April 10, 2004
Note: Full Results are available at bottom of the story after the updated Thunderbird Invitational Records.
The Arizona State men's golf team won its Thunderbird Invitational for the fifth time in six years on Saturday at The Karsten Golf Course with a final round 273 and finished at 43-under par 821 (270-278-273), which broke the tournament record of 40-under 824 it had set last year.
Sophomore Alejandro Canizares, the 2003 NCAA champion, shot a final round 69 and tied the tournament record with a 16-under 200 (65-66-69) to win medalist honors. Canizares tied the mark set by TCU's Bret Guetz. Canizares also became the first Sun Devil to win the event since Paul Casey in 2000, as the three-time All-American shot a 9-under 207. It marked the third tournament win in 19 career events for Canizares, who also won the 2003 National Invitational Tournament in Tucson in addition to his 2003 NCAA championship in Stillwater.
Arizona State has now won its home event 13 times and has finished first or second every year since 1994, a streak of 11 straight tournaments. The Sun Devils also have won back-to-back tournaments for the first time since the 1999-2000 squad won back-to-back titles twice in a five-tournament span, as this year's team won the National Invitational in Tucson March 28-30.
The Sun Devils have also now won four tournaments on the year, as it also took home championship honors at New Mexico's Tucker Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-13), UNLV's Southern Highlands Championship (March 12-14) and the National Invitational (March 28-30) held in Tucson. It last won four tournaments in 1999-2000.
Senior Chez Reavie, the 2001 U.S. Public Links champion, finished third with a final round 67 and a 13-under 203 (66-70-67). Reavie now has a 21 top-10 finishes in his four-year career, including seven this year, and leads the team with a 70.84 stroke average.
ASU's Kendall Critchfield, playing for the ASU Maroon squad, finished tied for sixth with an 11-under 205 (63-70-72). The Mesa, Ariz., native shot a 9-under 63 in the first round and had a double-eagle on the par-5 14th hole, which was his finishing hole in the shotgun-start format used Friday. The 63 marked a collegiate best for Critchfield, whose previous best of 65 came on April 11, 2003, in the second round of the Thunderbird Invitational.
Ninth-ranked Arizona shot a 32-under 832 (273-285-274) to finish second.
Peter Tomasulo of 16th-ranked California, who carded a course and tournament record 11-under 61 (29-32) in the opening round and was tied for second at 11-under 133 after two rounds, had to withdraw after 12 holes in the final round due to an injury. His first-round 61 was one stroke better than the 62 shot by 2000 U.S. Amateur champion Jeff Quinney on April 18, 1999. Quinney shot a 15-under 201 that year.
ASU entered play this week fifth in the Golf Coaches Association poll, sixth in the Golfstat poll and seventh according to Golfweek. Chez Reavie is ranked 15th by Golfweek and Alejandro Canizares is No. 31.
Arizona State will next compete in the Pac-10 Championships April 25-28 in Tucson. The Sun Devils have won the league title 11 times, including a league-record six straight titles from 1995-2000. ASU coach Randy Lein has led ASU to seven of those Pac-10 titles.
Thunderbird Invitational Tournament Records (Since three-round format in 1988) Team Total Score 1. Arizona State 43-under 821 in 2004 2. Arizona State 40-under 824 in 2003 T3. Arizona 32-under 832 in 2004 T3. USC 32-under 832 in 2003 T3. Texas 32-under 832 in 2002 6. ASU 30-under 834 in 1999 T7. USC 29-under 835 in 2004 T7. Pepperdine 29-under 835 in 2003 9. TCU 28-under 836 in 2003 10. ASU 26-under 838 in 2002.
