April 28, 2012

Round Three Results from 2012 Pac-12 Men's Golf Championships

Arizona State is in tenth place at 43-over par 1,123 after shooting a 370 on Saturday and is one shot ahead of Arizona at the 2012 Pac-12 Men's Golf Championships held at Trysting Tree Golf Club. The Sun Devils (378-375-370) and Wildcats are competing for a State Farm Territorial Cup point. The event concludes on Sunday with 18 holes.

Freshman Mathias Schjoelberg is tied for 19th with a 1-over 217 after shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday as he has improved each day (76-71-70). Jin Song is tied for 46th at 8-over 224 (78-72-74), while David Lowe also is in the top-50 with a 10-over 226 (76-76-74) as he is tied for 49th.

Both Austin Quick (75-78-76) and Spencer Fletcher (74-778-77) are tied for 61st at 13-over 229. Cameron Palmer is tied for 65th at 15-over 231 (77-78-76).

VARIETY IS GOOD
: ASU became the fifth school to take home the team title since 2004 when it won in 2008 as USC (2007 and 2011), UCLA (2006), Washington (2005, 2009 and 2010) and Arizona (2004) all have taken home a trophy in the past eight tournaments.

ASU'S 2008 PAC-10 TITLE: 
At the 2008 Pac-10 Championships at The Meadow Club (par-71, 6,686 yards) in Fairfax, Calif., ASU, playing with three freshmen, two sophomores and a senior, captured its eighth Pac-10 title in 16 years under head coach Randy Lein in a one-hole playoff over defending conference champion USC (#2 Golfstat/#3 Golfweek). ASU trailed by 16 to the Trojans after the first round. ASU shot 354-361-356-364 and tied with the Trojans (338-374-357-366) at 15-over par 1,435. The Pac-10 Championship counts the low five scores from the six-man teams.

PAC-10 SUCCESS AT ASU
: Arizona State has won 12 Pac-10 titles in its 33 seasons, including a conference record six straight from 1995-2000. In addition to the six straight Pac-10 titles, ASU's other five Pac-10 titles have come in 1979 (its first year in the league), 1981, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 2008. ASU tied for the league title in 2005 with Washington but lost on a tiebreaker formula, and the league decided to go to a playoff format after that season.

SUN DEVILS AS PAC-10 MEDALISTS:
 Paul Casey won three straight Pac-10 titles from 1998-2000, which is the last time a Sun Devil won the title and is a conference record for consecutive Pac-10 titles. Other Sun Devils who have won the Pac-10 championship are Scott Johnson (1997), Phil Mickelson (1990), co-medalists Dan Forsman and Tony Grimes (1981), Jim Bertoncino (co-medalist in 1980) and co-medalists Scott Watkins and Dan Croonquist (1979).

PAC-10 TEAM CHAMPIONS (since 1990):

1990 Arizona State

1991 Arizona

1992 Stanford

1993 Arizona State

1994 Stanford

1995 Arizona State
1996 Arizona State 

1997 Arizona State

1998 Arizona State

1999 Arizona State 

2000 Arizona State

2001 USC

2002 USC

2003 UCLA

2004 Arizona

2005 Washington

2006 UCLA
2007 USC
2008 Arizona State

2009 Washington
2010 Washington
2011 USC

MOST PAC-10 TEAM TITLES SINCE 1979 (ASU joined the Pac-10 in the 1978-79 athletic season):
ARIZONA STATE (12): 2008, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1981, 1979
USC (7): 2011, 2007, 2002, 2001, 1986, 1984, 1980
UCLA (5): 2006, 2003, 1985, 1983, 1982
WASHINGTON (4): 2010, 2009, 2005, 1988
ARIZONA (3): 2004, 1991, 1987
STANFORD (2): 1994, 1992

PAC-10 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (since 1990):

1990 Phil Mickelson, ASU 278

1991 Manny Zerman, ARIZ 278

1992 Christian Cevaer, STAN 276

1993 Jason Gore, ARIZ 284

1994 Jason Gore, ARIZ 287

1995 Charlie Wi, CAL 279

1996 Tiger Woods, STAN 270

1997 Scott Johnson, ASU 278

1998 Paul Casey, ASU 283

1999 Paul Casey, ASU 265*

2000 Paul Casey, ASU 265*

2001 Ricky Barnes, ARIZ 268

2002 Jim Seki, STAN 284

2003 John Merrick, UCLA 276

2004 Henry Liaw, ARIZ 279

2005 Erik Olson, WASH 276

2006 Daniel Im, UCLA 277

2007 Jamie Lovemark, USC 269

 2008 Creighton Honeck, ARIZ 281

2009 Darren Wallace, WASH 277

2010 Eric Mina, CAL 268
2011 Martin Trainer, USC 275

*Lowest 72-hole individual total in Pac-10 Championship history