Stanford Men's Golf Team | 2007 NCAA National Champions |
History of Stanford Golf Stanford's remarkable history has left its mark on the golf world. |
Stanford Greats The names are legendary: Little, Seaver, Rosburg, Watson & Woods and others. |
All-Americans Numberous All-Americans played at Stanford over the years. |
National Champions 8 national championships have been won, including in 2007. |
Men's Golf Members of the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame + Grant Spaeth | |||
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 | Christian Cevaer '92 |
Notay Begay '95 | Casey Martin '95 | Tiger Woods '96 | Joel Kribel '99 |
Wally Goodwin '00 | Grant Spaeth '54' |
Dick 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. |