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NBC Sports
22-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
NCAA title loss doesn't discount Stanford's season
Stanford head coach Anne Walker talks after the Cardinal's loss at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships and Amanda Blumenherst explains why the team should still be proud of their year.
USA Today
18-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Top-ranked Stanford sets single-round scoring record at 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
Top-ranked Stanford sets single-round scoring record at 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship Show Caption Hide Caption Drone flyover video of Omni La Costa North Course par-3 16th hole Omni La Costa is hosting the NCAA mens and womens golf championships for a second year in a row. The North Course's 16th hole is the final par-3. CARLSBAD, Calif. — Stanford just completed the best single round in the history of the NCAA Women's Golf Championship. The Cardinal teed off Sunday morning at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa's North Course with a five-shot lead, and its lead is now 15 following a spectacular round of 18-under 270, the lowest single round in the history of the NCAA Championship. Stanford broke its own record it set two years ago at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, where it shot 15-under 273 in the second round. The Cardinal went on to win the national title four days later. "Incredibly proud," Stanford coach Anne Walker said after speaking with her team next to the 18th green. "We've been adjusting some strategies and watching the freshmen get to know the golf course, hit it in the right spots and make those up and downs or make those birdies. It's been really fun to see." Stanford opened Friday afternoon with a 5-over round but has responded well, shooting 10 under and 18 under to take a massive lead heading into the final round Monday, where there's more history on the line for the Cardinal. The NCAA record for lowest 72-hole score is 19 under, which USC set in 2013. Stanford also has an opportunity to win stroke play for the fifth straight time. Duke and Arizona State each won three straight titles, but Stanford would be in rare history with five consecutive times finishing on top after stroke play. Stanford could also become the second team to go undefeated in stroke play in an entire season, joining the 1995 Arizona State Sun Devils. "That's kind of what I just said to this group when we were just meeting, is just never to take this for granted. It's It's so rare, it's so special and that nothing great's achieved alone. And they're each raising one another's games. They are a part of each other's journey. They're a part of each other's successes. And I think we've been very fortunate that we've had characters that have bought into that, and they seek that out."
