The Stanford men’s golf team came off the course yesterday in La Quinta, Calif., satisfied with their great performance, taking both the team and individual titles over No. 6 UCLA and UC-Irvine at The Prestige.

The team fared well individually, with three of its five players finishing the tournament in the top 10. The No. 7 Cardinal held off UCLA by two strokes and finished ten strokes over Irvine.

Senior Zack Miller captured the individual win for Stanford, shooting an overall score of 207 (nine under par), just three strokes in front of Irvine's Jay Choe and the Bruins' Lucas Lee. In yesterday’s final round, he finished with a three-under 69. He started off slow in the front nine, shooting three over par, but went on to birdie six of the last nine holes to claim the top spot.

“Zack Miller continued to play well in a strong field,” said head coach Conrad Ray. “His back nine was great.”

Next in the ranks for Stanford, was freshman Joseph Bramlett, who tied for seventh with 212 overall strokes, four under par, after finishing with a four-under 68. He birdied four of the back nine holes to earn himself a solid overall score.

Finishing one stroke behind Bramlett was senior Matt Savage, who posted a score of 213. He started the tournament in good form, sitting in fourth place after the first day. Unfortunately it slipped away from him in the final round, as he scored 72 (even par) to earn a share of the tenth-place spot.

Junior Rob Grube, who boasted the team's second-best average score entering the tournament, started out a little slow, but pulled himself together in the third round, scoring a one-under-par 71. Grube finished with 219 (three over par) overall in the tournament, putting him in 23rd place.

Rounding out the Cardinal scorers yesterday was junior Daniel Lim, who scored 223 (seven over par) overall and posted a round three score of 73 (one over par) yesterday.

Though sophomore Dodge Kemmer did not contribute to the overall team score, he scored 233 for the tournament, good for 31st.

Overall the Stanford men scored a 15-under-par 849, with a third-round score of 280 (eight under par).

“The guys are really proud of their second win,” Coach Ray said. “The team worked really hard for this one. There were lots of positives about today.”

On Monday and Tuesday of next week, the Cardinal will head to Bandon, Ore., to face off with the top Pac-10 teams in the Pac-10 Challenge.

“Everyone is really excited for next week, though it is going to be tough,” Coach Ray said. “Oregon has a good course, and we will be meeting the top teams in the conference.”