Marketing campaign Begins in Illinois – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford males’s golf begins the 2025-26 marketing campaign this weekend, heading again to Olympia Fields, Ill. for the Fighting Illini Invitational, hosted by the University of Illinois from Friday, September 19 to Sunday, September 21. 

THE COURSE » The Fighting Illini Invitational continues its run at Olympia Fields Country Club’s North Course, a par-70, 7,353-yard structure that has been ranked a number of instances within the “Top 100 Greatest Courses” in America by Golf Digest. 

The course has beforehand hosted a number of premier golf occasions, together with the U.S. Amateur (2015), U.S. Open (1928, 2003), PGA Championship (1925, 1961), and BMW Championship (2020, 2023). 

THE FIELD » This season’s 15-team subject boasts 10 groups ranked within the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I preseason Top 25 heading into the weekend. 

The staff’s partaking on this weekend’s festivities embody hosts Illinois, Alabama, Arizona State, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Loyola Marymount, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. Historically, because the event’s inception, 5 of the final seven NCAA Champions have competed at Olympia Fields whereas 10 of the final 18 have performed within the occasion. 

TOURNAMENT FORMAT » The 54-hole event might be performed underneath the play 5, maintain 4 format over three days. Tee instances for Rounds 1 and a pair of will start at 8 a.m. CT, whereas Sunday’s remaining spherical tee instances are set for 7:30 a.m. CT.

THE CARDINAL LINEUP » Stanford rolls out three gamers who made an look eventually season’s occasion with Jay Leng, Nathan Wang and TK Chantananuwat slotting 1-3 for the Cardinal. Dean Greyserman slots in on the No. 4 spot heading into the opening spherical whereas highly-touted freshman Edan Cui will make his collegiate debut on the No. 5 slot.

STANFORD AT THE FIGHTING ILLINI INVITATIONAL » The Cardinal has traditionally discovered success at Olympia Fields, having essentially the most particular person medalists of any program in event historical past with six: Patrick Rodgers (2011-12), Cameron Wilson (2013), Maverick McNealy (2014-15), and Michael Thorbjornsen (2022). 

Stanford has additionally introduced dwelling a pair of staff titles within the occasion, profitable the event in 2011 and 2022 as one in all solely three groups to win a number of Fighting Illini Invitational titles. Jay Leng completed as the highest Cardinal in his collegiate debut in final season’s occasion, putting T-14 at 1-under, 209 because the Cardinal positioned tied for sixth out of 15 groups in 2024. 

LIVE SCORING » Live scoring for the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational might be obtainable on Scoreboard by Clippd with reside protection of the occasion on Twitter and Instagram at @StanfordMGolf.

ALL-ACC NATHAN » In his first season on The Farm, Nathan Wang had a stellar season culminating within the Cardinal’s first-ever ACC accolade with the junior being named to the All-ACC Team. Wang earned 4 top-20 finishes throughout the season and led the Cardinal with a 70.97 scoring common in 30 aggressive rounds. Placing T-17 at Stanford’s debut within the ACC Championships, Wang earned his finest end of the season on the Western Collegiate putting T-5 at 5-under, 205, whereas additionally aiding the Cardinal to postseason golf for the Twenty sixth-consecutive season. 

FIRST YEAR SUCCESS » In their first season on The Farm, TK Chantananuwat and Jay Leng has great success for the Cardinal. Chantananuwat completed the season with 5 top-20 finishes together with a season-best eighth-place end at The Western Intercollegiate because the Cardinal took runners-up at its annual look at Pasatiempo. Leng additionally had a good freshman yr, incomes 4 top-20 finishes together with his finest outing being a T-12 end at The Goodwin. Both gamers have been two of solely three gamers (Nathan Wang) to compete in each competitors final season and the one freshman to take action.

THE SUMMER OF DEAN » Dean Greyserman enters his senior season on The Farm following an excellent summer time season again on the east coast. Greyserman, who appeared in three competitions within the 2024-25 season for Stanford, gained two tournaments over the summer time culminating in incomes an automated bid to the a hundred and twenty fifth U.S. Amateur Championship with a 3&1 win on the 123rd Met Amateur Championship in early August. Greyserman additionally took the highest spot on the seventieth Ike in July to kickstart MGA competitions. 

FRESH FACES » A comparatively younger squad, Stanford welcomes two highly-touted recruits for the 2025-26 season in Edan Cui and Cooper Stearns. Cui enters his freshman season having been ranked No. 41 within the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings and was the seventh-highest participant within the state of California following a win and 4 top-10 finishes on the AJGA circuit. Stearns involves Stanford having been a multi-sport athlete at Irvine High School in golf and basketball. The 2025 Orange County Boys Athlete of the Year, Stearns was ranked No. 326 within the AJGA rankings and earned his lone junior win on the Los Angeles City Junior Championship.