ARIZONA NEWS
A young George Boutell
Ex-ASU coach Boutell passes
lete and was a longtime PGA Tour rules official, has passed away. He was 74. Boutell, who died Sept. 16 in
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Scottsdale, was a 1981 inductee into the ASU Hall of Fame. He was named the No. 1 amateur golfer in the country by Golf Digest in 1962 and coached ASU to its first Pac-10 Championship in any sport in 1979. Boutell was born Nov. 13, 1943, and
was a resident of the Phoenix and Scotts- dale areas since the 1950s. He attended Central Phoenix High School where he was the youngest golfer to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Championship at age 14.
ormer Arizona State men’s golf head coach head George Boutell, who also played golf for the Sun Devils as a student ath-
He played on the PGA Tour from
1968-1973 and returned to ASU in 1975 as the men’s coach. In a 10-year period, his teams won the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championship and two Pac-10 championships, and finished third in the NCAA Championship in 1977, ’78 and ’82. He was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1979 and ’81. Boutell moved to the PGA Tour
in 1986, and spent 20 years there working as a rules official. Billy Mayfair, a former All-American
for the Sun Devils, tweeted this about his former coach: “It is a very sad day for ASU golf. We have lost a dear member of our ASU golf family. Even though I only
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got to play for George for two and a half years, I have known him my entire life. While I was growing up at Papago Park, and for 13 years while I played on the PGA Tour, George was a very good friend and mentor. However, I want people to remember how good of a golfer George Boutell was. In the mid-60s he was the best amateur golfer in the entire country. He was the one who woke up the USGA that there are good players on the West Coast. Even though a lot of people thought George was very laid-back and did not worry about things, there was no one who wanted to win more, and was more of a competitor, than George. We will all miss him very much.” Boutell is survived by his
brother Bill (Lynn) and two nieces. A celebration of his life was held in early October at Camelback Golf Club. Boutell had suggested that memorial contributions be made to the Mayo Clinic, Department of Development, 13400 E. Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ. n
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