golf, San Francisco players younger than 18 can shoot a round on a weekday for as little as $15.

“I’m educated personally with regards to how much it means to be able to play a premium golf course,” he said. “Access to [Harding Park] that had been enjoyed by people from San Mateo and across the Bay suddenly got more expensive, but I couldn’t find a way around that. My focus was on San Francisco.”

To view the complete article click here. | For more background info and a video interview of Tatum click here.

Zack Miller wins again on the Gateway Tour!

2009-08-22T08:05:00.001-07:00

Zack Miller ('07) wins again, his 2nd consecutive victory on the Gateway Tour's Desert series in Scottsdale Arizona over the summer. The latest victory was by 3 strokes at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale (Aug 19-21) as he shot 69-64-67.

Zack has been on a roll since the end of April with a tie for 2nd, followed by a tie for 22nd and two victories. In these 4 events he has won about $33,000. Zack was a 2-time All-American in his days on the Farm.

His results in 2009 on the Gateway Tour can be found here --- http://www.gatewaytour.com/home/home.aspx.

Zack Miller wins first pro event on Gateway Tour with final round 63

2009-08-05T06:35:00.001-07:00

Zack Miller ('07), two-time All-American at Stanford, has won his first professional event thanks to a blazing final round 63 on the Gateway Tour at Troon North in Scottsdale. Now in his third year as a pro, the 25-year old San Rafael California native had rounds of 65-69-63 for a 2-shot victory worth $8,500.

In a story from the Gateway Tour's website Zack relates the following:

As he states, it was perhaps some added confidence from Monday Qualifying and making the cut in last week’s Cox Classic of Omaha that gave him the boost of a winning week back on The Gateway Tour.

“There’s no doubt I think I was feeding off of the energy from (The Cox Classic, where he tied for 63rd) last week, even though I didn’t have the best weekend up there,” said Miller, “but, I definitely came back to The Gateway Tour this week with more confidence and it carried through all week, which was great.”

“I think it’s just one of those things being in the bigger events that gives you confidence because you realize those guys out there aren’t that much different from you,” he added. “It’s just that realization of being in that arena that helps you.”

In his last Gateway Tour start -- Desert Spring No. 8 (Prescott Lakes) -- Miller tied for 2nd after losing a four-way playoff to Nick Mason. With a heartbreaking loss in that event, and with another bout in contention earlier in the season -- a T3 at Desert Spring No. 6 (Vista Verde) -- he’s pleased to finally come through in the clutch with the “W.”

“It’s just a cool thing because this is my first pro win,” said Miller. “I’ve been knocking on the door a couple of times in the past, especially with (the playoff loss at Prescott Lakes), but it’s just been a great week and this feels great.”

The complete article can be found at http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6125995822083380074.

For complete scoring results click go to http://gatewaytour.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gway9/event/gway947/contest/1/leaderboard.htm. Note that by clicking on Zack's name in the leaderboard you can see all of his results on the Gateway Tour.

Tom Watson ('71) wins hearts of golf world as runner-up in British Open

2009-07-21T08:07:00.001-07:00

photo from the Open Championship website

Hall of Famer Tom Watson ('71) makes history at age 59 by finishing runner-up at Turnberry in the British Open. In a tournament that captured the world's interest like few other sporting events ever have, Tom stood on the precipice of winning his 6th British Open, needing a par on the 72nd hole to complete what he called was a "spiritual" experience.

After hitting a perfect hybrid tee shot and a flushed 8-iron on 18, the 2nd shot bounded over the green into a tight lie. Putting from off the green, Tom was unable to make the winning putt and he settled for 2nd place after a 4-hole playoff won by Stewart Cink.

Tom's historic effort will no doubt go down in sporting annals as one of the most dramatic and amazing accomplishments as he completed the tournament with grace and dignity fighting to the end, bringing back memories of the Watson of old as the finest links golfer of the 20th century.

He has made all Stanford grads and golfers everywhere proud. A collection of articles about Tom's magical week will be added here in the next few day.

The official Open Championship website can be found here including video and audio of Tom's experience as well as others speaking about Tom's tournament.

Doug Clarke ('80), All-American and Walker Cup member dies at age 50

2009-06-30T08:59:00.000-07:00

One of Stanford's best golfers, Doug Clarke, has sadly passed away at age 50 in his hometown San Diego. Doug competed at Stanford from 1977 thru 1980 earning All-American honors in 1978. He played in the Masters and was selected to play for the Walker Cup team. He finished runner-up in the 1976 US Junior Amateur championship. The San Diego Union Tribune had this to report about one of the finest amateur golfers to come out of San Diego County.

San Diego Union Tribune
June 20, 2009

Doug Clarke, one of the top amateur golfers ever to come out of San Diego County – named one of the top 10 junior phenoms of all time by Sports Illustrated in 2000, along with such players as Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Bobby Jones and Phil Mickelson – has died at age 50.

Clarke, who had suffered numerous health issues, including Hepatitis C, after battling alcohol and drug abuse in his earlier years, died Thursday afternoon in San Diego. The cause of death was attributed to premature heart failure, said his father, Robert Clarke.

Doug Clarke was a two-time San Diego County Junior Golfer of the Year and the nation's No. 1 golf recruit from La Jolla High when he received a scholarship to Stanford in 1977. He won the Southern California Golf Association amateur championship at the age of 18, won two Walker Cup matches at age 20 and played in the Masters in 1980.

“Honestly, I didn't see any amateur in the country that I couldn't beat on a regular basis,” Clarke told the Union-Tribune in 2001. “My game was so good that it almost shocked me at times.”

But the pressures to perform, his partying and his substance abuse and health issues derailed his career.

In recent years, Clarke became a teaching pro, and resumed playing competitively.

Services for Clarke will be June 30 at 2 p.m. at All Hallows Catholic Church in La Jolla. A celebration of life will follow at the La Jolla Golf Club.

Christian Cévaër wins the European Open!

2009-06-04T05:12:00.001-07:00

Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images. Click to enlarge.

Christian Cévaër, Stanford All-American from 1989-92, had the finest moment of his 16-year pro career in winning the European Open, gaining him a 5-year European Tour exemption and $559,805 (341,220 euros). His world ranking leaped to 129th from 449th. Full details on the prestigious event played against the best in Europe can be found at http://www.europeantour.com.

Here's an excerpt from the European Tour's reporting on the event as can be found at the above link:
Christian Cévaër, the World Number 449 and without a top 30 finish in his last 15 tournaments, overcame a star-studded field and one of the toughest holes in golf to win The European Open.

After an amazing weekend which saw no fewer than 45 changes of the lead, the 39 year old, whose only previous European Tour victory was the 2004 Open de España, beat England's Steve Webster, Scot Gary Orr and Spaniard Alvaro Quiros by a shot.

His winning total of 281, seven under par, was 13 strokes more than Ross Fisher took on the same The London Golf Club course last year - and his 74 was the highest last round by a winner all season.

But while Webster and Quiros both became more victims of the 471 yard last when tied for the lead - both carved their drives into the crowd, with Quiros hitting spectators with his first and second shots - Cévaër kept his nerve.

During the week the par four played to an average of nearly 4.7, with 154 bogeys, 48 doubles and 26 sevens or worse, but Cévaër parred it the first two days, birdied it in the third round and finished with the par he needed.

