Stanford University Golf Course

The Silicon Valley Amateur is the first AmateurGolf.com tournament to have a Major champion on its past winner's list. That would be Collin Morikawa, who won the 2016 title. Just over four years later, he won the PGA Championship just up the road at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Multiple PGA Tour star and Morikawa's fellow 2023 USA Ryder Cup team member Max Homa also won the Silicon Valley Amateur in 2011.

However, there is one major change this year.

For 2024, the tournament is moving to a new venue, the Stanford University Golf Course.

Stanford standout Barclay Brown, who competed in the 2023 Walker Cup for Great Britain and Ireland, is in the field. Brown is an accomplished collegiate golfer, finishing T4 at the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships and qualifying for the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club.

Last time

The 2023 Silicon Valley Amateur was a battle of heavyweights, with Willy Walsh defeating Niall Shiels Donegan on No. 18 with a birdie.

"I didn't hit it as well as yesterday, and it was kind of a battle for 18 holes, but I stayed in it mentally," Walsh said after the win. "It helped Niall was playing so well because he was forcing me to make every single putt."

Past Champions

Championship Division:
2023 William Walsh
2022 Sean-Karl Dobson
2021 Weston Payne
2020 Blake Hathcoat
2019 Jackson Lake
2018 Connor Blick/Pavan Sagoo
2017 Connor Blick
2016 Collin Morikawa
2015 Jonny Baxter
2014 Mac Marr
2013 Tyler Raber
2012 Alex Franklin
2011 Max Homa
2010 Gregor Main
2009 Gregor Main/John Murphy
2008 Jeremy Gearhart
2007 Randy Haag
2006 Brett Lunde
2005 Garett Wagner

The Course

The Stanford University Golf Course was designed in 1930 by renowned golf course architects William Bell and George C. Thomas, Jr. Located in the foothills above the Stanford University Campus, the golf course is consistently rated one of the finest courses in the world. In 1998, the golf course was rated 91st in the country by Golf Week Magazine and in 1993 was rated 88th in the world by Golf Magazine.

Stanford University Golf Course is steeped in tradition. Throughout the years, Stanford has hosted many intercollegiate and non-collegiate events, including the Stanford Invitational, Pac-10 Championships, NCAA Western Regional, Women's NCAA Championships, USGA Junior Amateur Qualifying, U.S. Open Qualifying and a former Senior PGA Tour event, The Gathering at the Farm.

Stanford University Golf Course has also produced many influential golfers throughout the years. Such notables include former USGA presidents Sandy Tatum and Grant Spaeth, and PGA Tour professionals Tom Watson, Tiger Woods and Notah Begay III.