The Sun Devil men's golf team travels to the 71st Annual Transamerica/(WFG) Western Intercollegiate at the Alister MacKenzie designed, Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz California April 8-9.
ASU's lineup will feature Jared du Toit, Chun An Yu, Blake Wagoner, Tobias Eden, Jino Sohn and Alejandro Del Rey Gonzalez.
Since its inception in 1947, the Sun Devils have captured the tournament's team title four times (1977, 1974, 1972 and 1969). Scott Watkins in 1979 was the last Sun Devil to win the event, with Lee Mikles (1977), Howard Twitty (1972) and Stan Hobert (1957) also earning the individual title.
The Western Intercollegiate is a par 70, 6,615-yard course. The players will compete in a 54-hole tournament that will feature 36-holes on Saturday and 18 on Sunday. Players will tee off at 8:15 a.m. Saturday on a shotgun start.
ASU is part of the 15-team field that includes Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Oregon, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San José State, USC, Stanford, Texas, UC Irvine, UCLA, UTEP and Washington. There will be 96 players competing for the coveted Blue Jacket, awarded to The Western Intercollegiate champion.
The Western Intercollegiate has a notable history of tournament champions which include Johnny Miller, Peter Jacobsen, Mark O'Meara, Duffy Waldorf, Bobby Clampett and Patrick Rodgers.
LAST TIME OUT: Heading into this weekend, the ASU men's golf team posted its second win of head coach Matt Thurmond's first season with a convincing 41-under 811 (266-265-280) victory at the 45th annual Thunderbird Invitational at ASU's Karsten Golf Course. ASU won by 20 strokes over UNLV, while the Sun Devil "B" team also played well, finishing third with an 18-under 834 (280-276-278).
JARED NOTES: On March 22, Sun Devil Senior captain Jared du Toit was named a finalist for the prestigious Byron Nelson Award, in an announcement made by the Golf Coaches Association of America. With six top-10 finishes and two individual titles to his credit, du Toit has excelled on the links over the course of the 2016-17 campaign. Currently ranked as the No. 10 World Amateur in the WAGR™, du Toit has represented Canada's top rated amateur for the duration of the season. Most recently, du Toit notched his second-consecutive top-5 finish, as the Canuck carded a two-day, 54-hole cumulative nine-under, 204 to help pace the Sun Devils to a record shattering 41-under, first-place finish at the Arizona State-hosted Thunderbird Invitational.
JARED DU TOIT CAREER TOP-10 FINISHES (12)
2017 Thunderbird Invitational 64-70-70=204/-9
2017 Southern Highlands Collegiate 71-71-69=211/-5/T-3
2017 Prestige at PGA West 67-67-70=204/-9/1
2017 Amer Ari Invitational 64-70-66=200/-16/T-1
2016 Princeville Invitational 69-69-71=209/-7/T6
2016 Tavistock Invitational 72-70-69=211/-5/T7
2016 Alister MacKenzie Invitational 68-65-67=200/-13/T4
2016 NCAA Albuquerque Regional 72-73-75=220/+4/T5
2016 Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic 71-72-72=215/8
2016 Prestige at PGA West 68-68-73=209/7
2016 Amer Ari Invitational 71-67-72=210/T-10
2015 Alister MacKenzie Invitational 67-68-68=203/-10/T-8
JARED DU TOIT ROUND-BY-ROUND 2016-17 (SENIOR SEASON)
Olympia Fields Invitational 81-72-72=225/+15/T-48
Alister MacKenzie Invitational 68-65-67=200/-13/T-4
Tavistock Invitational 72-70-69=211/-5/T-7
Princeville Invitational 69-69-71=209/-7/T-6
Western Refining Collegiate All-American 72-68-74=214/+1/14
Amer Ari Invitational 64-70-66=200/-16/T-1
Prestige at PGA West 67-67-70=204/-9/1
National Invitational 70-67-74=211/-5/T-11
Southern Highlands Collegiate 71-71-69=211/-5/T-3
Thunderbird Invitational 64-70-70=204/-9