March 16, 2005
TEMPE, Ariz. - With top five finishes in six of seven events this year, the Arizona State University women's golf team will play host to the 2005 PING/ASU Invitational Friday-Sunday, April 1-3 at the par 72, 6,230-yard ASU 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 39 years it has been held, most recently in 1999.
Live scoring for the PING/ASU Invitational will be available for each round at www.golfstatresults.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 Friday through Sunday. Second- and third-round pairings are based on team total and individual total within the team. 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 ASU, Arizona, California, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Jose State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Texas, TCU, Tulsa and Washington.
LAST YEAR'S RESULTS: UCLA captured the 2004 PING/ASU Invitational championship with a three-day total of three-under par 861, while tournament host Arizona State finished 11th. UCLA's Charlotte Mayorkas won individual medalist honors for the second consecutive season in 2004, carding a nine-under 207.