For the second consecutive season, the Stanford men’s golf team is headed to Indiana for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal was awarded the No. 4 seed in the 14-team Indiana Regional at Wolf Run Golf Club in Zionsville, Ind. In order of seeding, Alabama, Illinois and Iowa are the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively.
The five lowest-scoring teams and the lowest-scoring individual not on one of those teams will advance to the NCAA Finals at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Okla. Those championships will be held from May 31 to June 5.
The Indiana Regional marks the beginning of Stanford’s quest for a ninth national championship. The Cardinal last took home the national title in 2007.
Stanford got more good news this week, as freshman Andrew Yun was named to the All-Pac-10 First Team. Yun won one title this season, The Prestige at PGA West with a score of -12 and had six other top-10 finishes. Joining Yun on the All-Pac-10 First-Team is the conference’s Golfer and Freshman of the Year, Patrick Cantlay of UCLA, Gregor Main of UCLA, Daniel Miernicki of Oregon, Alex Moore of Oregon State, Scott Pinckney of Arizona State, Martin Trainer of USC, Pontus Widegren of UCLA and Chris Williams of Washington.