April 25, 2000
TEMPE, Ariz. - The fifth-ranked Arizona State men's golf team leads the the 41st annual Pac-10 Men's Golf Championships by 17 strokes over Oregon. The championship, held at the ASU Karsten Golf Course (par 72, 7,027 yards), also has Sun Devil junior All-American Paul Casey at 13-under 131 (66-65) and leading the tournament by four strokes over teammate Jonas Runnquist (66-69=135).
Arizona State is the five-time defending Pac-10 champion while Casey is the two-time defending champion. No player has ever won three straight Pac-10 titles, although Sherman Finger of USC won three straight Pac-8 crowns from 1963-65. The Sun Devils are 30-under (339-351=690), while Oregon is at 13-under 707 (351-356). California is in third at 9-under 711 (359-352).
The 10 teams played 36 holes today and will play 18 holes on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Play begins both days at 7:30 a.m.
Runnquist, ASU's lone senior, matched his career-low with a 6-under 66 in the opening round and then followed that with a 3-under 69 for a 9-under 135.
Junior Jin Park led ASU in the morning round with a career-low 65. His previous best was a 66 at the 1999 Arizona/Ping Intercollegiate in Tucson and at the 1998 Pac-10 Championships in Orinda, Calif. He shot 31-34 in his morning round. Park shot a 77 in the afternoon and is at 2-under 142. Oregon's Andrew Tredway also carded a 65 in the morning and finished at 6-under 138 (65-73).
"It is a great start, one that I felt we had a chance to do because the weather was perfect and so was the course," said ASU head coach Randy Lein. "I think the team was inspired by Jin's 65 at the beginning of the day. They all were excited for him when they saw that on the board."
"I hit the ball well all day and I birdied all of the par 5s, so that was the key," said Casey. "What was good for me was to see the team doing so well. When your teammates are playing well, it is hard not to play well."
Oregon State sophomore John Lepak shot 7-under 137 (70-67), while Oregon's Chris Carnahan matched Duck teammate Tredway with a 6-under 138 (71-67). Travis Johnson of UCLA is in sixth with a 5-under 139 (69-70).
CASEY ON THE CHARTS: Two-time defending Pac-10 Champion Paul Casey already has five championships for his career, tied for fourth on the ASU career wins list with 1993 NCAA Champion Todd Demsey. Next on the list is Charlie Gibson, who won six titles from 1972-75, while four-time All-American Billy Mayfair won eight titles from 1985-88. Sun Devil legend Phil Mickelson leads the list with an amazing 16 wins from 1989-92, including two ASU Thunderbird titles in 1991 and 1992.
KARSTEN KIND TO CASEY AND SUN DEVILS: Casey won the ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Invitational on April 15-16 with a 9-under 207 (69-69-69). It also marked the second title Casey has won at Karsten, as he won the 1998 NCAA West Regional in Tempe with a 10-under 206 (70-65-71). ASU has won its past three tournaments at Karsten, winning the 1999 and 2000 Thunderbird/SAVANE titles and the 1998 West Regional. ASU shot 30-under-par 834 in the 1999 Thunderbird en route to a 17-stroke win over UCLA and was led by Jeff Quinney's Karsten record 62 in the final round. This year, ASU shot 18-under (846) to top Arizona by two strokes.
Pac-10 Men's Golf Championship
ASU Karsten Golf Course Tempe, AZ
Tournament Dates: 04/24 - 04/26
Par: 72
Yardage: 7027
Fin Team Scores
1 Arizona State U. 339 351 690 -30
2 Oregon, U. of 351 356 707 -13
3 California, U. of 359 352 711 -9
4 Arizona, U. of 362 357 719 -1
5 Oregon State U. 366 357 723 +3
6 Washington, U. of 354 370 724 +4
7 Stanford University 362 368 730 +10
8 Southern California 371 362 733 +13
9 UCLA 366 369 735 +15
10 Washington State U. 365 374 739 +19
Fin Name School Scores
1 Paul Casey Arizona St 66 65 131 -13
2 Jonas Runnquist Arizona St 66 69 135 -9
3 John Lepak Oregon St. 70 67 137 -7
4 Andrew Tredway Oregon 65 73 138 -6
Chris Carnahan Oregon 71 67 138 -6
6 Travis Johnson UCLA 69 70 139 -5
7 Ricky Barnes Arizona 71 69 140 -4
8 Derek Gillespie Arizona 71 70 141 -3
Gordy Scutt Washington 68 73 141 -3
Han Lee California 67 74 141 -3
11 Dusty Brett Stanford 74 68 142 -2
Tim Mickelson Oregon St. 72 70 142 -2
James Lee Stanford 71 71 142 -2
Jin Park Arizona St 65 77 142 -2
Matt Genovese Oregon 71 71 142 -2
16 Matt Jones Arizona St 72 71 143 -1
Cody Beyer Arizona 70 73 143 -1
J.R. Ruda California 73 70 143 -1
Troy Kelly Washington 70 73 143 -1
Alex Kuyumjian USC 71 72 143 -1
21 Ryan Lavoie Oregon 72 72 144 E
Brandon DiTullio UCLA 71 73 144 E
Jeff Quinney Arizona St 70 74 144 E
Jeremy Taylor Wash. St. 70 74 144 E
Dustin Wayne Oregon St. 70 74 144 E
Eric Dahlberg Stanford 70 74 144 E
Walter Chun California 69 75 144 E
28 James Hahn California 73 72 145 +1
Aaron Byers Oregon 72 73 145 +1
David Oh USC 74 71 145 +1
31 Robert Hamilton California 77 69 146 +2
Nick Jones USC 73 73 146 +2
Matt McGeeney Wash. St. 74 72 146 +2
Shane McMenamy Arizona St 74 72 146 +2
Justin Miller Washington 71 75 146 +2
36 Reid Hatley Arizona 74 73 147 +3
36 Dustin White Wash. St. 71 76 147 +3
38 John Robertson Washington 73 75 148 +4
Derek Berg Washington 74 74 148 +4
T.J. Duncan Oregon 75 73 148 +4
41 Anthony Arvidson Oregon St. 74 75 149 +5
Parker McLachlin UCLA 73 76 149 +5
Jason Semelsberger UCLA 75 74 149 +5
John Ray Leary USC 78 71 149 +5
Scott Moore Arizona 77 72 149 +5
Xabi Laduche California 82 67 149 +5
Patrick Norris Arizona 76 73 149 +5
48 Jon Reehoorn Wash. St. 74 76 150 +6
Scott Kral Washington 72 78 150 +6
50 Kevin Stadler USC 75 76 151 +7
Alex Aragon Stanford 72 79 151 +7
Jim Seki Stanford 75 76 151 +7
Bryan Geiberger Oregon St. 80 71 151 +7
54 Eric Toomey Wash. St. 76 76 152 +8
Roger Flynn Wash. St. 76 76 152 +8
56 J.T. Kohut UCLA 78 76 154 +10
57 Nick Webb USC 80 75 155 +11
58 Eric Dahm Oregon St. 82 79 161 +17
Ross Fulgentis UCLA 79 82 161 +17
Ron Won Stanford 81 80 161 +17