Sun Devil men's golf head coach Matt Thurmond has announced some staff updates, and one of them is a name very familiar to Sun Devil, the PGA and Phoenix-area golf.
Howard Twitty, a three-time All-American (1970-72), will join the staff as a volunteer assistant in the 2018-19 season with more than 35 years of PGA Tour experience and teaching behind him.
"Howard is both a Sun Devil and Phoenix golf legend," notes Coach Thurmond. "Along with a lifetime of successful golf experience he has a huge heart and passion for serving and teaching golf's next generation. He has so much to offer our guys and I know we will all benefit from his coaching and competitiveness."
"I can't wait to be a part of the Sun Devil golf program," says Twitty. "Golf and ASU have been so very good to me, I can't believe how lucky that I can be a small part of both. Matt has assembled a young and very talented team. I see a bright future under Matt Thurmond and I can't wait to be a small part of it."
Thurmond will also have management intern Jessie Stone, volunteer Kathryn Thurmond assisting in donor stewardship and Andrew Jamison working as a volunteer intern assisting in all phases of the program.
"I'm so excited about these additions to our staff," says Coach Thurmond. "Each of these people are uniquely talented and passionate about Sun Devil Golf. I'm a bit giddy thinking about what we will be able to accomplish together. We have decades worth of projects and goals and ideas and this just speeds us up in becoming what we all see as the potential for Sun Devil Golf."
Twitty earned first-team All-America honors in 1970 and 1972 and was a third-team selection in 1971. He was the NCAA individual runner-up in 1972 and won medalist while at ASU in the 1970 Tucson Conquistadores, 1971 Corbitt Classic and the 1972 Aztec Spring Invitational. He also shared the 1972 Arizona Collegiate title with Charlie Gibson.
He was a NAIA first-team All-American in 1968 and won the Sunnehanna Amateur and the Porter Cup in 1970.
His PGA Tour experience -- when he competed from 1975-99 -- includes titles at the Thailand Open (1974), BC Open (1979), Greater Hartford Open (1980) and the United Airlines Hawaiin Open (1993). He was Vice President of the PGA of America in 1980 and Player Director on the PGA Tour Policy Board in 1981-82. He competed on the Champions Tour from 1999-2007. He had worked at Chaparral High School from 2006-11 as an assistant coach and was part of four state titles.
He also co-authored "There is More to Putting than Meets the Eye" in 2010, a study of more then 200 PGA Tour strokes and also developed and patented the "Twitty" Putter in 2010. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration in 1972 from ASU and also attended the University of Redlands in 1967-68.
Howard Twitty, a three-time All-American (1970-72), will join the staff as a volunteer assistant in the 2018-19 season with more than 35 years of PGA Tour experience and teaching behind him.
"Howard is both a Sun Devil and Phoenix golf legend," notes Coach Thurmond. "Along with a lifetime of successful golf experience he has a huge heart and passion for serving and teaching golf's next generation. He has so much to offer our guys and I know we will all benefit from his coaching and competitiveness."
"I can't wait to be a part of the Sun Devil golf program," says Twitty. "Golf and ASU have been so very good to me, I can't believe how lucky that I can be a small part of both. Matt has assembled a young and very talented team. I see a bright future under Matt Thurmond and I can't wait to be a small part of it."
Thurmond will also have management intern Jessie Stone, volunteer Kathryn Thurmond assisting in donor stewardship and Andrew Jamison working as a volunteer intern assisting in all phases of the program.
"I'm so excited about these additions to our staff," says Coach Thurmond. "Each of these people are uniquely talented and passionate about Sun Devil Golf. I'm a bit giddy thinking about what we will be able to accomplish together. We have decades worth of projects and goals and ideas and this just speeds us up in becoming what we all see as the potential for Sun Devil Golf."
Twitty earned first-team All-America honors in 1970 and 1972 and was a third-team selection in 1971. He was the NCAA individual runner-up in 1972 and won medalist while at ASU in the 1970 Tucson Conquistadores, 1971 Corbitt Classic and the 1972 Aztec Spring Invitational. He also shared the 1972 Arizona Collegiate title with Charlie Gibson.
He was a NAIA first-team All-American in 1968 and won the Sunnehanna Amateur and the Porter Cup in 1970.
His PGA Tour experience -- when he competed from 1975-99 -- includes titles at the Thailand Open (1974), BC Open (1979), Greater Hartford Open (1980) and the United Airlines Hawaiin Open (1993). He was Vice President of the PGA of America in 1980 and Player Director on the PGA Tour Policy Board in 1981-82. He competed on the Champions Tour from 1999-2007. He had worked at Chaparral High School from 2006-11 as an assistant coach and was part of four state titles.
He also co-authored "There is More to Putting than Meets the Eye" in 2010, a study of more then 200 PGA Tour strokes and also developed and patented the "Twitty" Putter in 2010. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration in 1972 from ASU and also attended the University of Redlands in 1967-68.