Cal Falls In The Big Match

Thursday, September 24

Woodside, CA

All Day

California

Stanford University

Cal falls to Stanford for the seventh edition Big Match.

Photo by: Kylie Maratea

9/24/2026 7:24 PM | Men's Golf, Women's Golf

Final Scoreboard

Stanford Takes the Big Match Title for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Woodside - The California men's and women's golf teams fell to Stanford in three matches in the seventh edition of the Big Match on Thursday.

Cal's pairing of Michelle Woo and Trevor Cox was 1-up on Kaila Elsayegh and Cooper Stearns through 15 holes before the event ended. Stanford was leading two other matches when the event was called. This is the Cardinal's fourth Big Match title in five years.

Cal's women's team will head to Lawrence, Kansas, for the Marilyn Smith Sunflower Invitational, Oct. 5-6. The Bears' men's team will travel to the Fighting Irish Classic in Notre Dame, Indiana, Oct. 4-5.