Sun Devil Golf Has Final Practice Round of Season Ahead of Nationals

SCOTTSDALE – The greens were firm, the rough was shallow, and smiles were seen throughout Grayhawk Golf Club during the practice session before the beginning of tomorrow’s NCAA Men’s Golf National Championship.

No. 4/5 Sun Devil Men’s Golf arrived shortly after the sun rose, beginning its trek to a potential third National Championship in program history.

 

The day before… ??

A behind the scenes look on practice day at the NCAA Championship ??#ForksUp /// #NCAAGolf pic.twitter.com/5V6aysA8fx

— Sun Devil Men’s Golf (@sundevilmgolf) May 25, 2023

Teams will play four consecutive days of stroke-play from Friday-Monday before the top-eight teams advance to match play. The National quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on Tuesday, while the final is scheduled for Wednesday.

SUN DEVIL TEE TIMES

ASU is paired with Stanford and Texas Tech for the first round. Ryggs Johnston will start things off at the first tee at 11:52 a.m. MST. Live scoring can be found here.

11:52 a.m: Ryggs Johnston, ASU l Tyran Snyders, Texas Tech l Karl Vilips, Stanford

12:03 p.m: Luke Potter, ASU l Jack Wall, Texas Tech l Nate Menon, Stanford

12:14 p.m: Michael Mjaaseth, ASU l Matthew Comegys, Texas Tech l Barclay Brown, Stanford

12:25 p.m: Josele Luis Ballester, ASU l Calum Scott, Texas Tech l Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford

12:36 p.m: Preston Summerhays, ASU l Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech l Ethan Ng, Stanford

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

The Sun Devils have had nine golfers participate in the last three Individual National Championships. Second-most in the country to Texas Tech and Oklahoma (10).

ASU has averaged the third-lowest finish in stroke play of the National Championship of the 14 programs that have participated in each of the last three seasons.

BEST SUN DEVIL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS

61/-9, Jon Rahm (May 28, 2013 at Atlanta, GA)

63/-7, Ryggs Johnston (May 29, 2021 at Scottsdale, AZ)

63/-9, Phil Mickelson (June 3, 1992 at Albuquerque, NM)

65/-7, Phil Mickelson (June 4, 1992 at Albuquerque, NM)

66/-4, Phil Mickelson (June 7, 1989 at Edmond, OK)

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Admission and parking to the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship is free. Come out to Grayhawk Golf Club May 26-31 to support Sun Devil Men’s Golf.

QUOTES

ASU SOPHOMORE PRESTON SUMMERHAYS

On coming back to Grayhawk for another opportunity at a National Championship:

“It’s great to be back out here. College golf is great the entire season, but you’re really just working to get right to this point; this…