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Stanford, Rose Zhang take early leads at Stanford Intercollegiate

A familiar team is on top after the first round.

It was business as usual on Friday for the top-ranked Stanford women’s team, as the Cardinal shot an 8-under 276 to take the first-round lead of the Stanford Intercollegiate.

Sophomore Rose Zhang leads the individual field after firing a bogey-free, 5-under 66 while junior Sadie Englemann also turned in a clean card with a 4-under 67. Freshman Megha Ganne was also in red numbers, finishing with a 1-under 70 in her first tournament at Stanford Golf Course.

At 5 under, Zhang is nursing a one-stroke lead over Englemann, Taglao Jeeravivitaporn of Iowa State, Anna Zanusso of Denver and Lucia Lopez-Ortega of San Jose State. 21 players managed to break par at the venerable Stanford Golf Course, which is playing at 6,269 yards this week.

With her opening round 66, Zhang is 21 under in her last four rounds at the Stanford Intercollegiate after winning last year’s tournament with a 16-under score of 197.

Stanford’s 8-under 276 on Friday gave the Cardinal a three-stroke lead over San Jose State, a team that defeated its neighbor to the north twice last season at the Lampkin Invitational and Juli Inkster Intercollegiate.

The Spartan’s 5-under 279 was led by Lopez-Ortega’s 4-under 67 and a 3-under 68 by Antonia Malate, who was tied with Zhang for the individual lead until she made bogeys on her final two holes and had to settle for a 68. The Spartans also benefitted from an even par 71 by senior Kajsa Arwefjall.

Denver (-3), Northwestern (-2) and Virginia (-1) round out the top-five.

Zanusso (-4) and Clara Gestsdottir (-2) did the heavy lifting for Denver, as Martha Richards’ team more than held their own against some of the top programs in the nation on Friday.

Neither seventh-ranked Texas, No. 11 USC or Georgia could find a hot hand on Friday and are tied for sixth at even par.

The Stanford Intercollegiate continues with second-round action on Saturday with the final 18 holes slated for Sunday.

For the full leaderboard from the Stanford Intercollegiate, click here to see the post from our partners at AmateurGolf.com.

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Rose Zhang remains unstoppable, sweeping third college title while leading Stanford to 22-shot victory

The Stanford freshman is doing things no other player has done before.

Rose Zhang has now won her first three starts at Stanford. It’s the first time in Cardinal history that a freshman has swept her first three events. For the record, Tiger Woods won two of this first three at Stanford.

Zhang’s 16-under effort at the Stanford Intercollegiate ties the relation-to-par record that sophomore Rachel Heck posted last season. The two-time USGA champion carded only two bogeys over the course of 54 holes at the home event, winning by four. The No. 1-ranked amateur is now 23 under through nine rounds of college golf, sporting a 69.1 average.

The Stanford women’s team are now a perfect 3-0 as well.

The Cardinal’s 28-under performance ties the 54-hole record set last year at NCAA regionals, also hosted at Stanford’s home course. Freshman Caroline Sturdza of Switzerland tied for fifth for Stanford while Aline Krauter (T-7), Heck (T-10) and Angelina Ye (T-19) rounded out the lineup.

The Cardinal topped runner-up San Jose State by 22 strokes. UCLA was the only other team that broke par at 1 under.

The legendary Woods won three times as a freshman and eight times as a sophomore in his two years at Stanford. Maverick McNealy, Patrick Rodgers and Woods hold the all-time record for most wins at Stanford with 11. Andrea Lee, a rookie on the LPGA, is next with nine.

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Sophomore Rachel Heck won six times in one semester last spring, including a sweep of the postseason.

Stanford heads next to Hawaii for the final event on the fall schedule, the Pac-12 Preview. There are eight events listed for the spring, including the NCAA Championship.

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