Stanford Men's Golf Team 9-time National Champion
History of Stanford Golf
Stanford's remarkable history has left its mark on the golf world
Stanford Greats
Stanford Hall of Famers are legendary: Little, Seaver, Rosburg, Watson & Woods and most recently Patrick Rodgers
Record Holders
Major champions, season records, career wins, lowest rounds, NCAA and conference champions.
National Champions
9 national championships have been won. Each winning team and results are covered in this section
Stanford Men's Golf Hall of Famers
Malcolm McNaughton '31 Charles Seaver '34 Lawson Little '34 Don Edwards '36 Art Doering '40 Warren Berl '42 Bud Brownell '42
Sandy Tatum '42 Bob Cardinal '47 Eddie Twiggs '32-47 Bob Rosburg '49 Dick McElyea '52 Steve Smith '61 Tom Watson '71
Bud Finger '48-76 Notah Begay III '95 Tiger Woods '96 Wally Goodwin '00 Patrick Rodgers '14

Coach Bud Finger - 1948 thru 1976

Finger_Bud Charles (Bud) Finger. Letter winner 1939, 1940, 1941. Member of 1939 and 1941 national championship teams. His teammates on the 1941 national championship winner included fellow Hall of Famers Bud Brownell and Warren Berl.

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.
Researched and written by Rich Peers with help from Bob Stevens, Stanford Golf Club members.

1939ChampSummary

Bud Finger with the 1941 national championship team

1953ChampSummary

Media Guide Info from Finger's Final Season
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