'We have won a national title more recently than Oklahoma State, so it is not like Ok State has been cleaning up national titles recently, despite their obvious program history."
No question: Along with Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, and Texas, we're one of golf's traditional powers. And, as slide mentions, we have a second-to-none practice facility/course. It just feels odd to have a merely pretty good (#18) team. given all that and Stanford's strong appeal to student-athletes in almost every sport.
Slide--or anyone--has there been talk of building a second course? Ours reminds me of a lot of courses--Minikahda has become a vivid example--of courses that time has passed by. There are dozens of pro golfers who could drive Minikhada's 1st, 5th (with a two iron), 14th, and 16th holes--all par fours--and they'd have easy up and down birdies on 15 and 18. And for a pro, there isn't a three-shot par five on the course. If they played there often, you'd see some 57's.
Stanford's course didn't seem that extreme, but it yielded a 59 to a college kid and a 26 on the front to an amateur woman (Mariah Stackhouse) from the woman's tees. That sounds too much like a punching bag.
No question: Along with Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, and Texas, we're one of golf's traditional powers. And, as slide mentions, we have a second-to-none practice facility/course. It just feels odd to have a merely pretty good (#18) team. given all that and Stanford's strong appeal to student-athletes in almost every sport.
Slide--or anyone--has there been talk of building a second course? Ours reminds me of a lot of courses--Minikahda has become a vivid example--of courses that time has passed by. There are dozens of pro golfers who could drive Minikhada's 1st, 5th (with a two iron), 14th, and 16th holes--all par fours--and they'd have easy up and down birdies on 15 and 18. And for a pro, there isn't a three-shot par five on the course. If they played there often, you'd see some 57's.
Stanford's course didn't seem that extreme, but it yielded a 59 to a college kid and a 26 on the front to an amateur woman (Mariah Stackhouse) from the woman's tees. That sounds too much like a punching bag.