We see a tweet from 2015 below, it hasn't changed, so we wish our three players good luck this week as each try to become fourth Sun Devil to win the U.S. Amateur. @MickelsonHat @BMayfairGolf @jquinney22 need company in the trophy case! https://t.co/WGh438JUa8
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) August 12, 2018
Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course, both in Pebble Beach, CA, are the sites for the 2018 U.S. Amateur that begins Monday (Aug. 13) and Tuesday (Aug. 14) with 18 rounds of stroke play.
FS1 has the broadcast coverage April 15-17. Arizona State has junior Chun An Yu, sophomore Mason Andersen, freshman Cameron Sisk and transfer Won Jon Lee competing.
Chun An Yu, 20, earned the trip as a 2017 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist, a 2018 U.S. Open qualifier and Top 50 ranking in World Amateur Golf Ranking. He will tee at 2:09 p.m. PT off No. 10 at Spyglass Hill with Mark Lawrence Jr. and Brad Dalke. He has posted six top-10 finishes in his two seasons and earned medalist honors at the 2018 Bandon Dunes Championship and the 2017 National Invitational Tournament in Tucson. He competed in this year's U.S. Open and advanced to the quarterfinals in last year's U.S. Amateur, falling to Theo Humphrey, 1 up. He is playing in his fourth USGA championship, tied for fifth in the NCAA Raleigh Regional and tied for 21st in the NCAA Championship. In 2016-17 he posted the second-best stroke average (71.61) by a freshman in Sun Devil history behind Jon Rahm.
Ready for tomorrow! Let's go??
— Chun An Yu (@kevingolfyu) August 13, 2018
#USamateur2018#pebblebeach pic.twitter.com/f1gHPbB8Xo
Andersen earned Pac-12 All Freshman Team honors this year with a 71.95 stroke average in 13 events, the fourth-best by a freshman in school history. He tied for sixth at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, fifth at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational and tied for seventh at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate.
SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN SCORING AVERAGES (1985-2018)
Jon Rahm, 15, 2012-13, 71.37
Chun An Yu, 9, 2016-17, 71.61
Alejandro Canizares, 8, 2002-03, 71.65
Mason Andersen, 13, 2017-18, 71.95
Todd Demsey, 15, 1991-92, 72.10
Alex del Rey, 12, 2016-17, 72.14
Phil Mickelson, 14, 1988-89, 72.14
Jesper Kennegard, 12, 2007-08, 72.16
Chan Kim, 8, 2008-09, 72.20
Paul Casey, 12, 1997-98, 72.30
San Diego and El Cajon native and freshman to be Cameron Sisk advanced to semifinals of the U.S. Junior Amateur this summer after advancing to the Round fo 64 in last year's U.S. Junior Amateur. He shot a final-round 64, his lowest competitive round, to finish third in the 2018 Heather Farr Classic and was a 2017 AJGA Rolex All-American and chosen to the All-Southern California Junior Team. He has been a member of the AJGA Wyndham Cup West Team. He signed with ASU in November of 2017. He will tee at 2:09 p.m. PT at Spyglass Hill off No. 1.
Lee, who will join the program when the U.S. Amateur is completed, was named a Rolex/AJGA All-American in 2015 and 2016 and competed at last year's U.S. Amateur and in 2016. He competed at the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur at Flint Hills National Golf Club in Andover, Kansas where he advanced to the round of 32. In 2015, Lee advanced to the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship while making the semifinal round in 2016. Recently he finished 10th at the Terra Cotta Invitational in April and he advanced to the U.S. Amateur with an 11-under 133 at Hobe Sound. He will tee at 1:55 p.m. off No. 1 at Pebble Beach.
Want to be impressed by our freshman Cameron Sisk as he competes in the US Junior Amateur? Would a 59 impress you? https://t.co/yf6FegCdMV
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) July 19, 2018
@SunDevilMGolf Signs Pair As Future Is Bright For NCAA Championship Hosting Program - https://t.co/mdhUZqYhcZ
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) November 10, 2017