Men's Golf Finishes Seventh in ASU Thunderbird
4/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Arizona State shot 846 and defeated in-state rivals Arizona by two strokes. Fresno State was third with 850, four shots behind. New Mexico placed fourth at 854. Oregon and the Swedish National Team each shot 862 to tie for fifth. TCU came in at one-under par (863) for seventh place.
Arizona State senior Paul Casey sank a 12-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to win with a 9-under 207 (69-69-69) as he held off Arizona's Derek Gillespie, who shot a 8-under 208, including a 68 on Sunday. Casey triple-bogeyed the par-4 No. 13, but came back to get a birdie on the next hole and birdied the final hole to clinch the 6individual honors and give ASU a two-shot team win.
Two TCU players finished in the top 10. Sophomore Andy Doeden (Fargo, N.D./Shanley) was the Frogs' top finisher. Doeden shot a five-under, 211 (72-69-70) to pace the frogs. Doeden finished just four shots off the lead.
Sophomore Steve Shuert (St. Louis, Mo./Country Day) finished 10th in his second outing as a Frog. After shooting two rounds above par, Shuert shot the second best final round of the tournament (65) as he finished with a three-under, 214.
Also for TCU, sophomore Bret Guetz (Littleton, Colo) finished tied for 32nd at 219. Freshman Jamie Kellam (Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville placed 39th at 220. Junior Aaron Hickman (Palestine, Texas/Palestine) ended the tournament in 79th place at 229.
TCU is finished with its regular season with this event. The Frogs remain idle until May 1-3 when it competes in the WAC Championships at Castle Hills Golf Club in Lewisville, Texas.
ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Invitational
Karsten G.C.; Tempe, Ariz.
par 72, 7,027 yards
TEAM RESULTS
1. Arizona State 281-286-279 -- 846 (-18)
2. Arizona 283-287-278 -- 848 (-16)
3. Fresno State 282-287-281 -- 850 (-14)
4. New Mexico 288-280-286 -- 854 (-10)
5. Oregon 290-283-289 -- 862 (-2)
Sweden 287-290-285 -- 862 (-2)
7. TCU 295-288-280 -- 863 (-1)
8. Oklahoma 291-290-283 -- 864 (E)
9. UNLV 288-297-281 -- 866 (+2)
10. California 303-288-289 -- 880 (+16)
Oregon State 294-294-292 -- 880 (+16)
12. Arizona St. Maroon 291-298-293 -- 882 (+18)
13. UCLA 289-296-301 -- 886 (+22)
Washington 296-299-291 -- 886 (+22)
15. USC 304-290-295 -- 889 (+25)
16. Colorado State 302-297-292 -- 891 (+27)
17. Washington State 303-297-303 -- 903 (+39)
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Paul Casey, Arizona St. 69-69-69 -- 207 (-9)
2. Derek Gillespie, Arizona 69-71-68 -- 208 (-8)
3. Ricky Barnes, Arizona 71-70-69 -- 210 (-6)
4. Jonas Runnquist, Arizona St. 69-72-70 -- 211 (-5)
Andy Doeden, TCU 72-69-70 -- 211 (-5)
Michael Kirk, UNLV 69-75-57 -- 211 (-5)
Jeremy Anderson, UNLV 73-70-68 -- 211 (-5)
8. Jeff Quinney, Arizona St. 68-73-71 -- 212 (-4)
Scott Moore, Arizona 71-73-68 -- 212 (-4)
10. Matt Cohn, Oklahoma 73-71-69 -- 213 (-3)
Steve Shuert, TCU 73-75-65 -- 213 (-3)
Todd Rose, Fresno State 69-74-70 -- 213 (-3)
Danny Paniccia, Fresno St. 73-72-68 -- 213 (-3)
Kevin Price, New Mexico 76-68-69 -- 213 (-3)
Nick Watney, Fresno State 70-71-72 -- 213 (-3)
Michael Letzig, New Mexico 69-71-73 -- 213 (-3)
17. Par Nilsson, Sweden 69-72-73 -- 214 (-2)
Andrew Tredway, Oregon 75-69-70 -- 214 (-2)
Jason Semelsberger, UCLA 72-70-72 -- 214 (-2)
20. Ryan King, Fresno State 71-73-71 -- 215 (-1)
Tim Mickelson, Oregon State 71-73-71 -- 215 (-1)
Nigel Spence, Colorado State 74-68-73 -- 215 (-1)
OTHER TCU FINISHERS
32t. Bret Guetz 76-71-72 -- 219 (+3)
39t. Jamie Kellam 74-73-73 -- 220 (+4)
79t. Aaron Hickman 80-75-74 -- 229 (+13)
