Men’s Golf Round Two Recap in Hawaii: Wenyi Ding Continues To Impress

The Sun Devil men’s golf team is playing very well as a team in Hawaii.

But it is hard not to talk about freshman Wenyi Ding’s first five collegiate rounds.

Ding followed up his bogey-free first round 9-under 63 Thursday at the Amer Ari Invitational with an 8-under 64 Friday and leads the 124-player field heading into the final round Saturday. He is 34-under in his first five collegiate rounds and is three shots clear of Finn Koelle of Washington, who is at 14-under 130 (66-64), as Ding is at 17-under 127.

Ding, the 2022 US Junior Amateur champion who joined the team after the 2023 fall semester and earned Pac-12 Golfer of the Week after one event, shot a 17-under par 199 (65-67-67) at the National Invitational in Tucson Jan. 29-30. He has 16 birdies and one eagle and just one birdie.

The second-place Sun Devils are three shots back of North Carolina, as ASU is at 43-under 533 (265-268) and tied with Texas Tech.

LOWEST SUN DEVIL ROUNDS (9-UNDER OR BETTER/1993-94 TO PRESENT)

60/-10, Paul Casey, 1999 Pac-10 Championship (fourth round)

62/-10, Preston Summerhays, 2023 NCAA Las Vegas Regional (first round)

62/-10, Jeff Quinney, 1999 ASU Thunderbird Invitational (third round)

61/-9, Jon Rahm, 2013 NCAA Championship (first round)

62/-9, Jon Rahm, 2014 ASU Thunderbird Invitational (first round)

63/-9, Wenyi Ding, 2024 Amer Ari Invitational (first round)

63/-9, Blake Wagoner, 2021 Amer Ari Intercollegiate (first round)

63/-9, Chun An Yu, 2018 National Invitational (first round)

63/-9, Kendall Critchfield, 2004 ASU Thunderbird Invitational (first round)

63/-9, Max Rottluff, 2015 ASU Thunderbird Invitational (second round)

BEST TEAM ROUNDS VS. PAR (1993-94 TO PRESENT)

-26/2023 NCAA Las Vegas Regional — 262 in first round

-25/2019 National Invitational Tournament — 263 in second round

-23/2024 Amer Ari Invitational — 265 in first round

-23/2022 Maui Jim Intercollegiate — 257 second round

-21/2018 National Invitational Tournament — 267 in first round

LOWEST SUN DEVIL ROUNDS (9-UNDER OR BETTER/1993-94 TO PRESENT) OUTSIDE OF ARIZONA

60/-10, Paul Casey, 1999 Pac-10 Championship (fourth round)

62/-10, Preston Summerhays, 2023 NCAA Las Vegas Regional (first round)

61/-9, Jon Rahm, 2013 NCAA Championship (first round)

63/-9, Wenyi Ding, 2024 Amer Ari Invitational (first round)

63/-9, Blake Wagoner, 2021 Amer…