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May 1, 2009
NCAA MEN'S GOLF REGIONAL FORMAT: The Arizona State men's golf team will compete in San Francisco in the 2009 NCAA West Regional May 14-16 in a new format. Three regionals will have fields of 13 teams and 10 individuals, with the other three consisting of 14 teams and five individuals each for a total of 75 players at each site. The top five teams and the top individual not on an advancing team will qualify from each regional site for the NCAA Division I Men's Championship (112th annual) at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (May 26-30).
2009 NCAA Men's Golf Regional Sites (May 14-16)
The Club at Olde Stone - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Western Kentucky)
Galloway National Golf Club - Galloway, New Jersey (Columbia)
Red Tail Golf Club - Sorrento, Florida (Florida)
University of Texas Golf Club - Austin, Texas (Texas)
Karsten Creek Golf Club - Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma State)
Lake Merced Golf Club - Daly City, California (University of San Francisco)
NCAA MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT: The NCAA Nationals run May 26-30, 2009. The finals also have a new format, with the final eight teams after 54 holes facing off in match play to determine the national champion. The individual winner will be crowned after 54 holes instead of 72 as in past years.
THE LINEUP: Here is the NCAA West Regional lineup for the Sun Devils:
1. Knut Borsheim
2. Jesper Kennegard
3. Stephan Gross
4. Chan Kim
5. Scott Pinckney
ASU IN THE REGIONALS: ASU has won or tied for the title in a NCAA Regional five times. ASU tied with Arizona in 1991 and tied with New Mexico in 1998. It won the title outright in 1995, 1999 and 2001. Sun Devil Paul Casey won the 1998 individual title outright followed by Jeff Quinney (1999) and then Benjamin Alvarado Holley (2007). Matt Jones shared medalist honors in 2001.
2009 NCAA WEST REGIONAL FIELD (By Seeding): 1- Southern California, 2- Texas A&M, 3- Arizona State, 4- San Diego State, 5- UC Davis, 6- Oregon, 7- New Mexico, 8- Colorado, 9- UC Irvine, 10- Kansas State, 11- Oregon State, 12- San Diego, 13- San Francisco.
LIVE SCORING: Hole-by-hole live scoring will be available via Golfstat.com and will be posted on the USFDons.com website.
ABOUT LAKE MERCED GOLF CLUB: The host site of the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Regional, the Lake Merced Golf Club owns a storied history. Originally designed by Willie Lock in 1922, Lake Merced Golf Club was redesigned in 1929 under the guidance of fabled architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie. When Interstate 280 was constructed in the early 1960's, the Club utilized vacant land acquired in the 1920's and retained Robert Muir Graves to reroute the course as necessary to create the basis of today's championship layout. The golf course underwent a major renovation in 1996 under the direction of Rees Jones, known the world over for his brilliant restoration of legendary championship venues. Lake Merced has hosted numerous Collegiate, NCGA and USGA events, including the 1990 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (Tiger Woods's debut in USGA competition). Lake Merced regularly hosts sectional qualifying for both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women's Open.
LAKE MERCED COURSE DETAILS: The 18-hole "Lake Merced" course features 6,863 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 74.4 and it has a slope rating of 138.
ALL-PAC-10 SELECTIONS: Sophomore Stephan Gross (Leimen, Germany) earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors while junior Knut Borsheim (Bergen, Norway) earned second-team honors in a vote by league coaches.
Gross has a 72.56 stroke average in nine events (27 rounds). He leads the team and is 20th in the nation in scoring on par-5 holes with a 4.61 average and also leads the team with 88 birdies. He tied for first at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, tied for third at the UH-Hilo Intercollegiate and tied for ninth at the John Hayt Invitational.
Borsheim has a 73.08 stroke average in eight events (24 rounds). He finished tied for third at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, tied for tenth at the U.S. Intercollegiate and tied for 11th at the Pac-10 Championship.
START IT OVER: Back in 2002, ASU head coach Randy Lein saw ASU's 18-year NCAA championship consecutive streak snapped in a season that had injuries and some bad luck. ASU is back in the saddle with six straight appearances, and to show you how competitive the NCAA men's golf champioships is, that streak already is tied for the fourth-best active streak, as Arizona (1987-2007) had a 21-year streak snapped last year after failing to post a .500 record and not make regionals, while Georgia Tech did not qualify out of regional action after making the NCAAs for 10 straight years (1998-2007).
CURRENT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
Oklahoma State, 1947-2008, 62
Georgia, 1998-2008, 11
Florida, 2001-2008, 8
Arizona State, 2003-2008, 6
UCLA, 2003-2008, 6
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES: ASU has made 15 NCAA Championship appearances in Randy Lein's 16 years (1993-2008), tied for the second-best mark in the nation, as it will try for its 16th May 14-16.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (1993-2008)
Oklahoma State-16
Arizona State, Arizona, Florida-15
Clemson-14
Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Wake Forest-13
Auburn, New Mexico, Texas, UNLV-12
Georgia-11
UCLA-10
REGIONAL STREAK: Counting its appearance in the 21 years a NCAA Regional has been staged (1989-2009), ASU has now made 26 straight NCAA postseason appearances, the fifth-longest active streak in the nation. ASU has advanced to the NCAA Championships 24 of the past 25 seasons (1984-2008), missing only in 2002, and in 43 of the past 45 seasons (1964-2008), missing prior to 2002 in 1983.
LONGEST ACTIVE NCAA POSTSEASON STREAK
Oklahoma State, 1947-09, 63
USC, 1973-09, 37
Texas, 1978-09, 32
Clemson, 1982-09, 28
Arizona State, 1984-09, 26
Georgia Tech, 1985-09, 25
*Note: List includes NCAA Championship prior to 1989 and reaching at least NCAA Regionals from 1989-present.
ASU WON-LOSS RECORDS VS. OPPONENTS FOR 2008-2009
4-0: California
3-0: Charlotte, Duke
3-1: Florida State, UC Irvine
3-2: UCLA
2-0: Chattanooga, Hawaii, Northwestern, Oregon State, Washington State
2-1: Alabama, Arizona, Fresno State, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, UC Davis
2-2: Oregon
2-2-1: Stanford
1-0: Auburn, Ball State, Boise State, Brigham Young, Chattanooga, Chico State, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, CSU- Bakersfield, Denver, Furman, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Hawaii-Hilo, Kansas, Kent State, Louisville, New Mexico, North Florida, Penn State, Pepperdine, Purdue, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, SMU, Tulsa, Toledo, UAB, UCF, UNC Wilmington, Vanderbilt
1-1: Clemson, CSU-Northridge, Florida, UNLV, Tennessee, Texas Tech
1-2: San Diego State
1-3: Washington
1-4: USC
0-0-1: Middle Tennessee State
0-1: Colorado, Illinois, LSU, Nevada, Pacific, Sacramento State, San Jose State, UC Santa Barbara, UTEP
0-2: Georgia, Indiana
0-3: Oklahoma State