NCAA Regionals At Stanford Up Next For Sun Devil Men's Golf

2019 NCAA REGIONALS (MAY 13-15): The NCAA Men's Golf Committee has selected 81 teams and 45 individuals for regional competition including automatic qualifiers (28) and at-large teams (53) and ASU is the No. 1 seed in the Stanford regional.  Five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from each regional shall advance to the finals. This will mark just the third time in 10 seasons ASU will compete in the Pacific Time Zone for regional action. Team and individual medalist titles will be decided May 24-29 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The University of Arkansas is the host institution for the 2019 championships, as ASU will host the 2020-22 Championships at Grayhawk Golf Course.

So far it has been solid season ... 4 team Ws ... 6 individual titles ... defended Thunderbird Collegiate crown ... it just got better with this guy being named the nation's top assistant. @ASU @asunews
THUMBS UP EMOJI FOR @Akirakossian
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— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) May 7, 2019

EXPECTED LINEUP/MAY 13 TEE TIME
Chun An Yu, Jr., Taiwan  (First Team All-Pac-12/3.01 GPA), 9:14 a.m.
Alex del Rey, Jr., Spain  (Second Team All-Pac-12/3.09 GPA), 9:03 a.m.
Mason Andersen, So., Arizona  (First Team All-Pac-12/3.20 GPA), 8:52 a.m.
Blake Wagoner, Jr., North Carolina  (Second Team All-Pac-12/3.64 GPA), 8:41 a.m.
Cameron Sisk, Fr., California (Pac-12 Freshman of the Year/3.46 GPA), 8:30 a.m.

2019 NCAA MEN'S GOLF REGIONAL SITES
TPC Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Coastal Carolina University, host)
University of Georgia Golf Course, Athens, Ga. (University of Georgia, host)
University of Louisville Golf Club, Louisville, Ky. (University of Louisville, host)
University of Texas Golf Club, Austin, Texas (University of Texas at Austin, host)
Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, Calif. (Stanford University, host) 
Palouse Ridge Golf Club, Pullman, Wash. (Washington State University, host)

Stanford Golf Course – Stanford, California (par-70/6,727 yards)
Teams (seeded in the following order):

1. Arizona State
2. Stanford [Pac-12 Conference champion]
3. LSU
4. NC State
5. North Carolina
6. South Florida
7. Kansas
8. Virginia
9. Ole Miss
10. Georgia Southern
11. UNC Greensboro [Southern Conference champion]
12. Augusta University [Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion]
13. Denver [The Summit League champion]

ASU IN THE REGIONALS: With the team victory and Jon Rahm's title at the 2016 Albuquerque Regional, ASU has won or tied for a NCAA regional title seven times. ASU tied with Arizona in 1991 and tied with New Mexico in 1998. It won the title outright in 1995, 1999, 2001 2009 and 2016. In addition to Rahm's two titles (2015 as well), Sun Devil Paul Casey won a 1998 individual regional title outright followed by Jeff Quinney (1999), Benjamin Alvarado Holley (2007) and then Jesper Kennegard in 2009. Matt Jones shared medalist honors in 2001

SUN DEVILS AS NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
Jon Rahm, 2016 and 2015
Jesper Kennegard, 2009
Ben Alvarado, 2007
Matt Jones, 2001 (shared)
Jeff Quinney, 1999
Paul Casey, 1998

.@TheSunDevils and Grayhawk to host the 2020, 2021 & 2022 NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Golf Championships. #GoDevils pic.twitter.com/Nr2daaSImE

— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) June 13, 2017

@ASUMENSGOLF REGIONAL FINISHES
2019: TBD/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas
2016: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015: 2nd/San Diego, California
2014: 6th/Columbia, Mo.
2013: 5th/Tempe, Arizona
2012: DNC
2011: T-4th/Erie, Colorado
2010: T-4th/Atlanta, Georgia
2009: 1st/Daly City, California
2008: 8th/Bremerton, Washington
2007: T-3rd/Tempe, Arizona
2006: T-3rd/Tucson, Arizona
2005: T-4th/Stanford, California
2004: 4th/Sunriver, Oregon
2003: T-5th/Seattle, Washington
2002: 20th/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001: 1st/Corvallis, Oregon
2000: T-6th/Fresno, California
1999: 1st/Tucson, Arizona
1998: T-1st/Tempe, Arizona
1997: 2nd/Santee, California
1996: 2nd/Stanford, California
1995: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1993: 2nd/Provo, Utah
1992: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1991: T-1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990: 3rd/Las Cruces, New Mexico
1989: 2nd/El Paso, Texas

UPDATED LIST: Its 2018 finals appearance marked @ASUMensGolf 54th NCAA Championship appearance, which is fourth-best. ASU has made the NCAA Championship (finals) in the 14 of the past 17 seasons and 32 of past 35.

