SAN DIEGO STATE MEN’S GOLF Contact: Jamie McConeghy | C: (607) 435-5577 | [email protected] | GoAztecs.com 2021 SCHEDULE San Diego State Men’s Golf Set to Face Nation’s NCAA Championships 5/20 5/22 SDSU Record Date Event Elite at NCAA Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz. Team Rankings Golfstat Golfweek vs in 2021 The San Diego State men’s golf team takes the national stage for the San Diego State 25 25 (13-13) Jan. 25-27 at Southwestern Invitational first time since 2016 when it competes in the 2021 NCAA Champion- Florida State 1 3 0-0 (1st of 12 - 874 (+10)) ships, May 28-June 2, at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Oklahoma 2 1 0-1 Feb. 15-17 at The Prestige at PGA West The Aztecs are one of 30 teams to head to the desert, having qual- Oklahoma State 3 2 0-1 (9th of 24 - 870 (+18)) ified for the national tournament after taking third in the NCAA Kingston Clemson 4 7 1-0 March 8-10 Lamkin San Diego Classic Springs Regional, May 17-19, in the Nashville, Tenn., area. Texas 5 4 0-1 The format for the NCAA championship series features 72 holes of (12th of 20 - 890 (+26)) North Carolina 6 6 0-1 stroke play with a single round to be contested on each of the first four March 20-21 at National Invitational Tournament Wake Forest 7 8 0-0 days. Following 54 holes of competition, the top 15 teams along with (4th of 18 - 835 (-29)) the top nine individuals not on one of those advancing teams will qualify Illinois 8 9 1-0 April 5-6 at Wyoming Cowboy Classic for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams Pepperdine 9 5 1-2 (1st of 23 - 831 (-33)) for match-play competition. Arizona State 10 10 1-1 April 12-14 at Western Intercollegiate The individual national champion will be crowned at the conclusion Vanderbilt 11 12 0-1 (3rd of 13 - 1,070 (+20)) of stroke play on Monday, May 31. The top eight teams after 72 holes Georgia 12 14 0-0 April 29-May 1 at Mountain West Championship of play will then be placed into a match-play bracket with the No. 1 North Carolina State 13 11 1-0 seed facing the No. 8 seed, the No. 2 seed battling the No. 7 seed, the Tennessee 14 18 0-0 (T-3rd of 11 - 850 (-14)) No. 3 seed playing the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed squaring off Liberty 16 17 0-0 May 17-19 at NCAA Kingston Springs Regional against the No. 5 seed. Ties for the top 15 and top eight teams, as well SMU 18 16 1-1 (3rd of 13 - 847 (-5)) as the top nine individuals, will be broken by a sudden-death playoff San Francisco 19 21 0-0 May 28-June 2 at NCAA Championships or, if necessary, by an alternate tiebreaking procedure. Florida 21 22 0-0 (Scottsdale, Ariz.) SDSU, which received the No. 21 seed, will be grouped with Texas Texas Tech 22 13 0-1 Tech and Arkansas for the first two rounds of the par-70, 7,289-yard Arkansas 23 23 0-1 course layout. The three teams will open the tournament on the first Georgia Tech 26 26 1-0 2021 ROSTER hole at 6:32 a.m. PT on Friday, while Saturday’s second round will com- Louisville 27 27 1-0 Name Yr. Hometown mence on the 10th tee at 11:52 a.m. PT. Pairings for the final two Sam Houston State 31 56 0-0 Puwit Anupansuebsai Sr. Nakhon Phanom, Thailand rounds of stroke play will be based on team standings. Callum Bruce Sr. Banff, Scotland The Aztecs will also be able to log a practice round on Thursday, Oregon State 32 39 1-0 UAB 34 33 0-0 Amadeo Figus Jr. Rome, Italy starting at 7:18 a.m. PT on the first hold before the tournament opens TCU 37 32 1-1 Youssef Guezzale Jr. San Diego, Calif.on Friday. East Tennessee State 41 34 1-0 Jack Heath Fr. Charlotte, N.C.SDSU Schedule for Stroke Play at NCAA Championships Little Rock 46 49 0-0 Quentin Hill So. Dana Point, Calif.Day/Date Tee Time (PT) Hole San Diego 57 54 2-1 Zihao Jin Sr. Beijing, ChinaFriday, May 28 6:32 a.m. 1 Springs Regional (May 17-19), and a fourth-place showing at the Na- Liam Koeneke Fr. Del Mar, Calif.Saturday, May 29 11:52 a.m. 10 Joey Moore Jr. Billings, Mont. tional Invitational Tournament (March 20-21). Three of those tourna- Sunday, May 30 Based on Team Standings TBD ments - Wyoming Cowboy Classic, the N.I.T. and the MW Championships Jackson Moss Fr. San Diego, Calif.Monday, May 31 Based on Team Standings TBD - were played in the state of Arizona, which is also hosting this week’s Skyler