"I'm not a long player, but I used my utility club and it worked out great," he said after being showered with champagne.

"I made a point that no matter what happened just enjoy my golf, enjoy my skills and hang in there."

Photo by Getty Images. Click to enlarge.

A very sad day as Bob Rosburg passes away

2009-05-15T20:24:00.000-07:00

Former Stanford Golfer and PGA Champion Bob Rosburg Passes Away
Member of Stanford's 1946 National Championship Golf Team and Hall of Fame Enjoyed a Long Career as a Touring Pro and Network Analyst

Bob Rosburg (left) passed away Thursday at the age of 82. Lyman Van Slyke and I felt fortunate to have met him last year to conduct an extensive video interview of his remarkable life --- the complete interview and other information can be found at http://stanfordmensgolf.com/stanford_greats/bobrosburg.htm. Here is the first of 5 parts of that interview:

Bob Stevens

May 15, 2009
gostanford.com story

STANFORD, Calif. - Bob Rosburg, a member of Stanford's 1946 national championship golf team, 1959 PGA champion and former ABC golf analyst, passed away Thursday at his home in La Quinta, Calif. He was 82.

A three-year Stanford letterwinner from 1946-48, Rosburg was also lettered in baseball and basketball during his collegiate days on The Farm. A 10-time winner on the PGA Tour, Roseburg won the 1959 PGA Championship at the Minneapolis Golf club in St. Louis Park, Minn., when he overcame a six-shot deficit to edge out Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders with a closing round 66.

One of the most consistent players on the tour, Roseburg won the Vardon Trophy in 1958 for lowest average score (70.11) on the PGA Tour. He enjoyed a career year in 1959 when he finished seventh on the money list and was named to the Ryder Cup team after winning the PGA and finishing second in the U.S. Open. In 1969, he won the PGA Club Professional Championship.

His last tour victory came in 1972 when he won the Bob Hope Desert Classic by one stroke over Lanny Wadkins, making him the oldest champion in the tournament's history.

Rosburg's connections with the Hope went beyond his 1972 victory. Rosburg, who lived at La Quinta Country Club, is credited with devising the mechanics of the Hope's five-day, four-course format. Approached by tournament organizers in 1959 about how a tournament with 128 pros, 364 amateurs and four courses might work, Rosburg was given a bungalow at Bermuda Dunes Country Club to work out the details. Three days later, using only a legal pad and colored pencils, Rosburg emerged with a format that is still used by the tournament today.

Rosburg later teamed with Gene Littler to win the 1981 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.

Following his playing career, Rosburg joined ABC Sports full time in 1974 and worked as an analyst for the network for three decades, perfecting the art of the roving reporter. He will be fondly remembered for his storytelling abilities and for his catch phrase, "He's got no chance, Jim," which he would utter whenever he encountered a golfer who had hit his ball into a seemingly impossible position. The "Jim" is in reference to the late ABC commentator Jim McKay.

"I haven't said, 'He's got no chance' in four years," Rosburg said in a 2002 article for Golf Digest magazine. "I have nothing against the expression. It's just that players nowadays always have a chance."
Rosburg is also credited with helping ABC hire Judy Rankin, who was the first full-time female golf commentator to cover men's events, including the major championships.

"Bob Rosburg represented the best in golf as a player, champion, gentleman and as the voice who brought viewers the best insight on what it was like for his fellow professionals to perform inside the ropes," said PGA of America President Jim Remy. "We will dearly miss being able to help Bob celebrate this summer the 50th anniversary of winning the PGA Championship and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. He will forever be in our hearts as a true Champion."

Born in San Francisco in 1926, Rosburg played golf as a junior at the Olympic Club and at the age of 12, faced then-retired baseball hall of famer, Ty Cobb, in the first flight of the club championship, beating the Georgia Peach, 7 and 6.

Rosburg was a standout baseball player at Stanford during the 1940's and almost chose baseball as a career over golf. He graduated from Stanford in 1949 and turned professional in 1953.

Rosburg is survived by his wife, Becky and their children, Robert, Deborah and Bruce. There were no immediate plans for services.

Rob Grube competes in the Nationwide Tour's Stonebrae Classic

2009-04-05T08:25:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube, 4-time All-American at Stanford and a 2008 graduate, finished tied for 38th after a final round 75 at the TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae in Northern California. Rob was in 18th place headed into the final round of the Nationwide Tour event, 7 strokes behind the leader. He had rounds of 70-68-71-75.

The full leaderboard can be found here.

Rob Grube & Zack Miller compete at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

2009-02-13T07:20:00.001-08:00

4-time Stanford All-American Rob Grube ('08) and All-American Zack Miller ('07) are competing at the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Rob's amateur partner is Mike McKee playing to a 10 handicap, while Zack is playing with Ron Tomsic who is playing to a 7 handicap.

Neither player was able to finish in the money as Zack shot 69-79-77 while Rob shot 72-72-75 to miss the cut by 5 shots. The promising first round had Zack starting with a 3-under 69 at Pebble Beach (see his individual results), while Rob shot an even-par 72 at Poppy Hills (see Rob's individual results).

You can see the results on the PGA Tour's website. | On the amateur leaderboard you can see who Rob and Zack are playing with and how they are doing.

The Golf Channel's Conversation with Casey Martin

2009-02-11T10:22:00.000-08:00

Stanford All-American Casey Martin ('95) is interviewed by the Golf Channel.

Conversation With Casey Martin
BY CASEY BIERER
Editor’s Note: Born in Eugene, Ore., and educated at Stanford, former professional Casey Martin is coach of the University of Oregon men's golf team. Martin was a three-time All Pac-10 selection and was a member of an NCAA Championship team in 1994. He turned pro in 1995 and played on the Nationwide and PGA tours. Martin’s lawsuit in 2001 with the PGA Tour for the right to use a golf cart during competition is well-documented. He was named Ducks coach in 2006. Golf Channel reporter Casey Bierer recently sat down with Martin before his team opened its spring season in Hawaii at the Hilo Invitational Feb. 4.

Casey Bierer: Coach Martin. It's a new year and a lot going on in your life. Let’s start with the University of Oregon’s golf team. What is the state of your Ducks?

Casey Martin: We are very young, but, we are working hard. We did not have a great fall season. But, we have some great players. I have ten guys on my team. I’ve got one senior, five sophomores and four freshmen. And during the fall we played three freshmen and two sophomores in all the events. So, we’re really young and we kind of took our licks in some of the bigger tournaments. But, the kids are getting valuable experience and I am really excited about the future.

CB: You have developed a reputation for recruiting gritty players. What’s your philosophy?

CM: I think everyone has there own bias and point of view on life. Certainly, I love a pretty golf swing as much as anyone else, but, I really try in my recruiting to not just fall in love with a kid because of his pretty golf swing. I’ve tried to watch how kids compete and look at who is focusing on their scores and how they play rather than just how they swing. And it’s kind of worked out that way where I’ve got a fair number of players that don’t really have swing coaches. They just like to go and compete. And that doesn’t bother me at all because that’s how I used to play. I didn’t have a swing coach until much later in life and I think that does influence how I recruit. I don’t automatically go after cookie cutter kids out of the golf academies. Some kids can’t afford to play all the AJGA events but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a lot of game. You have to know where to go and how to find those kids.