Individual Total Score T1. Alejandro Canizares (Arizona State) 16-under 200 in 2004 T1. Bret Guetz (TCU) 16-under 200 in 2002 T3. David Schultz (TCU) 15-under 201 in 2003 T3. Jeff Quinney (Arizona State) 15-under 201 in 1999 T5. Ryan Moore (UNLV) 14-under 202 in 2004 T5. Aaron Bengoechea (Pacific) 14-under 202 in 1989 T7. Chez Reavie (Arizona State) 13-under 203 in 2004 T7. John Klauk (Texas) 13-under 203 in 2002 T9. Chris Nallen (Arizona) 12-under 204 in 2004 T9. Joshua Wooding (USC) 12-under 204 in 2004 T9. David Oh (USC) 12-under 204 in 2003 T9. Phil Mickelson (Arizona State) 12-under 204 in 1991
ASU Tournament Wins In A Season 6: 1995-96 (Ping Preview, Jerry Pate Inv., USC Inv., ASU Thunderbird, Pac-10, NCAA Championship) 1991-92 (Ping Preview, Golf World Int., UNLV Classic, Ping Int., Golf Digest Coll., ASU Thunderbird) 1990-91 (CU Acres, Golf World Int., UNLV Classic, ASU Thunderbird, Ping Coll, NCAA West Regional) 1989-90 (U.S./Japan Int., Arizona Int., Rebel Classic, ASU Thunderbird, Pac-10, NCAA Championship) 5: 1993-94 (Taylor Made Int., Oregon Inv., ASU Thunderbird, U.S. Inter., Perry Maxwell) 1978-79 (New Mexico State Int., Arizona Collegiate, Rebel Classic, Pacific Inv., Pac-10) 4: 2003-2004 (Tucker Int., UNLV Champ., National Invitational, ASU Thunderbird) 1999-2000 (USC Classic, Las Vegas Intercollegiate, ASU Thunderbird, Pac-10) 1992-93 (Ping Preview, Pacific Coast Inter., Southwestern Inter., Pac-10) 1988-89 (Fresno State Classic, Ping Int., ASU Thunderbird, Pac-10) 1980-81 (Arizona Collegiate, Wildcat Inv., Pac-10, Stanford Fall Classic) 1969-70 (ASU Thunderbird, Fresno State Classic, Arizona Collegiate, Tucson Conqu.)
FINAL RESULTS ASU Thunderbird Invitational Karsten Course Tempe, AZ Dates: 04/09 - 04/10 (Today:04-10-2004) Par: 72 Yardage: 7027
Fin. School Scores 1 Arizona State U. 270 278 273 821 -43 2 Arizona, U. of 273 285 274 832 -32 3 Southern California 277 281 277 835 -29 4 New Mexico, U. of 273 285 282 840 -24 5 Pepperdine Univ. 280 279 283 842 -22 6 ASU Maroon 275 285 288 848 -16 7 Texas Tech Univ. 278 288 285 851 -13 8 UNLV 282 286 284 852 -12 9 California, U. of 275 289 294 858 -6 10 Brigham Young Univ. 288 289 282 859 -5 Washington, U. of 278 299 282 859 -5 12 Stanford University 296 280 286 862 -2 Texas El Paso, U. of 291 276 295 862 -2 14 Oregon, U. of 287 286 292 865 +1 15 Oregon State U. 283 295 290 868 +4 16 San Diego State U. 293 285 291 869 +5
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Alejandro Canizares Arizona St 65 66 69 200 -16
2 Ryan Moore UNLV 67 68 67 202 -14
3 Chez Reavie Arizona St 66 70 67 203 -13
4 Chris Nallen Arizona 66 71 67 204 -12 Joshua Wooding USC 66 70 68 204 -12
6 Zack Miller Stanford 71 66 68 205 -11 Kendall Critchfield ASUM 63 70 72 205 -11
8 Brock Mackenzie Washington 67 69 70 206 -10 Nico Bollini USC 73 67 66 206 -10
10 Randy Creighton Pepperdine 69 70 68 207 -9 Oscar Floren Texas Tech 64 72 71 207 -9
12 Spencer Levin New Mexico 66 74 68 208 -8 Pat Moore ASUM 68 72 68 208 -8
14 Michael Putnam Pepperdine 68 67 74 209 -7 Travis Whisman UNLV 68 72 69 209 -7
