Not only did ASU win the team and individual titles at the 2019 Maui Jim Invitational Sept. 13-15, but it also had the best team round in ASU Golfstat era history (1993-94 to present) with a score of 262 in the first round as it defeated 14 schools. Sophomore Cameron Sisk earned the individual title at the Maui Jim and three of the top five players at the Mea Lanakila Individual were also Sun Devils. After capturing the team title in the first tournament of their season at the Maui Jim Invitational, the ASU Men's Golf team now head to Dallas for the Trinity Forest Invitational Sept. 22-24.VIDEO: @MattThurmond gets Camerson Sisk to talk a little trash (not really, but it is a funny video previewing our next tournament and recapping the Maui Jim) https://t.co/Z7R2i6V4F3
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) September 22, 2019
THREE SUN DEVILS IN ASIA: Three Sun Devils who were in ASU's lineup that won the Sept. 13-15 Maui Jim Intercollegiate won't be in Dallas for the Trinity Forest Invitational (Sept. 22-24). Chun An Yu, Won Jun Lee and James Leow all will be competing in the Asia-Pacific Amateur at the Sheshan International Golf Club held in Shanghai, China. A field of 120 players from 41 Asia Pacific nations is expected to compete, which returns to China for the third time. The country hosted the inaugural Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in 2009 at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, followed by the 2013 edition at Nanshan International Golf Club in Longkou City, Shandong. The champion in Shanghai will earn an invitation to the 2020 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club and a place in The 149th Open at Royal St. George's. The runner(s)-up will secure a position in The Open Qualifying Series.
#ForksUp to @rjgolfer2000 who tied for 3rd at 35-player Mea Lanakila Individual this past weekend.
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) September 17, 2019
Also: Montana's own is a member of @barretthonors (read about that place more right here: https://t.co/dNKCTEQ2Yi ) pic.twitter.com/T7VBxzx8Cy
THE LINEUP: ASU's lineup in Texas will have sophomore Cameron Sisk, senior Alex del Rey, freshman Ryggs Johnston, senior Blake Wagoner and junior Mason Andersen.
Then (as freshman photo in fall of 2016) and now (senior photo a couple of weeks ago) for @blakewagoner7 pic.twitter.com/DsjLUsUoyA
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) September 19, 2019
ABOUT THE 2019 TRINITY FOREST INVITATIONAL: Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas (par 71/7,486 yards) plays host to its third annual invitational. Baylor (-28/824) and Thomas Rosenmueller (-13/200) of North Texas in 2018 and Florida (-17/835) and Justin Suh (-10/203) of USC in 2017 won the first two events. Tee times begin at 8 a.m. CT Sept. 22-24.
Today's version of freshman and senior headshots is @a_delrey99 pic.twitter.com/vuwczCE4sA
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) September 18, 2019
PARTICIPATING TEAMS: ASU will be joined by Ball State, College of Charleston, Denver, Houston, Little Rock, Mississippi State, Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU, UC-Davis, UTSA, Virginia, Kansas State, Marquette and North Texas.
ABOUT TRINITY FOREST: Trinity Forest Golf Club resembles many of the great old courses of the Northeast and Great Britain, featuring a links style course on a rolling meadow with tall native grasses and dramatic bunkering and green complexes. The team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw – Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. – designed both the championship golf course, the short course and the nine-hole "Horse Course". Trinity Forest is the home of the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson Championship, as well as annually host NCAA invitational tournament and additional high-profile professional and amateur events. The Club is also the home course for SMU's golf team.