CB: What’s the learning curve been like for you – taking your talents as a professional golfer and transitioning to coaching college golf? See the complete article.

2009 Stanford Men's Golf Alumni Match - May 2nd

2009-02-01T07:21:00.000-08:00

TO: Stanford Men's Golf Alumni
FR: Conrad Ray
RE: 2009 Stanford Men's Golf Alumni Match

Cardinal Faithful:

The 2009 Stanford Men’s Golf Alumni Match will be held on May 2nd, 2009. Details are below. We hope you can make it out to try and give the 5th ranked Cardinal a run for their money. It promises to be a fun competition for all and serve as a good warm-up for the team as we seek our 9th National Championship a few weeks later Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio. Please email my assistant Matt Tight at mtight@stanford.edu if you can play and if you have foursome requests. We have booked eight tee times so space is limited to the first 23 confirmed alumni. Please let us know if you have any questions. Go Cardinal!

Date: May 2nd, 2009
Location: Stanford Golf Course
Fee: $175.00 Includes greens fee, optional cart, food, drink, and prizes
Starting Time: Tee times off the first hole starting at 1pm
Registration: Located on the Stanford Golf Course Patio at 11:30am
Lunch: BBQ served on the Stanford Golf Course Patio starting at 11:30am
Warm-up: Located on the new Siebel Varsity Golf Training Complex starting at 10:30am
Post-Golf: Drinks, Prizes and Snacks on the Patio

Robert Crozier ('50), former golf team captain, passes away.

2009-01-24T10:57:00.000-08:00

Robert Nodle Crozier of Santa Paula died peacefully on Monday, January 19, 2009, of natural causes with his family by his side. He was 80.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Marlene Hertel Crozier, sister Charlotte Luehr of Scottsdale AZ, his son, Thomas Hertel Crozier and wife Janet McCreary Crozier of Ventura, his daughter Coralie Crozier Kenton and husband David Kenton of Oakland, and daughter Kathleen Crozier Egan and husband Kevin Egan of Ventura. He was predeceased by his older brother, Thomas Henry Crozier Jr. of Menlo Park. Also surviving him are granddaughter Lauren Elizabeth Crozier of Ventura, grandsons Sean Thomas Crozier, Galen Charles Egan, Liam Crozier Egan, and Taig Hertel Egan of Ventura, Peter Joseph Kenton and Marcus Robert Kenton of Oakland, step-granddaughter Molly Egan of New York City, and many nieces and nephews.

He will be greatly missed by his family and by numerous professional associates and golfing buddies. His greatest passion and love was for the game of golf, which he began playing at the age of nine. (See More) --- you will find his full obituary provided by his family. | Here you will find all Stanford golf team alums from 1932 to today including Robert Crozier in 1950.

Will Yanagisawa's earns 2009 Asian Tour card & shares a video tour of 2008

2009-01-11T18:47:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to former Stanford All-American Will Yanagisawa ('95) for qualifying for his full 2009 Asian Tour card as he tied for 17th by shooting rounds of 73-70-76-72-71 in Thailand. Here are the full final results and here is an article describing the qualifying tournament where 40 players earned their tour cards.

Will also shares below a fast-paced video tour of his 2008 season on the Asian Tour. Included in this 6 1/2 minute video are images from Hawaii, California, Malaysia, India, China, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia. Will was a member of the 1994 national championship team.

Grube & Miller to play in the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

2008-12-23T09:25:00.001-08:00

Recent Stanford graduates Rob Grube ('08) and Zack Miller ('07) have been invited to play in the 2008 AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as was announced by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation.

Adding a local flavor to the event, Grube is a graduate of Monterey's Stevenson School and was a 4-time All-American at Stanford as well as being named Pac 10 Player of the Year. In 2007, he led the Cardinal to the National Championship while finishing third individually. In 2008, the Illinois native captained Stanford to a second place finish, losing only to UCLA by a stroke.

Miller was a two-time All-American at Stanford and captain of the 2007 national championship team. Zack has been playing professionally in Asia as well as on mini-tours in the US. For Zack after a frustrating up and down year the invitation was like a wonderful Christmas present. He is quoted in an article in the Marin Independent Journal that "It is really the pinnacle of a golfer's career: To have status on the PGA Tour, the best tour you can be on if you're a golfer," Miller said. "Just having a week out there knowing that you started this game when you were seven and it's come all this way. It's going to be amazing being able to put forth your best effort and look at the scoreboard and see your name against some of the guys you have been following on TV for so long."

The 2009 tournament is slated for Feb.9-15 at Spyglass Hill, Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills.

Final round 67 for Notay Begay III earns him a PGA tour card while Alex Aragon will have non-exempt status on Nationwide Tour

2008-12-08T05:54:00.000-08:00

Two Stanford graduates, Notah Begay III ('95), 4-time tour winner, and Alex Aragon ('01)competed in the PGA Tour's final stage of qualifying at PGA West in La Quinta, California.

Begay fired a 5-under 67 (the low round on the tougher PGA West Stadium course) to tie for 11th and earn his PGA Tour card once again. Showing a flare for the dramatic, Notah birdied 3 of his last 4 holes to move 2 shots under the cut line. His last two rounds of 63-67 (14-under par) were the best in the field of 163 players. Alex Aragon shot a final round 71 to tie for 87th place, leaving him with non-exempt status on the Nationwide Tour. PGA Tour story on Begay's qualifying tournament.

Final results can be found here.

PRIOR POSTING:
Notah's brilliant 63 in the next to last round (see Golf Week article) jumped him into contention as he is tied for 21st after rounds of 72-70-69-71-63 (-15). Begay plays on the tougher PGA West Stadium course in the final round and will likely need to shoot 69 or lower to gain one of the 25 exempt PGA tour spots.

Alex faces a much tougher challenge to make the low 25 but is in the hunt for an exempt spot on the Nationwide Tour earned by the next 50 qualifiers. Aragon sits tied for 89th at 8-under par after rounds of 71-67-74-72-68. He will likely need a 68 or better to make the Nationwide Tour or a 62 to make the PGA Tour in his final round.

A field of 163 players are competing for 25 exempt spots on the 2009 PGA Tour, with the next 50 players receiving full exempt membership on the Nationwide Tour. The remaining players will have conditional status on the Nationwide Tour. Begay is one of field's 20 players who have won a total of 48 events on the PGA Tour.

The final stage is held over 6 days and 108 holes and is considered the most grueling test in golf.

Aragon & Begay qualify for the PGA Tour's Final Stage

2008-11-21T07:55:00.000-08:00

Notah Begay ('95) and Alex Aragon ('01) both move on to the final stage of the PGA Tour's qualifying school. Tour veteran Notah fired a blazing 65 last round that included an eagle and five birdies (he finished with birdies on 17 & 18) to finish tied for 8th at the PGA's 2nd stage qualifier in Lantana, Texas while Alex finishes tied for 3rd after a final round 69 at Beaumont, CA.

