April 6, 2004
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KARSTEN TO HOST THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL: The Arizona State men's golf team plays host on April 9-10 (Friday-Saturday) to the 32nd annual ASU Thunderbird Invitational at ASU's Karsten Golf Course (par-72, 7,037 yards). The 15 schools will play 36 holes on Friday, April 9, followed by a final round on Saturday, April 10. ASU has won four of the past five (1999-2001, 2003) Thunderbird Invitationals and has won the tournament 11 of the past 15 years. Last year, ASU shot a tournament record 40-under 824 to beat USC by eight strokes while David Schultz of TCU won medalist honors with a 15-under 201 (68-66-67).
SUN DEVIL HISTORY: ASU has won the Thunderbird Invitational 12 times (1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003). Eight times Sun Devils have won the individual title: Mark Sollenberger (1974), Jim Carter (1984), Phil Mickelson (1991 and 1992), Larry Barber (1994), Todd Demsey (1995), Jeff Quinney (1999) and Paul Casey (2000).
COMPETING SCHOOLS: The 15 competing schools are: Arizona, ASU (two teams), BYU, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Stanford, Texas Tech, UNLV, USC, UTEP and Washington. There will be a shotgun start on Friday at 7:30 a.m. while Saturday's regular tee-times from holes 1 and 10 will begin at 7 a.m.
TOURNAMENT DATE (SITE) RESULT/NOTES Tucker Intercollegiate 9/12-13 (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1st/Ben Flam T-4th NCAA Preview 9/22-23 (Hot Springs, Va.) 10th/Chez Reavie T-5th Club Glove Intercollegiate 10/6-7 (Somis, Calif.) 2nd/Canizares T-2nd Arizona/Ping Intercollegiate 2/2-3 (Tucson, Ariz.) 3rd/Canizares T-7th Taylor Made Intercollegiate 2/11-13 (Koma, Hawaii) 4th/Chez Reavie T-2nd USC/Southwestern Classic 3/1-2 (Westlake Village, Calif.) T-6th/Chez Reavie 5th UNLV Southern Highlands 3/12-14 (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1st/3 Sun Devils T-6th Hall of Fame Invitational 3/19-21 (Houston, Texas) 9th/Chez Reavie 18th National Invitational Tourn. 3/28-30 (Tucson, Ariz.) 1st/Chez Reavie T-9th ASU Thunderbird Invitational 4/9-10 (Tempe, Ariz.) ASU has won 4 of past 5 Pac-10 Championships 4/26-28 (Tucson, Ariz.) ASU 11-time champs NCAA West Regionals 5/20-22 (Sun River, Ore.) ASU 5-time champs NCAA Championships 6/1-4 (Hot Springs, Va.) ASU champs in '90 and '96
ASU MEN'S GOLF LINEUP--(Tourn.-Rds.-Avg.) Alejandro Canizares/5-10/So./Manilva, Spain--10-29-71.55 Kendall Critchfield/5-8/Jr./Mesa, Ariz.--3-9-76.00 Mike Derminio/6-3/Sr./Scottsdale, Ariz.--3-9-73.22 Ben Flam/5-10/Sr./Phoenix, Ariz.--5-14-73.29 Niklas Lemke/6-1/Fr./Linkoping, Sweden--6-18-73.28 Pat Moore/6-1/Jr./Phoenix, Ariz.--4-11-76.09 Jesse Mueller/5-8/Jr./Mesa, Ariz.--8-23-73.39 Lenny Park/5-7/So./Sochko, Korea--2-6-72.67 Chez Reavie/5-7/Sr./Mesa, Ariz.--10-29-71.17 Charly Simon/6-3/So./Marbella, Spain--3-9-74.11
ASU QUICK NOTES: ASU has finished first or second at its tournament every year beginning with 1994, a streak of 10 straight Thunderbird Invitationals...Paul Casey is the last Sun Devil to win the tournament with his 9-under 207 in 2000...ASU has won three tournaments this year (New Mexico's Tucker Intercollegiate, UNLV's Southern Highlands Championship and the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson), its most since the 2000-2001 team also won three. The 1999-2000 Sun Devils won four tournaments...senior Chez Reavie has six top-10 finishes on the year and 20 in his four-year career. Reavie finished at 10-under 206 and tied for fifth at last year's Thunderbird Invitational. He did not compete in 2002 as he was competing in the Masters via his 2001 U.S. Public Links Championship. He tied for 29th with a 2-under 214 in his freshman year (2001)...ASU has finished in the top five at the NCAAs in five of the past nine years and has won the Pac-10 title six of the past nine years. The Sun Devils also won national championships in 1990 and 1996. ASU is led by 12th-year head coach Randy Lein, the 1996 National Coach of the Year and a seven-time winner of Pac-10 Coach of the Year (five times at ASU and twice at USC)...Reavie's 71.17 stroke average is the best since Paul Casey posted a 69.87 average in 1999-2000.
ASU HEAD COACH Randy Lein: Randy Lein has coached 59 tournament victories in his 22 seasons, tutored 43 All-Americans and added the top accolade in collegiate golf in 1995-96 - the NCAA title - to his collection as the Sun Devils won the title in Chattanooga, Tenn., with a three-stroke victory over UNLV at the Honors Course. In his 12th season as ASU's coach, Lein has guided ASU to 36 tournament victories (including a school record six in 1995-96), seven Pac-10 titles, four NCAA West Regional wins (three of the past four) and eight top-10 finishes at the NCAAs including the 1996 title. In addition, Lein has tutored NCAA medalist Todd Demsey and 11 All-Americans (23 occasions): Todd Demsey (3), Chris Hanell (3), Paul Casey (3), Cade Stone, Chris Stutts, Joey Snyder (2), Scott Johnson (2), Darren Angel (2), Paul Casey (3), Jeff Quinney (3), Matt Jones and Chez Reavie (1). He has won Pac-10 Coach-of-the-Year five times (1993, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000) while at ASU and twice at USC (1980 and 1986). Lein (pronounced "Line") is a 1975 graduate of Cal State Northridge.
