Stanford Men's Golf Team

Click Names for Full Bios, some w/videos Updated March 2025	HOF Induction	College & Pro Wins	Scoring Avg	Notable Achievements
Patrick Rodgers 2012-14	2024	11 college Tied 1st with Woods & McNealy	70.31 2nd low	His 11 collegiate wins, ties Tiger Woods and Maverick McNealy for most at Stanford. His 70.31 stroke average was 2nd only to Maverick McNealy's 70.13. He was a 3-time first team All-American and selected Nicklaus & Haskins POY in 2014. He joined the PGA Tour in 2015 and has won more than $17 million in official money as of March 2025.
Coach Wally Goodwin 1987-00	2018	Coached 1994 national champion team	N/A	Named national coach of the year twice, in 1992 and 1994. Brought Stanford back to national prominence with recruits such as Tiger Woods, Notah Begay III, Joel Kribel, Christian Cevaer and Conrad Ray. In 2014 Stanford established the "Goodwin" annual home golf tournament in his honor.
Tiger Woods 1995-96	2009	11 college 82 PGA Tour 15 Majors	70.96 4th best	In two years, won a Stanford record tying 11 collegiate events, including 8 wins in 13 starts in 1996. Named 1st team All-American in 1995 & 1996. NCAA individual champion in 1996, named Nicklaus POY. Individual Pac-10 champion in 1996, and Pac-10 POY in 1995 & 1996. As a pro his accomplishments are legendary winning 15 majors and 82 overall. Only player to win 3 consecutive US Amateur and US Jr. Amateur titles. Only player to win four consecutive major championships in 2000-2001.
Notah Begay III 1991-95	2014	4 college 4 PGA Tour	72.60 19th best	A two-time All-American, his 4 college wins were 6th best at Stanford. Shot college low 62 for the 1994 NCAA Championship team where he tied for 4th. Played on the PGA Tour for many years including on the winning 2000 President's Cup team.
Coach Bud Finger 1948-76	1957	Coached 1954 national champion team	N/A	Playing member of 1939 & 1941 national champion teams. Head coach from 1948 through 1976, and his teams finished in the top ten 16 times and in the top twenty 23 times. His team won the NCAA championship in 1953, finished second in 1957 and third in both 1950 and 1959.
Tom Watson 1968-71	1981	2+ collegiate 39 PGA Tour 8 Majors	No data	Watson was 2nd team All-American in 1969, 1970 & 1971. He's a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. He won 8 PGA tour major championships including 5 British Opens, 2 Masters and 1 US Open victory. Tom was awarded the PGA Tour's Payne Stewart award in 2003. Some consider him the greatest British Open champion of all time.
Steven Smith 1958-61	?	No known wins 2nd in 1960 NCAA individual championship	No data	Steven Smith was 1st team All-American in 1961 and individual NCAA runner-up in 1960. In the 1960 NCAA championship, a Wisconsin journal reported as follows: "June 23, 1960 - Unheralded Steve Smith, representing Stanford, stuns Jack Nicklaus of Ohio State, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA championship."
Dick McElyea 1948-52	1960	2+ college Individual conference champion 1950 & 1951	No data	McElyea was the individual conference champion in 1950 & 1951. Teammate Grant Spaeth said that McElyea had a magnificent short game and was very steady on the golf course. He won the Pacific Coast Amateur, a major amateur event, in the early 1950s.
Coach Eddie Twiggs 1932-47	?	Coached 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946 national champion teams	N/A	Eddie Twiggs, head golf coach from 1932 until 1947, led Stanford to five national collegiate titles winning in 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, and 1946 and was revered by his players. Stanford's victory at the 1938 national championship was the first time a team west of the Mississippi won the title. After the Stanford Golf Course opened in 1930, Twiggs was one of three men to hold the original Stanford Golf Course record of 69.
Bob Rosburg 1945-45	1958	1+ collegiate 6 PGA Tour 1 Major	No data	Rosburg led the 1946 national championship team at Stanford. After turning pro in 1953, he became one of the most consistent pro golfers during his 20 year career. He won 10 pro titles, including 6 PGA tour wins. He won the PGA Championship in 1959, coming from 8 shots back in the last round. He finished second twice in the US Open. After retiring from playing, he became an acclaimed golf commentator for ABC.
