#5 Rams Open Spring Slate At Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

Tournament: Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate
Dates: Feb. 21-23
Host: University of Wyoming
Location: Palm Desert, Calif.
Course: Classic Club
Course Par/Yardage: Par 71 / 7,002 yds
Host Web Site: https://gowyo.com
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=18321
Tournament Field (21): Colorado State, Wyoming, Auburn, Boise State, Cal State Northridge, Charlotte, Colorado, Denver, Florida Atlantic, Fresno State, New Mexico State, North Texas, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle, South Dakota State, Southern Utah, UT Arlington, TCU, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara

Next on the Tee: Colorado State, ranked #5 according to Golfstat and #7 in the Golf Coaches Poll, is opening its spring slate on the West Coast, playing in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Feb. 21-23. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being played at Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif.

Fast Five On the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate:
This is the second time that CSU is competing in the 54-hole tournament, tying for fifth last year out of the 21 teams
Of the 21 teams in this year's field, 10 are ranked in Golfstat's top 100 teams and 10 were represented in the 2019 NCAA Regionals with five teams (CSU, Auburn, Denver, Oregon, TCU) and five schools with individuals (Charlotte, Colorado, Fresno State, Southern Utah, UC Santa Barbara).
The Rams finished fifth out of 21 teams in last year's event, with three of the four ahead of CSU eventually qualifying for postseason play and a total of 10 from the tournament making an appearance at NCAA Regionals.
CSU posted a 1-over 289 in the final round, its best round of the tournament.
This nationally recognized championship course was designed by Arnold Palmer and a host site of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Bob Hope Classic.

Lineup for the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate: The fourth-ranked Rams, according to Golfstat, are in the traditional play-five, count-four event this week at Classic Club. For CSU, the lineup will be:
1.      Parathakorn Suyasri
2.     Davis Bryant
3.     AJ Ott
4.     Jack Ainscough
5.      Oscar Teiffel
Ind. Akedanai Ponghathaikul

Last Time Out Highlights at Saint Mary's Invitational:
This was the 11th tournament win under eighth-year head coach Christian Newton.
Of the 16 teams in this year's field, 12 were ranked in Golfweek's top 100 teams and 13 were represented in the 2019 NCAA Regionals with eight teams (CSU, Saint Mary's, Arizona, BYU, New Mexico, Oregon, Oregon State & UNC Wilmington) and five schools with individuals (Coastal Carolina, Fresno State, San Francisco, Toledo & Utah).
This is the third time that CSU has won three consecutive tournaments in school history and the first under head coach Christian Newton. The other two came in 2003-04 and 2008-09, though this was the highest ranked set of fields of those three groups.
This is only the fifth time in program history that a CSU team has won three or more events in a season.
(complete results and recap on page 9)

Tap-In Putts On CSU:
This season, the Rams against schools from the various conferences are:
Mountain West – 8-0
Pac-12 – 4-0 (39-30-1 over last three years)
Big Ten – 1-0 (8-0 over last three years)
Southeastern Conference (SEC) – 6-2
Atlantic Coast Conference – 1-1-1
Golfstat Top 25 Head-to-Head - 4-2-2
CSU has one individual win, six top-five, seven top-10 and 12 top-20 finishes in four fall events.
Sophomore Davis Bryant has posted par or better scores in seven of his last eight rounds as he posted his second top-5 finish of the year and his collegiate career.
Junior AJ Ott has played eight of his 11 rounds at par or better this year
After a slow start in the opening tournament, junior Parathakorn Suyasri has finished in the top five of his next three tournaments (T-5, 1st, T-3)

Making A Mark Nationally: The Rams made their presence known on the national scene last year the last two years, finishing No. 41 in the nation according to the Golfweek ratings & No. 45 according to Golfstat's ratings in 2017-18 and ranked No. 41 according to Golfstat and No. 43 by Golfweek last season. Utilizing Golfstat, CSU was the top-ranked Division I golf team in the state and second in the Mountain West behind UNLV.
       Within the region in 2018-19, CSU recorded a 84-28-1 head-to-head record with an 18-12-1 record against Pac-12 schools and 26-11 versus the Mountain West, which had five teams in the Regionals for the first time since 2012 (#27 UNLV, #41 CSU, #49 Nevada, #58 San Jose State and #70 New Mexico).
       This year, the Rams are a stellar 26-0-1 against West region teams and 48-6-2 overall in head-to-head matchups.
       Over the last three-plus years, CSU has a 39-30-1 record against the Pac-12 and 8-0 versus Big Ten schools.

