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

Dick McElyea - 1952

McElyeaDick McElyea was a letter winner in 1950, 1951 & 1952. He was the individual conference champion in 1950 & 1951. He is a member of the Stanford Hall of Fame.

Teammate Grant Spaeth said that he was a 'a wonderful fellow' who was very well liked by teammates. McElyea who had a magnificent short game and was very steady on the golf course.

This Stanford Hall of Famer was from Palo Alto, a kind and modest man, who loved Dixie land records. Despite being a fairly short hitter, he won the Pacific Coast Amateur, a major amateur event, in the early 1950s.

His grandson Cory earned 1st team All-West Coast Conference in 2014 playing golf at USF.
Researched and written by Rich Peers with help from Bob Stevens, Stanford Golf Club members.