Bob Cardinal 1943-47	1962	Member of 1946 national champion team	No data	Cardinal was a member of the 1946 national championship team. Teammate Bob Rosburg said "Cardinal was a legend among golfers in SF." The 1946 Stanford team was a powerhouse that won the Pacific Coast Conference by 39 strokes before it was to head east to compete for a 5th national title. At first denied by the athletic department the chance to compete based on lack of funds, the team raised $425 each to make the trip, and won by championship.
Frank (Sandy) Tatum 1938-42	1956	1942 national individual champion Member 1941 & 1942 national champion teams	No data	Frank (Sandy Tatum) played on the 1941 & 1942 national championship teams. He was individual NCAA champion in 1942. Few men have done more for amateur golf than Tatum. From his service with the USGA during the 1970s, to bringing his beloved Pebble Beach into the U.S. Open rotation, to his collaboration with Tom Watson in the creation of Spanish Bay in 1987, Tatum attacked each project with the energy of a teenager.
Bud Brownell 1938-42	1954	2+ college Member of 1939 & 1941 national champion teams	No data	A member of the 1941 & 1942 national championship teams, he was national runner-up in 1941, and conference champion that same year. Held the Stanford course record of 63 for more than 60 years. Former teammate Tatum recalled: "In 1941 he played an exhibition match at Stanford with Denny Shute, who was then the National PGA Champion. It was a cold, damp day and Shute shot 72, Bud shot 63, making nine 3s and nine 4s." He died in the Pacific during WWII.
Warren Berl 1938-42	?	2+ college Member of 1939 & 1941 national champion teams	No data	Warren Berl was a member of the 1939 and 1941 national championship teams. Berl was individual national runner-up in 1939 and conference champion that same year. Teammate Sandy Tatum said "Warren had the best golf swing I have ever seen. Period ..."
Art Doering 1936-40	1959	1+ college Member of 1938 national champion team	No data	Doering was a member of the 1938 National Championship team, the first national championship won by a West Coast team. He played in the 1938 U.S. Open Championship, where he tied for 41st and was the highest placing amateur. In 1939, Doering was a semifinalist in the U.S. Amateur, losing to the eventual winner Marvin ("Bud") Ward. He played in the U.S. Open in 1947 & 1953 and Masters in 1940 & 1941.
Don Edwards 1932-36	1967	1+ college	No data	Edwards was an accomplished amateur golfer who achieved his greatest fame from his long and distinguished career as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was teammate of Lawson Little and Charlie Seaver. Edwards was a finalist in the California State Amateur in 1934. The 1936 Quad described Edwards as proving, "during his four years of play, [to be] one of Stanford's finest players."
Lawson Little 1930-34	1954	1+ college 4 amateur major titles	No data	The first great Stanford golfer, Lawson Little, is considered by many to be the best amateur between Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods. He swept the U.S. & British Amateur, then considered majors, in 1934 and 1935, winning 32 straight matches. He emerged on the golfing scene at the 1929 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach, where he defeated Johnny Goodman the day after Goodman defeated Bobby Jones. He won the 1934 British Amateur and did not lose a single hole in the final match, defeating James Wallace 14 and 13.
Charles Seaver 1930-34	1954	1+ college	No data	While at Stanford, Seaver won the California Amateur and Northern California Amateur titles in 1933. He then won the Southern California Amateur title in 1934, becoming only the second golfer to hold the state, NCGA and SCGA titles at the same time. Seaver was a member of the 1932 Walker Cup team. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur each year from 1929 through 1932, and was the medalist in 1931.
Malcolm McNaughton 1927-31	1964	2+ college	No data	McNaughton was a teammate of Charlie Seaver and Lawson Little. The Stanford golf course opened in 1930, and was considered one of the best in the country. MacNaughton set the original Stanford course record of 69, which he shared with Little and Coach Twiggs. In 1931, MacNaughton won the California Intercollegiate title and the 1931 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate.

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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

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