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
9 national championships have been won, including in 2019.
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'

Wally Goodwin

Interview when inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame

Screenshot Wally Goodwin. He coached Stanford from 1987 to 2000 and was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018. He was named national coach of the year twice, in 1992 and 1994. In 1994 he coached Stanford to the National Championship and finished runner-up in 1995. and a member of the 1953 National Championship team.

Goodwin helped revive a struggling program and returned it to national prominence by recruiting Tiger Woods, Christian Cevaer, Notah Begay III, Casey Martin, Joel Kribel, Steve Burdick, William Yanagisawa and current head coach Conrad Ray.

Goodwin led the Cardinal to the 1994 NCAA title, its first since 1953, by edging Texas on its home course. Stanford finished second in 1995, losing in a playoff to Oklahoma State. A two-time national Coach of the Year (1992, 1994) and two-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Goodwin guided the Cardinal to a pair of conference championships and produced seven All-Americans.

Prior to Stanford, he spent six years as the head golf coach at Northwestern. Following his retirement from Stanford in 2000, Goodwin returned to coaching and started a Division I program at Northern Colorado (2003-07).

In 2014, Stanford renamed the annual Stanford Intercollegiate to The Goodwin in his honor. Goodwin and his wife Nancy live in Idaho and have two sons and four grandchildren.

ScreenshotScreenshot

November 30, 2007. Wally Goodwin Interview

Coach Goodwin was 80 years old when interviewed
by Bob Stevens, Dr. Lyman Van Slyke, & Rich Peers

  • Part 1 - Goodwin's golf background, how he came to Stanford & details about his noted short game practice approach.
  • Part 2 - Talks of what turned Stanford into a national power thru greats Christian Cevaer, Casey Martin, Notah Begay & Tiger Woods among others. Discusses the 1994 national championship win.
  • Part 3 - Discusses the famous letter from Tiger at age 13, shares stories about Will Yanigasawa and unsung heroes including Conrad Ray, current head coach.
  • Part 4 - Talks of his most persistent (Begay), improved (Conrad Ray) and funniest player (Jake Poe) as well as Stanford's only 4-time All-American Joel Kribel.
  • Part 5 - Shares stories about Notah Begay and his remarkable will and positive attitude and discusses less talented teams he was most proud of from 1989 and 1997.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

BELOW: Coach Goodwin as described in the 1999-2000 Stanford Media Guide
Screenshot