TEMPE - Sun Devil Women's Golf begins the 2024-25 campaign with a trip to Minnesota, as they compete in the 2024 ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
This year will be the tenth edition of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, the sixth held at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Three of the top-10 ranked spring teams in the country will compete including defending champions, South Carolina. GOLF Channel identified nine tournaments as "Events to Watch" in the month of September. Each of ASU's first three tournaments are featured on the list, starting with the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. Arizona State will begin the first of three rounds over three days Monday morning at 7:25 AM MST on the 10th hole.
LIVE SCORING
COACH'S CORNER
"We are excited to finally get our season started," Coach Farr-Kaye remarked. "Our team has been working hard to get ready for this. There will be so many talented teams up in Minnesota, so this is an important event and an opportunity to prove ourselves."
SUN DEVILS IN THE RANKINGS
Arizona State is considered one of the best teams in the nation heading into the 2024-25 season. Golfweek recently tabbed them as the No. 9 team in the country in their preseason rankings. GOLF Channel also has high expectations for Coach Farr-Kaye's group, coming in at No. 14 in the publication's verion of a preseason poll. The Women's Golf Coaches Association releases a preseason poll on Sept. 6.
Golfweek: #9
GOLF Channel: #14
WGCA: #12
All four individuals are in currently ranked in the Top-153 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), led by Beth Coulter at No. 74.
THE COMPETITION (GOLF CHANNEL PRESEASON RANKINGS)
The ANNIKA Intercollegiate once again features one of the most prestigious fields in all of collegiate golf. Ranked teams #4 UCLA, #5 South Carolina, #8 Oregon, #9 Arizona State, #15 Wake Forest, #19 Clemson, #22 Duke, and #25 UCF are joined by host Minnesota in a battle for early bragging rights. In total, nine of the GOLF Channel's preseason Top-30 teams in the country will be in Minnesota this weekend.
In the Field (12 Teams): Arizona State, California, Clemson, Duke, Iowa State, Minnesota (Host), Oregon, Purdue, South Carolina, UCF, UCLA, Wake Forest
THE FORMAT
Holes: 54
Days: 3 (Mon-Wed)
Scoring: 5 count 4
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,395
THE LINEUP
Arizona State boasts one of the deepest and most talented rosters in the country. Junior Paula Schulz-Hanssen claims the top spot in the opening tournament. Freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien will make her Sun Devil debut as the No. 2. Grace Summerhays begins her fourth and final season as a Sun Devil out of the No. 3 slot. Junior Beth Coulter occupies the fourth spot, while redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes rounds out a competitive lineup.
TEE TIMES
Arizona State will begin the ANNIKA Intercollegiate on Monday at 7:25 AM MST, with each of the five golfers beginning their round on Hole 10 every ten minutes. The Sun Devils will be paired with California, and UCLA.
THE COURSE
The ANNIKA Intercollegiate will be hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota for the fourth time. The par-72, 6,395-yard course is 18-holes, however the front and back nine are distinct. The first nine holes were designed by Annika Sorenstam and are known as the Queen's Nine. The back nine holes are known as the King's Nine and were designed Arnold Palmer. The venture was Palmer's last project and Sorenstam's first in the U.S.
HISTORY AT ANNIKA INTERCOLLEGIATE
Sun Devil Women's Golf is making its sixth appearance at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, also competing back in 2022, 2021, 2019, 2016, & 2014. In their most recent visit to Royal Golf Club, current juniors Paula Schulz-Hanssen and Beth Coulter made their collegiate debuts as ASU finished in eight place. Three of the five Sun Devils have experience playing this course.
In 2019, Linn Grant led the way finishing tied for eight, while ASU placed fourth as a team among a loaded field at one of the most prestigious tournaments of the season. The Maroon & Gold ended up ahead of several talented teams in the standings at the end of the three-day event, including No. 1 USC, No. 2 Duke, No. 6 UCLA, and No. 12 Arizona. Arizona State also participated back in 2014 & 2016 when the tournament was in Orlando. During the 2016 ANNIKA Intercollegiate, Linnea Strom recorded one of her 20 career Top-10 individual finishes, earning a tie for eighth. Back in 2014, Noemi Jiminez put together a strong performance, finishing in the Top-5 of the individual race.
2024-25 Arizona State Women's Golf Schedule
Arizona State will be tested throughout the campaign as Coach Farr-Kaye built one of the nation's toughest slates once again. The Maroon and Gold will compete in a total of ten regular season events, five in the Fall and five in the Spring. The postseason begins April 15 at the Big 12 Championship, with NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships scheduled for the month of May.
