The Stanford campus appears plenty big enough for two national-title contenders in college golf.
Two weeks after the reigning NCAA champion Cardinal women opened their fall by winning the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach, the Stanford men followed suit Sunday south of Chicago. Led by junior Michael Thorbjornsen’s first college individual win, the Cardinal won the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational by 12 shots over Florida and host Illinois.
Stanford was the only team in the loaded field to finish under par at 9 under, and it placed four of five players inside the top 12. The statement victory marks the first team win since last fall when the Cardinal topped a similarly stout field at Colonial.