Potter Places Seventh, Men's Golf FInishes Third in Texas

By: Zach Wargo, Media Relations Assistant

Fort Worth, TX – Sun Devil Men's Golf finished third among a stacked field at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Tuesday, finishing at 13-under, 827 (272-275-280), finishing three strokes behind Vanderbilt who finished at 16-under, 824 (271-279-274). Luke Potter grabbed a top-10 finish posting a final round score of 1-under, 69, finishing 4-under, 206 for the tournament (70-67-69). Michael Mjaaseth competed as an individual at the Ben Simpson Tournament and finished tied for 15th at 3-under, 213. (67-72-73)

Since the start of the 2022-23 season, the Sun Devils have placed inside the top-3 in 12 of the last 16 tournaments. The team finished among the best on the par 5's for the week going 12-under on such holes with a 4.60 scoring average. Potter was one of seven players out of the entire field to post all three rounds at par or better and managed the third most birdies in the field with 13 throughout the three days under the Texas sun. It's also his fifth career top-10 finish as a Sun Devil. He managed to birdie two of the final five holes. 

Preston Summerhays and Ryggs Johnston steadied through their round finishing inside the top-15 in their final round, both finishing tied for 14th at 2-under par, 218. Summerhays filed in a final round of even-par, 70 with two birdies throughout the final 18 holes. Johnston managed two birdies on the front nine and grinded through the back-9 to finish 1-over, 71 for the tournament (70-67-71/218)

Josele Ballester rebounded in his third round with an even-par, 70 with two birdies in his first eight holes, then managed to rebound with another birdie on the back nine to finish 2-over, 212 for the tournament (69-73-70). Gabe Salvanera birdied two of his last five holes of the day to finish tied alongside Ballester at 2-over, 212 (71-66-75).

Freshman Connor Williams fired a 2-under, 70 to get back to even-par, 212 (72-74-70) for the tournament in Colorado. He managed five birdies on the day and three in the first eight holes to finish in a tie for 26th. Mjaaseth managed three eagles throughout the tournament, easily leading the field.

The Sun Devil's fall season continues next week at the Williams Cup in Wilmington, North Carolina set to take place Oct. 9-10. Keep following Sun Devil Men's Golf on Twitter/X and Instagram for all the latest coverage and highlights.

Teams Competing
The teams competing are North Carolina, Arizona State, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Oklahoma, Texas, Pepperdine, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Georgia, Oregon, Wake Forest, and TCU. Including No. 8 Arizona State, four of the 10 top golf teams in the country are competing in the field. No. 1 UNC, No. 7 Vanderbilt and No. 9 Texas.

Course History
Shady Oaks Country Club was opened in 1958 by Marvin Leonard. With golf legend Ben Hogan opposed to the project, Leonard continued on with the construction of the course. Redesigned in 1995, the course maintains its original layout located in the west hills of Fort Worth. Surrounded by 100-year-old oak trees, Shady Oaks offers rolling bent grass fairways that lead up to bent grass greens. The par-71, 6,855 yard course is one of the best in Texas, and even hosted the 2008 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.

Last Time Out:
The Sun Devils were in Illinois at the Fighting Illini Championship last weekend where they played a good couple days of golf.  Due to weather, the team was unable to finish the final round but still tied for fifth overall at the tournament. Josele Ballester was Arizona State's highest finisher after tying for eighth. 

Last Time at Shady Oaks
In 2022, the Sun Devils tied for third with Pepperdine to finish 5-under overall for the tournament. Preston Summerhays finished tied for eighth individually with an overall tournament score of 207 (75-63-69).

Ben Hogan Collegiate
Shady Oaks Country Club
Fort Worth, Tx
Oct. 2-3, 2023
Teams (15)/Final Round Scores
Vanderbilt 271-279-274=824/-16
North Carolina 276-279-270=825/-15
Arizona State 272-275-280=827/-13
Oregon 281-276-271=828/-12
Oklahoma 277-265-294=836/-4
Florida State 284-279-279=842/+2
Georgia 282-282-283=847/+7
Georgia Tech 283-287-279=849/+9
Texas 290-276-287=853/+13
Texas A&M 288-282-283=853/+13
Oklahoma State 287-280-287=854/+14
Wake Forest 287-280-289=856/+16
Texas Tech 290-281-287=858/+18
Pepperdine 285-288-291=864/+24
TCU 288-284-298=870/+30

Individual Scores
1. Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt 66-70-67=203/-7 (Won in playoff)
T7. Luke Potter, ASU 67-70-69=137/-3
T14. Ryggs Johnston, ASU 70-67-71=218/-2
T14. Preston Summerhays, ASU 66-72-70=218/-2 
T30. Gabe Salvanera, ASU 71-66-75=212/+2
T30. Josele Ballester, ASU 69-73-70=212/+2

Mark Simpson Colorado Invite
T15: Michael Mjaaseth, ASU 67-74-72=213/-3
T26: Connor Williams, ASU 72-74-70=216/E