Notah , seemingly had little chance after three rounds which left him 6 shots off the cut line. But his tournament low 65 leapfrogged more than 30 players and allowed him to continue his quest to return to the PGA tour after rounds of 71-77-74-65. Notah has had a long injury plaqued battle to retain the greatness that was once his as a top 10 player and multiple winner in the golf world. Here's the full leaderboard for the Lantana qualifier.

Aragon had rounds of 65-69-74-69. He led after both the first two rounds and continued his steady play to easily move on to the final stage of qualifying for the first time in his career. A total of 19 players from his field moved on to the final stage qualifier. Here's the full leaderboard for the Beaumont qualifier.

Joel Kribel ('99) missed the qualifying cut by 3 strokes in an earlier second stage qualifier at Kingwood, TX after rounds of 75-72-69-71. Here are complete results from the Kingwood qualifier.

Philip Rowe ('02) updates on his pro career in Europe

2008-11-14T09:39:00.000-08:00

Editor's Note - Philip Rowe was an All-American in 2002 and has played in Europe professionally since leaving Stanford.

Special effects: The Biomechanics Laboratory at C.R.E.P.S. near Poitiers collects data upon my swing movements.

In the last update the news was of a near victory in Normandy and two tournaments later in at the Open Mirabelle d’Or it was a very similar story. In the club house at 17 under the par I could only wait and see how the others finished: A Frenchman finished with two birdies to earn a spot in the playoff and a Belgian also duly birdied the last to make it a three-way. Although I had the closest eagle putt of 6 feet it was the Frenchman who took away victory with his eagle putt from 40 feet!

More solid results were to follow at Stade Français (5th place) where I had the opportunity of playing with Jean-Francois Remesy (two time French Open winner) in the 3rd round, and, a sweet final round of 66 hurtled me up the field at Padova (7th place). Since then, numbers in the 60s have been somewhat illusive. Final rankings on the Alps and AGF-Allianz golf tours were 14th and 5th respectively.

On several occasions this season I put myself in position to win tournaments. Even including a less glorious round or two, my 2008 stroke average remains –0.5 (a personal best season in those terms). There was a really hot stretch where I shot a cumulative of 56 under the par for 23 consecutive tournament rounds. With such a level of performance, top finishes and wins are inevitable! Consult the “Stats Attached” section below to see more detail about my performance this season.

Two wonderful pieces of news arrived this week. Firstly, thanks to my AGF-Allianz Golf Tour final ranking, I have earned an invitation to play the Mauritius Open (12-14th December) and an occasion to compete amongst regular European Tour players there. Then, I also received an invitation to play a limited field event in La Reunion the week before Mauritius at the venue where I previously won in 2006. All in all my trip to the Indian Ocean from 1st - 16th December. I have no doubt that this will be a fantastic adventure both on and off the course and I can’t wait!

Before then I have two coaching courses that I will take: PGA Coaching Level 1 (Birmingham, 17-18th November) and “The Mind Factor” coaching diploma with Dr Karl Morris (Manchester, 22-25th November). The coaching qualifications will consolidate my expertise and activity within golf. They will also help me develop skills to progress certain projects that I look to intensify over the wintertime.

During the early part of this winter training period, I continue to undergo a thorough series of assessments that reflect multiple elements of performance in sporting activities and golf specifically. DreamGolf is a new company that has been set up locally to where I live in Poitiers and I hope to support and use it’s impressive structure of expertise. Various professionals are collecting data to measure particular components of my performance profile. Upon that data I will look to build a training programme in order to expand my personal capacities and increase the likelihood of a breakthrough next season.

Philip Rowe ('02) - Nov 2008 update.

Aragon and Kribel advance at PGA Tour's Q-school, Grube, Seki and Miller do not

2008-10-30T10:56:00.000-07:00

First stage of qualifying for the PGA Tour is completed and two Cardinal golfers, Joel Kribel ('99) and Alex Aragon ('01) are moving on. Three others, Rob Grube, Jim Seki and Zack Miller failed to qualify.

Three Stanford alums, Rob Grube ('08), Zack Miller ('07), and Jim Seki ('02) competed in the first stage of PGA Tour qualifying at San Juan Oaks CC in Hollister, California. A fourth alum, Alex Aragon ('01) played in Southern California at Carlton Oaks CC in Santee, California. These are two of the 12 first stage qualifying sites being held around the country. Joel Kribel (previous post) has easily qualified earlier and moved onto the 2nd stage of qualifying.

In the four rounds Seki shot 69-71-70-75 (3-under and tied for 45th), Grube 69-72-72-71 (4-under and tied for 39th) and Miller shot 70-74-69-75 (even par and tied for 56th). It took a 7-under par score to make the low 24 and ties and move on to the 2nd stage of qualifying. Full results from San Juan Oaks can be found at: http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq8/event/pgatq816/contest/1/leaderboard.htm.

In his four rounds, Aragon shot 72-72-72-72 to finish tied for 11th in the Calton Oaks field with low 23 and ties qualifying for stage 2. Full results from the Calton Oaks qualifier can be found here: http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq8/event/pgatq814/contest/1/leaderboard.htm.

Joel Kribel is on to 2nd stage of PGA Tour's Q School

2008-10-25T06:50:00.000-07:00

Joel Kribel ('99) finished 2nd in the first stage of the PGA Tour's qualifying school at the Beaumont, California, site. Joel had rounds of 72-76-70-67 to easily qualify in his quest to regain PGA Tour status. Here is the full leaderboard for this qualifying site.

Joel, one of Stanford's all-time greats, is one of only two Stanford golfers to earn 4-time All-American honors while on the Farm, the other being recent graduate Rob Grube.

At least five other Stanford golfers are also entered in first stage Q-School events. Jim Seki, Alex Aragon, Rob Grube and Zack Miller will all be competing at San Juan Oaks in Hollister, CA, starting Oct 29th. We will be following their progress as the qualifying school process continues.

Rob Grube continues to find success as a touring professional

2008-09-12T10:21:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube ('08 grad & 4-time All-American) continues to find success a a touring professional, most recently on the Nationwide Tour.

In the Utah Championship held last week, after going thru grueling Monday qualifying (typically about 10-12 spots against a field of 150-250 players) shooting a 66, Rob finished tied for 14th winning almost $10,000. Rob had rounds of 70-68-63-69 finishing 14-under par. Here is the final leaderboard for the Utah Championship.

By finishing in the top 25 he automatically qualified for this week's Nationwide Tour event, the Boise Open, held at the Hillcrest Country Club. He opened play with a 2-under 69 that puts him tied for 37th but then struggled in his 2nd round with a 76 to miss the cut. Here is the full leaderboard for the Boise Open.

Art Schroeder Passes Away at age 77

2008-09-06T05:54:00.000-07:00

Stanford 1953 national championship team - Top Left: Bob Blackburn, Grant Spaeth, Art Schroeder, Warren Dailey, Fred Brown, Coach Bud Finger, Stewart Ledbetter.

Art Schroeder, captain of the 1953 Stanford national championship team, passed away recently. Art was one of only a handful of Stanford golfers who won the individual conference championship as he did in 1953. Some of his Stanford golf friends shared their memories of Art.

"Art was a true friend and golf companion. We had many rounds together and I always marvelled at his putting and chipping. Because I was not very good around the greens, he tried to help me--out of pity. He told me to chip and putt without using my hands, but I apparently was too old to change. As a result money flowed from my pocket to his quite often.

