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Sun Devil Men's Golf Spring of 2021 Schedule Breakdown

by thesundevils.com
Dec 8, 2020

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There was no fall of 2020 schedule for the Arizona State men's golf team, but the spring of 2021 schedule is set to begin in January and ends in June at Grayhawk Golf Club for the 2021 NCAA Championships. Below is a breakdown of each of the tournaments the Sun Devils are schedule compete for a championship.

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THE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW...
COPPER CUP/ (JAN. 17-18)/AK-CHIN SOUTHERN DUNES/MARICOPA, AZ/ARIZONA STATE
The Copper Cup, a two-day, four-round match -- think Ryder Cup format -- between the Arizona and Arizona State men's golf teams, will take place Jan. 17-18 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes in Maricopa. The teams will play four four-ball matches on Jan. 17 in the morning, followed by eight single matches in the afternoon. On Jan. 18, four matches with foursomes will take place followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon to finish.

"The Copper Cup will be the first college golf tournament of the spring and a great way to celebrate the Territorial Cup rivalry and the very high level of college golf found in Arizona," notes Sun Devil head coach Matt Thurmond. "I'm thankful for Ak-Chin Southern Dunes and the two athletics departments that have worked together to support this idea and make it happen. Some great golf and camaraderie can be expected."

THE RESULT...

 

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THE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW...
SOUTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL PRESENTED BY TOPGOLF (JAN. 25-27)/NORTH RANCH COUNTRY CLUB/WESTLAKE, CA/PEPPERDINE
GOLF Channel announced it will televise the Southwestern Invitational presented by Topgolf, a signature event on the college golf calendar that will be contested Monday-Wednesday, Jan. 25-27. Taking place at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif., and hosted by Pepperdine, the competition will feature a 54-hole stroke play team and individual championship, with live coverage airing across all three days. Notable past winners (medalists) of the event include: Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Corey Pavin, Billy Mayfair and Anthony Kim. Pepperdine's Sahith Theegala won medalist honors at the 2020 event in January, his second individual Southwestern win (2017). In total, medalists over the years at the Southwestern Invitational account for nearly 120 PGA TOUR victories. The Southwestern Invitational will welcome 12 elite men's golf programs, highlighted by tournament host (and defending champion) Pepperdine, along with reigning national champion (2019) Stanford University. First staged in 1978 as the Southwestern Intercollegiate, the event was established by C.W. Johnson, who served as tournament director for more than 25 years. Pepperdine fully assumed the role of tournament host in 2016. Other past individual champions of the event include: Corey Pavin (1978, '81), Dan Forsman (1980), Billy Mayfair (1987), Tiger Woods (1996), Jason Gore (1997), Paul Casey (1998), Anthony Kim (2006), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Maverick McNealy (2014), Sahith Theegala (2017, '20) and Justin Suh (2019). The field includes ASU, Augusta University, Cal, East Tennessee State University, Georgia Tech, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San José State, Stanford, Southern Methodist, USC and UCLA.

THE RESULT...
 

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THE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW...
AMER ARI INVITATIONAL (FEB. 2-4)/WAIKOLOA KINGS/WAIKOLOA, HI/HAWAII
ASU returns for the 30th Hawaii tournament, as it took home team honors in 2015 and 1995 while Todd Demsey (1995), Chris Hanell (1996), Jesper Kennegard (2009) earned individual medalist honors. In 2017 the squad finished fourth behind champion Texas Tech, USC and Oregon. ASU made the push to fourth after being tied for seventh to start the day by posting the best final round of any team in the field. Freshman Chun (Kevin) An Yu had an impressive first collegiate tournament, as the twelfth ranked amateur in the world finished six-under and tied for 20th.

THE RESULT...
 

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THE PRESTIGE (FEB. 15-17)/PGA WEST NORMAN/LA QUINTA, CA/UC DAVIS
Jared du Toit won the 2017 tournament with a 9-under 204 (67-67-70) topping LSU's Sam Burns who shot a 5-under 208. The Sun Devils took team honors in 2015 with a 31-under 833 (279-274-280), led by Jon Rahm who shot 11-under 205 (66-70-69) which tied for second while Max Rottluff tied for fourth at 10-under 206 (70-77-70). It is 20th Anniversary of The Prestige Presented by Charles Schwab and this year's event has the added excitement of the final round being live streamed exclusively on GolfWeek.com.

THE RESULT...

 

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SAN ANTONIO COLLEGIATE (MAR. 1-3)/SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS/TPC SAN ANTONIO/ARKANSAS
Down some strokes, the Arizona State men's golf team -- playing without senior All-American Chun An Yu as he will compete in the Arnold Palmer Invitational March 5-8 – had a great final round and won the 2020 Cabo Collegiate. The Sun Devils got 3-under-68s from freshman David Puig, sophomore Cameron Sisk and freshman Ryggs Johnston and jumped 36-hole leader Arizona in tough winds to take an 8-stroke victory at 20-under-par 832 (281-277-274). The third-round total of 274 was 10-under-par. Arizona State and Texas A&M were the only teams to break par in the windiest conditions of the three-day event.

THE RESULT...

