WAIMEA, Hawai’i – Traveling to the Aloha State, Sun Devils Men’s Golf will compete in the Amer Ari Invitational Feb. 8-10. The tournament is set to play at the Mauna Lani North Course on the beautiful island of Hawaii. Each round tees off at 7:30 a.m. HST.
THE WAGR RANKINGS
Six Sun Devils are in the recent top-100 World Amateur Golf Rankings, led by Preston Summerhays (9), Wenyi Ding (13) and Josele Ballester (18).
SUN DEVIL TOP-100 WAGR RANKINGS (FEB. 1, 2024)
9 – Preston Summerhays
13 – Wenyi Ding
18 – Josele Ballester
38 – Luke Potter
61 – Michael Mjaaseth
83 – Ryggs Johnston
THE LINEUP (WITH WAGR)
Representing the Sun Devils in Waimea will be No. 13 Wenyi Ding, No. 9 Preston Summerhays, No. 18 Josele Ballester, Connor Williams, and No. 61 Michael Mjaaseth.
OUR TOURNAMENT HISTORY HERE
The Sun Devils finished third as a team and Masen Anderson was third at the 2022 Amer Ari. The team carded a 268-273-281=822/-42 while Anderson fired 65-69-66=200/-16/T3. ASU has won the team title of the Amri Ari Invitational three times (2021, 2015 and 1995) while four Sun Devils have earned the individual title: David Puig (2021), Jesper Kennegard (2009), Chris Hanell (1996) and Todd Dempsey (1994)
LAST WEEKEND
The Sun Devils finished third at 49-under 815 at the National Invitational in Tucson. The 49-under is third-best mark vs. par in the Golfstat era. Freshman Wenyi Ding came up one stroke short in his bid to win his first collegiate tournament, as he finished at 17-under 199 (65-67-67) just behind BYU’s Zac Jones who shot 18-under 198 (65-69-64).
TEAM BEST VS. PAR THREE-ROUND TOURNAMENT SCORE (1993-94 TO PRESENT)
-59/805, 2023 NCAA Regional, Las Vegas
-50/814, 2018 National Invitational
-49/815, 2024 National Invitational
-43/821, 2004 ASU Thunderbird Invitational
-41/811, 2017 ASU Thunderbird Invitational
THE COMPETITION
The tournament features some of the best collegiate golfers with a total of 18 Division I programs. Schools competing include No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 North Carolina, No. 4 Washington, No. 11 Georgia Tech, No. 12 Florida State, No. 16 Texas, No. 18 Oregon, No. 22 Texas Tech, No. 31 UCLA, No. 42 Oklahoma…
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