By Cal Aboud, SDA Media Relations Student Assistant
Waikoloa, Hawaii – Three Sun Devil swingers notched top-10 finishes as the No. 15 Arizona State men’s golf team closed the Amer Ari Invitational hosted at the par-72, 7,074-yard Waikoloa Kings’ Course, tied for third with conference counterpart No. 32 Oregon, Saturday afternoon.
The Sun Devils finished a cumulative 22-under, 842 (290-271-281), seven strokes off the winning No. 7 USC Trojans. By virtue of their third-place finish, Tim Mickelson’s squad garnered quality head-to-head victories over premier programs including No. 1 Auburn, No. 5 Stanford, No. 16 Oklahoma State, and No. 29 Georgia Tech (Golfweek).
Jon Rahm who recorded four top-10 finishes in four tournament appearances during the fall season, continued were he left off, here at the inception of the spring campaign, carding a 54-hole seven-under par, 209, en route to placing tied for eighth. The senior now has 27 career top-10 finishes as a Sun Devil.
Competing in the event as an individual, Sophomore Tobias Eden had an outstanding outing finishing seven-under par to tie with his Arizona State teammate Rahm. Eden’s eighth-place finish marks his second-best outing as a Sun Devil (Best Finish: 4th/Cowboy Southern Dunes).
Jared du Toit continues to thrive in maroon and gold. The once transfer has asserted himself as an integral member of the Sun Devil squad. Closing the tournament at six-under, tied for tenth, the British Columbia native now has two top-10 finishes under his belt at Arizona State.
Senior Alberto Sanchez recorded a final day five-under par, 67, culminating in a 4-under, 20th-place finish for the Arizona Native.
Max Rottluff and Ki Taek Lee rounded out the starting five for the Sun Devils, Rottluff closing at two-under par (T30) and the latter Lee at even-par (T42).
UP NEXT…The Sun Devils have the coming week off, before heading to La Quinta, California for the 2016 Prestige (Feb. 15-17) at PGA West.
| Position | Player |
Round 1 |
Round 2 | Round 3 |
| T8/-7 | Jon Rahm |
71 |
68 | 70 |
| T8/-7 | Tobias Eden* | 70 | 71 | 68 |
| T10/-6 | Jared du Toit | 71 | 67 | 72 |
| T20/-4 | Alberto Sanchez | 76 | 69 | 67 |
| T30/-2 | Max Rottluff | 75 | 67 | 72 |
| T42/E | Ki Taek Lee | 73 | 70 | 73 |
| T110/+18 | Nicolo Galletti* | 75 | 78 | 81 |