Luke Potter 4-0 on Weekend; Men’s Golf Tops USC in Copper Cup Monday

MARICOPA, Ariz. – The Arizona State Sun Devil men’s golf team topped USC Monday in the consolation round of the Copper Cup presented by Goldberg Family Foundation at AK-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa. ASU notched three points in the morning, and then had good play after lunch to take the win 8-3.

The Ryder-Cup-style match had four matches in the morning (three alternate shots and a Ryggs Johnston singles match) and seven singles matches in the afternoon. ASU went 5-2 in the afternoon to clinch the win, with Connor Williams, Preston Summerhays, Luke Potter and Joselle Ballester all notching a full point.

 

GREAT TWO DAYS FOR LUKE POTTER

Luke Potter notched a full point in all four of his matches on the weekend.

MONDAY MORNING ALTERNATE BALL

Kiko Coelho/Luke Potter (ASU) defeated Sam Lape/Rockey Chapman (USC), 3 & 2 

Gavin Aurilia/Krando Nishiba (USC) def. Nicholas Prieto/Preston Summerhays (ASU), 2-Up

Michael Mjaaseth/Josele Ballester (ASU) def. Antonio Safa/Nicolas Dominguez (USC), 4 & 3

 

MONDAY MORNING SINGLES

Ryggs Johnston (ASU) def. Shane Ffrench (USC), 6 & 4

 

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SINGLES

Nicholas Prieto (ASU) vs. Nicolas Dominguez (USC), All Square

Josele Ballester (ASU) def. Krando Nishiba (USC), 6 & 5

Luke Potter (ASU) def. Shane Ffrench (USC), 1-Up

Gavin Aurilia (USC) def. Wenyi Ding (ASU), 1-Up

Preston Summerhays (ASU) def. Antonio Safa (USC), 1-Up

Ryggs Johnston (ASU) vs. Sam Lape (USC), All Square

Connor Williams (ASU) def. Rockey Chapman (USC), 7 & 6

COURSE HISTORY

AK-Chin Southern Dunes is the host of the Saguaro Amateur on a course that is familiar to most players on all teams. The championship Australian Sand Belt-style golf course sits on 320 acres of land that was once a part of Ak-Chin’s original May 1912 reservation before it was removed by Presidential Executive Order in late 1912. Nearly 100 years later, in 2010, the Community recovered its sacred land when it purchased the Brian Curley and Fred Couples designed facility after it was originally developed as a private club.

FALL RECAP

The Sun Devils had a very successful fall tournament schedule, consistently placing in the top five. The Sun Devils are now 184-35-3 in head-to-head stroke play the past two seasons (after going 143-27-3 last year), including 41-8 this past fall. Preston Summerhays won the Sahalee Players Championship to earn a PGA chance in Napa Valley at the FortinetChampionship. Arizona…