MOST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
OKLAHOMA STATE, 71
TEXAS, 64
USC, 58
ARIZONA STATE, 54

LAST YEAR AT REGIONALS: The @SunDevilMGolf team knew it had a tough task ahead of it when it was seeded No. 4 in the 2018 #NCAAGolf Raleigh Regional, more than 2,100 miles away. In the field was ACC champion and fourth-ranked Georgia Tech, No. 9 California, No. 16 Texas and then some local flavor that always makes a regional trip stressful. Host North Carolina State (No. 36), and same region neighbors No. 28 Duke, MEAC champion Augusta and Big South champion Liberty all fired hot final rounds and had the Sun Devils on the ropes, but sophomore Chun An Yu wasn't ready to call it a season. The Sun Devils, needing a birdie on the final hole to realistically have any chance at a playoff, not only got a birdie but Georgia Tech posted a bogey and as a result the two-time NCAA Champion Sun Devils (1990 and 1996) were off to Stillwater for the NCAA Championships as the youngest team in the field.

2018 NCAA REGIONALS
LONNIE POOLE GOLF COURSE (PAR 71/7,273 YARDS)
RALEIGH, N.C./MAY 14-16, 2018
TOP TEAM SCORES (GOLFSTAT RANKINGS)
1. No. 16 Texas 271-273-269=813/-39
2. No. 28 Duke 281-272-277=830/-22
3. No. 36 North Carolina State 275-277-279=831/-21
4. Augusta 278-284-270=832/20
5. No. 21 Arizona State 276-283-275=834/-18
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6. No. 4 Georgia Tech 274-279-282=835/-17

TOP INDIVIDUALS/SUN DEVIL SCORES
1. Doug Ghim, Texas 64-66-66=196/-17
T5. Chun An Yu 65-70-69=204/-9
T13. Koichiro Ishika 71-67-70=208/-5
T26. Alex del Rey 71-75-65=211/-2
T47. Mason Andersen 69-73-73=215/+2
T47. Blake Wagoner 71-73-71=215/+2

TOP 25 TEAMS STAYED HOME: Making the NCAA Championship is not easy as seven of Golfstat's top-25 teams missed the cut last year, including No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 6 LSU, No. 9 California, No. 19 USC, No. 20 South Florida, No. 22 Florida State and No. 25 Wake Forest.

MOST NCAA REGIONAL TITLES (UPDATED THROUGH MAY OF 2018)
13 REGIONAL TITLES
Oklahoma State (1989, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

SEVEN REGIONAL TITLES
Arizona State (1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2016)
Clemson (1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Texas (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2018)

CRAZY STAT: Six Sun Devils have earned or shared medalist honors this season. Jino Sohn and James Leow tied for first at the 37-player 2019 Arizona Intercollegiate individual tournament (Jan. 28-29). Alex del Rey won the 84-player National Invitational March 18-19 and freshman Cameron Sisk earned the Sonoran Showdown 20-player event, with both events taking place in Tucson. Sophomore Mason Andersen won a playoff to claim the 91-player field at San Diego's Lamkin Grips Classic on March 11-12, and then Chun An Yu put his name in the 2019 winner's column April 12-13 at ASU's Thunderbird Collegiate.

QUIETLY HAVING A GOOD SEASON: Lost in the chatter about six individual winners and three straight team titles is the solid season freshman Cameron Sisk is having, as his stroke average is currently the best by any Sun Devil freshman, with some pretty good golfers on the list dating to 1985. He earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.

SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN SCORING AVERAGES (1985-2019)
Cameron Sisk, 11, 2018-19, 71.15
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

SUN DEVIL TEAM WINS UNDER MATT THURMOND (9)
ASU Thunderbird Collegiate/April 12-13, 2019
National Invitational Tournament/Mar. 18-19, 2019
Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic/Mar. 11-12, 2019
John Burns Intercollegiate/Feb. 21-23, 2019
ASU Thunderbird Invitational/April 14-15, 2018
Bandon Dunes Intercollegiate/March 11-13, 2018
Maui Jim Intercollegiate/September 22-24, 2017
ASU Thunderbird Invitational/March 18-19, 2017
Alister MacKenzie Invitational/Oct. 10-11, 2016

SUN DEVIL INDIVIDUAL WINS UNDER MATT THURMOND (9)
Chun An Yu (Jr.) ASU Thunderbird Collegiate (April 12-13, 2019)
Alex del Rey (Jr.) National Invitational Tournament (Mar. 18-19, 2019)
Mason Andersen (So.) Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic (Mar. 11-12, 2019)
Chun An Yu (So.) Bandon Dunes Invitational (Mar. 11-13, 2018)
Alex del Rey (So.) Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 22-24, 2017)
Chun An Yu (Fr.) National Invitational Tournament (Feb. 27-28, 2017)
Jared du Toit (Sr.) Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 20-22, 2017)
Jared du Toit (Sr./co-medalist) Amer Ari Invitional (Feb. 2-4, 2017)
Ki Taek Lee (Sr./co-medalist) Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 10-11, 2016)