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2013Mgolf Book.Pdf Fall Date Tournament Course Sep. 30-Oct. 2 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational Olympia Fields, IL Oct. 8-9 Pac-12 Preview Portland, OR Oct. 19-21 U.S. Collegiate Championships Alpharetta, GA Oct. 29-30 Stanford Classic at Cypress Point Pebble Beach, CA Nov. 5-7 Gifford Intercollegiate at Corde Valle San Martin, CA Spring Feb. 6-8 Amer Ami Invitational Kona, HI Feb. 18-20 The Prestige at PGA West LaQuinta, CA Mar. 8-10 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters Las Vegas, NV Mar. 28-30 U.S. Intercollegiate Stanford, CA Apr. 13-14 Western Intercollegiate Santa Cruz, CA Apr. 29-May 1 Pac-12 Championships Los Angeles, CA May 16-18 NCAA Regionals TBA May 28-Jun. 2 NCAA Championships Atlanta, GA 2011-12 Stanford Men’s Golf Quick Facts General Information Athletics Communications and Media Relations Location: Stanford, Calif. Media Relations Coordinator: Sam Cohn Founded: 1891 Office Phone: (650) 726-7635 Nickname: Cardinal Cell: (415) 722-9045 Colors: Cardinal and White E-mail: [email protected] Enrollment: 15,319 (6,812 undergraduates) Athletic Communications and Media Relations Fax: (650) 725-2957 Home Course: Stanford Golf Course (par-70; 6,835 yards) Athletics Website: GoStanford.com Conference: Pacific-12 President: John Hennessy Provost: John Etchemendy Media Information Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics: Bernard Muir Interview requests for players and coaches must be coordinated through Men’s Golf Administrator: Eric Stein the Stanford Athletics Communications and Media Relations Department. Faculty Athletic Representative: Al Camarillo Visit www.gostanford.com for news releases, player profiles, updated sta- tistics and live scoring. Coaching Staff Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf: Conrad Ray (Stanford ’97) Office Phone: (650) 725-2052 Credits E-Mail: [email protected] The 2012-13 Stanford Men’s Golf Record Book was written and edited by Assistant Coach: Philip Rowe (Stanford ’02) Sam Cohn, Media Relations Coordinator. Layout and design by Maggie Office Phone: (650) 725-2094 Oren, MB Design. E-Mail: [email protected] Golf Office Fax: (650) 323-6207 Team Information 2012 Pac-12 Championship Finish: 6th 2012 NCAA Central Regional Finish: 4th 2012 NCAA Championship Finish: 19th Sophomore Patrick Grimes 2013 MEN’S GOLF RECORD BOOK WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 1 Back Row (l-r): The Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray, Cameron Wilson, Patrick Grimes, Steven Kearney, Dominick Francks, Wilson Bowen, Patrick Rodgers Front Row (l-r): David Boote, Shane Lebow, Andre DeDecker, The Enlight Foundation Assistant Coach for Men’s Golf:Philip Rowe 2012-13 Stanford Men’s Golf Roster Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown Last School David Boote FR 5-10 154 Surrey, England Epsom College Wilson Bowen RS SR 6-2 162 Winnetka, Ill. New Trier Andre DeDecker RS JR 5-10 150 Cape Town, South Africa Bishop’s School Dominick Francks FR 6-3 185 Olympia, Washington Olympia HS Patrick Grimes SO 5-11 150 Palo Alto, CA Menlo School Steve Kearney SR 6-3 170 Carlsbad, CA La Costa Shane Lebow JR 5-10 170 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara HS Patrick Rodgers SO 6-2 165 Avon, IN Avon HS Cameron Wilson JR 5-11 175 Rowayton St. Luke’s School Andrew Yun SR 5-9 160 Chandler, AZ Hamilton HS The Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf: Conrad Ray (Stanford ’97), Ninth season The Enlight Foundation Assistant Coach for Men’s Golf: Philip Rowe (Stanford ’02), Third season 2 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 2013 MEN’S GOLF RECORD BOOK 2011-12 Tournament Summary Fall Results Date Tournament Rd-1 Rd-2 Rd-3 Rd-4 Total Finish Low Player Sept. 16-18 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational 277 282 290 -- 849 1 of 15 Patrick Rodgers (-4) Oct. 9-11 The Prestige at PGA West 280 282 280 -- 840 3 of 16 Patrick Rodgers (-7) Oct. 23-25 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 291 299 301 -- 891 7 of 15 Patrick Rodgers (E) Oct. 31-Nov. 2 Gifford Collegiate Championships * 371 370 366 -- 1107 7 of 11 Patrick Rodgers (+2) Spring Results Feb. 1-3 Amer Ari Invitational 282 285 277 -- 844 3 of 19 Patrick Rodgers (-9) Feb. 12-14 San Diego Intercollegiate Classic 307 303 292 -- 902 9 of 15 Patrick Rodgers (+6) Mar. 9-11 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters 292 291 305 -- 888 5 of 15 David Chung (+5)) Mar. 30-Apr. 1 U.S. Intercollegiate 284 284 281 -- 849 3 of 17 Patrick Rodgers (E) Apr. 14-15 Western Intercollegiate* 353 360 351 -- 1064 2 of 14 Patrick Rodgers (-4) Apr. 27-29 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championships* 373 360 353 362 1448 6 of 12 Andrew Yun (-13) May 17-19 NCAA Stanford Regional 277 275 280 -- 832 4 of 13 Patrick Rodgers (-4) May 29-31 NCAA Championships 293 302 290 -- 885 t-19 of 30 Patrick Rodgers (+1) * Five scores counted 2011-12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Best Top Top Player Events Rounds Strokes Avg. 54-Hole Finish 10’s Wilson Bowen** 2 6 446 74.3 217 t-25 -- David Chung 10 31 2301 74.2 213 t-14 -- Andre DeDecker*** 4 12 904 75.3 214 2 1 Patrick Grimes*** 9 28 2096 74.8 213 t-10 1 Steve Kearney 8 24 1801 75.0 214 t-26 -- Shane Lebow** 3 9 673 74.7 218 t-5 1 Marcel Puyat*** 6 19 1409 74.2 211 3 1 Patrick Rodgers 12 37 2615 70.7 206 1 10 Cameron Wilson 12 36 2607 72.4 209 4 3 Andrew Yun 12 37 2648 71.6 207 1 6 * Indicates number of times played as an individual competitor Andre DeDecker has a season-high best finish of second place. 2013 MEN’S GOLF RECORD BOOK WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 3 Individual Best Rounds to Par Team Best Tournaments to Par Score Par Name Tournament (Round) Date Score Par Tournament (Finish) Dates 65 -7 Andrew Yun Amer Ari Invitational (3) Feb. 3 840 -24 The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 9-11 65 -7 Patrick Rodgers Pac-12 Championships (3) April 28 844 -20 Amer Ari Invitational Feb. 1-3 66 -6 Andrew Yun The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 9 832 -8 NCAA Stanford Regional May 17-19 66 -6 Patrick Grimes Amer Ari Invitational (1) Feb. 1 1448 +8 Pac-12 Championships* April 27-29 66 -6 Cameron Wilson Pac-12 Championships (2) April 27 849 +9 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Sept. 16-18 67 -5 Cameron Wilson The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 10 849 +9 U.S. Intercollegiate March 30-April 1 66 -4 Andrew Yun Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini (1) Sept. 16 * Five scores counted 68 -4 Patrick Rodgers The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 11 68 -4 David Chung The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 11 Team Best Rounds to Par 68 -4 Andrew Yun Pac-12 Championships (1) April 27 Score Par Tournament (Round) Date 68 -4 Andrew Yun Pac-12 Championships (4) April 29 277 -11 Amer Ari Invitational (3) Feb. 3 66 -4 Patrick Rodgers NCAA Stanford Regional 2) May 18 278 -10 The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 11 66 -4 Andrew Yun NCAA Stanford Regional (3) May 19 280 -8 The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 9 67 -3 Cameron Wilson Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini (2) Sept. 17 353 -7 Pac-12 Championships (3)* April 28 69 -3 Patrick Rodgers The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 9 282 -6 The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 10 69 -3 Marcel Puyat The Prestige at PGA West Oct. 11 282 -6 Amer Ari Invitational (1) Feb. 1 69 -3 Andrew Yun Isleworth Collegiate Oct. 31 275 -5 NCAA Stanford Regional (2) May 18 69 -3 Andrew Yun Amer Ari Invitational (1) Feb. 1 277 -3 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Sept. 16 69 -3 Patrick Rodgers Amer Ari Invitational (2) Feb. 2 285 -3 Amer Ari Invitational (2) Feb. 2 67 -3 Patrick Rodgers U.S. Intercollegiate (2) March 30 277 -3 NCAA Stanford Regional (1) May 17 67 -3 Patrick Rodgers Western Intercollegiate (1) April 14 360 E Pac-12 Championships (2)* April 27 69 -3 Andrew Yun Pac-12 Championships (3) April 28 281 +1 U.S. Intercollegiate (3) April 1 351 +1 Western Intercollegiate (3)* April 16 Individual Best Tournaments to Par 282 +2 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Sept. 17 Score Par Name Tournament Scores 291 +3 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (2) March 10 275 -13 Andrew Yun Pac-12 Championships* 68-70-69-68 353 +3 Western Intercollegiate (1)* April 14 207 -9 Patrick Rodgers Amer Ari Invitational 67-69-71 292 +4 San Diego Intercollegiate (3) Feb. 14 208 -8 Andrew Yun Amer Ari Invitational 69-74-65 292 +4 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (1) March 9 209 -7 Patrick Rodgers The Prestige at PGA West 69-72-68 284 +4 U.S. Intercollegiate (1) March 30 210 -6 Andrew Yun The Prestige at PGA West 66-72-72 284 +4 U.S. Intercollegiate (2) March 31 282 -6 Patrick Rodgers Pac-12 Championships * 73-74-65-70 * Five scores counted 211 -5 Marcel Puyat The Prestige at PGA West 71-71-69 206 -4 Patrick Rodgers Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini 68-70-68 206 -4 Patrick Rodgers Western Intercollegiate 67-71-68 * 72-hole event Cameron Wilson 4 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 2013 MEN’S GOLF RECORD BOOK 2010-11 Tournament Summary Stanford Individuals Wilson Bowen Marcel Puyat Tournament 1-2-3 Total Par Finish Tournament 1-2-3 Total Par Finish U.S. Intercollegiate* 71-76-70 217 +7 t-25 The Prestige at PGA West 71-71-69 211 -5 t-17 Western Intercollegiate* 81-73-75 229 +19 t-61 Gifford Collegiate 80-79-77 236 +23 67 Sonoma State Invitational 72-72-72 216 +3 3 David Chung U.S.
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