16 Ben Hayes USC 67 72 71 210 -6 Oscar Alvarez BYU 70 67 73 210 -6
18 J.R. Ruda California 70 72 69 211 -5 Charlie Beljan New Mexico 69 68 74 211 -5
20 Andrew Dresser Texas Tech 74 71 67 212 -4 Chris Baryla UTEP 71 67 74 212 -4 Jay Choi New Mexico 71 70 71 212 -4 Henry Liaw Arizona 70 71 71 212 -4 Brad Simpson Oregon St. 67 72 73 212 -4 Jay Reynolds New Mexico 69 73 70 212 -4 Niklas Lemke Arizona St 71 72 69 212 -4 *Nick Juszczak Arizona 73 69 70 212 -4
28 Mike Sica Oregon 69 72 72 213 -3 Nathan Lashley Arizona 71 75 67 213 -3 Sean Deacon Oregon St. 70 71 72 213 -3 Chris Pace Texas Tech 70 70 73 213 -3 Andres Gonzales UNLV 74 70 69 213 -3
28 Josh Esler Arizona 73 71 69 213 -3
34 Jesse Mueller Arizona St 68 75 71 214 -2 Alex Coe Pepperdine 72 70 72 214 -2 Nathan Tyler Arizona 66 72 76 214 -2 *Clay Ogden BYU 71 75 68 214 -2 *Mark Lamb Arizona 70 73 71 214 -2
39 Alex Prugh Washington 66 80 69 215 -1 Justin St. Clair Oregon 73 69 73 215 -1 James Allenby UTEP 73 67 75 215 -1 Brian O'Flaherty Pepperdine 71 73 71 215 -1 Charly Simon ASUM 72 70 73 215 -1 Mike Derminio Arizona St 77 70 68 215 -1
45 Greg Machtaler BYU 75 72 69 216 E Jeff Hood California 73 72 71 216 E Andrew Scott SanDiegoSt 71 71 74 216 E
48 Mark Warman SanDiegoSt 72 75 71 218 +2 Brandon Lawson Stanford 76 71 71 218 +2 Madalitso Muthiya New Mexico 69 76 73 218 +2
51 Jake Ellison BYU 70 80 69 219 +3 Michael Wilson California 71 73 75 219 +3 Matt Ma Oregon 74 72 73 219 +3 Scott Oxandaboure USC 72 72 75 219 +3 Chris Elliott Pepperdine 75 72 72 219 +3 Clay Bingham BYU 73 73 73 219 +3 Kyle Johnson Oregon 72 73 74 219 +3 *Fredrik Andersson ASUM 70 71 78 219 +3
59 Brett Johnson ASUM 72 73 75 220 +4
60 Aaron Choi SanDiegoSt 72 78 71 221 +5 Kyle Gentry Stanford 76 71 74 221 +5 Reid Rader Washington 73 76 72 221 +5 Brad Jacobson Texas Tech 72 75 74 221 +5 Scott Hollenbach UTEP 74 72 75 221 +5
65 Aaron Goldberg SanDiegoSt 78 69 75 222 +6 Blake Mastalir Stanford 73 72 77 222 +6 Taylor Wood USC 72 78 72 222 +6
68 Brian Kelley Oregon St. 71 79 73 223 +7 Dan Potter Washington 76 76 71 223 +7 Kevin Blue Stanford 76 74 73 223 +7 *Tyler Ley USC 79 71 73 223 +7
72 Dan Floyd UTEP 73 81 71 225 +9 Todd Miller BYU 77 77 71 225 +9 Chris Cole SanDiegoSt 79 70 76 225 +9
75 William Haddrell Texas Tech 72 76 78 226 +10 Jay Ross Oregon St. 75 79 72 226 +10
77 Brandon Beck California 73 75 79 227 +11 Rufus Brijalba UTEP 76 70 81 227 +11
79 Ryan Keeney UNLV 73 76 79 228 +12 Corey Prugh Washington 72 78 78 228 +12
81 *Matthew Savage Stanford 77 73 79 229 +13 *Brian Prouty Arizona 74 77 78 229 +13
83 *Blaine Peffley Arizona 78 76 76 230 +14
84 Dustin Pewarchuk Oregon 73 83 75 231 +15
85 J.C. Deacon UNLV 77 77 79 233 +17
86 Jonathan Green Oregon St. 81 73 81 235 +19 Lenny Park ASUM 75 82 78 235 +19
WD Peter Tomasulo California 61 72 WD
Fin. School Scores
1 Arizona State U. 270 278 273 821 1 Alejandro Canizares 65 66 69 200 3 Chez Reavie 66 70 67 203 T 20 Niklas Lemke 71 72 69 212 T 34 Jesse Mueller 68 75 71 214 T 39 Mike Derminio 77 70 68 215
