March 18, 2012
The Concession Golf Club, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed in association with Tony Jacklin, was named "Best New Private Course of 2006" by Golf Digest magazine. It holds one of the highest Course and Slope Ratings by the United States Golf Association. The 7,470-yard, par 72 layout, is set on 520 acres of ruggedly pristine land dotted with massive oaks and majestic pines. It runs three miles from tip to tip.
South Florida will serve as host school for the event and will be joined by defending champion Duke, ASU, Arkansas, California, Chattanooga, Colorado State, East Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, Kennesaw State, Liberty, UNC-Wilmington, Oklahoma State, Tennessee and Washington State. Oklahoma State is the only two-time winner in the event's history (2004 and 2006). Arkansas, East Carolina, Kennesaw State, Liberty, UNC-Wilmington and South Florida will be making their first appearances in the event.
Sun Devils senior Spencer Fletcher and freshmen Mathias Schjoelberg, Austin Quick, Cameron Palmer and Stan Gautier will tee off Sunday, March 18th at 8:30 a.m. against third-seeded Duke. The winner of the match will go on to play in the second round of the four-round tournament.
No. 11 and the events top-seed Arkansas faces off against Washington State in its opening match. The winner will face the victor between eighth-seeded Iowa and ninth-seeded East Carolina. No. 23 Oklahoma State, sitting in the fourth-seed, and opens its first match play against Colorado State. Rounding off the first half of the bracket is fifth-seeded Chattanooga versus South Florida.
No. 5 California sits at in the second-seeded position and will open against UNCW. In the seven-10 matchup, Liberty and Tennessee meet up. Sixth-seeded Indiana goes head to head with Kennesaw State and the Blue Devil and Sun Devil match rounds off the bracket.
The last time the Sun Devils participated in the GCAA Match Play Championship was in 2010 where they upset a second-seeded Washington and finished the match play with two wins and two losses.