APRIL 6, 2004 ASU MEN’S GOLF ARIZONA STATE MEN’S GOLF PLAYS HOST TO (Tourn.-Rds.-Avg.) THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL ON APRIL 9-10 Alejandro Canizares TOURNAMENT DATE (SITE) RESULT/NOTES 5-10/So./Manilva, Spain Tucker Intercollegiate 9/12-13 (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1st/Ben Flam T-4th 10-29-71.55 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 Kendall Critchfield Arizona/Ping Intercollegiate 2/2-3 (Tucson, Ariz.) 3rd/Canizares T-7th 5-8/Jr./Mesa, Ariz. Taylor Made Intercollegiate 2/11-13 (Koma, Hawaii) 4th/Chez Reavie T-2nd 3-9-76.00 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 Mike Derminio Hall of Fame Invitational 3/19-21 (Houston, Texas) 9th/Chez Reavie 18th 6-3/Sr./Scottsdale, Ariz. National Invitational Tourn. 3/28-30 (Tucson, Ariz.) 1st/Chez Reavie T-9th 3-9-73.22 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 Ben Flam NCAA West Regionals 5/20-22 (Sun River, Ore.) ASU 5-time champs 5-10/Sr./Phoenix, Ariz. NCAA Championships 6/1-4 (Hot Springs, Va.) ASU champs in ‘90 and ‘96 5-14-73.29 KARSTEN TO HOST THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL: The Arizona State men’s golf team Niklas Lemke plays host on April 9-10 (Friday-Saturday) to the 32nd annual ASU Thunderbird Invitational 6-1/Fr./Linkoping, Sweden at ASU’s Karsten Golf Course (par-72, 7,037 yards). The 15 schools will play 36 holes on 6-18-73.28 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 Pat Moore 15 years. Last year, ASU shot a tournament record 40-under 824 to beat USC by eight 6-1/Jr./Phoenix, Ariz. strokes while David Schultz of TCU won medalist honors with a 15-under 201 (68-66-67). 4-11-76.09 SUN DEVIL HISTORY: ASU has won the Thunderbird Invitational 12 times (1984, 1989, Jesse Mueller 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003). Eight times Sun Devils 5-8/Jr./Mesa, Ariz. have won the individual title: Mark Sollenberger (1974), Jim Carter (1984), Phil Mickelson 8-23-73.39 (1991 and 1992), Larry Barber (1994), Todd Demsey (1995), Jeff Quinney (1999) and Paul Casey (2000). Lenny Park 5-7/So./Sochko, Korea COMPETING SCHOOLS: The 15 competing schools are: Arizona, ASU (two teams), BYU, 2-6-72.67 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 Chez Reavie 7:30 a.m. while Saturday’s regular tee-times from holes 1 and 10 will begin at 7 a.m. 5-7/Sr./Mesa, Ariz. 10-29-71.17 ASU QUICK NOTES: ASU has finished first or second at its tournament every year begin- ning with 1994, a streak of 10 straight Thunderbird Invitationals...Paul Casey is the last Sun Charly Simon Devil to win the tournament with his 9-under 207 in 2000...ASU has won three tournaments 6-3/So./Marbella, Spain this year (New Mexico’s Tucker Intercollegiate, UNLV’s Southern Highlands Championship 3-9-74.11 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 NCAA NOTE: The Sun Dev- six top-10 finishes on the year and 20 in his four-year career. Reavie finished at 10-under ils averaged a 4.1 finish at the 206 and tied for fifth at last year’s Thunderbird Invitational. He did not compete in 2002 as NCAA Championships in the he was competing in the Masters via his 2001 U.S. Public Links Championship. He tied for 1990s, the best mark in the 29th with a 2-under 214 in his freshman year (2001)...ASU has finished in the top five at the nation. Only Oklahoma State NCAAs in five of the past nine years and has won the Pac-10 title six of the past nine years. (4.5) averaged higher than The Sun Devils also won national championships in 1990 and 1996. ASU is led by 12th-year an eighth-place finish in the head coach Randy Lein, the 1996 National Coach of the Year and a seven-time winner of 1990s. 