HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Defending Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Champions Sun Devil Women's Golf finished in fifth of the 2025 edition of one of college golf's most prestigous events.
No. 8 Arizona State (+20/872) faced a tough setup at Long Cove Club, as no team finished better than 11-over par. Despite the challenges, the Sun Devils still managed to finish in the top-third of a 15-team field. The Maroon and Gold were led by Patience Rhodes, who finished in a tie for sixth place in a loaded field. It is Rhodes' fifth Top-10 finish of the year, as her breakout season continues. Paula Schulz-Hanssen and Isla McDonald-O'Brien joined Rhodes in the Top-20 of a decorated 90-golfer field.
Leaderboard | Tournament Stats
Round Breakdown
Patience Rhodes
Overall Finish: (+1/214/T6)
Today's Round: 72 (+1)
Birdies (2): Hole 2 (Par 3; 162 yards), Hole 4 (Par 4; 362 yards)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen
Overall Finish: (+5/218/T13)
Today's Round: 74 (+3)
Birdies (1): Hole 7 (Hole 4; 390 yards)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien
Overall Finish: (+6/219/T17)
Today's Round: 74 (+3)
Birdies (1): Hole 16 (Par 4; 389 yards)
Grace Summerhays
Overall Finish: (+9/222/T29)
Today's Round: 74 (+3)
Birdies (3): Hole 14 (Par 4; 380 yards), Hole 15 (Par 5; 530 yards), Hole 18 (Par 4; 385 yards)
Beth Coulter
Overall Finish: (+11/224/T40)
Today's Round: 73 (+2)
Birdies (1): Hole 5 (Par 4; 317 yards), Hole 11 (Par 4; 368 yards), Hole 16 (Par 4; 389 yards)
Up Next
Clover Cup – March 10-12 (Litchfield Park, AZ | Wigwam Golf Club)
Arizona State is back in the Clover Cup for the first time since 2021, giving fans an opportunity to check out the squad at another local event. Hosted by Notre Dame at Wigwam Golf Club in Litchfield Park, the Sun Devils will look to duplicate the success they had at this event in 2021. Coach Farr-Kaye's team shot a tournament-best 277 -- with Olivia Mehaffey's school-record 62 leading the way -- to come back from six strokes down after the second round to win the Clover Cup by three over Arizona. ASU shot 16-under 848 (288-283-277) to top second-round leader Arizona (281-284-286=851), with Mehaffey's historic round sparking the late charge.
Linn Grant added to her incredible collegiate resume, winning her fifth individual championship. Dating back to a victory at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational last season, Grant has won or shared individual medalist honors at five consecutive events, accomplishing an incredible feat. She shot 69 each day to finish at 9-under 207. Grant became only the second Sun Devil in program history to win four consecutive tournaments, joining Brandie Burton from the legendary 1989-90 season, which resulted in Arizona State's first women's golf NCAA Championship.
In the Field (12 Teams): Clemson, Colorado State, Indiana, Kennesaw State, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame (Host), Southern Illinois, Texas A&M, Toledo, UNC Wilmington, UTSA
Quotables
"Our team was able to learn a lot this week at Darius Rucker," Coach Farr-Kaye observed. "We know we can compete with any team in the nation. There is a quick turnaround before our next event, so we won't have to wait long to test ourselves again."
"Patience continues an incredible season," Coach Farr-Kaye added. "The most exciting part is she is just scratching the surface of her abilities. She has the potential to be one of the best golfers in the nation."