ANNIKA Intercollegiate – Sept. 9-11 (Lake Elmo, MN)
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept. 20-22 (Franklin, TN)
Windy City Collegiate Classic – Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 (Wilmette, IL)
Stanford Intercollegiate – Oct. 18-20 (Stanford, CA)
Nanea Invitational - Oct. 28-30 (Kailua-Kona, HI)
Match in the Desert – January 27 (Gold Canyon, AZ)*
Therese Hession Regional Challenge – Feb. 2-4 (Palos Verdes, CA)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate – March 3-5 (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Clover Cup – March 10-12 (Litchfield Park, AZ | Wigwam Golf Club)*
PING/ASU Invitational – March 28-30 (Phoenix, AZ | Papago Golf Club)*
Big 12 Championship – April 15-17 (Hockley, TX)
NCAA Regionals – May 5-7 (Columbus, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; Norman, Oklahoma; Lubbock, Texas; Charlottesville, Virginia; Gold Canyon, Arizona)*
NCAA Championship – May 16-21 (La Costa, CA; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course)
Italicized = Home Tournament
*Held in the state of Arizona
EMPTY THE NOTEBOOK
65/-7 Beth Coulter (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational first round/Sept. 22, 2023)
68/-4 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational third round/March 30, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational first round/March 17, 2024)
68/-4 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (McGuire Invitational second round/Sept. 11, 2023)
68/-3 Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate first round/March 4, 2024)
68/-3 Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate first round/March 4, 2024)
68/-3 Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate second round/March 5, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Pac-12 Championship second round/April 22, 2024)
69/-3 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational first round/March 28, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
69/-3 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational third round/Sept. 24, 2023)
69/-3 Beth Coulter (Mason Rudolph Invitational first round/Sept. 22, 2023)
69/-3 Beth Coulter (McGuire Invitational second round/Sept. 11, 2023)
69/-3 Calynne Rosholt (Windy City first round/Oct. 2, 2023)
69/-2 Patience Rhodes (Stanford Intercollegiate third round/Oct. 23, 2023)
TOP FINISHES IN 2023-24 (BY RETURNING PLAYERS)
3rd - Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
5th - Beth Coulter (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
T5th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational)
6th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
T7th - Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T9th - Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational)
12th - Beth Coulter (Cle Elum Regional)
T12th - Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T12th - Beth Coulter (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T14th - Grace Summerhays (McGuire Invitational)
BIRDIES BY SUN DEVIL (2023-24 SEASON TOTALS)
Beth Coulter - 91 (plus 4 Eagles)
Grace Summerhays - 90 (plus 4 Eagles)
Patience Rhodes - 86 (plus 2 Eagles)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 84 (plus 5 Eagles)
CAREER APPEARANCES
Grace Summerhays, 33 (30 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 24 (21 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 24 (21 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 11 (9 stroke; 2 match)
CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES
Grace Summerhays, 14
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 10
Beth Coulter, 8
Patience Rhodes, 4
ELITE COMPANY
The Sun Devils are one of just eight Division I Women's Golf teams to earn a spot at NCAA Regionals every year for the past 31 seasons. Only traditional powers Arizona State, Arizona, Duke, Florida, Stanford, USC, UCLA and Wake Forest have qualified for a regional each time since the postseason format changed in 1993. Arizona State is one of only five schools to receive a Top-3 seed in each of the last four NCAA Regional selections. They are joined by only Wake Forest South Carolina, LSU, and USC in this exclusive group, an indicator of the consistent success of Coach Farr-Kaye's program.
A TRADITION LIKE NO OTHER
During the past five decades, many of the premier amateur women's golfers have called Arizona State University home. Arizona State won its NCAA-leading eighth national championship title in 2017 to reinforce its standing as the premier women's golf school in the United States. Under legendary Head Coach Linda Vollstedt, the program became the first in women's collegiate golf to win six championships in a decade (1990, '93, '94, '95, '97, '98). ASU remains the lone program to ever capture three national titles in a row (1993, '94, '95). The Sun Devil Golf programs did something in 1990 that had never been done before and hasn't been accomplished since. ASU swept both the Men's and Women's Team National Titles in 1990, becoming the first school to capture both championships in the same year.
HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL
Sun Devil Athletics was thrilled to extend four of its head coaches back in December of 2023, including Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye. Entering her ninth year with ASU, Farr-Kaye has been extended through the 2027-28 athletic calendar. She completed the trifecta in 2017, becoming the first individual in NCAA history to win a National Championship as a player, assistant coach, and head coach at the same school.
