Sun Devil Men's Golf: History and Tradition By The Numbers

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1: There is one Pac-12 Men's Golf Coach of the Century, and that is Sun Devil Randy Lein, who won eight Pac-10 titles including a league record six straight from 1996-2000.

2: The Sun Devils have won two NCAA titles, in 1990 under Steve Loy and in 1996 under Randy Lein.

2: Two Sun Devils have won the World Amateur title (Eisenhower trophy), as Jon Rahm took home the title in 2014 and Alex del Rey in 2018.

5: Five Sun Devil head coaches have earned Pac-12 or national coach of the year honors. Earing Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors first was George Boutell (1979) followed by Steve Loy (1989 and 1990). Randy Lein won the honor in 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000 and also earned National Coach of the Year honors in 1996 when ASU won the NCAA title. Tim Mickelson (2015) and Matt Thurmond (2019) have earned Pac-12 Coach of Year.

6: ASU has had four NCAA medalists on six occasions: Jim Carter (1983), Phil Mickelson (1989, 1990, 1992), Todd Demsey (1993) and Alejandro Canizares (2003).

6: Six Sun Devils have won national player of the year. Billy Mayfair (1987) won the Haskins Award to start it off. Phil Mickelson won the Haskins and Nicklaus awards in 1990, 1991 and 1992. John Rahm won the Ben Hogan award in 2015 and then took home Nicklasu and Hogan Awards in 2016.

7: Seven Sun Devils have earned PING First-Team All-America honors twice. Two-time Ben Hogan Award winner Jon Rahm, Alejandro Canizares (2003 and 2006), Todd Demsey (1993-1994), Phil Mickelson (four times from 1989-93), Billy Mayfair (1987-88), Jim Carter (1983-84) and Howard Twitty (1970 and 1972).

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7: With the team victory in 2 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 now 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
 

8: Eight times Sun Devils have won major amateur events. Jon Jackson (1969), Billy Mayfair (1986) and Chez Reavie (2001) won the United State Public Links title. Alex del Rey (2018) and Jon Rahm (2016) both won the Eisenhower Trophy at the World Amateur Championships, while United States Amateur titles were won by Mayfair (1987), Phil Mickelson (1990), and Jeff Quinney (2000).

9: Nine majors have been won by Sun Devils. Phil Mickeson won the Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010, the PGA in 2005, 2013 and 2021 and the British Open in 2013. Jon Rahm won the 2021 U.S. Open and the 2023 Masters.

12: Arizona State has won 12 Pac-10 titles in its 42 seasons, including a conference record six straight from 1995-2000. In addition to the six straight Pac-10 titles, ASU's other six Pac-10 titles were in 1979 (its first year in the league), 1981, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 2008. ASU tied for the league title in 2005 with Washington but lost on a tiebreaker formula, and the league decided to go to a playoff format after that season.
 

11: ASU has had 11 conference medalists as Duff Lawrence won Border titles in 1957 and 1959, as did Dirk Prather (1958), Rex Wilson (1960) and Wayne Breck (1961). WAC titles were won by Ted Lyford (1964), David Hanten (1967), Bob Gilder (1973) and Tom Gray (1978). Pac-10 titles were won by Scott Watkins and Dan Croonquiest (1979 co-medalists), Jim Bertoncino (1980), Dan Forsman and Tony Grimes (1981 co-medalists), Phil Mickelson (1990), Scott Johnson (1997) and then Paul Casey won three straight from 1998-2000. Jon Rahm won ASU's only individual Pac-12 title in 2016.

12: A dozen times a Sun Devil has earned Pac-12 Player of the Year. Scott Watkins did it in 1979, followed by Dan Forsman (1981) and then Billy Mayfair (1987). Phil Mickelson won three straight (1990-92), followed by Chris Hanell in 1997. Paul Casey (2000) and Jeff Quinney (2001) went back-to-back, and then Alejandro Canizares went back-to-back in 2005 and 2006. Niklas Lemke earned the honor in 2007.

13: ASU finished 13th at the 2018 NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla., the best team by any team in the west and was the only team competing with three sophomores and two freshman.

14: Fourteen Sun Devil men's golfers have earned ASU Hall of Fame or Hall of Distinction honors. Howard Twitty, Bob Gilder, George Boutell, Mike Morley, Tom Purtzer, Dan Forsman, Jim Carter, Billy Mayfair, Phil Mickelson, Todd Demsey, Paul Casey, Jeff Quinney, Chris Hanell, Chez Reavie and Alejandro Canizares all earned Hall of Fame honors, while Bill Mann, Steve Loy and Randy Lein are in the Hall of Distinction.

16: That is the number of wins by Phil Mickelson in his collegiate career, ASU's most by a Sun Devil. Jon Rahm won 11 times, followed by Billy Mayfair with eight.
20: The Sun Devils have won 20 conference championships. In addition to the 12 Pac-12 titles, it won WAC titles in 1969, 1971 and 1978 and Border titles from 1957-59 and 1961. It also won a conference title in 1935, but the name remains a mystery.

55: The Sun Devils finished tied for fifth (lost in semifinals of match play) at the 2021 NCAA Championships. It marked the 56th NCAA Championship appearance for the program, which is fourth-best. ASU has now made the NCAA Finals in the 16 of the past 19 seasons and 34 of past 37.
 
1990: That is the year that both men's and women's teams from ASU won the NCAA title, the only time in history the same teams have won the crown in same year.

$77,184,123: On the PGA Tour from 2012-18, Sun Devil alums earned more than $77 million, second in that time only to Georgia.