May 19, 1997
Stanford to Compete at NCAA Championships
The Tournament:
The Stanford women's golf team will head to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the NCAA Women's Golf Championships May 21-24 ... The tournament will be played as Ohio State's Scarlet Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio.
Tournament Format:
Eighteen teams will compete for the 1997 title ... 72 holes will be contested over four days ... Tee times will begin at 8 am each morning ... Teams will play with five players, counting the top four scores towards the team total.
Field:
Defending champion Arizona leads the 18 team field ... Other teams include Arizona State, Auburn, Campbell, Florida, Furman, New Mexico State, Ohio State, Oregon, San Jose State, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Christian, Tulsa, UCLA, Wake Forest, Washington.
Last Year:
Arizona won the NCAA Championship in a playoff last season ... They tied with San Jose State at 1240 ... Texas finished third at 2141 ... Stanford finished fifth at 1248 ... Arizona's Marisa Baena took the individual title with a 72-hole total 296 ... Kellee Booth of Arizona State finished second at 303 followed by Kathy Choi of UCLA at 304 ... Andrea Baxter led the way for the Cardinal, tying for fourth at 305 ... Vicky Strada tied for sixth at 306 while Mhairi McKay tied for 10th at 309.
NCAA History:
Stanford turned in their best NCAA performance of the 1990's in 1992 and 1995 ... The Cardinal finished fourth (294-299-292-303--1188) at the championships in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1995 ... Baxter led Stanford with a fifth place finish (70-74-72-73--289) ... In 1992, Stanford also finished fourth with a 72-hole total 1187 ... Audrey Wooding led Stanford with a third place finish (69-74-73-73--289).
Last Time Out:
Stanford is coming off an impressive performance at the NCAA West Region Tournament in Tucson ... Stanford finished third with a 54-hole total 870 ... Their tournament total is a season low as is their second round score of 285 ... They finished behind Arizona State (865) and Arizona (866) ... Senior Andrea Baxter led Stanford, tying for second at 212 ... McKay tied for eighth at 214 ... Michelle Sperry turned in a career-best performance, tying for 39th at 225 ... Dunn and Ro tied for 42nd at 226.
Season in Review:
Stanford started off the season with a first place finish at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Washington ... Stanford's 54-hole total 885 was 22 strokes better than second place Washington at 907 .. Stanford placed all five golfers in the top 20, led by Baxter who took the individual title at 213 ... Stanford won the inaugural Rolex Match Play Championship in LaQuinta, California on Oct. 28 ... They also took the team title at the SMU/OSU Challenge ... The Cardinal finished fourth at the Pac-10 Championships in Tacoma on April 23 ... McKay took the individual title after shooting a career-best 207 ... Prior to the NCAA Championships, the Cardinal notched a third place finish at the NCAA West Region Championship in Tucson ... Stanford golfers have won three individual tournament titles this season.
Leading the Cardinal:
Senior Mhairi McKay plays number one position for Stanford ... She is a three-time All-American and a four time All-Pac-10 selection ... McKay is second on the team with a 73.65 stroke average ... She notched five top 10 and seven top 25 finishes this season ... She finished first at the Pac-10 Championships with a career-low 207 and tied for second at the Stanford Women's Intercollegiate at 211 ... She shot a career-low 66 in the first round of the Intercollegiate ... McKay tied for second with 220 at the SMU/OSU Challenge in Palos Verdes.
Number Two:
Senior Andrea Baxter fills the second spot for the Cardinal ... She leads Stanford with a 73.45 stroke average ... She recorded five top 10 and seven top 25 finishes this season ... Baxter earned All-American honors in 1995 and is a three-time member of the All-Pac-10 team ... This season, she earned First-Team All-Pac-10 Honors ... She missed part of the season due to a wrist injury ... She tied for first with 213 at Washington's Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in October ... Baxter shot a career-low 68 in the final round ... She finished first at the Golfworld/Palmetto Dunes Invitational in Hilton Head, S.C. with a 54-hole total 218 ... She tied for second with a career-low 212 at the NCAA West Region Championship in Tucson.
Cardinal Notes:
Stanford sophomore Julie Dunn plays the number three position for Stanford ... Dunn was an honorable mention All-Pac-10 Selection ... She finished ninth at the Pac-10 Championships with a career-best 221 ... She has recorded three top 10 and six top 25 finishes in 1997 ... Her stroke average of 77.41 is third on the team ...Freshman Jae Jean Ro fills the fourth position ... Ro sports a 78.76 stroke average while finishing in the top 10 once and the top 25 three times ... Sophomore Michelle Sperry fills the fifth position ... Sperry has recorded two top 25 finishes and has a 70.76 stroke average.
Head Coach Caroline O'Connor:
Caroline O'Connor was selected as the interim head coach for the Stanford women's golf team on February 1, 1996 ... At the start of the 1996-97 season, O'Connor was named co-head coach of the Cardinal team ... Last season, the Cardinal tied for third at the Pac-10 championships and went on to finish in fifth place at the NCAA Championships ... Before coming to Stanford, O'Connor was a golf instructor at the Academy of Golf at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. ... She also played on the Future's Professional Women's Golf Tour for two years and was a golf shop manager at Jonathan's Landing Golf Club for three years.