2 Arizona, U. of 273 285 274 832 T 4 Chris Nallen 66 71 67 204 T 20 Henry Liaw 70 71 71 212 T 28 Nathan Lashley 71 75 67 213 T 28 Josh Esler 73 71 69 213 T 34 Nathan Tyler 66 72 76 214
3 Southern California 277 281 277 835 T 4 Joshua Wooding 66 70 68 204 T 8 Nico Bollini 73 67 66 206 T 16 Ben Hayes 67 72 71 210 T 51 Scott Oxandaboure 72 72 75 219 T 65 Taylor Wood 72 78 72 222
4 New Mexico, U. of 273 285 282 840 T 12 Spencer Levin 66 74 68 208 T 18 Charlie Beljan 69 68 74 211 T 20 Jay Choi 71 70 71 212 T 20 Jay Reynolds 69 73 70 212 T 48 Madalitso Muthiya 69 76 73 218
5 Pepperdine Univ. 280 279 283 842 T 10 Randy Creighton 69 70 68 207 T 14 Michael Putnam 68 67 74 209 T 34 Alex Coe 72 70 72 214 T 39 Brian O'Flaherty 71 73 71 215 T 51 Chris Elliott 75 72 72 219
6 ASU Maroon 275 285 288 848 T 6 Kendall Critchfield 63 70 72 205 T 12 Pat Moore 68 72 68 208 T 39 Charly Simon 72 70 73 215 59 Brett Johnson 72 73 75 220 T 86 Lenny Park 75 82 78 235
7 Texas Tech Univ. 278 288 285 851 T 10 Oscar Floren 64 72 71 207 T 20 Andrew Dresser 74 71 67 212 T 28 Chris Pace 70 70 73 213 T 60 Brad Jacobson 72 75 74 221 T 75 William Haddrell 72 76 78 226
8 UNLV 282 286 284 852 2 Ryan Moore 67 68 67 202 T 14 Travis Whisman 68 72 69 209 T 28 Andres Gonzales 74 70 69 213 T 79 Ryan Keeney 73 76 79 228 85 J.C. Deacon 77 77 79 233
9 California, U. of 275 289 294 858 T 18 J.R. Ruda 70 72 69 211 T 45 Jeff Hood 73 72 71 216 T 51 Michael Wilson 71 73 75 219 T 77 Brandon Beck 73 75 79 227 WD Peter Tomasulo 61 72 WD
T 10 Brigham Young Univ. 288 289 282 859 T 16 Oscar Alvarez 70 67 73 210 T 45 Greg Machtaler 75 72 69 216 T 51 Jake Ellison 70 80 69 219 T 51 Clay Bingham 73 73 73 219 T 72 Todd Miller 77 77 71 225
T 10 Washington, U. of 278 299 282 859 T 8 Brock Mackenzie 67 69 70 206 T 39 Alex Prugh 66 80 69 215 T 60 Reid Rader 73 76 72 221 T 68 Dan Potter 76 76 71 223 T 79 Corey Prugh 72 78 78 228
T 12 Stanford University 296 280 286 862 T 6 Zack Miller 71 66 68 205 T 48 Brandon Lawson 76 71 71 218 T 60 Kyle Gentry 76 71 74 221 T 65 Blake Mastalir 73 72 77 222 T 68 Kevin Blue 76 74 73 223
T 12 Texas El Paso, U. of 291 276 295 862 T 20 Chris Baryla 71 67 74 212 T 39 James Allenby 73 67 75 215 T 60 Scott Hollenbach 74 72 75 221 T 72 Dan Floyd 73 81 71 225 T 77 Rufus Brijalba 76 70 81 227
14 Oregon, U. of 287 286 292 865 T 28 Mike Sica 69 72 72 213 T 39 Justin St. Clair 73 69 73 215 T 51 Matt Ma 74 72 73 219 T 51 Kyle Johnson 72 73 74 219 84 Dustin Pewarchuk 73 83 75 231
15 Oregon State U. 283 295 290 868 T 20 Brad Simpson 67 72 73 212 T 28 Sean Deacon 70 71 72 213 T 68 Brian Kelley 71 79 73 223 T 75 Jay Ross 75 79 72 226 T 86 Jonathan Green 81 73 81 235
16 San Diego State U. 293 285 291 869 T 45 Andrew Scott 71 71 74 216 T 48 Mark Warman 72 75 71 218 T 60 Aaron Choi 72 78 71 221 T 65 Aaron Goldberg 78 69 75 222 T 72 Chris Cole 79 70 76 225
Fin. Individuals School Scores
T 20 Nick Juszczak Arizona 73 69 70 212 T 34 Clay Ogden BYU 71 75 68 214 T 34 Mark Lamb Arizona 70 73 71 214 T 51 Fredrik Andersson ASUM 70 71 78 219 T 68 Tyler Ley USC 79 71 73 223 T 81 Matthew Savage Stanford 77 73 79 229 T 81 Brian Prouty Arizona 74 77 78 229 83 Blaine Peffley Arizona 78 76 76 230