The Team heading to Cordevalle

It only seems a few moments ago that the team arrived on campus to prepare for Olympia Fields and set off along the Road to Riviera (venue of the 2012 NCAA Championship Finals). With experience gained from competing at The Prestige and Isleworth, we now head to Cordevalle for the final event of the Fall which completes the first third of our season.

The result at Isleworth (Team came 7th with three players finishing inside the top-10) was yet more evidence of the critical importance that strength in depth has when competing in medal team events. With a somewhat young team it is therefore great news that we will have as many as eight players gaining competitive experience this coming week since The Gifford Collegiate Championship at Cordevalle is a six-man team (counting the five best scores each day) and a further two players will also join the field as individuals.

Here are the results from the qualifying outings this week to decide the Cordevalle line up:

First of all, whilst five of the team were in Isleworth, the rest of the team (minus Wilson Bowen who is currently sidelined whilst he gets treatment for a neck injury) played a 36-hole preliminary qualifying event at the Stanford Golf Course.

The results were as follows:

1 Shane Lebow 73 67 = 140 (E)

2 Marcel Puyat 69 72 = 141 (+1)

3 Andre Dedecker 77 69 = 146 (+6)

4 Patrick Grimes 85 72 = 157 (+17)

Based on those results, Shane Lebow and Marcel Puyat joined David Chung and Steven Kearney in an 18 hole shoot-out at the Stanford Golf Course to decide the final 3 three spots on the team:

Played on 10/28/11 the results were:

1 David Chung 63 (-7)*

2 Shane Lebow 71 (+1)*

3 Marcel Puyat 73 (+3)*

4 Steven Kearney 74 (+4)

*Qualified to join Patrick Rodgers, Andrew Yun and Cameron Wilson to represent the Cardinal in the six-man team event.

Andre Dedecker and Patrick Grimes were simultaneously engaged in a qualifying match to join Steven Kearney as an individual competitor in the event...

1 Andre Dedecker 74 (+4)*

2 Patrick Grimes 75 (+5)

*Qualified for the final individual spot.

In summary, here is the final team and individual line-up for Cordevalle:

1) Patrick Rodgers

2) Andrew Yun

3) Cameron Wilson

4) David Chung

5) Shane Lebow

6) Marcel Puyat

Individual 1: Steven Kearney

Individual 2: Andre DeDecker

The Gifford Collegiate Championship tournament field of teams (Arizona, Coastal Carolina, Long Beach State, Northwestern, Stanford, UCLA, Oregon, USC, Virginia, Washington State, Washington) is mighty strong so we hope to see many Stanford Golf supporters out and about to cheer us back to the very top of the podium. Situated only 45 minutes south of campus at San Martin, CA, the beautiful golf course that recently hosted the PGA Cup and the Frys.com PGA Tour event.

Here is a map from Campus to Cordevalle:

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Go Cardinal!!!

Isleworth Qualifying - Final Scores

Round 3 - 10/19/11

A big thank you to Los Altos Country Club, Brian Inkster Head Golf Professional and all its members for kindly welcoming us out on their course. It was in perfect condition.

Today's scores:

1 David Chung 67 (-4)

2 Patrick Rodgers 68 (-3)

3 Cameron Wilson 69 (-2)

4 Shane Lebow 71 (E)

5= Steven Kearney 73 (+2)

5= Patrick Grimes 73 (+2)

7 Marcel Puyat 75 (+4)

8 Andre Dedecker 76 (+5)

9 Andrew Yun 79 (+8)

Added up the final scores amount to...

*1 Patrick Rodgers 66 67 68 = 201 (-12)

*2 David Chung 66 73 67 = 206 (-7)

*3 Cameron Wison 69 70 69 = 208 (-5)

*4 Steven Kearney 71 73 73 = 217 (+4)

5= Marcel Puyat 71 75 75 = 221 (+8)

5= Shane Lebow 71 79 71 = 221 (+8)

7= Andre Dedecker 76 74 76 = 226 (+13)

7= Patrick Grimes 78 75 73 = 226 (+13)

*9= Andrew Yun WD 68 79

9= Wilson Bowen 72 WD -

*Denotes the traveling team qualified to play at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.

GO CARDINAL !

Round 2 - 10/17/11

It was a cracking day to play at the Cal Club. Generally we would be inclined to layer up when heading north toward San Francisco but today it was a beautiful warm day. Here are the scores we posted:

1 Patrick Rodgers 67 (-5)

2 Andrew Yun 68 (-4)

3 Cameron Wilson 70 (-2)

4= Steven Kearney 73 (+1)

4= David Chung 73 (+1)

6 Andre Dedecker 74 (+2)

7 Patrick Grimes 75 (+3)

8 Marcel Puyat 75 (+3)

9 Shane Lebow 79 (+7)

10 Wilson Bowen WD

Here are the cumulative scores:

1 Patrick Rodgers 66 67 = 133

2= David Chung 66 73 = 139

2= Cameron Wison 69 70 = 139

4 Steven Kearney 71 73 = 144

5 Marcel Puyat 71 75 = 146

6= Andre Dedecker 76 74 = 150

6= Shane Lebow 71 79 = 150

8 Patrick Grimes 78 75 = 153

9= Andrew Yun WD 68

9= Wilson Bowen 72 WD

Round 1 - 10/15/11

It's a fairly rapid turn around of ten days between returning from The Prestige and heading over to Florida for The Isleworth Collegiate Invitational. Still, plenty of time to squeeze in a 3 round qualifying competition. The first round finished up today since we were able to play nine holes yesterday and today following the Women's Intercollegiate hosted here at the Stanford Golf Course.

Here are the completed first round Scores:

1= David Chung 66 (-4)

1= Patrick Rodgers 66 (-4)

3 Cameron Wison 69 (-1)

4= Shane Lebow 71 (+1)

4= Steven Kearney 71 (+1)

4= Marcel Puyat 71 (+1)

7 Wilson Bowen 72 (+2)

8 Andre Dedecker 76 (+6)

9 Patrick Grimes 78 (+8)

The next round will be held on Monday October 17 at the Cal Club and the final round will be at Los Altos Golf Club on Wednesday October 19.

Go Cardinal!