Stanford Men's Golf Team | 9-Time National Champion |
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![]() Stanford's remarkable history has left its mark on the golf world. |
![]() The names are legendary: Little, Seaver, Tatum, Rosburg, Watson & Woods and others. |
![]() Major champions, season records, career wins, lowest rounds, NCAA and conference champions. |
![]() 9 national championships have been won, including in 2019. |
Stanford Men's Golf Hall of Famers Click on names to view full bios | ||||||
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 | ||
The men's golf team players and coaches shown below have all been elected to the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. Patrick Rodgers '14 was the latest inductee with the class of 2024, bringing the men's golf team total to 19 members. This remarkable group of players spanning 9 decades has kept Stanford golf prominent nationally. Four of the Hall of Famers (Little, Rosburg, Watson and Woods) have won 28 major championships. One individual, Bud Brownell, may have joined this group except for his untimely death in WWII ending what could have been a remarkable career. |
Click Names for Full Bios, some w/videos Updated March 2025 |
HOF Induction |
College & Pro Wins |
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Notable Achievements |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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? | 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." |
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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. |
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? | 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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? | 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 ..." |
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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. |
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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." |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |