STANFORD, Calif. — Following a record-setting tournament in The Aloha State, the Stanford men’s golf team returns to action next week, heading to La Quinta, Calif., to take part in the 26th annual The Prestige tournament, hosted by UC Davis. Stanford tees off in the afternoon wave for day one of the three-day tournament on Monday, February 16.
THE COURSE » The Greg Norman Course at PGA West serves as the setting for this season’s installment of The Prestige, playing as a par-72 track that can range from 5,700-7,200 yards in length. This “challenging but fair” course features 68 acres of fine-trimmed turf with marble bunkers and stunning water features that make its patrons step back in time.
Surrounded by the terra cotta mountains, the course features plenty of local flora for a surreal landscape while the course itself poses a challenge for even the most experienced golfers.
THE FIELD » This season’s field consists of nine teams currently ranked in the top-50 nationally with Texas Tech leading the charge at No. 15 entering the week. Following the Red Raiders is No. 25 Wake Forest and jumping seven spots to No. 28 on the list is Stanford. After the Cardinal slots No. 34 Clemson, No. 44 Arkansas-Little Rock, No. 45 Northwestern, No. 46 Colorado, No. 47 Kansas and No. 48 San Diego. Also participating is Oregon, Gonzaga, Oregon State, SMU, Yale, Princeton, UNC-Wilmington, Kansas State, North Alabama, Colorado State, Lipscomb, Iowa State, Washington State, Nevada and hosts UC Davis.
No. 46 Colorado, Oregon, No. 44 Arkansas-Little Rock, Gonzaga, Oregon State, No. 28 Stanford, SMU, No. 15 Texas Tech, Yale, Princeton, UNC-Wilmington, No. 48 San Diego, No. 34 Clemson, Kansas State, No. 45 Northwestern, No. 25 Wake Forest, North Alabama, Colorado State, Lipscomb, UC Davis, Iowa State, Washington State, No. 47 Kansas, Nevada
TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The three day, 54-hole tournament will be played in the play five, keep four format with mixed wave starts. Stanford tees off in the afternoon wave on day one from hole 10 while Tuesday’s second round has the Cardinal teeing off in the morning from the first tee. Round three tee times will be available at a later date.
LIVE SCORING » Live scoring for The Prestige will be available on Scoreboard by Clippd with live coverage of the event on X and Instagram at @StanfordMGolf.
THE CARDINAL LINEUP » No. 109 Jay Leng and Nathan Wang head out for the Cardinal as part of the same five for Stanford from its last time out, slotting at No. 2 and No. 1, respectively. Fresh off of a solid start to the spring with amateur and match play wins, Dean Greyserman will tee off at the No. 3 slot for the Cardinal while Edan Cui tees off at No. 4. No. 89 TK Chantananuwat slots in at the No. 5 spot to round out the Cardinal lineup. Kush Arora, Cooper Stearns and Ethan Gao will also take part in the The Prestige Individual competition.
CAREER BEST’S AT MAUNA LANI » Five golfers finished with career-bests as Stanford - which shot a total 56-under for a total of 808 - securing the second lowest below-par tournament score in program history with fifth place finish at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate. Nathan Wang secured his second top-10 finish while also nabbing a new tournament low. Alongside Wang, Edan Cui, Jay Leng, Kush Arora, and Dean Greyserman all secured new career, tournament-low scores as the Cardinal rewrote the record book for lowest round score (-27, 261) in the first round and earned a top-five spot among one of the nation’s prominent fields.
VINTAGE CLUB DUB » Stanford avenged last season’s loss to Texas A&M at the Hideaway Shootout with a clinical 7-1 victory over the No. 31 Aggies two weeks ago at the Vintage Club Shootout in Indian Wells, Calif. The Cardinal earned three 3&2 wins with Ethan Gao, TK Chantananuwat and Kush Arora securing three points for the Cardinal in dominant fashion. Nathan Wang, Dean Greyserman and Cooper Stearns also nabbed points for Stanford with Greyserman’s 2&1 win bookend by Wang and Stearns who both earned 1up wins. Jay Leng and Edan Cui both tied their respective matches against top talent as the Cardinal earned an early spring win to start 2026.
STANFORD’S SILICON VALLEY » Dean Greyserman became the third-consecutive Cardinal to take home the Silicon Valley Amateur title, doing so on home soil as the tournament made its way to The Farm. Greyserman - who led through all three rounds of the competition - concluded the tournament at 12-under while fellow teammate Edan Cui took second at 10-under. Overall, Stanford placed four inside the top-10 of the tournament with Nathan Wang securing fourth at 2-under while reigning champion Ethan Gao placed 10th at 4-over.