He and Adie have been good friends to me and I enjoyed many pleasant meals with them. During his last days I saw Art several times and realized that he had gone through a lot of pain and suffering. He will be missed." Tom Connelly.

"We’ve lost a great guy and passionate golfer/competitor …two qualities that are a rare combination. My heart goes out to his wife and children/grandchildren. I know he loved them very much". Bill Krepick.

"I, too, am saddened by Art's loss. I feel fortunate to have played lots of golf with him over the years. It was always a pleasure to enjoy his company." Rich Strock.

"What a sad event....Art was such a special fellow. I certainly enjoyed his company. He will be missed very much by the Stanford golf community. With Wonderful memories of Art." Don Knott.

"Art was far and away the best short game player I ever encountered, and one of the real gentlemen of our game. I'll miss him." Dave Glen.

"Very sorry to hear the bad news. Art was a great guy and a die hard Stanford Golfer!" Coach Conrad Ray.

"I've known Art for only a couple of years---but it was great to be able to play golf with such a good guy. I imagine he is one of the few guys I knew who shot his age or close to it. My prayers go out to him, his family and friends. It will be an honor to attend his memorial service." Bill Arrillaga.

"Art was a great friend and often under-estimated golfer. With an outstanding pedigree--Pac Ten champ, member NCAA team champ--Art rarely missed a fairway and had an adept touch around the greens. Even in his last years, he could post a tournament round in the low seventies that revealed the depth of his ability.

Art was an intense competitor who knew the value of a dollar. He was not afraid to let you know, as his partner, that your contributions impacted his bottom line. I will not soon forget the match we played as teammates some years ago, when each of us was playing poorly. During the round, I missed 4 or 5 putts of less than 5 feet (which was hardly out of the ordinary for me), putting us down to our opponents by several holes. We came to the 18th hole with presses on the line and a chance to pull even, or close to it. Fittingly, my 3rd shot left me about 3 1/2 feet from the hole. A par would mean a win. Now, given my past performance during the round, the chances of my sinking this putt were less than negligible. I stroked the putt, didn't even scare the hole, and off to the side, Art groaned loud enough for all to hear, "Oh my God."

But my favorite memories of Art were on the practice putting green and 19th hole practice area. Art was nearly as fanatical as me in practicing the short game. Art unfailingly complimented me as a superior short-game artist, despite all on-course evidence to the contrary. We compared notes, theories, and recent results--always in good humor, comrades on a mission, all in the spirit of the joy of being on the green doing what we love.

I will miss him a lot." Steve Peters.

"I played about 6 or 8 rounds of golf with Art over the past 10 years. I always found him to be a pleasure to be around as he had a very kind manner, was very friendly to all and played at a high level. Although he was quite competitive and focused when he played, he also had a very open and warm side to him. I always asked him about his early playing days when he was one of the top college players around.

He never cared to dwell on the past, not wanting to brag about his golf, but it was clear that this period was very rewarding and fun for him. I asked him about the best players he played with and he mentioned Ken Venturi who he played junior golf with in SF. Art was always in the present as he worked to constantly hone his skills.

In the past 4 years I saw him most often at the driving range, always on the far side working away on his rhythmic, loose and long swing. He was frustrated that he had lost so much distance and worked tirelessly to try to get back a few extra yards. We discussed more than once ways that he might hit it farther and I remember talking him into changing drivers to the larger, lighter style of today. He would kid me later that I cost him money but that the new driver didn't add any distance.

I always came away from our interactions feeling good about Art and appreciating the man. He always had kind words for me and my game. I miss seeing him and playing with him and also wish I had sat down with him for an interview about his great golfing past so that it could be preserved with the great history that is Stanford men's golf." Bob Stevens.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family that shares the following:

Arthur H. Schroeder Jr Passed away August 25, 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, surrounded by his family.

He was born August 11, 1931 to Rose and Arthur Schroeder in San Francisco CA. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School and Stanford University where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and captain of the 1953 men's golf team NCAA champions.

In 1954 he married Adrienne Faber while serving in the U.S. army. Upon completion of his military service he worked with his father at AH Schroeder Co. in the fur industry. Art was an avid golfer at Stanford Golf Course and was club champion and senior champion. His love and support of Stanford continued throughout his life.

Art is survived by his wife Adrienne; and his children Judi Schroeder of Mooresville NC, Ken Schroeder of Boulder Creek, CA, Kurt Schroeder of McKinleyville, CA, Craig Schroeder of San Mateo, CA, and Karen Schlenker of Lafayette CA; and eight grandchildren.

Donations in memory of Art may be made to Stanford Men's Golf Team, Stanford University Department of Athletics, Stanford, CA 94305.

Jim Seki's and Rob Grube's recent professional results & Joel Kribel interview

2008-08-28T13:51:00.000-07:00

Jim Seki ('02 All-American), had a solid tied for 7th finish at the recent Canadian Tour event Seaworth, Ontario. Jim shot rounds of 67-68-69-68 to finish 8-under and one shot out of 4th place and seven shots behind the winner. Here are complete results: http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?leagueID=11762&clientID=3776&link=Cantour

Rob Grube ('08) played a Hooters Tour event last week and finished tied for 23rd with rounds of 67-71. Here is the complete leaderboard.

Here's a video interview of Joel Kribel ('99 4-time All-American) before playing in a Nationwide Tour event in Livermore at Wente Vineyards. The interview was conducted in April.

Notah Begay hosts skins game with Singh, Cink, Weir & Villegas

2008-08-22T08:48:00.000-07:00

Stanford grad Notah Begay III ('95) hosts the inaugural Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge is expected to draw about 2,000 fans to Turning Stone Resort’s Atunyote course on Tuesday to watch a skins game between some of the PGA Tour’s top players.

Begay, the golf ambassador for the Turning Stone Resort Championship, has arranged the charity event to raise money and awareness for his Native American causes.

In addition to Begay, the field will feature two of the top-10 players in golf’s world rankings, Vijay Singh (5) and Stewart Cink (8), plus two more in the top 50, Mike Weir (38) and Camilo Villegas (42).

Here's a complete news release about the event: http://www.notah.com/press-room/in-the-news/206.

Rob Grube ties for 14th on the PGA Tour at the Reno-Tahoe Open

2008-08-04T08:39:00.000-07:00

Recent graduate Rob Grube ('08), a 4-time All-American, completed play at his first PGA Tour event with a final round 68 to tie for 14th at the Reno-Tahoe Open played at the Montreux Golf & Country Club in Reno, Nevada. His 7-under 281 total earned Rob $48,000 in the event where he received a sponsor's exemption.

Here's the complete leaderboard for the tournament.

After beginning the tournament with a solid 2-under 70, Rob was struggling on his second round as he was 4-over for his round through 15 holes, 2 strokes above the cut line of even par. Grube made clutch birdies on the tough 16th and par five 17th holes, however, to finish his round of 74 barely making the cut line.

On the weekend, he shot rounds of 69 and a final round of 68 to finish strong, as he shot the lowest weekend total in the field (tied with one other player).

