Men's Golf Competing in Southwestern Invitational Jan. 24-26

The Sun Devil men's golf team heads to California to compete in the Southwestern Invitational presented by TopGolf held Jan. 24-26 at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village. The 12 teams will play 18 holes each day with Golf Channel providing live coverage every day from 2:30-5:30 MT.

PAR/YARDAGE
Par 72, Yardage 6,992 (Lakes & Oaks courses)

DOZEN TEAMS SCHEDULED TO COMPETE (12)
Arizona State, Georgia, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San Jose State, SMU, Texas, UCLA, USC, UNLV, Wake Forest, Washington.

SCHEDULE
Monday (January 24): 18 holes, tee times off 1, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. PT
Tuesday (January 25): 18 holes, tee times off 1, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. PT
Wednesday (January 26): 18 holes, tee times off 1, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. PT

GOLF CHANNEL
The Golf Channel will air College Central from 1-1:30 p.m. PT, and then provide live coverage from 1:30-4:30 p.m. PT each day.

THE ASU LINEUP
The Sun Devils will compete with Cameron Sisk, David Puig, Ryggs Johnston, Mason Andersen and Preston Summerhays. ASU will tee with Texas, San Diego State and Washington.

SUN DEVIL TITLES
ASU has competed in the tournament 28 seasons and has won eight titles. It won the 1980, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001 championships.

SUN DEVIL INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
David Lee, 1979
Dan Forsman, 1980
Billy Mayfair, 1987
Todd Demsey, 1994
Paul Casey, 1998 (won the event his freshman season and was his first of six collegiate titles in his ASU career).
David Puig, 2021

TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This is the 43rd edition of the Southwestern Invitational. The tournament began in 1978 at North Ranch Country Club with USC as the host. C.W. Johnson served as tournament director for more than 25 years. North Ranch also hosted the 1988 NCAA Championships. The Southwestern Invitational has also been known as the Southwestern Intercollegiate, the USC Collegiate Invitational, the North Ranch Intercollegiate or the Cleveland Golf Classic over the years. Pepperdine and USC co-hosted the event in 2013 and 2014, and the Waves then took over sole hosting duties beginning in 2016.

LAST YEAR
Sophomore David Puig, playing in just his fifth collegiate stroke play tournament, easily won the 2021 Southwestern Invitational held at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village for his first collegiate victory with a tournament record nine-stroke win. Only two players shot par for the tournament, and Puig (70-66-70) won the event by nine strokes with a 10-under 206 over Pepperdine's Joshua McCarthey (72-73-70). Puig posted a tournament-best 37 pars and added 11 birdies and one eagle. Per Golfstat, Christian Cavaliers from Boston College (-16) is the last to win a tournament by nine strokes when he did it at the Wildcat Invitational in October of 2019. Puig joined the team after the 2019 fall semester and played in four tournaments before the season was canceled. He got going again this summer by playing well in the Palmer Cup and then coming up clutch in the Copper Cup (Jan. 17-18). The Sun Devils shot 13-over 877 (292-282-303) but couldn't hold onto a five-shot lead and finished three shots behind San Diego State, who finished at 10-over 874.

2021 SOUTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL
NORTH RANCH C.C. -- LAKES/OAKS
PAR 72/6,992 YARDS
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA
JAN. 25-27, 2021

FINAL TEAM LEADERBOARD
San Diego State 294-287-293=874/+10
Arizona State 292-282-303=877/+13
SMU 293-288-301=882/+18
Louisville 296-283-306=885/+21
Pepperdine 308-277-303=888/+24
USC 301-296-303=900/+36
Georgia Tech 303-294-305=902/+38
East Tennessee State 305-293-306=904/+38
California 305-292-317=914/+50
St. Mary's 316-299-300=915/+51
San Jose State 319-300-303=922/+58
Augusta 316-303-304=923/+59

FINAL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS/SUN DEVIL SCORES
1. David Puig, ASU 70-66-70=206/-10
2. Joshua McCarthy, Pepperdine 72-73-70=215/-1 
T7. Chun An Yu, ASU 73-72-72=217/+1
T26. Ryggs Johnston, ASU 71-75-80=226/+10
T38. Cameron Sisk 78-69-82=229/+10
T55. Blake Wagoner 79-76-81=236/+20