GEORGIA ON EDAN’S MIND » Stanford freshman Edan Cui earned his best collegiate finish down at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, leading the pack through two rounds before a rain-soaked third round turned the tide. Cui submitted cards of 67 (-5), 66 (-6), and 78 (+6) to end the tournament at 5-under, 211 to place in a tie for sixth. Stanford ended the tournament placing eighth out of 14 teams that included six ranked opponents.
HISTORY IN THE HAMPTONS » Dean Greyserman and Jay Leng both had career outings at the Hamptons Intercollegiate with both earning their first top-10 finishes of their respective careers. Greyserman, who led the tournament at one point, paced atop the Cardinal leaderboard, placing tied for sixth at 2-under while Leng surged into the top-10, finishing tied for ninth at 1-under. Stanford improved during all three rounds, finishing the tournament at 5-over and in fourth place out of 11 teams in its penultimate fall competition.
TOP-10 TK IN TEXAS » TK Chantananuwat led the way for the Cardinal at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational presented by Charles Schwab, earning his third career top-10 finish at 1-over, 211. Chantananuwat entered the third round of the two-day contest at 1-over following a 36-hole marathon on day one, rattling off three birdies as the sophomore slotted tied for 8th. The Cardinal took 11th overall in Fort Worth in a field of 13 ranked teams with Chantananuwat, Jay Leng, Nathan Wang and Edan Cui scoring for Stanford.
BACK TO BACK AT THE BIG MATCH » In a 19-hole thriller at Menlo Country Club, Stanford retained its Big Match title for the first time, earning a 3.5-3.5 tiebreak winner courtesy of the duo of Megha Ganne and Dean Greyserman. With both golfers earning great approach shots on the playoff 18th hole, Ganne secured the tiebreaker with a roughly 50 foot putt to give the Cardinal the win. Ganne and Greyserman secured a 3&2 win for Stanford while the Cardinal also earned points with 4&3 decisions from Edan Cui/Leigh Chien and Nathan Wang/Andrea Revuelta.
WINDY CITY STANFORD » Stanford opened the 2025-26 campaign last weekend taking an 11th place finish at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational. TK Chantananuwat led the Cardinal through 54 holes, placing 24th overall at 2-over for the tournament. Elsewhere, Jay Leng and Nathan Wang had solid starts to the season placing inside the top-50 with both turning in cards of 7-over. Freshman Edan Cui - who made his collegiate debut - also slotted inside the top-50, earning an 8-over card.
ALL-ACC NATHAN » In his first season on The Farm, Nathan Wang had a stellar season culminating in the Cardinal’s first-ever ACC accolade with the junior being named to the All-ACC Team. Wang earned four top-20 finishes during the season and led the Cardinal with a 70.97 scoring average in 30 competitive rounds. Placing T-17 at Stanford’s debut in the ACC Championships, Wang earned his best finish of the season at the Western Collegiate placing T-5 at 5-under, 205, while also aiding the Cardinal to postseason golf for the 26th-consecutive season.
FIRST YEAR SUCCESS » In their first season on The Farm, TK Chantananuwat and Jay Leng had tremendous success for the Cardinal. Chantananuwat finished the season with five top-20 finishes including a season-best eighth-place finish at The Western Intercollegiate as the Cardinal took runners-up at its annual appearance at Pasatiempo. Leng also had a respectable freshman year, earning four top-20 finishes with his best outing being a T-12 finish at The Goodwin. Both players were two of only three players (Nathan Wang) to compete in every competition last season and the only freshman to do so.
THE SUMMER OF DEAN » Dean Greyserman enters his senior season on The Farm following an outstanding summer season back on the east coast. Greyserman, who appeared in three competitions in the 2024-25 season for Stanford, won two tournaments over the summer culminating in earning an automatic bid to the 125th U.S. Amateur Championship with a 3&1 win at the 123rd Met Amateur Championship in early August. Greyserman also took the top spot at the 70th Ike in July to kickstart MGA competitions.
FRESH FACES » A relatively young squad, Stanford welcomes two highly-touted recruits for the 2025-26 season in Edan Cui and Cooper Stearns. Cui enters his freshman season having been ranked No. 41 in the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings and was the seventh-highest player in the state of California following a win and four top-10 finishes on the AJGA circuit. Stearns comes to Stanford having been a multi-sport athlete at Irvine High School in golf and basketball. The 2025 Orange County Boys Athlete of the Year, Stearns was ranked No. 326 in the AJGA rankings and earned his lone junior win at the Los Angeles City Junior Championship.