Notah Begay III ('95), former Stanford all-time great, who won the inaugural Reno-Tahoe event 10 years ago, finished tied for 53rd at even par 288 after shooting a final round 75. Here's a good article about Notah from the Reno Gazette-Journal after his third round of 70. The photograph from the Reno Gazette-Journal is taken by Tim Dunn/RGJ.

Rob Grube finishes 5th at Canadian Tour Player's Cup

2008-07-28T13:13:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube, 4-time All-American at Stanford, had his second consecutive solid Canadian Tour finish as he tied for 5th, 3 shots back, with rounds of 69-65-71-68. The tournament was held in Winnepeg - here is the event summary.

Stanford graduate Jim Seki also competed in the event as he tied for 52nd place with rounds of 70-70-74-74.

Complete Results for Canadian Tour Player's Cup

Rob Grube to play in 1st PGA Tour Event: the Reno-Tahoe Open July 28-Aug 3

2008-07-21T08:58:00.000-07:00

Press Release issued by Reno-Tahoe Open

STANFORD STANDOUT ROB GRUBE TO PLAY
IN LEGENDS AT SPARKS MARINA RENO-TAHOE OPEN

Four-Time All-American Granted Sponsor’s Exemption for July 28-Aug. 3 Event

RENO, Nev. (July 19, 2008) – Rob Grube, who led Stanford University to the 2007 NCAA golf championship, was granted a sponsor’s exemption into the 2008 Legends at Sparks Marina Reno-Tahoe Open, Tournament Director Michael Stearns said today.

Grube received the first exemption into the July 28-Aug. 3 PGA TOUR event at the stunning Montrêux Golf & Country Club. Other exemptions will be announced in the coming days.

"Rob’s talent on the golf course is equaled by his class and demeanor off the course," Tournament Director Michael Stearns said. "He is an accomplished golfer, with an NCAA championship and numerous individual titles and awards, and he’s someone you’re going to be seeing quite a bit over the next few years. We’re proud to have him competing in our tournament because he represents everything good about the game of golf. Coach (Conrad) Ray is getting the word out for all Stanford University alumni to come out and support Rob in his first PGA TOUR start."

Grube join major champions in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open field: Bob Tway (1987 PGA Championship) and Mark Brooks (1996 PGA Championship) along with LRTO past Champions Notah Begay III, Will Mackenzie, UNR fan favorite Kirk Triplett and Las Vegas resident Chris Riley.

"I am so excited to compete in the Legends Reno Tahoe Open,” Grube said. “With this being my first PGA Tour event, it’s almost like a home match for me as it is just up the road from the Bay Area. I have watched the tournament on television in the past and can see that Montrêux is a gorgeous and challenging course. To compete against some of best players on the greatest Tour in the world is a dream come true for me.”

Grube is the latest in the line of accomplished Stanford golfers, a line that began with standout amateur Charles Seaver (the father of baseball Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver) and Lawson Little, continued through Bob Rosberg and Tom Watson and culminated with Tiger Woods, who arrived in 1995. The year before Woods arrived on the Farm, inaugural LRTO Champion Begay, Casey Martin and current Stanford Coach Conrad Ray carried Stanford to the NCAA championship.

"Rob will go down in the history books as one as Stanford's all time greats,” Ray said. “He was the catalyst for the turn around of our program the last few years and was a true pleasure to coach. His work ethic and approach to the game will set our team standards for years to come."

Grube’s standards were lofty, to say the least. Even with those accomplished alums behind him, Grube was only Stanford’s second four-time, All-American. He was also a two-time Academic All-American (2007-08) and was a finalist for the Byron Nelson Award this spring, which is presented to a graduating senior with an outstanding academic and athletic career throughout college.

Grube turned pro after graduating this spring. He wasted little time establishing himself, finishing fourth in his first professional tournament – the Canadian Tour’s Saskatchewan Open – where he opened with rounds of 63-66.

This spring, Grube captained Stanford to a runner-up finish in defense of the 2007 NCAA title the Cardinal won. As a senior, Grube finished third in both the NCAA Western Region and the Pac-10 Championships.

The year before, Grube was the centerpiece of Stanford’s first national championship since 1994. Grube finished third at the NCAA’s, won two collegiate tournaments, had a stroke average below par and 22 of his 41 rounds were par or better.

As a sophomore in 2006, Grube was the Pac-10 Player of the Year. He won two of his five collegiate tournaments, finished with a stroke average below par and won the Illinois State Amateur. And as a freshman, Grube won the NCAA Western Region and finished fifth at the NCAA Championships.

The 23-year-old Grube is a native of Illinois.

For more information on this year’s Legends at Sparks Marina Reno-Tahoe Open, including ticket sales, volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, visit www.LegendsRenoTahoeOpen.com or contact the tournament office at 775-322-3900.

Rob Grube finishes 4th in his professional debut on Canadian Tour

2008-07-07T05:36:00.000-07:00

Rob Grube tied for 4th in his first professional tournament, the Saskatchawan Open, on the Canadian Tour. In second place, three shots behind, headed into the final round, Rob shot a 1-under 71 to finish three shots out of the lead at the end. He shots rounds of 63-68-72-71 --- here you will find the final results.

Also competing in the tournament was 2002 graduate Jim Seki who finished tied for 37th with rounds of 70-66-75-70

Grube in 2nd after three rounds in his pro debut on Canada Tour

2008-07-04T07:07:00.000-07:00

Here are quotes from Rob Grube after his 3rd round 72 leaving him in 2nd place two shots out of the lead in his professional debut.

“I’m looking forward to tomorrow,” said Bradford. “I don’t know Rob Grube but I know he’s a heck of a player.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been in the last group of the day. I worked on a few things before coming onto the Canadian part of the Tour and it’s working well for me.”

Grube, like Bradford, had to fight the wind all day in an up and down round of 72.

“I got off to a good start with two birdies but then seemed to trade birdies and bogeys the rest of the day,” said Grube.

“I was still trying to make birdies out there and missed a few eight-footers so that got a little frustrating.

“I don’t have a number in mind for tomorrow,” revealed Grube.

“If the wind is like this on Sunday, even par on the round will be a good score. The wind made this course a lot more difficult today – well, except for George.”

Here are complete third day results.

Rob Grube, recent Stanford graduate and 4-time All-American, made his professional debut a memorable one firing a 9-under par 63 on the Canadian Tour. With a 2nd round 68 Rob is tied for the lead at 13 under par. The event, the Saskatchewan Open is being held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Jim Seki from the class of 2002 is also in the field shooting an even par 70 in his first round. A second round 66 moves Jim into a tie for 16th at 6-under par.

Rob reports that his summer pro golf plans are still evolving but this encouraging start to his pro career can only help create opportunities.

Complete results from the first round can be found at: see Canadian Tour First Round Results.

Seki had a solid tournament recently where he tied for 15th shooting rounds of 65-66-67-71 -- see full results. This was Jim's second solid tournament in a row on the Canadian Tour.

Zack Miller rededicating himself for a shot at PGA Tour

2008-07-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

Dave Albee
Marin Independent Journal, June 1, 2008

The PGA Tour is where Zack Miller of San Rafael wants to be and he's extremely anxious to go anywhere and do anything to play on it. Even, figuratively speaking, surrendering a body part.

Miller has a will to win and a portable GPS unit to guide him there.

