By Cal Aboud, SDA Media Relations
WINDERMERE, FLA. -- The Arizona State men’s golf team will close the 2015 fall season Oct. 18-20 at the 12th annual Tavistock Invitational, hosted at the par-72, 7544-yard Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Windermere, Florida.
The Tavistock a three-day, 54-hole event features a field of 15 of the nation’s top-teams. The Sun Devils are slated to tee it up tomorrow at 5 am MST.
Live leaderboards/statistics will be provided via Golfstat.com and TavistcokCollegiate.com. Follow the team on Twitter at @asumensgolf for live updates from the event.
The Sun Devils have found success early in the season notching second-place finishes at the Jackrabbit and Alister MacKenzie respectively, with a third-place finish to open the season at Olympia Fields.
Senior Jon Rahm continues to excel on the links, recording three top-10 finishes in three events, including a second-place finish this past week at the Alister MacKenzie. Rahm’s round of 8-under, 63 in day-two of the tournament tied for the lowest round in collegiate golf for the week of Oct. 9-15, and marks his third lowest as a Sun Devil. Rahm currently ranks ninth nationally in scoring, maintaining an average of 69.1 over three tournaments.
Sun Devil swinger Jared du Toit has played an important role in the Sun Devil’s success thus far. A transfer of the University of Vanderbilt, du Toit followed a 14th place finish at the Jackrabbit, with an impressive 10-under, 203 (67-68-68) at this past week’s Alister MacKenzie, earning the junior an eighth-place finish.
Senior Alberto Sanchez has posted two top-10 finishes on the season, including a team-best third-place finish at Olympia Fields. Fellow Sun Devil Max Rottluff played well at Alister MacKenzie notching a 14th place finish.
ALBERTO SANCHEZ 2015-16 ROUND-BY-ROUND
OLYMPIA FIELDS 68-70-69=207/-3/3rd
JACKRABBIT 76-69-68=213/-3/T-8th
ALISTER MACKENZIE 75-70-71=216/+3/T-55th
JON RAHN 2015-16 ROUND-BY-ROUND
OLYMPIA FIELDS 69-74-68=211/+1/T-9th
JACKRABBIT 75-69-70=214/-2/10th
ALISTER MACKENZIE 68-63-66=197/-16/T-2nd
JARED DU'TOIT 2015-16 ROUND-BY-ROUND
OLYMPIA FIELDS 73-73-72=218/+8/T-27th
JACKRABBIT 76-69-73=218/+2/T-14th
ALISTER MACKENZIE 67-68-68=203/-10/T-8th
TOBIAS EDEN 2015-16 ROUND-BY-ROUND
OLYMPIA FIELDS 75-73-73=221/+11/T-38th
JACKRABBIT 77-77-73=227/+7/T-29th
MAX ROTTLUFF 2015-16 ROUND-BY-ROUND
OLYMPIA FIELDS 75-72-76=223/+13/T-50th
ALISTER MACKENZIE 68-68-69=205/-8/T-14th
NICOLO GALLETTI 2015-16 ROUND-BY-ROUND
JACKRABBIT 79-75-70=224/+8/T-34th
ALISTER MACKENZIE 74-70-70=214/+1/T-44th
UP NEXT
The Sun Devils will open the 2016 spring season Feb. 4-6, at the Waikoloa Invitational, in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
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