Team Standings
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | To Par |
| T1 | #22 LSU | 289 | 288 | 286 | +11 |
| T1 | #5 South Carolina | 291 | 282 | 290 | +11 |
| 3 | #2 Arkansas | 288 | 285 | 294 | +15 |
| 4 | #9 Wake Forest | 291 | 291 | 289 | +19 |
| 5 | #8 Arizona State | 291 | 288 | 293 | +20 |
Individual Standings
| Place | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | To Par |
| T1 | Kendall Todd, Arkansas | 68 | 72 | 72 | -1 |
| T1 | Louise Rydqvist | 72 | 69 | 71 | -1 |
| T6 | Patience Rhodes | 72 | 70 | 72 | +1 |
| T13 | Paula Schulz-Hanssen | 70 | 74 | 74 | +5 |
| T17 | Isla McDonald-O'Brien | 74 | 71 | 74 | +6 |
| T29 | Grace Summerhays | 75 | 73 | 74 | +9 |
| T40 | Beth Coulter | 76 | 75 | 73 | +11 |
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.
Top finishes in 2024-25
T2nd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Match in the Desert*
4th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Match in the Desert*
T5th - Beth Coulter, Stanford Intercollegiate
T5th - Patience Rhodes, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T5th - Patience Rhodes, Mason Rudolph Championship
---> T6th - Patience Rhodes, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T6th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Nanea Invitational
T6th - Patience Rhodes, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
T8th - Patience Rhodes, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
T9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Nanea Invitational
T9th - Beth Coulter, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
T10th - Beth Coulter, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T10th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T12th - Patience Rhodes, Nanea Invitational
---> T13th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T13th - Beth Coulter, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
14th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
T15th - Grace Summerhays, Match in the Desert*
T15th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T16th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Mason Rudolph Championship
---> T17th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T18th - Grace Summerhays, Nanea Invitational
T18th - Grace Summerhays, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T18th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Stanford Intercollegiate
T20th - Beth Coulter, Nanea Invitational
25 total Top-20 finishes; 13 Top-10 finishes by Sun Devils this year
*One-day, 18-hole event
Best rounds in 2024-25
67/-6 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Championship Third Round/Sept. 22, 2024)
67/-5 Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship Second Round/Sept. 21, 2024)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Mason Rudolph Championship Third Round/Sept. 22, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
68/-4 Beth Coulter (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11, 2024
68/-4 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (ANNIKA Intercollegiate First Round/Sept. 9, 2024)
68/-3 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Windy City Collegiate Classic Second Round/Sept. 30, 2024)
69/-2 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round/Oct. 19, 2024)
70/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
70/-3 Patience Rhodes (Nanea Invitational Third Round/Oct. 30, 2024)
70/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Match in the Desert/Jan. 27, 2025)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (Windy City Collegiate Classic Third Round/Oct. 1, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (Windy City Collegiate Classic Second Round/Sept. 30, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Second Round/Sept. 10, 2024)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11 2024)
70/-2 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
---> 70/-1 Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Second Round/Mar. 4, 2024)
---> 70/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate First Round/Mar. 3, 2024)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Therese Hession Regional Challenge Third Round/Feb. 4, 2025)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Therese Hession Regional Challenge First Round/Feb. 2, 2025)
70/-1 Patience Rhodes (Therese Hession Regional Challenge First Round/Feb. 2, 2025)
70/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
70/-1 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
70/-1 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round/Oct. 19, 2024)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate Third Round/Oct. 20, 2024)
29 total rounds of 70 or lower
Birdies by Sun Devil (2024-25 Season totals)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 80 birdies
Isla McDonald-O'Brien - 80 birdies
Patience Rhodes - 64 birdies; 1 eagle
Beth Coulter - 63 birdies
Grace Summerhays - 55 birdies; 5 eagles
Total - 342 birdies; 6 eagles
Career appearances
Grace Summerhays, 41 (38 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 32 (29 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 32 (29 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 18 (16 stroke; 2 match)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 8 (9 stroke)
Total 126 (115 stroke; 11 match)
Career Top-20 finishes
Grace Summerhays, 17 (7 Top-10)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 16 (7 Top-10)
Beth Coulter, 13 (5 Top-10)
Patience Rhodes, 10 (6 Top-10)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 5 (2 Top-10)
Total 61 (27 Top-10)
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
The final standings of the Darius Rucker 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.