THE BIRD
The Thunderbirds Golf Complex, designed by Douglas Fredrickson Architects and built by Rummel Construction Inc., is a 7,000-square foot facility featuring a grand entry lobby, national championship displays, a team gym and locker rooms for both men's and women's teams, a fueling station, study lounge, team lounge, indoor hitting bays and more. Designed by Sun Devil alumnus and five-time PGA Major Championships winner Phil Mickelson, who is known for his short-game expertise, the four-acre practice area consists of five practice greens, four practice bunkers and a three-acre fairway and rough designed to practice every possible golf shot. On Nov. 1, 2018, Papago Golf Course became the new home for Sun Devil Men's & Women's Golf with the unveiling of their new state-of-the-art practice facility -- The Thunderbirds Golf Complex -- through the generous commitment by The Thunderbirds organization. Arizona State, in partnership with The Thunderbirds, Arizona Golf Community Foundation, the City of Phoenix and Phil Mickelson Design, revitalized the course and helped build the Lou Grubb Clubhouse and Lou's Bar & Grill.
FANTASTIC FIVE
Patience Rhodes, Grace Summerhays, Paula Schulz-Hanssen, and Beth Coulter all return having gained another year of valuable experience. Highly-touted incoming freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien joins the program, forming a talented 2024-25 roster under the direction of Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye and Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring for the ANNIKA Intercollegiate can be found at the following link. For the latest updates and information on the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, follow our Twitter/Instagram accounts (@SunDevilWGolf), like our Facebook page (facebook.com/sundevilwgolf/), and visit our website (sundevils.com). Find Coach Farr-Kaye (@missymkaye) and Coach Tatman (@CoachMikayla_) on X as well. Follow @ANNIKA_Fdn, @RoyalGolfClubMN, and @3M for additional behind-the-scenes content.
This year will be the tenth edition of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, the sixth held at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Three of the top-10 ranked spring teams in the country will compete including defending champions, South Carolina. GOLF Channel identified nine tournaments as "Events to Watch" in the month of September. Each of ASU's first three tournaments are featured on the list, starting with the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. Arizona State will begin the first of three rounds over three days Monday morning at 7:25 AM MST on the 10th hole.
LIVE SCORING
COACH'S CORNER
"We are excited to finally get our season started," Coach Farr-Kaye remarked. "Our team has been working hard to get ready for this. There will be so many talented teams up in Minnesota, so this is an important event and an opportunity to prove ourselves."
SUN DEVILS IN THE RANKINGS
Arizona State is considered one of the best teams in the nation heading into the 2024-25 season. Golfweek recently tabbed them as the No. 9 team in the country in their preseason rankings. GOLF Channel also has high expectations for Coach Farr-Kaye's group, coming in at No. 14 in the publication's verion of a preseason poll. The Women's Golf Coaches Association releases a preseason poll on Sept. 6.
Golfweek: #9
GOLF Channel: #14
WGCA: #12
All four individuals are in currently ranked in the Top-153 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), led by Beth Coulter at No. 74.
THE COMPETITION (GOLF CHANNEL PRESEASON RANKINGS)
The ANNIKA Intercollegiate once again features one of the most prestigious fields in all of collegiate golf. Ranked teams #4 UCLA, #5 South Carolina, #8 Oregon, #9 Arizona State, #15 Wake Forest, #19 Clemson, #22 Duke, and #25 UCF are joined by host Minnesota in a battle for early bragging rights. In total, nine of the GOLF Channel's preseason Top-30 teams in the country will be in Minnesota this weekend.
In the Field (12 Teams): Arizona State, California, Clemson, Duke, Iowa State, Minnesota (Host), Oregon, Purdue, South Carolina, UCF, UCLA, Wake Forest
THE FORMAT
Holes: 54
Days: 3 (Mon-Wed)
Scoring: 5 count 4
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,395
THE LINEUP
Arizona State boasts one of the deepest and most talented rosters in the country. Junior Paula Schulz-Hanssen claims the top spot in the opening tournament. Freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien will make her Sun Devil debut as the No. 2. Grace Summerhays begins her fourth and final season as a Sun Devil out of the No. 3 slot. Junior Beth Coulter occupies the fourth spot, while redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes rounds out a competitive lineup.
