No. 4/5 Sun Devil Men's Golf has stayed in Florida for the Calusa Cup, held Sunday, April 2 – Tuesday, April 4 at the Calusa Pines Golf Club in Naples, FL.
THE COURSE
THE COURSE
- The Calusa Pines Course is a par-72 7, 7,320 yard course.
- The Sun Devils will send Ryggs Johnston, Preston Summerhays, Josele Ballester, Luke Potter and Michael Mjaaseth to the Calusa Cup.
- It is the fifth straight event that the Maroon and Gold have used the same lineup.
- The Arizona State men's golf team was tied for sixth at the 2023 Valspar Invitational. It came as a setback after finishing third in three straight events and saw ASU's national ranking drop on both Golfweek and Golfstat. The Sun Devils shot (278-281-284=843/-9).
- Preston Summerhays (67-71-66=204/-9) continued his streak of excellent play carding a 5-under 66 in the third round. It marked his third straight top five individual finish.
- The Maroon and Gold are at the Calusa Cup for the first time in program history.
- Iowa, out of the Big 10, host the event.
- ASU is joined by Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Ohio State, Georgia, Wake Forest, Purdue and the host Hawkeyes. This is the smallest field ASU has seen this season.
- Preston Summerhays has been on a tear in recent weeks.
- He has three-straight top five finishes and two at T4. Both of his fourth place results are season-bests. It has catapulted him into eighth in the nation according to Golfweek and fifth on Golfstat. He is ranked fifth in the nation as an individual on Golfstat and eighth on Golfweek.
- Per Golfweek, Arizona State is 41-15-2 against Top 25 teams. It's the most in the nation with No. 1 Vanderbilt (37) and No. 3 Texas Tech (31) being the only teams within 10.
- Additionally, ASU is 70-17-2 against Top 50 foes and the same two schools are the only ones within 10 victories.
- "It's great to be able to immediately tee it up again after a disappointing event. It's another tough field and course. We hope to have a great week and get April started off right."