If asked to provide a list of list of schools that have won the NCAA title in men's and women's golf in the same year, you don't have to look very far.
That's easy…Arizona State in 1990. That's it. Only time in history. Former head coaches Steve Loy and Linda Vollstedt remain part of #NCAAGolf history.
The Sun Devil men were led by Phil Mickelson's individual title, while Per Ulrik Johansson, Todd Kernaghan, Jim Lemon, Scott Frisch, Cade Stone and Keith Sbarbaro also posted top-10 finishes. Head Coach Steve Loy's team also won the Pac-10 title, as well as the ASU Thunderbird Invitational in Tempe, the Ping/Arizona Intercollegiate in Tucson, the Rebel Classic in Las Vegas and the U.S./Japan Intercollegiate in Tokyo.
For the Sun Devil women, the 1990 NCAA Championship kicked off a decade of dominance. Head Coach Linda Vollstedt led ASU to six national championships in the decade, including a three-peat from 1993 through 1995. The 90's also saw ASU post a staggering 37 tournament wins.
The 1990 squad never finished below third in any tournament, winning six of the 11 tournaments they competed in. At the Arthur Hills Golf Course in Hilton Head, South Carolina, ASU had what could be called the definition of a team victory. In each of the three rounds, a different Sun Devil stepped forward to help keep the Devils atop the team leaderboard.
Freshman sensation Brandie Burton carded one of the tournament's few sub-par rounds with a 1-under 71 on the second day to move into the individual lead. While she moved down the leaderboard in the final round, the steady play of seniors Amy Fruhwirth and current Sun Devil women;s coach Missy Farr allowed the Devils to maintain their lead, eventually winning the title by 16 strokes over second-place UCLA.
Only Arizona State can say "been there, done that" in the all the years of the NCAA crowning both women's and men's team champions.