WESTWORTH VILLAGE, Texas – Next week (Oct. 2-3) the Sun Devils are headed to compete in the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Shady Oaks Country Club in Westworth Village, Texas. There will be a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Monday for 36 holes, on the par 70, 6,885-yard course.
THE LINEUP
Arizona State will send junior Preston Summerhays, junior Josele Ballester, graduate student Ryggs Johnston, sophomore Luke Potter and graduate student Gabe Salvanera to the teebox in Texas.
COMPETING IN COLORADO
Sophomore Michael Mjaaseth, and freshman Connor Williams will be competing at the 13th annual Mark Simpson Invitational hosted by Colorado. The event will be held at Colorado National Golf Club in Erie, CO with an 8:15 a.m. shotgun start on Monday at the par-72, 7,787-yard club.
TEAMS COMPETING
The teams competing are North Carolina, Arizona State, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Oklahoma, Texas, Pepperdine, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Georgia, Oregon, Wake Forest, and TCU.
COURSE HISTORY
Shady Oaks Country Club was opened in 1958 by Marvin Leonard. With golf legend Ben Hogan opposed to the project, Leonard continued on with the construction of the course. Redesigned in 1995, the course maintains its original layout located in the west hills of Fort Worth. Surrounded by 100-year-old oak trees, Shady Oaks offers rolling bent grass fairways that lead up to bent grass greens. The par-71, 6,855 yard course is one of the best in Texas, and even hosted the 2008 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.
LAST WEEK
The Sun Devils were in Illinois at the Fighting Illini Championship last weekend where they played a good couple days of golf. Due to weather, the team was unable to finish the final round but still tied for fifth overall at the tournament. Josele Ballester was Arizona State’s highest finisher after tying for eighth.
LAST TIME AT SHADY OAKS
In 2022, the Sun Devils tied for third with Pepperdine to finish 5-under overall for the tournament. Preston Summerhays finished tied for eighth individually with an overall tournament score of 207 (75-63-69).
BRIGHT BALLESTER
After going 2-under to shoot 69 on both days of tournament play, Ballester was ASU’s lowest scoring…
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