Ganne Claims Intercollegiate Championship – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. — The Stanford Intercollegiate, hosted by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, is likely one of the most particular tournaments of the NCAA season. Golfing for a trigger and elevating over $160,000 (and counting) is, in fact, the spotlight of the weekend, however so too is the standard of golf. That was on full show Sunday as Stanford rolled to a 2025 Stanford Intercollegiate win and Megha Ganne gained the person championship.

Stanford cruised forward of the sphere and by no means seemed again, ending with an 817 (-35), 19 strokes higher than second-place No. 4 Oregon. Stanford’s 817 is the brand new ladies’s workforce report at Stanford Golf Course, shattering the earlier mark that the Cardinal did twice in 2022 (824). It is the third-best workforce rating in program historical past, trailing solely the 50-under scores Stanford recorded on the 2022 Gunrock Invitational and 2023 NCAA Pullman Regional.

Ganne strikes right into a particular territory together with her third collegiate win. She is the eighth ladies’s golfer to succeed in three wins and joins Stephanie Keever with three in her profession. Ganne can be the primary Cardinal to win through the 2025-26 season.

There was drama aplenty as Ganne was making an attempt to take the highest spot on the leaderboard. After birdies on 12 and 13, Ganne double-bogeyed 14 to maneuver two strokes again of the leaders with 5 to play. She rebounded with birdies on 15 and 17 to create a logjam for first place with simply two holes remaining. Both Ganne and Paula Martín Sampedro had been in rivalry for the Cardinal, with Catherine Park (USC) and Kiara Romero (Oregon) threatening, amongst others.

On Ganne’s last gap of the afternoon (Hole 1), she discovered herself off the green and in some brush on her third shot. She hit a ridiculous shot over the cart path and rolled it just some toes away from the pin, making a birdie alternative that she rolled in to maneuver to 10-under total, 5-under (66) on the day, and transfer into the outright lead. Meanwhile, Park was on 4 and recorded a par, which secured the win for Ganne.

Finishing one stroke again of Ganne was Martín Sampedro, who entered the day because the chief at 8-under. She shot a 1-under 70, which is nothing to scoff at. She put herself in place to tie for the win after pulling down a birdie putt on 18 within the last wave, however Ganne was on the primary gap and about to report a birdie of her personal. Still, it’s one other top-five end for the junior, and transferring it out additional, she now owns 16 top-10s in her profession.

One of the most effective Stanford rounds of the day got here from Meja Örtengren, who tied for eighth total together with her teammate, Andrea Revuelta. Örtengren shot a 3-under 68 to maneuver to 5-under for the event, closing out an amazing weekend. She started with a birdie on six and adopted that up with three extra on the again 9, ending with a single bogey on her card. It’s already her 11^th spherical within the 60s in simply over a 12 months (34 counting rounds).

Stanford has yet one more event within the fall portion of the season. The Cardinal heads to Hawaii for the annual Nanea Invitational, which takes place on Oct. 27-29. Stanford gained the occasion final 12 months, and it was Ganne who took the person championship.

Stanford Intercollegiate (Stanford Golf Course, par 71)