ASU Men’s Golf Advances to NCAA Finals

By: Kayla Mortellaro

PHOENIX, Ariz.— The Arizona State men’s golf team went in to NCAA regional competition with one goal in mind and the team achieved.

ASU competed in the San Diego regional May 14-16 at the Farms Golf Club needing to finish in the top five in order to advance to the NCAA Championship tournament. The no. 3 ranked Sun Devils fired rounds of 300- 281- 282 = 863, which was good enough for second place and a ticket to the NCAA finals.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

— Tim Mickelson (@goodwalkspoiled) May 16, 2015

Head coach Tim Mickelson shared his thoughts on twitter about his team’s success. Mickelson has now coached his Sun Devils to two NCAA finals in his first four years as head coach. Historically ASU has been very good, advancing to the NCAA championship tournament 11 of the past 14 seasons.

Individually for the Devils, Jon Rahm stole the show on the 6,947 yard par 72 course. Rahm shot rounds of 73- 64- 69 = 206 and captured the NCAA San Diego regional title.

Rahm, a junior from Spain, has been electric for ASU all season long. He won three times this spring and now has seven career individual titles to his credit, putting him in elite company with Phil Mickelson (16 wins) and Billy Mayfair (8 wins) as the only players in Sun Devils history with seven or more victories.

Rounding out ASU’s regional team was fellow junior Max Rottluff, from Germany, who struggled in round one shooting a 78 but came back strong with rounds of 71 and 69 (218) on day two and three to finish in a tie for 18th with teammate Ki Taek Lee (74- 73- 71 =218). Nicolo Galletti shot 75-73-76 = 224 for a T40 showing and Alberto Sanchez shot 79-82-73 = 234 for a T68 finish.

ASU will hit the links again for the NCAA finals May 29- June 3 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.

Final Results NCAA San Diego Regional

Pos.	Team/Player (seed)	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Oklahoma	284	275	284	843
T2	Michael Gellerman (1)	71	68	69	208
T2	Max McGreevy (5)	70	69	69	208
12	Grant Hirschman (2)	69	73	73	215
T14	Charlie Saxon (4)	75	69	73	217
T23	Beau Titsworth (3)	74	69	77	220
2	Arizona State	300	281	282	863
1	Jon Rahm (1)	73	64	69	206
T18	Max Rottluff (2)	78	71	69	218
T18	Ki Taek Lee (4)	74	73	71	218
T40	Nicolo Galletti (3)	75	73	76	224
T68	Alberto Sanchez (5)	79	82	73	234
3	Georgia Tech	299	283	287	869
T7	Ollie Schniederjans (1)	75	69	70	214
T14	Anders Albertson (2)	75	72	70	217
T14	Chris Petefish (4)	72	70	75	217
T29	James Clark (5)	77	72	73	222
T49	Vince Whaley (3)	78	73	74	225
4	Georgia	307	278	285	870
5	Lee McCoy (1)	73	70	69	212
T7	Mookie DeMoss (4)	73	69	72	214
T23	Zach Healy (5)	80	67	73	220
T49	Greyson Sigg (3)	81	73	71	225
70	Sepp Straka (2)	84	72	79	235
5	Virginia	297	290	287	874
4	Denny McCarthy (5)	72	69	69	210
T25	Jimmy Stanger (3)	74	74	73	221
T29	Derek Bard (1)	74	73	75	222
T49	Ji Soo Park (2)	80	74	71	225
T61	Kyle Kochevar (4)	77	79	74	230
6	Wichita State	292	298	286	876
T7	Grant Bennett (2)	69	73	72	214
T14	Louis Cohen Boyer (1)	72	74	71	217
T25	Gage Ihrig (3)	75	76	70	221
T68	Conrad Walcher (4)	76	85	73	234
T71	Alec Heinen (5)	82	75	79	236
7	East Tennessee State	289	294	297	880
6	Gudmundur Kristjansson (3)	69	71	73	213
T40	Rhys Pugh (4)	81	73	70	224
T49	Adrian Meronk (1)	70	78	77	225
T55	Mateusz Gradecki (2)	74	75	77	226
T57	Christopher Hickman (5)	76	75	77	228
8	St. Mary’s (CA)	295	298	289	882
T7	Perry Cohen (2)	73	71	70	214
13	Pavan Sagoo (3)	72	74	70	216
T29	Jonathan De Los Reye (1)	74	74	74	222
T65	Tye Gabriel (4)	76	79	77	232
T65	Connor Blick (5)	78	79	75	232
9	New Mexico	303	292	291	886
T18	Gavin Green (1)	73	72	73	218
T36	Sam Saunders (2)	77	74	72	223
T36	Gustavo Morantes (4)	75	72	76	223
T55	Andrej Bevins (3)	78	74	74	226
T61	Sean Romero (5)	82	76	72	230
T10	San Diego	297	295	297	889
T29	Alex Chiarella (3)	73	77	72	222
T36	Grant Forrest (1)	74	72	77	223
T40	Regan Kilpatrick (4)	78	73	73	224
T49	Mathias Dahl (2)	76	73	76	225
T61	Colin Pearson (5)	74	80	76	230
T10	Idaho	301	287	301	889
T21	Daniel Sutton (4)	71	72	76	219
T25	Jared du Toit (1)	74	71	76	221
T49	Aaron Cockerill (2)	79	71	75	225
T59	Ryan Porch (5)	77	78	74	229
74	Rylee Iacolucci (3)	82	73	82	237
12	Mississippi	314	287	290	891
T7	Blake Morris (1)	73	68	73	214
T36	Ben Wolcott (2)	81	71	71	223
T40	Josh Seiple (4)	77	72	75	224
T71	Forrest Gamble (3)	83	82	71	236
75	Noah West (5)	85	76	78	239
13	Eastern Kentucky	299	305	298	902
T40	Taylor Riggs (1)	74	76	74	224
T40	Patric Sundlof (2)	75	75	74	224
T40	Noah Combs (5)	72	76	76	224
67	Will Sallee (4)	78	81	74	233
T71	Jared Brown (3)	82	78	76	236