The Sun Devil men’s golf team started strong and never looked back in winning the Sahalee Players Championship Sunday at Sahalee Country Club.
ASU shot 7-under 857 (282-284-291) in securing the title, topping Florida by 11 strokes, who shot 4-over 868 (300-283-285).
ASU was led by its top-10 WAGR ranked seniors, as Josele Ballester — the 2024 U.S. Amateur champion — had a 3-under 213 (69-72-72) as did Preston Summerhays (71-68-74), and both tied for second. It marked the ninth top-five finish in Ballester’s collegiate career.
JOSELE BALLESTER CAREER COLLEGIATE TOP-FIVE FINISHES
T2nd — Sahalee Players Championship (Sept. 7-8, 2024/41) 69-69-72=213/-3
2nd — Dove Mountain Intercollegiate (Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2022/41) 69-69-74=212/-4
T2nd — NCAA Stockton Regional (May 18-20, 2022/72) 68-69-71=208/-10
4th — The Calusa Cup (Apr. 2-4, 2023/72) 73-72-70=215/-1
4th — Pac-12 Championship (Apr. 25-27, 2022/72) 68-70-72-72=282/-2
T4th– East Lake Cup (Oct. 24, 2022/72) 70/-2
T4th — Thunderbird Collegiate (Apr. 15-16, 2022/88) 67-65-70=202/-11
T5th — Las Vegas NCAA Regional (May 15-17, 2023/72) 64-70-67=201/-15/T5
5th — Oregon Duck Invitational (Mar. 21-22, 2022/90) 71-73-68=212/-1
Connor Williams had a strong showing with a tie for sixth at 1-under 215 (71-73-71), while freshman Peer Wernicke made his debut and shot 1-over 217 (71-72-74) and notched tie for 13th. Williams finished strong with three birdies in the final four holes to finish tied for sixth.
The team stayed consistent through three rounds, as they were the only team to rank in the top three for team statistics including: par-3 holes, par-4 holes, par-5 holes and birdies.
CHAMPIONS AT SAHALEE ??@sundevilmgolf goes wire-to-wire as the only team under par and finishes the @sahaleeplayers at -7 to win the first event of the season ??#ForksUp pic.twitter.com/HXPhc5CJYs
— Sun Devil Men’s Golf (@sundevilmgolf) September 8, 2024
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2024 SAHALEE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
SEPTEMBER 7-8, 2024
SAHALEE COUNTRY CLUB
PAR-72/7,007 YARDS/13 TEAMS
Arizona State 282-284-291=857/-7
Florida 300-283-285=868/+4
Arizona 292-288-290=870/+6
Pepperdine 284-287-303=874/+10
Duke 297-287-291=875/+11
Oklahoma State 288-288-300=876/+12
Oregon 294-296-286=876/+12
TCU 298-285-298=881/+17
UNLV 2300-298-290=885/+21
North Carolina 297-291-297=885/+21
Northwestern 296-286-304=886/+22
Texas A&M 301-290-297=888/+24
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