Stanford’s Mariah Stackhouse shoots record 61 to win Peg Barnard Invitational
Mariah Stackhouse set a course record with a round of 61 (-10 under par), including an astonishing 26 on the front nine, en route to winning the Peg Barnard Invitational.
Mariah Stackhouse set a course record with a round of 61 (-10 under par), including an astonishing 26 on the front nine, en route to winning the Peg Barnard Invitational.
Buoyed by Wilson’s course-record 61 in the opening round, the No. 20 Card finished just eight strokes behind No. 8 UCLA and had three golfers in the top-10 individually, led by Wilson’s second-place finish.
Entering its final tournament of the fall season, the women’s golf team hopes to build on its recent third-place finish at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational. The men’s team, on the other hand, is hoping to erase the past with a good finish at this weekend’s U.S. Collegiate Championship, hosted by Georgia Tech.
Move over, Rory McIlroy–Stanford researchers have identified some of the biomechanical factors that allow professional golfers to excel in comparison to amateurs.
The Stanford Golf Course will host the 2011 Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championships, which are set to begin tomorrow. All Pac-10 teams will be represented as Stanford vies for its first team title since 1994.