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VALSPAR COLLEGIATE (MAR. 15-16)/PALM CITY, FL/FLORIDAN GOLF CLUB/HOUSTON
Floridian Golf Club is the site of the Valspar Collegiate in the middle of March. 

THE RESULT...

 

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THE GOODWIN (MAR. 25-27)/PALO ALTO, CA/STANFORD GOLF COURSE/STANFORD
Stanford will play host to The 50th Goodwin (March 25-27) at Stanford Golf Course. Originally called the United States Intercollegiate, the event was renamed 'The Goodwin' prior to the 2014 edition in honor of former Cardinal head coach Wally Goodwin. He coached at Stanford from 1987-2000, and his tenure was highlighted by winning the 1994 national title. Goodwin was named national coach of the year in 1992 and 1994, and was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.

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AUGUSTA HASKINS AWARD INVITATIONAL (APRIL 3-4)/FOREST HILLS GOLF COURSE/AUGUSTA, GA/AUGUSTA STATE
ASU has never won this tournament that started in 1979, but Phil Mickelson won the 1989 title with a 2-over 218 (72-71-75), the highest score to take home the title.

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ASU THUNDERBIRD COLLEGIATE (APRIL 16-17)/PAPAGO GOLF COURSE /PHOENIX, AZ/ASU
In 2019 ASU finished hosting duties at the annual Thunderbird Invitational (47 competition years and counting) with both a team and individual victory, the third straight year the Sun Devils had won the tournament and the first at their new home at Papago Golf Course. Junior Chun An Yu also won the individual medal for ASU, the first Sun Devil to do so since Jon Rahm in 2016. ASU has hosted the event since 1973 and has now won 12 of the past 21 (1999-2001, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2014-15, 2017-18-19) and 19 of the past 31, including the 2018 win over eventual 2018 NCAA champion Oklahoma State and the 2019 defeat of the Cowboys. Head coach Matt Thurmond has never lost at the Thunderbird Invitational since joining the program in 2016-17.

ASU THUNDERBIRD SUN DEVIL MEDALISTS
Chun An Yu, 2019
Jon Rahm, 2014, 2015, 2016
Stephan Gross, 2009 (shared)
Alejandro Canizares, 2004
Paul Casey, 2000
Jeff Quinney, 1999
Todd Demsey, 1995
Larry Barber, 1994
Phil Mickelson, 1991 and 1992
Jim Carter, 1984
Mark Sollenberger, 1974

PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP (APRIL 26-28)/MAYACAMA/SANTA ROSA, CA/CAL
Arizona State has won 12 Pac-10 titles in its 41 competition seasons, including a conference record six straight from 1995-2000. In addition to the six straight Pac-10 titles, ASU's other six Pac-10 titles were in 1979 (its first year in the league), 1981, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 2008. ASU tied for the league title in 2005 with Washington but lost on a tiebreaker formula, and the league decided to go to a playoff format after that season. 
 
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP SUN DEVIL MEDALISTS
Jon Rahm, 2016
Paul Casey (3), 2000, 1999, 1998
Scott Johnson, 1997
Phil Mickelson, 1990
Dan Forsman and Tony Grimes, 1981(co-medalists)
Jim Bertoncino , 1980 (co-medalist)
Scott Watkins and Dan Croonquist, 1979 (co-medalists)

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NCAA REGIONALS (MAY 17-19)/TBD/TBD
With the team victory and Jon Rahm's title at the 2016 Albuquerque Regional, ASU has won or tied for a NCAA regional title seven times. ASU tied with Arizona in 1991 and tied with New Mexico in 1998. It won the title outright in 1995, 1999, 2001 2009 and 2016. In addition to Rahm's two titles (2015 as well), Sun Devil Paul Casey won a 1998 individual regional title outright followed by Jeff Quinney (1999), Benjamin Alvarado Holley (2007) and then Jesper Kennegard in 2009. Matt Jones shared medalist honors in 2001.

2021 REGIONAL LOCATIONS
Albuquerque, NM (Championship Course of UNM)
Nashville, TN (Golf Club of Tennessee/Vanderbilt and Nashville Sports Council)
Stillwater, OK (Karsten Creek Golf Club/Oklahoma State)
Cle Elum, WA (Tumble Creek Golf Club/Washington)
Noblesville, IN (Sagamore Golf Club/Ball State and Hamilton County Sports Authority)
Tallahassee, FL (Golden Eagle Golf & Country Club/Florida State)

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (MAY 28-JUNE 2)/GRAYHAWK RAPTOR/SCOTTSDALE, AZ/ASU
Sun Devil fifth-year head coach Matt Thurmond leads the Sun Devils, who under 2008 National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee and Pac-12 Coach of the Century Randy Lein won the 1996 team title and won the 1990 title under 2002 ASU Hall of Fame and 2009 NGCA Hall of Fame inductee Steve Loy. ASU has now made the NCAA Finals in the 15 of the past 18 seasons and 33 of past 36. Arizona State in 1990 is the only program to have its men's and women's teams win the NCAA golf championships in the same season (1990).

MOST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
OKLAHOMA STATE, 72
TEXAS, 65
USC, 58
ARIZONA STATE, 55

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