TEE TIMES
Arizona State will begin the ANNIKA Intercollegiate on Monday at 7:25 AM MST, with each of the five golfers beginning their round on Hole 10 every ten minutes. The Sun Devils will be paired with California, and UCLA.
| PAIRING | California, UCLA |
| HOLE | 10 |
| TIME (MST) | GOLFER |
| 7:25 AM | Patience Rhodes |
| 7:35 AM | Beth Coulter |
| 7:45 AM | Grace Summerhays |
| 7:55 AM | Isla McDonald-O'Brien |
| 8:05 AM | Paula Schulz-Hanssen |
THE COURSE
The ANNIKA Intercollegiate will be hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota for the fourth time. The par-72, 6,395-yard course is 18-holes, however the front and back nine are distinct. The first nine holes were designed by Annika Sorenstam and are known as the Queen's Nine. The back nine holes are known as the King's Nine and were designed Arnold Palmer. The venture was Palmer's last project and Sorenstam's first in the U.S.
HISTORY AT ANNIKA INTERCOLLEGIATE
Sun Devil Women's Golf is making its sixth appearance at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, also competing back in 2022, 2021, 2019, 2016, & 2014. In their most recent visit to Royal Golf Club, current juniors Paula Schulz-Hanssen and Beth Coulter made their collegiate debuts as ASU finished in eight place. Three of the five Sun Devils have experience playing this course.
In 2019, Linn Grant led the way finishing tied for eight, while ASU placed fourth as a team among a loaded field at one of the most prestigious tournaments of the season. The Maroon & Gold ended up ahead of several talented teams in the standings at the end of the three-day event, including No. 1 USC, No. 2 Duke, No. 6 UCLA, and No. 12 Arizona. Arizona State also participated back in 2014 & 2016 when the tournament was in Orlando. During the 2016 ANNIKA Intercollegiate, Linnea Strom recorded one of her 20 career Top-10 individual finishes, earning a tie for eighth. Back in 2014, Noemi Jiminez put together a strong performance, finishing in the Top-5 of the individual race.
2024-25 Arizona State Women's Golf Schedule
Arizona State will be tested throughout the campaign as Coach Farr-Kaye built one of the nation's toughest slates once again. The Maroon and Gold will compete in a total of ten regular season events, five in the Fall and five in the Spring. The postseason begins April 15 at the Big 12 Championship, with NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships scheduled for the month of May.
ANNIKA Intercollegiate – Sept. 9-11 (Lake Elmo, MN)
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept. 20-22 (Franklin, TN)
Windy City Collegiate Classic – Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 (Wilmette, IL)
Stanford Intercollegiate – Oct. 18-20 (Stanford, CA)
Nanea Invitational - Oct. 28-30 (Kailua-Kona, HI)
Match in the Desert – January 27 (Gold Canyon, AZ)*
Therese Hession Regional Challenge – Feb. 2-4 (Palos Verdes, CA)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate – March 3-5 (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Clover Cup – March 10-12 (Litchfield Park, AZ | Wigwam Golf Club)*
PING/ASU Invitational – March 28-30 (Phoenix, AZ | Papago Golf Club)*
Big 12 Championship – April 15-17 (Hockley, TX)
NCAA Regionals – May 5-7 (Columbus, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; Norman, Oklahoma; Lubbock, Texas; Charlottesville, Virginia; Gold Canyon, Arizona)*
NCAA Championship – May 16-21 (La Costa, CA; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course)
Italicized = Home Tournament
*Held in the state of Arizona
EMPTY THE NOTEBOOK
- Arizona State is one of ten teams that made the 2024 NCAA Championship and returns four members from that team.
- The Sun Devils will face a team in the Top-10 of GOLF Channel's preseason rankings a total of 28 times this year.
- Missy Farr-Kaye enters her ninth season as the Head Coach of Sun Devil Women's Golf. She is tied with Bobby Hurley (Men's Basketball) and Greg Powers (Hockey) as the second-longest tenured Sun Devil Athletics Head Coach. She trails only Zeke Jones, who is getting ready for his 10th year at the helm of the Sun Devil wrestling program.
- ASU has the chance to play in the state of Arizona up to four times this year. Regular season events have them playing Superstition Mountain Golf Club (Gold Canyon), Wigwam Golf Club (Litchfield Park), and Papago Golf Club (Phoenix). Should they qualify for a regional, the Sun Devils would compete at Superstition Mountain Golf Club a second time, serving as one of six regional hosts.