Ngo Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. national championship. Steve Sugimoto Sr. San Diego, Calif.NCAA Championship Coverage All five SDSU starters are playing in their first NCAA Championship. Cole Thompson Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. The Golf Channel will dedicate more than 14 hours of live coverage of However, all five starters are upperclassmen, including seniors Anupan- the NCAA Men's Golf Championships, beginning Monday May 31, when suebsai, Bruce, Jin and Sugimoto, and junior Guezzale. the final round of stroke play is aired from 2-6 p.m. PT. The Golf Chan- Anupansuebsai, who leads the squad with a 70.71 scoring average, THIS WEEK enters the weekend with a No. 36 ranking in the latest Golfstat rankings 2021 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships nel will also broadcast the match-play phase of the tournament, starting Tuesday, June 1, with the quarterfinals (9-11:30 a.m. PT) and semifinals and is even better in the Sagarin/Golfweek ratings at No. 32. Anupan- Host: NCAA/Arizona State (2-6 p.m. PT), followed by the finals on Wednesday, June 2 (2-6 p.m. suebsai also paces San Diego State in rounds in the 60s (9), rounds Site: Grayhawk Golf Club/Scottdale, Ariz. PT). below par (1), even-par rounds (6) and team count percentage (.917). Par: 70 Yardage: 7,289 In addition, live hole-by-hole results courtesy of Golfstat will be Anupanusebsai has been lights out for San Diego State over the Holes: 72 holes of stroke play (18 holes per day). The 30- available for all four rounds of stroke play on GoAztecs.com. last four tournaments, finishing in a tie for second (Wyoming Cowboy team field will be reduced to 15 after 54 holes. The top-eight Classic), a tie for first (Western Intercollegiate from April 12-14, lost in Aztec NCAA Championship Lineup playoff), a tie for first (MW Championship, won in playoff) and a solo finishing squads after the final round will advance to match victory last time out at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional. Anupan- play. For the fifth tournament this year, San Diego State head coach Ryan Donovan will utilize the starting lineup of Puwit Anupansuebsai (Nakhon suebsai became the first Aztec to win a NCAA regional in program his- Phanom, Thailand), Callum Bruce (Banff, Scotland), Youssef Guezzale tory and the first player to win a regional at the Golf Club of Tennessee The Field (30 Teams - by seed): Florida State, Oklahoma, (San Diego, Calif./La Jolla HS), Zihao Jin (Beijing, China/Rancho Ber- since the current top-ranked golfer in the world Dustin Johnson captured Oklahoma State, Clemson, Texas, North Carolina, Wake Forest, nardo HS (Calif.)) and Steve Sugimoto (San Diego, Calif./Rancho Ber- the 2005 NCAA East Regional. Illinois, Pepperdine, Arizona State, Vanderbilt, Georgia, North nardo HS). The combination was also employed this year in a win at Bruce, who did not play in the first two tournaments for SDSU, ranks second on the team with a 72.00 stroke average, while recording Carolina State, Tennessee, Liberty, SMU, San Francisco, Florida, the Wyoming Cowboy Classic (April 5-6), third-place finishes at the four rounds in the 60s, five rounds below par and three even-par Texas Tech, Arkansas, San Diego State, Georgia Tech, Louis- Mountain West Championship (April 30-May 1) and NCAA Kingston ville, Sam Houston State, Oregon State, UAB, TCU, East Ten- San Diego State Lineup nessee State, Little Rock, San Diego Name 2021 Avg. Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Low 18 Low 54 Best Finish Wins Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Percentile Puwit Anupansuebsai 70.71 70.50 71.88 69.75 66 204 1st 2 4 4 5 86.5 Individuals (6 - by seed): Ryan Hall, South Carolina; Callum Bruce 72.00 71.33 72.67 72.00 68 205 T-5th 0 1 1 1 67.2 James Piot, Michigan State; Michael Sakane, Jacksonville; Cole Youssef Guezzale 72.13 72.38 72.50 71.50 68 209 T-3rd 0 2 3 5 65.7 Bradley, Purdue; AJ Ott, Colorado State; Tristan Mandur, Utah Steve Sugimoto 72.50 71.75 72.13 73.63 65 206 T-9th 0 0 1 3 67.2 Zihao Jin 72.67 71.88 73.50 72.63 64 208 T-11th 0 0 0 3 67.1 SDSU’s Lineup 72.00 71.57 72.54 71.90 64 204 1st 2 7 9 17 83.1 Team 285.57 283.43 287.14 286.14 267 831 1st 2 6 7 8 77.4 SAN DIEGO STATE MEN ’S GOLF NOTES - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS page 2 rounds.