The former Branson and Stanford star has gone though PGA Qualifying School in California and Texas, competed in the Gateway Tour in Arizona and Florida and this month will attempt to play on the Nationwide Tour in Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska and possibly Kansas before joining the Korean Tour overseas in August. The 23-year-old golfer's goal is to make the PGA Tour as soon as humanly possible with a new attitude and awakening.

For the complete article go to http://origin.marinij.com/sports/ci_9757090. Photo by Jeff Vendsell for the Marin Independent Journal

Jim Seki '02 Finishes T14th in Canadian Tour Event

2008-06-26T09:46:00.000-07:00

Jim Seki, from the class of 2002, finishes T14th (shooting 75-67-71-70) in the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic. A former Pac-10 conference champion, Seki has been playing on several tours since graduating. This year's he's been competing on the Canadian golf tour -- http://www.cantour.com and in previous year's he's competed on the Japan Challenge Tour and several California mini-tours.

Jim recently writes "I'm playing on the Canadian Tour & the Japan Challenge Tours. I love Canada and the cities we go to. Japan has been a great and new experience. Everything is different--culture, golf, getting around. These experiences are making me a more well-rounded person as well as golfer. I've been fortunate to be to places like Hong Kong, Thailand, and Japan."

A highlight was his winning the 2005 Northern California Classic, a Canadian Tour event. A few facts about Jim Seki can be found below:

Current Tour memberships: Canadian, Asian, Japan Challenge, Pepsi
Achievements: 2005 Northern California Classic champion, 2003 Pepsi Tour Tournament of Champions champion, 2002 Pac-10 Conference Individual Champion
Academics: Punahou High School '99, Stanford University (BA Economics '03)
Family: Parents James & Audrey, sister Jenna (Stanford '07), brother Scott (Stanford '10)

Phil Rowe (2002 All-American) updates on his touring pro activities

2008-06-19T09:44:00.000-07:00

Phil Rowe (2002 All-American now a pro on European Tours) gives a recent update:

First of all, I wish you the very best of everything for Pac 10s and your run up to the NCAA title.

Here are some details of what I do now:

Residence: Poitiers, France living with fiance Claire (to be married 16/8/08!)
Attached Golf Courses: Trevose Golf & Country Club (England), Golf du Haut-Poitou (France).
Tours: Alps Tour (www.alpstourgolf.com), Challenge Tour (www.europeantour.com) and occasionally Europro Tour (www.europrotour.com). For these events I travel all over Europe with a focus on tournaments in Britain and in France.
Order of Merit standings: 2005 - 23rd on Europro Tour, 2006 - 10th on Europro Tour, 2007 - 8th on Alps Tour
Tournament victories: 2006 - Open de Pays Basque (France), Towergate Insurance Championship (England), Open de la Reunion (French Island in Indian Ocean)
Tournament low round: 64 in Open de la Reunion round 3 (course record)
Coaches: mental game - Dr Karl Morris (www.golf-brain.com), swing - Tony Moore (coach since 12 years of age!), putting - Dr Paul Hurrion (www.quintic.com)
Ambition: to gain European Tour status and compete for major golf championships (The Claret Jug!!!)

Great idea to include this on your site... I would be delighted to hear from anyone affiliated to Stanford Golf should they make a visit to Europe!

NOTE: a detailed May update can be found in Phil Rowe's bio on the expanded Stanford men's golf team website --- http://stanfordmensgolf.com/alumni_list_public.htm

Notah Begay on Tiger's US Open Win

2008-06-17T06:37:00.000-07:00

Michael Fornabaio, Connecticutt Post Online

Notah Begay III walked quickly up the hill from the 18th green Monday at the TPC at River Highlands. He was done with his practice round and had one thing on his mind.

"I want to watch the tournament," he told reporters. He quickly perched himself in the players' dining room and watched the end of the U.S. Open playoff, with some nerves and some body english and some smiles, as his old buddy Tiger Woods did what Tiger Woods usually does.

"My wife was giving me updates all day" by text message, Begay said after his Stanford teammate won out in San Diego, Calif., about 3,000 miles away. "She was on the computer. She kept telling me what was going on."

He grabbed a seat with a good view of the television as Woods and Rocco Mediate — who withdrew from the Travelers Championship later in the afternoon — came up the 17th fairway. So, he saw two complete holes, including Woods' victory on the 19th; he planned a Monday-night call to congratulate the champion.

See complete article: http://www.connpost.com/sports/ci_9607218

Christian Cevaer gives an update on his European Tour career

2008-06-13T07:21:00.000-07:00

Editor's Note about Christian great career: Letter winner 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992. Honorable mention All-American 1990, 3rd team All-American 1992. 1st team all conference 1989 & 1990. Individual conference champion in 1989 & 1992. Member of European PGA Tour. christian-cevaer.com. | Wikipedia biography.

Hello Cardinal,
First of all, congrats on another successful season. To almost defend the NCAA title and finish second is an amazing accomplishment for all of you guys.

Second of all, I am on a 2 weeks break from Tour so here's a wrap up of my professional play for your website (thx for including the link of my website. For a little french practice ?!!) :

After graduation, I couldn't turn pro right away as I had to do my french military service but did it within a national athletes' section so ended up golfing most of the time for the french golf federation.
I turned pro in september 1993 and won my first pro tournament on an invitation, the 1993 French Professional Championship.

Played first season on European Challenge Tour (secondary tour like Nationwide tour) in 1994.
Got my card for European PGA Tour 1995 season by finishing 2nd at Tour School.
Nice rookie season finishing 72nd on order of merit.

Lost card in 97 but gained it back on Challenge Tour winning the Finish Open (Finland, which got me an invitation to play in the Gene Sarazen World Open in Atlanta the following year).

Went for swing improvements for more distance in 98/99 winter which saw me struggle through an adjusment period, the 1999 season losing my card. But the dividends came in 2000 finishing 8th on final in order of merit, winning in the process the Finish Masters (yes I know ! again in Finland ! I should buy a house and retire there !).

Other than missing the 2002 season due to the bright idea of trying snow boarding thereby breaking my right elbow, I have been solid on our Tour since 2001. My best year so far has been 2004 winning the Spanish Open (like Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo and others), finishing 5th at our year end Volvo Masters and 41st on final order of merit.
Played in the 2004 British Open at Royal Troon and 2007 US Open at Oakmont.

Best so far this year is a 7th place at the Qatar Masters. For total career results, click on "Palmares" on my french website www.christian-cevaer.com.

Met my lovely french wife Fabienne at the 1996 French Open, we married in 1999, have one son, Damien, born in oct. 2001. After having lived in France and my native country down the South Pacific, New Caledonia, we have been living in Switzerland near Geneva for the past 4 years. Nice view of the Mont Blanc !

Enjoyed hooking up again with Notah Begay III while he was over here on our Tour for a bit.
Also have been in touch (but haven't met him in person yet) with Phil Rowe.
Go cardinal !
Christian

Tiger Woods -- "I'd do anything for that guy"

2008-06-11T06:09:00.001-07:00

Neil Sagebiel
MNV

Another side of Tiger Woods at today’s U.S. Open media conference at Torrey Pines.

Q. Your friend Notah Begay is trying to make it back to the TOUR and is struggling with depression. He said you helped him a lot during that time. How did you help him and how did you see or what did you see in terms of his struggles?

