The Arizona State men's golf team will head to Hawaii to kick off their spring season in the 27th playing of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate. The tournament, hosted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo, will be played February 1-3 at the Waikoloa Beach Resort. The teams will be playing the Kings course at Waikoloa. This is a par-71/7,074 yard course from the tips.
The tournament will consist of 18 teams, seven of which are ranked inside the top-20 of the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. Along with Arizona State there will be five other Pac-12 schools in the field. One of those schools being USC, who won the Amer Ari in 2016, a year after Arizona State took home the trophy.
THE FIELD (CURRENT GCAA RANK): Oklahoma State (1), Georgia Tech (4), Auburn (9), Stanford (11), Texas Tech (13), Texas (16), Southern California (18), Arizona State, Oregon State, Osaka Gakuln, San Jose State, Texas Christian, California-Davis, Colorado, Hawaii-Hilo, Hawaii-Manoa, Oregon, Pacific.
ASU'S PAST SUCCESS AT AMER ARI: Arizona State has found the winner circle more than once in Hawaii, not only as a team, but with individuals as well. In the 27 years this tournament has been played ASU has had 3 medalists: Jesper Kennegard (2009), Chris Hanell (1996) and Todd Demsey (1994). They have also won it twice as a team, once in 1995 and most recently in 2015.
FALL STANDOUT: The biggest fall standout for the Sun Devils was sophomore Alex del Rey, Alex was able to but up two of his best collegiate rounds in the 2017 fall season. His top moment of the fall is when he shot a final round 65 in the Maui Jim to take the first-place medal, and led his team in winning the whole tournament.
TOURNAMENT FUN FACT: The Amer Ari was first played in 1991, Arizona State was invited to come and play in the annual tournament but chose not to because ASU great Phil Mickelson had a chance to play in the Phoenix Open.
The tournament will consist of 18 teams, seven of which are ranked inside the top-20 of the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. Along with Arizona State there will be five other Pac-12 schools in the field. One of those schools being USC, who won the Amer Ari in 2016, a year after Arizona State took home the trophy.
THE FIELD (CURRENT GCAA RANK): Oklahoma State (1), Georgia Tech (4), Auburn (9), Stanford (11), Texas Tech (13), Texas (16), Southern California (18), Arizona State, Oregon State, Osaka Gakuln, San Jose State, Texas Christian, California-Davis, Colorado, Hawaii-Hilo, Hawaii-Manoa, Oregon, Pacific.
ASU'S PAST SUCCESS AT AMER ARI: Arizona State has found the winner circle more than once in Hawaii, not only as a team, but with individuals as well. In the 27 years this tournament has been played ASU has had 3 medalists: Jesper Kennegard (2009), Chris Hanell (1996) and Todd Demsey (1994). They have also won it twice as a team, once in 1995 and most recently in 2015.
FALL STANDOUT: The biggest fall standout for the Sun Devils was sophomore Alex del Rey, Alex was able to but up two of his best collegiate rounds in the 2017 fall season. His top moment of the fall is when he shot a final round 65 in the Maui Jim to take the first-place medal, and led his team in winning the whole tournament.
TOURNAMENT FUN FACT: The Amer Ari was first played in 1991, Arizona State was invited to come and play in the annual tournament but chose not to because ASU great Phil Mickelson had a chance to play in the Phoenix Open.