With the PING/ASU Invitational taking place this weekend here are the most noteworthy stats before the first golf tee shots:
12th
Where the Sun Devil ladies currently sit in the Golfweek women's college golf rankings.
4
The Sun Devils are one of only four teams (Iowa, South Carolina, ASU, Tennessee) ranked within the top 25 that are yet to register a team win. However, the Sun Devils have recorded three second place finishes to go with a sixth and a seventh, still in search of that elusive first-place victory as the season begins to wind down.
8
The current field of participants include eight of the current top-25 teams in the women's college golf rankings: No. 1 UCLA, No. 3 Alabama, No. 5 Northwestern, No. 11 Arizona, No. 12 Arizona State, No. 13 Washington, No. 19 UNLV and No. 20 Colorado.
6337
The yardage the women will be playing from this weekend at the ASU Karsten Golf Course. At 6337 yards, the women are playing a tick longer than the course's current championship yardage, 6288 yards. The adjusted course slope for the women will play approximately 76.1.
1st
In 2015, ASU junior and team leader Monica Vaughn recorded her first collegiate victory. Vaughn played rounds of 69, 69 and 72 for a three day total of 210 (-6) to secure the win.
868
With a three-day score of 868, the Lady Devils came in a tie for second in last year's event. The team finished seven strokes behind its in-state Pac-12 rival University of Arizona.
71.35
Monica Vaughn's scoring average, which ranks 11th among women in the NCAA DI.
306
With 306 birdies, the Lady Devils rank 20th in the NCAA. They will need their fair share of birdies this week if they want to defend their home course.
17
With the event entering its 42nd playing, ASU currently leads all other schools with 17 team wins in the event, looking to add one more this weekend.
The tournament kicks off at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start.
Related links:
ASU women's golf finishes 6th at SDSU's March Mayhem
ASU men's golf looks for first win in Nevada
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