Stanford Men's Golf Team | 9-time National Champion |
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![]() Stanford's remarkable history has left its mark on the golf world |
![]() Stanford Hall of Famers are legendary: Little, Seaver, Rosburg, Watson & Woods and most recently Patrick Rodgers |
![]() Major champions, season records, career wins, lowest rounds, NCAA and conference champions. |
![]() 9 national championships have been won. Each winning team and results are covered in this section |
Head coach from 1948 through 1976, in 27 years of NCAA competition his teams finished in the top ten 16 times and in the top twenty 23 times. His teams won the NCAA championship in 1953, finished second in 1957 and third in both 1950 and 1959. In 1952 his 64 set the professional course record at Stanford GC. He later coached Tom Watson, Bob Rosburg, Grant Spaeth and John Brodie among many great players at Stanford. As coach, he led the Stanford to 12 conference championships3. In his final year of coaching, a backgrounder on Coach Finger is included below. |
Bud Finger with the 1941 national championship team
Media Guide Info from Finger's Final Season