April 18, 1999

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State men's golf team shot a 17-under-par 559 through two rounds to take a 10 stroke lead over Pac-10 foe UCLA heading into Sunday's final round of the ASU Thunderbird/Savane Invitational.

Paul Casey led ASU with a 7-under 137 finishing the day second overall. Jeff Quinney ended 5-under 139 (tied-fifth overall), Greg Padilla 4-under 140 (tied-eighth overall), Matt Jones even 144 (T17th overall) and Jin Park 6-over 150.

UCLA's B.J. Schlagenhauf is the individual leader at 8-under-par 136.

ASU has won the Thunderbird/Savane Tourney eight times in the 26-year history of the event, most recently in 1997. ASU has won the tournament seven of the past 10 years.

Play begins Sunday at ASU's Karsten Golf Course at 6:45 a.m.

NOTE: Robert Hamilton of California shot a 7-under-par 65 in his second round to tie a competitive-play course record.

   
Finish Team                        Scores
 1     Arizona State           280   279   559
 2     UCLA                    284   285   569
 3     Colorado State          282   289   571
 4     California              293   279   572
 5     Washington              295   281   576
 6     Kansas                  291   290   581
       Arizona                 291   290   581
 8     Texas                   296   287   583
       Fresno State            294   289   583
10     Oregon                  288   296   584
11     Oklahoma State          301   285   586
12     Tulsa                   299   290   589
       Oklahoma                298   291   589
14     Southern California     299   294   593
15     Stanford                297   298   595
16     Arizona State (Mrn Tm.) 300   297   597
       TCU                     299   298   597