10-21-2023, 02:23 PM
Stanford now is being led by a frosh and 2 sophomores. Playing #1 this week is frosh Paula Martin Sampedro. Playing #2 is soph Kelly Xu. Playing #3 is soph Megha Ganne.
Bringing up the last 2 spots are seniors Sadie Englemann and Rachel Heck. One might expect the seniors to lead, particularly Heck. But she has struggled to reclaim the form she had as a frosh. I think we are seeing a team in transition with players in different roles than they might have expected. Martin Sampedro has been the best player on the team so far this fall and who saw that coming?
But fall golf is not the same as spring golf. We'll see what happens once we get to February and March. It might be the case that Heck (former NCAA champ) is fighting for the 5th spot on the team.
Bringing up the last 2 spots are seniors Sadie Englemann and Rachel Heck. One might expect the seniors to lead, particularly Heck. But she has struggled to reclaim the form she had as a frosh. I think we are seeing a team in transition with players in different roles than they might have expected. Martin Sampedro has been the best player on the team so far this fall and who saw that coming?
But fall golf is not the same as spring golf. We'll see what happens once we get to February and March. It might be the case that Heck (former NCAA champ) is fighting for the 5th spot on the team.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000