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. www.TheSunDevils.com ICA Media Relations Office PO Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 Fax: (480) 965-5408 ASU Men’s Golf • 2004 ASU Thunderbird Invitational ASU HEAD COACH RANDY LEIN: Randy Lein has coached 1985 Fresno State (1,106) (ASU-5th) 59 tournament victories in his 22 seasons, tutored 43 All- Howard Johnson, San Diego State (209) Americans and added the top accolade in collegiate golf in 1986 BYU (1,072) (ASU-2nd) 1995-96 - the NCAA title - to his collection as the Sun Devils Eduardo Herrera , BYU (207) won the title in Chattanooga, Tenn., with a three-stroke vic- 1987 UCLA (1,100) (ASU-4th) tory over UNLV at the Honors Course. In his 12th season as David Sutherland, FSU (211) ASU’s coach, Lein has guided ASU to 36 tournament victo- 1988 Oklahoma St. (853) (ASU-4th) ries (including a school record six in 1995-96), seven Pac- Michael Bradley, OSU (141) 10 titles, four NCAA West Regional wins (three of the past 1989 ASU “B” (864/E) (ASU “A”-2nd) four) and eight top-10 finishes at the NCAAs including the Aaron Bengoechea, Pacific (202/-14) 1996 title. In addition, Lein has tutored NCAA medalist Todd 1990 ASU (846/-18) Ramon Brobio, BYU (209/-7) Demsey and 11 All-Americans (23 occasions): Todd Demsey 1991 ASU (840/-24) Phil Mickelson, ASU (204/-12) (3), Chris Hanell (3), Paul Casey (3), Cade Stone, Chris 1992 ASU (854/-10) Phil Mickelson, ASU (209/-7) Stutts, Joey Snyder (2), Scott Johnson (2), Darren Angel (2), 1993 UA(850/-14) (ASU-3rd) Paul Casey (3), Jeff Quinney (3), Matt Jones and Chez David White, Arkansas (208/-8) Reavie (1). He has won Pac-10 Coach-of-the-Year five times 1994 ASU (859/-5) Larry Barber, ASU (205/-11) (1993, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000) while at ASU and twice 1995 Arkansas (867/+3) (ASU-2nd) at USC (1980 and 1986). Lein (pronounced “Line”) is a 1975 Todd Demsey, ASU (213/-3) graduate of Cal State Northridge. 1996 ASU (864/E) Lonnie Damon, BYU (214/-2) 1997 ASU (854/-10) Jeff Mixon, Oklahoma (209/-7) CAREER NOTES ON SENIOR CHEZ REAVIE: The 2001 1998 UCLA (867/+13) (ASU-2nd) U.S. Public Links Champion...a top-10 finisher in 20 of 39 Brandon Ditullio, UCLA (211/-5) career events...has finished in the top 10 in 15 of his past 23 1999 ASU (834/-30) Jeff Quinney, ASU (201/-15) tournaments...also won the 2001 Mesa City Championship 2000 ASU (846/-18) Paul Casey, ASU (207/-9) by eight strokes...tied for fourth at the 2001 NCAA Champi- 2001 ASU (839/-25) Anders Hultman, Okla. St. (206/-10) onships after shooting a 7-under 281 (71-67-74-69). 2002 Texas (832/-32) Bret Guetz, TCU (200/-16) Year App Top 10 Rds. Avg. Low 2003 ASU (824/-40) David Schultz, TCU (201/-15) 2003-04 10 6 29 71.17 66 2002-03 13 9 41 72.05 65 THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT BESTS 2001-02 6 3 19 73.37 67 (SINCE THREE-ROUND FORMAT IN 1988) 2000-01 10 2 31 72.58 67 Career 39 20 120 72.18 65 TEAM TOTAL SCORE Low Round: 65 in final round of 2003 ASU Thunderbird In- 1. ASU 40-under 824 in 2003 vitational on April 12. T2. TCU 32-under 832 in 2003 T2. Texas 32-under 832 in 2002 SUN DEVILS AS PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: A list of 4. ASU 30-under 834 in 1999 Sun Devils who have won Pac-10 Player of the Year honors: 5. Pepperdine 29-under 835 in 2003 Scott Watkins (1979 co-player of the year), Dan Forsman 6. TCU 28-under 836 in 2003 (1981 co-player of the year), Billy Mayfair (1987), Phil 7. ASU 26-under 838 in 2002 Mickelson (1990, 1991 and 1992), Todd Demsey (1994), Paul T8. Pepperdine 25-under 839 in 2002 Casey (2000) and Jeff Quinney (2001 co-player of the Year). T8. ASU 25-under 839 in 2001 T10. OSU 24-under 840 in 2003 THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS T10. ASU 24-under 840 in 1991 Year Champion/ASU Finish Individual Champion 1973 Long Beach St. (ASU-5th) Lance Suzuki, BYU INDIVIDUAL TOTAL SCORE 1974 Oklahoma St.(ASU-2nd) Mark Sollenberger, ASU 1. Bret Guetz (TCU) 16-under 200 in 2002 1975 BYU (ASU T-2nd) Scott Simpson, USC T2. David Schultz (TCU) 15-under 201 in 2003 1976 BYU (ASU-3rd) John Fought, BYU T2. Jeff Quinney (ASU) 15-under 201 in 1999 1977 Oklahoma St.