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Men's Weekly Golf Release
Pac-10 Champs Travel to Jerry Pate Intercollegiate
October 16, 1998
ASU TRAVELS OLD OVERTON CLUB:
The Arizona State men's
golf team, ranked seventh by MasterCard Rankings, travels to Birmingham,
Ala., for the 1998 Jerry Pate Intercollegiate at Old Overton Club
(par-71, 6,936 yards). The 1998 field includes 12 teams, with 36 holes
on Oct. 19 and 18 holes on Oct. 20.
RECENTLY:
-ASU
was third at the Ping Preview at Hazeltine Golf Club in Minnesota on
Sept. 28-29
-Jeff Quinney finished fourth with 2-over-par 218
(69-72-77)
-ASU finished second at the TOPY Cup in Tokyo, Japan, on
Sept. 16-18 with a
two-round score of 593
-Greg Padilla took
home medalist honors with a 143 (75-68)
-Quinney tied for sixth.
QUICK ASU TEAM NOTES:
-ASU has won a Pac-10 record four
straight league titles national champions
in 1990 and 1996
-has
a current string of 11 straight NCAA top-10 finishes, the best current
mark in the nation
-the only team to finish in the top five at
the NCAA's in each of the past
four years
-coached by sixth-year
head coach Randy Lein, the 1996 National Coach of
the Year and a
five-time winner of Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors.
NCAA
NOTE:
The Sun Devil's have averaged a 4.1 finish at the NCAA
Championships in the past 10 years, the best mark in the nation. Only
Oklahoma State (4.7) has averaged higher than a ninth-place finish in
the past decade. ASU finished fifth last year.
NCAA NOTE
II:
Eight schools have made at least nine straight trips to the
NCAA Championships. The schools and the consecutive years they have
contended are: Oklahoma State (52), Clemson (17), Florida (16), Arizona
State (15), Arizona (10), UNLV (10), North Carolina (10) and New Mexico
(9).
THE LINEUP: Quick notes on a probable ASU lineup:
(1)--Greg Padilla--senior who won the TOPY Cup with a two-round
score of
143 (75-68) in Tokyo on Sept. 16-18 won the Southern
California Amateur
Championship this summer, played in 12
tournaments last year.
(2)--Paul Casey--sophomore from
England who posted a 72.30 stroke
average last year, medalist at
1998 West Regional, 1998 Pac-10 Championship and
1998 USC
Invitational1998 second-team All-American.
(3)--Jeff Quinney--won the Oregon Amateur and Pacific Northwest Amateur
this summer, second-team All-Pac-10 and honorable mention All-American last
year, 72.57 stroke average in 1997-98.
(4)--Jin Park--sophomore who posted a 73.85 stroke average last year,
finished in fourth at 1998 Pac-10 Championships.
(5)--Jason Hause--6-1 junior who has played in three tournaments in his
career, native of Littleton, Colo.
ASU Quick Facts
-ASU has posted 11 straight NCAA top-10 finishes, the nation's best current
mark.
-ASU is the only school to finish in the top five at the NCAA Tournament in
each of the past four seasons.
-ASU's NCAA Championships: 1990 and 1996
-ASU has won the Pac-10 title in the past four years (a conference record)
and in five of the past six years.
-Randy Lein has won Pac-10 Coach of the Year five times, three times at ASU
and twice at USC.
TOURNAMENT DATES SITE RESULT/NOTES Topy Cup 9/16-18 Tokyo, Japan 2nd/Greg Padilla-1st NCAA Ping Preview 9/28-29 Chaska, Minn. 3rd/Jeff Quinney-4th Jerry Pate National 10/19-20 Birmingham, Ala. ASU 9th last year Rolex Match Play 11/2-3 Vero Beach, Fla. Golf World/Palmetto Dunes 11/5-8 Hilton Head, S.C. ASU 7th last year Ping/Arizona Invitational 1/31-2/2 Tucson, Ariz. ASU 3rd last year Taylor Made/Big Island Inv. 2/9-13 Waikoloa, Hawaii ASU 9th last year USC/Southwestern Invit. 2/28-3/2 Los Angeles, Calif. Paul Casey/ASU 1st last year Golf Digest Invitational 3/11-14 Las Vegas, Nev. ASU 7th last year Oregon Duck Invitational 3/21-23 Eugene, Ore. U.S. Collegiate Invitational 4/1-4 St. Augustine, Fla. ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Inv. 4/16-18 Tempe, Ariz. Only home tourney on year Pac-10 Championships 4/25-28 Seattle, Wash. ASU 4-time defending champ NCAA West Regionals 5/19-22 Tucson, Ariz. ASU T-1st in 1998 NCAA Championships 5/31-6/5 Chaska, Minn. ASU 1990 and 1996 Champ
UP NEXT
ASU travels to the Rolex Match Play Nov. 2-3, in Vero Beach, Fla. ASU completes fall play Nov. 5-8 at the Golf World Invitational in Hilton Head, S.C.