After winning a national championship last year, Stanford golf coach Conrad Ray will have a chance to represent his country.

Ray, in his fourth season at the Farm, was recently chosen to lead the national squad as one of three 2008 International Team Coaches designated by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

Ray will coach the U.S. team against Europe at the Palmer Cup, which will take place from June 26-27 at the Glasgow Golf Club Gailes Links in Scotland. The competition models that of the Ryder Cup, pitting the best collegiate golfers from the United States and Europe against one another.

The Stanford coach was thrilled to be honored with the opportunity.

“”It is a great honor to be selected as the coach of the Palmer Cup,” he told GoStanford.com. “It will be exciting working with the nation’s elite college players and I am passionate about bringing home a victory. It is going to be a lot of fun. Mr. Palmer should also be recognized for his generous contributions to the collegiate game.”