April 1, 2004
TEMPE, Ariz. -
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The 2004 PING/ASU Invitational will run Friday-Sunday, April 2-4 at the par 72, 6,230-yard Karsten Golf Course. The PING/ASU Invitational has been held each year since 1965-66, while ASU has won the tournament in 22 of the 38 years it has been held, most recently in 1999.
Live scoring for the PING/ASU Invitational will be available for each round at www.golfstat.com, while complete results will also be available after each round on ASU's official web site at www.thesundevils.com.
Admission is free to the public for each round.
THE FORMAT: 18 holes will be played each day with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. Mountain Standard Time from tees No. 1 and No. 10 on Friday and Saturday and at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. Second- and third-round pairings are based on team total and individual total within the team. Team ties will be broken by the highest score, while players tied within a team will utilize the previous day's position. The top four scores from each five-person team will count toward the team score.
THE FIELD: This year's PING/ASU Invitational will feature 17 teams including Arizona State, Arizona, California, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Jose State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Texas, TCU, Tulsa and Washington.
Thirteen of the 17 teams are ranked in the nation's top 35 in the March 28 Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index including No. 2 UCLA, No. 5 California, No. 6 New Mexico, No. 9 USC, No. 10 Arizona, No. 12 Washington, No. 16 Tulsa, No. 17 Texas, No. 24 Stanford, No. 28 Pepperdine, No. 31 Oregon, No. 33 TCU and No. 34 Arizona State.