Stanford's NCAA Results 1990-1996
1996 - LaQuinta, California
5. Stanford 321-304-311-312 - 1248
T4. Andrea Baxter 77-74-79-75 - 305
T6. Vicky Strada 78-73-75-80 - 306
T10. Mhairi McKay 80-76-75-78 - 309
78. Julie Bowen 86-81-83-82 - 332
T84. Michelle Sperry 89-89-82-79 - 339
1995 - Wilmington, North Carolina
4. Stanford 294-299-292-303 - 1188
5. Andrea Baxter 70-74-72-73 - 289
T9. Mhairi McKay 77-69-69-78 - 293
T35. Vicki Strada 75-79-74-75 - 303
T69. Amy Lawrence 73-80-82-77 - 312
T77. Jamille Jose 76-77-77-84 - 314
1994 - West Linn, Oregon
7. Stanford 314-299-309-316 - 1238
T8. Mhairi McKay 73-75-77-74 - 299
T32. Jamille Jose 81-75-77-79 - 312
T54. Andrea Baxter 80-73-84-80 - 317
T61. Melinda Daniels 81-76-77-85 - 319
T64. Vicky Strada 80-79-78-83 - 320
1993 - Athens, Georgia
11. Stanford 311-306-304-303 - 1224
T21. Martha Richards 72-80-74-75 - 301
T35. Jamille Jose 78-76-75-76 - 305
T53. Julie Bowen 79-79-81-73 - 312
T69. Melinda Daniels 84-76-81-77 - 318
T84. Vicky Strada 81-79-86-78 - 324
1992 - Tempe, Arizona
4. Stanford 294-299-294-300 - 1187
3. Audrey Wooding 69-74-73-73 - 289
T13. Amy Lawrence 71-75-74-75 - 295
T40. Martha Richards 74-76-74-80 - 304
T43. Adele Moore 80-74-73-78 - 305
T63. Melinda Daniels 80-81-76-74 - 311
1991 - Columbus, Ohio
6. Stanford 312-305-302-305 - 1224
T8. Jodi Figley 78-73-74-73 - 298
T26. Adele Moore 76-78-76-76 - 306
T40. Martha Richards 82-78-74-76 - 310
T58. Stephanie Davis 78-76-78-83 - 315
T86. Audrey Wooding 80-82-84-80 - 326
1990 - Hilton Head, South Carolina
9. Stanford 311-312-302-314 - 1239
T22. Adele Moore 71-75-79-82 - 308
T31. Jodi Figley 74-79-73-83 - 309
T42. Stephanie Davis 85-77-74-77 - 313
T61. Audrey Wooding 84-81-76-77 - 318
T76. Stephanie Parel 82-83-82-78 - 325
1997 Women's Golf Results
10/7-9 Edean Ihlandfeldt Invitational 1st (885)
10/18-20 Stan. Women's Intercollegiate 2nd (892)
10/8-10 Golfworld/Palmetto Dunes 8th (932)
2/7-9 SMU/OSU Challenge 1st (905)
2/24-25 Bruin Clazssic 7th (977)
3/7-9 Spartan Invitational 10th (966)
4/4-6 Ping/ASU Invitational 9th (929)
4/12-13 Peg Barnard Calif. Colleg. 2nd (596)
4/21-23 Pac-10 Championship 4th (892)
5/8-10 NCAA West Regionals 3rd (870)
Rolex Team/Individual Rankings
1 Arizona, U. of
2 Arizona State U.
3 San Jose State Univ
4 Tennessee, U. of
5 Duke University
6 Stanford University
7 Louisiana State U.
9 UCLA
10 Tulsa, U. of
11 Oregon, U. of
12 Auburn University
13 North Carolina, U of
14 Furman University
15 Georgia, U. of
16 Florida, U. of
17 TCU
18 New Mexico State U.
19 Ohio State Univ.
20 Texas A&M University
1 Marisa Baena, Ariz.
2 Janice Moodie, SJSU
3 Andrea Baxter, Stanford
4 Jenny Chuasiriporn, Duke
5 Mhairi McKay , Stanford
6 Heather Bowie, Texas
7 Laura Philo, Wake Forest
8 Kellee Booth, Arizona State
9 Shauna Estes, Georgia, U. of
10 Sophie Sandolo, UCLA
11 A.J. Eathorne, New Mexico State
12 Marie Hedberg, SJSU
13 Je'ne-Marie Busuttil, ASU
14 Jennifer Hanna, Furman
15 K.M Juul, SJSU
16 Ashli Price, Furman
17 Kelly McCall, North Carolina
18 Jenny Bartley, Oklahoma State
19 Malin Tveit, Tennessee
20 Paula Patterson, Oregon
