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Men's Golf Falls to Top-Ranked Oklahoma 3-2 in Semifinals

by thesundevils.com
Jun 1, 2021

The Sun Devil men's golf team lost a close semifinal match to top-ranked Oklahoma 3 & 2 Tuesday afternoon after topping North Carolina 3-1-1 in the quarterfinals in the morning.

ASU got wins from Chun An Yu and Ryggs Johnston in both matches and also got a great win from Mason Andersen in the morning match. It marked the Sun Devils best NCAA finish since it won the NCAA title in 1996.

 

"I'm so disappointed but at the same time this is competition," Sun Devil Head Coach Thurmond said. "They just made one more putt, one more good shot than we did. In a couple days I think we'll feel a lot better. We had a great season."

SUN DEVIL NCAA TOP-THREE FINISHES PAC-12/10 ERA (1978-79 TO PRESENT)
2021: T-3rd (1-1 match play)
1996: 1st
1992: 2nd
1991: 3rd
1990: 1st
1982: 3rd
 
SUN DEVIL TOP GOLFWEEK FINAL RANKINGS (2000-2021)
2018-19, 5
2003-04, 5
2000-01, 5
2020-21, 6

SEMIFINAL RECAP: OKLAHOMA WINS 3-2
JONATHAN BRIGHTWELL (OU) DEF. DAVID PUIG (ASU), 3-2
Sophomore David Puig fell behind by one through four, tied it for the next four holes, then fell behind on an Oklahoma birdie on nine. He fell behind by two on 11 but made it exciting with an eagle on 17. He hit a 20-foot par putt on 18 to make the Sooners finish, but Brightwell hit the putt.

CHUN AN YU (ASU) DEF. GARRETT REBAND (OU), 5-4
He lost the first hole, but that was a distant memory as Chun An Yu won holes 3-7 and was up six through 11.

RYGGS JOHNSTON (ASU) DEF. BEN LORENZ (OU), 3-2
Johnston capped off a fantastic week with a convincing match play win. He won the first hole and never let it get tied and then put it away with wins on holes 12-14.

LOGAN McALLISTER (OU) DEF. MASON ANDERSEN (ASU), 4-3
The match was tied through eight holes but McAllister won three straight holes to take control.

 

QUAD CUMMINS (UO) DEF. CAMERON SISK (ASU), 2-1
A fantastic match was about done, until Cameron Sisk made a long birdie putt on 15. 

 

QUARTERFINAL RECAP: ASU TOPS NORTH CAROLINA, 3-1-1
The Sun Devil men's golf team won its quarterfinal match against North Carolina early Tuesday morning, 3-1-1 behind convincing wins by Mason Andersen and Ryggs Johnston and a tee-to-green drive tap-in birdie on hole No. 17 by Chun An Yu.
 
Ryggs Johnston, who finished third in stroke play, took a two-hole lead at the turn after a birdie on the eighth and ninth holes over Ryan Burnett. He then won holes No. 12 and No. 13 to win 4&3.
 
David Puig fell behind Peter Fountain two holes through six and never cut it closer and fell 2 & 1 in the first match of the day. Puig was 1-up through three holes, but Fontain took the lead over next two holes and never looked back.
 
Mason Andersen played par golf and raced out to a four-hole lead over Ryan Gerard through five and never let it get below three, winning 4&3.
 
Chun An Yu fell behind Autin Hitt by two but came back to win 2&1.
 

Cameron Sisk was 3-up through five over Austin Greaser and had his match called when An Yu's putt sunk to clinch the match. The match was tied through 14 holes.
 
NO 1 SEED NOTES
The No. 1 seed from stroke play has only won the NCAA title once in the 11 years of the match play that was started in 2009, and that was Oklahoma State on its home course in Stillwater.
 
NO. 1 STROKE PLAY SEED NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
2021: Arizona State lost to Oklahoma in semifinals, 3-2 (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
2019: Oklahoma State lost in semifinals to Texas, 3-2 (Fayetteville, Ark.)
2018: Oklahoma State won championship over Alabama, 5-0 (Stillwater, Okla.)
2017: Vanderbilt lost in semifinals to Oregon 3-1-1 (Sugar Grove, Ill.)
2016: Texas lost to Oregon in championship, 4-1 (Eugene, Ore.)
2015: Illinois lost to USC in semifinals, 3-1-1 (Bradenton, Fla.)
2014: Stanford lost to Oklahoma State in semifinals, 3-2 (Hutchinson, Kan.)
2013: California lost to Illinois in semifinals, 3-2 (Alpharetta, Ga.)
2012: Alabama lost to Texas in Championship, 3-2 (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
2011: UCLA lost to Duke in quarterfinals, 3-1 (Stillwater, Okla.)
2010: Oklahoma State lost to Augusta in championship, 3.5-to-1.5 (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
2009: Oklahoma State lost to Georgia in quaterfinals, 3-2 (Toledo)

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