TIGER WOODS: Well, Notah, he’s been hurt for such a long time. It’s been, what, six, eight years he’s been hurt. He hasn’t played pain-free until this year. So this is the first time he can actually hit a ball. Notah was in the top-10 driving distance when he first came out. He lost that ability to hit the ball that far.

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Kent Winton, Stanford All American passes away

2008-04-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

Kent Winton. Letter winner 1959, 1960, 1961. 2nd team All-American in 1961.
Born in Merced, CA, Kent went on to graduate with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1961 and an MBA in 1963. He had a successful career in the IT industry. One of
Stanford's best golfers and arguably the best golfer in Merced history, Kent passed away April 25, 2008 -
see obituary in memorium.

Begay returns to Europe after long-term back injury

2008-03-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

Reuters By Norman Dabell

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira (Reuters) - American Notah Begay returns to Europe in the hope of resurrecting his career this week after nearly a year out of action with back problems.

The four-times U.S. PGA Tour winner has passed up a chance of playing the Nationwide Tour, America's second-rated tour, to fly to Europe to take up a one-year medical exemption.

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John Beers, teammate of Tom Watson, on his 1971 -72 years on the Farm

2007-12-21T13:44:00.000-08:00

Conrad Ray, head golf coach at Stanford, has asked former team members to share their experiences while on the golf team. Former player and now attorney in SF, John Beers, responds as follows:

Back in those days, we played in far fewer tournaments than the team does currently. Our season did not even begin until January or February. The season
consisted of numerous dual matches, plus three tournaments, and then the Pac 8 Championship, and finally the NCAA Championship, if invited. The 72 hole Pac 8
Championship consisted of 36 holes a day, on back to back days. There was no such thing as All Conference teams nor All Academic teams.

Each dual match was played against one other team, which usually was another school, but sometimes would be a club team of some kind. Each of the two teams
would be represented by six players. A dual match consisted of six individual medal play matches (2 points for the front, 2 for the back, 2 for the 18),
plus a medal play best ball match (same 2-2-2 scoring) in each of the three foursomes. The team with the highest combined point total won.

About fifteen years ago, Wally Goodwin graciously allowed me to make copies of all of the records of the team's scores and results from the various matches
and tournaments during my freshman (1970) and sophomore (1971) years. I have used those records to refresh my memory and to make sure that I get the details right.

I admit to being very proud of my sophomore (1971) season. That year, I won all eleven of my individual dual matches. (Note: I have excluded the alumni
clambake held after the season ends.) I won seven of those matches by 6 - 0, three by 5 - 1, and one by 4 - 2, for a total point differential of 61 to 5.
When we beat USC, it ended their years-long streak of something like 60 consecutive dual match wins.

I also finished in the top ten individually in three of the four tournaments that preceded the 1971 NCAA Championship(Fresno Classic, tied for 8th; U.S.
Intercollegiate Invitational, tied for 8th; Pac 8 Championship, tied for 9th). After two rounds, we led the Pac 8 and I was tied for individual lead,
but the team slipped to 3rd and I fell back to a 9th place tie. Our team finished 8th in the NCAA Tournament. After two rounds, we had been tied for
4th with eventual Champion Texas (Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, and friends).

The "bio" for me on the website mentions my scoring average for 1971. I carefully double-checked the computations to make sure that the scoring average
information is accurate. The numbers show the following: In 1971, Tom Watson's scoring average was 72.9 for 30 rounds; mine was 74.6 for 28 rounds;
Gary Vanier's was 76.0 for 28 rounds; Pete Harpster's was 76.0 for 26 rounds; and Jim Dwulet's was 76.2 for 14 rounds. (As noted above, I did not count
the alumni get-together as an actual competitive round, as I do not believe any of us considered it to be such. If counted, it would raise my scoring
average to 74.8.) These scoring averages, and all of our scores from that year, can be confirmed from the 1971 results in the team "book", pages 250 to 270.

Something that the numbers cannot show is what a special treat it was to be part of Tom Watson's team. He had not yet perfected his game, but he was still
scary good. The golfing greatness lurking inside him, just waiting to break out, was palpable. He always treated me well, but I know that my game puzzled
him, as he was such a long hitter and I was one of the shortest hitters ever to play college golf. When we played together, my good drives seemed to be a
full sand wedge short of the bombs that he routinely hit.

A good insight into Tom's character involves my youngest brother Joe. In about 1975 or 1976, at age 14 or 15, Joe finagled a job at the driving range
during the Phoenix Open. When Joe said hello to Tom on the range (they had played whiffle ball together in my parents' backyard when Joe was 9), Tom
could have been merely polite. Instead, to Joe's delight, Tom took Joe under his wing and introduced him to a whole slew of his fellow touring pros.
It was a wonderful gesture that both Joe and I greatly appreciated.

Our 1971 team had some other very good players and fascinating individuals. Gary Vanier was an obviously excellent golfer. In addition, his blunt
and uniquely phrased observations added humor and levity to the team chemistry. Jim Dwulet, who was a big part of that team, including the five man
NCAA Championship squad, had the best golf swing I have ever seen. If Jim's putter had behaved, he could have beaten just about anyone I ever saw.
He was also as charismatic and entertaining as anyone could hope to be. If Jim Dwulet cannot charm you, then you do not have a pulse. Pete Harpster
was the consistent rock of the team, who could always be counted on for a solid performance.

So many other golfers were important members of that 1971 team. Freshman Dennis Conrad played extensively and had several excellent rounds. He was
our lowest individual finisher at the Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo, one shot lower than Tom. Clem Richardson, Jeff Heiser and Sandy McCall
contributed numerous solid tournament and dual match rounds. Denny Colvin, Vic Benson, Ed Grasty, Peter Fox and Steve Ross played in varsity matches.
Denny Colvin was just a year away from coming into his own, with outstanding seasons the next two years. And of course there was the one golfer who
had my number, who seemed to beat me every time we played together (which was often), Visalia's own Jim Eddy.

Ah, those were the days.
John Beers, Stanford golf team member 1970-73.

Zack Miller Qualifies for 2nd Stage Q-School

2007-11-05T13:48:00.000-08:00

Zack Miller, recent Stanford grad, fired a 68-66 in his last two rounds to finish 3rd at the PGA Qualifying school tournament held at San Juan Oaks. Zack now moves on to the 2nd stage where he will have a chance to earn his playing card for either the Nationwide Tour or the PGA Tour.

Posted by Bob Stevens

Stanford alums all business about joining pro tours

2007-08-30T13:52:00.000-07:00

Ted Boscia, SF Chronicle, August 29, 2007

Like many of their classmates, Lauren Todd and Zack Miller graduated from Stanford in June with dreams of starting their own businesses.

Only these two wouldn't at all mind being in the red.
That's because the two economics majors soon will embark upon careers as professional golfers. But unlike collegiate stars in more prominent sports like baseball and football, the classmates will have to forgo guaranteed money until they prove they can survive on their respective tours.
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Alumni News Updates

2007-08-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

This blog will contain updates on the Stanford Men's Golf Team alumni. If you have news to contribute please send it to Bob Stevens at bob@stanfordmensgolf.org.