65/-7 Beth Coulter (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational first round/Sept. 22, 2023)
68/-4 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational third round/March 30, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational first round/March 17, 2024)
68/-4 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (McGuire Invitational second round/Sept. 11, 2023)
68/-3 Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate first round/March 4, 2024)
68/-3 Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate first round/March 4, 2024)
68/-3 Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate second round/March 5, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Pac-12 Championship second round/April 22, 2024)
69/-3 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational first round/March 28, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
69/-3 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational third round/Sept. 24, 2023)
69/-3 Beth Coulter (Mason Rudolph Invitational first round/Sept. 22, 2023)
69/-3 Beth Coulter (McGuire Invitational second round/Sept. 11, 2023)
69/-3 Calynne Rosholt (Windy City first round/Oct. 2, 2023)
69/-2 Patience Rhodes (Stanford Intercollegiate third round/Oct. 23, 2023)
TOP FINISHES IN 2023-24 (BY RETURNING PLAYERS)
3rd - Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
5th - Beth Coulter (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
T5th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational)
6th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
T7th - Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T9th - Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational)
12th - Beth Coulter (Cle Elum Regional)
T12th - Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T12th - Beth Coulter (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T14th - Grace Summerhays (McGuire Invitational)
BIRDIES BY SUN DEVIL (2023-24 SEASON TOTALS)
Beth Coulter - 91 (plus 4 Eagles)
Grace Summerhays - 90 (plus 4 Eagles)
Patience Rhodes - 86 (plus 2 Eagles)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 84 (plus 5 Eagles)
CAREER APPEARANCES
Grace Summerhays, 33 (30 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 24 (21 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 24 (21 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 11 (9 stroke; 2 match)
CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES
Grace Summerhays, 14
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 10
Beth Coulter, 8
Patience Rhodes, 4
ELITE COMPANY
The Sun Devils are one of just eight Division I Women's Golf teams to earn a spot at NCAA Regionals every year for the past 31 seasons. Only traditional powers Arizona State, Arizona, Duke, Florida, Stanford, USC, UCLA and Wake Forest have qualified for a regional each time since the postseason format changed in 1993. Arizona State is one of only five schools to receive a Top-3 seed in each of the last four NCAA Regional selections. They are joined by only Wake Forest South Carolina, LSU, and USC in this exclusive group, an indicator of the consistent success of Coach Farr-Kaye's program.
A TRADITION LIKE NO OTHER
During the past five decades, many of the premier amateur women's golfers have called Arizona State University home. Arizona State won its NCAA-leading eighth national championship title in 2017 to reinforce its standing as the premier women's golf school in the United States. Under legendary Head Coach Linda Vollstedt, the program became the first in women's collegiate golf to win six championships in a decade (1990, '93, '94, '95, '97, '98). ASU remains the lone program to ever capture three national titles in a row (1993, '94, '95). The Sun Devil Golf programs did something in 1990 that had never been done before and hasn't been accomplished since. ASU swept both the Men's and Women's Team National Titles in 1990, becoming the first school to capture both championships in the same year.
HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL
Sun Devil Athletics was thrilled to extend four of its head coaches back in December of 2023, including Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye. Entering her ninth year with ASU, Farr-Kaye has been extended through the 2027-28 athletic calendar. She completed the trifecta in 2017, becoming the first individual in NCAA history to win a National Championship as a player, assistant coach, and head coach at the same school.
THE BIRD
The Thunderbirds Golf Complex, designed by Douglas Fredrickson Architects and built by Rummel Construction Inc., is a 7,000-square foot facility featuring a grand entry lobby, national championship displays, a team gym and locker rooms for both men's and women's teams, a fueling station, study lounge, team lounge, indoor hitting bays and more. Designed by Sun Devil alumnus and five-time PGA Major Championships winner Phil Mickelson, who is known for his short-game expertise, the four-acre practice area consists of five practice greens, four practice bunkers and a three-acre fairway and rough designed to practice every possible golf shot. On Nov. 1, 2018, Papago Golf Course became the new home for Sun Devil Men's & Women's Golf with the unveiling of their new state-of-the-art practice facility -- The Thunderbirds Golf Complex -- through the generous commitment by The Thunderbirds organization. Arizona State, in partnership with The Thunderbirds, Arizona Golf Community Foundation, the City of Phoenix and Phil Mickelson Design, revitalized the course and helped build the Lou Grubb Clubhouse and Lou's Bar & Grill.
FANTASTIC FIVE
Patience Rhodes, Grace Summerhays, Paula Schulz-Hanssen, and Beth Coulter all return having gained another year of valuable experience. Highly-touted incoming freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien joins the program, forming a talented 2024-25 roster under the direction of Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye and Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring for the ANNIKA Intercollegiate can be found at the following link. For the latest updates and information on the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, follow our Twitter/Instagram accounts (@SunDevilWGolf), like our Facebook page (facebook.com/sundevilwgolf/), and visit our website (sundevils.com). Find Coach Farr-Kaye (@missymkaye) and Coach Tatman (@CoachMikayla_) on X as well. Follow @ANNIKA_Fdn, @RoyalGolfClubMN, and @3M for additional behind-the-scenes content.