CAREER NOTES ON SENIOR Chez Reavie: The 2001 U.S. Public Links Champion...a top-10 finisher in 20 of 39 career events...has finished in the top 10 in 15 of his past 23 tournaments...also won the 2001 Mesa City Championship by eight strokes...tied for fourth at the 2001 NCAA Championships after shooting a 7-under 281 (71-67-74-69).
Year App Top 10 Rds. Avg. Low 2003-04 10 6 29 71.17 66 2002-03 13 9 41 72.05 65 2001-02 6 3 19 73.37 67 2000-01 10 2 31 72.58 67 Career 39 20 120 72.18 65 Low Round: 65 in final round of 2003 ASU Thunderbird Invitational on April 12.
SUN DEVILS AS PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: A list of Sun Devils who have won Pac-10 Player of the Year honors: Scott Watkins (1979 co-player of the year), Dan Forsman (1981 co-player of the year), Billy Mayfair (1987), Phil Mickelson (1990, 1991 and 1992), Todd Demsey (1994), Paul Casey (2000) and Jeff Quinney (2001 co-player of the Year).
THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS Year Champion/ASU Finish Individual Champion 1973 Long Beach St. (ASU-5th) Lance Suzuki, BYU 1974 Oklahoma St.(ASU-2nd) Mark Sollenberger, ASU 1975 BYU (ASU T-2nd) Scott Simpson, USC 1976 BYU (ASU-3rd) John Fought, BYU 1977 Oklahoma St. (ASU-2nd) Lindy Miller, OSU 1978 BYU (ASU-2nd) Curt Worley, SDSU 1979 UCLA (ASU-2nd) Corey Pavin, UCLA 1980 BYU (ASU-2nd) Bob Clampett, BYU 1981 San Jose State (ASU-3rd) Steve Jones, Colorado 1982 BYU (ASU-3rd) Storm Gleib, Weber State 1983 Oklahoma St. (1,083) (ASU-11th) Willie Wood, Oklahoma State (211) 1984 ASU Jim Carter , ASU 1985 Fresno State (1,106) (ASU-5th) Howard Johnson, San Diego State (209) 1986 BYU (1,072) (ASU-2nd) Eduardo Herrera , BYU (207) 1987 UCLA (1,100) (ASU-4th) David Sutherland, FSU (211) 1988 Oklahoma St. (853) (ASU-4th) Michael Bradley, OSU (141) 1989 ASU "B" (864/E) (ASU "A"-2nd) Aaron Bengoechea, Pacific (202/-14) 1990 ASU (846/-18) Ramon Brobio, BYU (209/-7) 1991 ASU (840/-24) Phil Mickelson, ASU (204/-12) 1992 ASU (854/-10) Phil Mickelson, ASU (209/-7) 1993 UA(850/-14) (ASU-3rd) David White, Arkansas (208/-8) 1994 ASU (859/-5) Larry Barber, ASU (205/-11) 1995 Arkansas (867/+3) (ASU-2nd) Todd Demsey, ASU (213/-3) 1996 ASU (864/E) Lonnie Damon, BYU (214/-2) 1997 ASU (854/-10) Jeff Mixon, Oklahoma (209/-7) 1998 UCLA (867/+13) (ASU-2nd) Brandon Ditullio, UCLA (211/-5) 1999 ASU (834/-30) Jeff Quinney, ASU (201/-15) 2000 ASU (846/-18) Paul Casey, ASU (207/-9) 2001 ASU (839/-25) Anders Hultman, Okla. St. (206/-10) 2002 Texas (832/-32) Bret Guetz, TCU (200/-16) 2003 ASU (824/-40) David Schultz, TCU (201/-15)
THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT BESTS (SINCE THREE-ROUND FORMAT IN 1988)
TEAM TOTAL SCORE 1. ASU 40-under 824 in 2003 T2. USC 32-under 832 in 2003 T2. Texas 32-under 832 in 2002 4. ASU 30-under 834 in 1999 5. Pepperdine 29-under 835 in 2003 6. TCU 28-under 836 in 2003 7. ASU 26-under 838 in 2002 T8. Pepperdine 25-under 839 in 2002 T8. ASU 25-under 839 in 2001 T10. OSU 24-under 840 in 2003 T10. ASU 24-under 840 in 1991
INDIVIDUAL TOTAL SCORE 1. Bret Guetz (TCU) 16-under 200 in 2002 T2. David Schultz (TCU) 15-under 201 in 2003 T2. Jeff Quinney (ASU) 15-under 201 in 1999 4. Aaron Bengoechea (Pacific) 14-under 202 in 1989 5. John Klauk (Texas) 13-under 203 in 2002 T6. David Oh (USC) 12-under 204 in 2003 T6. Phil Mickelson (ASU) 12-under 204 in 1991 T8. Chris Nallen (UA) 11-under 205 in 2003 T8. Chris Machtaler (BYU) 11-under 205 in 2003 T8. Chris Carnahan (Oregon) 11-under 205 in 2002 T8. Larry Barber (ASU) 11-under 205 in 1994