On the World Stage: Five Rams on the current roster are ranked among the top 700 players in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings, as of Feb. 18. The rankings are based on their average performance in selected counting events over the past two calendar years.
Player                                     WAGR
Parathakorn Suyasri                114
AJ Ott                                      123
Davis Bryant                             387
Oscar Teiffel                             573
Jack Ainscough                        698

Individual National Rankings: Colorado State's success on the course is due to the entire lineup, as several golfers are ranked significantly in the key NCAA Division I metrics. The Rams' rankings, as of Feb. 18, are:
Player                       Golfweek                Golfstat
Davis Bryant              42                            37
Parathakorn Suyasri 37                            62
AJ Ott                        39                           129
Jack Ainscough         395                         243
Oscar Teiffel              563                         587
*The top three Rams ranked higher than all other collegiate golfers in the state of Colorado.

Military Tribute Bag Continues: In 2019-20, CSU is continuing its tradition of honoring those who have served our country through the military. This year, the program is recognizing U.S. Army veteran Charles W. Williamson III.
       Williamson served almost 17 years on active duty before medically retiring as a Sergeant First Class in 2007. He was part of a tank effort in Operation Desert Storm and through his first nine years of service, he was an Armor Crewman and held every position on a tank, including tank commander. During his military career, he also served as a Platoon Sergeant and Head Cadre, the instructor for the Individual Readiness Training for Bosnia rotations. He also served as a recruiter for the Army, retiring as Commander of a six-man recruiting station. From his service, he received numerous awards, bages, ribbons and commendations, including for meritorius service, His daughter Katelyn is a senior at CSU and is a Folds of Honor Scholarship recipient studying bio-medical sciences.
       The bag is being carried by the top CSU finisher from the previous tournament during the 2019-20 season. Davis Bryant earned the honor after winning the qualifying event for the first week's Capital Carpet Collegiate at Georgia Tech, Sept. 6-8. Five different Rams carried the bag during the 2018-19 season.
       Last year, the military tribute bag debuted, honoring former golfer and late U.S. Army veteran James "Jerry" Jackson. Jackson had served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, eventually passing away from lasting effects from exposure to Agent Orange from his service.

Tournament                                       Player Carrying                Finish
Carpet Capital Collegiate                    Davis Bryant                     t-18th
Ram Masters Invitational                     AJ Ott                               t-2nd
Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate      AJ Ott                               t-7th
Saint Mary's Invitational                      Parathakorn Suyasri         t-3rd
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate          Davis Bryant

Showing the Growth: Under head coach Christian Newton, CSU continues to show growth on the national stage, as the Rams play a high-level schedule each year. With the performance this season, Newton's teams moved to a 64.3 percent winning record in his seven-plus years according to Golfstat. Newton moved ahead of Mark Crabtree (1994-99) on the list at 57.0 percent and Newton has 10 career CSU team tournament titles to Crabtree's five.
       As a team last year, the Rams were ranked #5 in the region in scoring versus par at +0.27 per round.

Ram on Tour: Former Colorado State standout Martin Laird, a PGA tour veteran, had a solid 2019 season on the tour, with $863,054 in earnings and finishing 121st in the FedEx Cup. He made the cut in 18 of 26 events played with four top 10s and five top 25s, with the best finish a tie for seventh at the Sanderson Farms Championship at the end of October (13-under 275). In 2019, his efforts during the regular season earned him a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs for the 10th time.
       For his career, he has surpassed $17.65 million in official PGA Tour winnings and made the cut in two-thirds of his 298 PGA Tour starts in his 13-plus years on the top golf tour. Laird was inducted into the CSU Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2017.

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