The Sun Devil men's golf program has five players in the Travelers Championship this weekend, Connecticut's PGA TOUR event at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. Paul Casey, Jon Rahm, Scott Pinckney, Chez Reavie and Matt Jones all will be competing.Where to watch all these Sun Devil golfers this weekend ... pic.twitter.com/bh9b2RGZcV
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Casey, the three-time Pac-10 champion, tees at 1:25 p.m. ET off of hole 10. The three-time All-American Casey successfully defended his English Amateur Championship in the summer of 2000, earned first-team All-America honors in the spring of 2000 and was a second-team selection in 1998 and 1999. His 2000 stroke average of 69.87 broke the ASU school record, formerly held by Phil Mickelson who posted a 69.95 average in his senior season 1991-92.Another tournament, more @ASU_Alumni as @TravelersChamp includes@Paul_Casey@littleJRmaza @PinckneyScott
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Rahm, the two-time Ben Hogan Award Winner and 2016 Jack Nicklaus Award winner, tees off No. 10 at 8:50 a.m. ET. He became the first Sun Devil to earn first-team All-America honors twice in a career since Alejandro Canizares did the same in 2003 and 2006. That nod pushed the Sun Devil all-time first-team All-America honors to 25, behind only Oklahoma State (57), Houston (30) and Florida (28), since the GCAA began recognizing All-Americans in 1958. Also an honorable mention All-America pick in 2013 and 2014, Rahm became the second Sun Devil -- and the first since Chris Hanell in 1997 -- to record a top-10 finish in every outing in a season as he notched the feat in all 13 tournaments. His nation's best 69.41 stroke average is the seventh-best in NCAA history after firing a 69.15 last year, third-best. He posted nine top-five finishes and in 41 rounds shot par or better 35 times (22 rounds in the 60s) this season. Not only did he lead the nation in scoring average (69.41), according to Golfstat he also was the nation's leader in score versus par (-1.78), par-4 scoring (3.93) and birdies (171) and was second to NCAA champion Aaron Wise of Oregon (4.45) in par-5 scoring (4.51). He ended his 53-tournament career with a 70.21 stroke average in 165 rounds. He posted 77 rounds in the 60s and 117 of his rounds were par or better. His score counted in 156 of this 165 rounds (.945). He posted 671 birdies and 39 eagles in his collegiate career.Sully's Snapshot: Travelers Championship Preview: Paul Casey posted a top 10 in the PGA Championship last wee... https://t.co/QYbNEeUZJn
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Pinckney, an honorable-mention All-American pick in 2009, earned first-team All-Pac-10 in 2011. He tees off No. 10 at 1:55 p.m. ET. He posted 16 eagles in his career, third-most by a Sun Devil in the past two decades, and finished his career with a 72.66 stroke average in 40 career events, incuding 19 rounds in the 60s. He tied for 13th at the 2009 NCAA Championship and also tied for third at the 2009 ASU Thunderbird Invitational. He had three top-10 finishes in 10 events and a 73.12 stroke average in 2008-09.Jon Rahm has unofficially locked up his PGA Tour card for next season in just 4 pro starts. Impressive! https://t.co/o1Sc19P6rU
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Reavie, who tees at 7:10 a.m. off No. 10, was a three-time All-American as he earned second-team honors in 2004 and honorable mention in 2001 and 2003 and was the 2001 U.S. Public Links Champion, becoming the third Sun Devil to win the title, joining Billy Mayfair (1986) and John Jackson, Jr. (1969). He had two NCAA Championship top-10 finishes as he tied for fourth in 2001 in Raleigh, N.C., and was ninth in Stillwater, Okla., in 2003.
Jones, who tees at 7:30 a.m. off No. 10, was an honorable mention All-American in 1999-2000 and a first-team pick in 2001. He shot a record-matching 62 in the first round of the 41st annual Porter Cup on July 21, 1999, at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, N.Y., and played a big part of two of ASU's 12 Pac-10 team titles team two years and competed in three NCAA Championships.
JARED KEEPS PLAYING WELL: One weekend removed from finishing tied for ninth at the RBC Canadian Open, senior-to-be Jared du Toit fought off a 3-over in the first round of the Porter Cup last week and ended tied for fourth with a 4-under 276 (73-67-69-67). He posted 19 birdies during the tournament, tied for third-most at the Niagara Falls Country Club (par-70/6,871 yards) held in Lewiston, N.Y.