No. 8 Arizona State is set to participate in the 2025 Big 12 Championship taking place April 15-17 at The Club at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas. A program that won eight conference titles while in the Pac-12 vies for their first Big 12 Conference crown. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye's team enters as the No. 1 seed in the league and is coming off a pair of team victories to end the regular season.
Championship on the Line
The 2025 Big 12 Championship will be awarded this week, with 14 teams battling for the conference prize. Both the individual and team titles are on the line and decided by three stroke-play rounds. Live coverage of the final round will be available on ESPN+.
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Coach's Corner
"Incredibly proud of this group," Coach Farr-Kaye mentioned after the PING/ASU Invitational win. "They continue to work extremely hard to live the legacy of the Sun Devil Women's Golf program. Earning back-to-back titles heading into postseason play is extremely encouraging."
"We are focused on playing our best at the Big 12 Championship," Farr-Kaye added. "This is new territory for us and the team is ready for the challenge. They recognize that this is the most important time of the year."
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Last Time Out
Sun Devil Women's Golf won the 2025 PING/ASU Invitational in dominant fashion. Arizona State hosted the 52nd edition of the iconic tournament at Papago Golf Club and claimed the team title for the 28th time in program history. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye's team not only won the event, they dominated, securing a wire-to-wire 13-stroke victory over two-time defending champion No. 12 Northwestern. The -36/828 posted by the Sun Devils over three rounds was the second-lowest 54-hole score vs. par in program history. It is also a new scoring record for any team at the PING/ASU Invitational.
Top Team 54-Hole Scores (vs. par)
822 (-42) 2024 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational, par 72
828 (-36) 2025 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72
839 (-25) 2022 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72
839 (-25) 2017 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72
839 (-25) 2017 Mason Rudolph Championship, par 72
842 (-22) 2017 NCAA West Regionals, par 72
842 (-22) 2009 NCAA West Regional, par 72
844 (-20) 2024 Mason Rudolph Invitational, par 72
859 (-17) 2024 Nanea Invitational, par 73
848 (-16) 2021 Clover Cup, par 72
827 (-13) 2025 Clover Cup, par 70
The 2024-25 Sun Devil Women's Golf team is now responsible for four of the Top-11 team 54-hole scores vs. par in program history.
Two of the three rounds carded by Arizona State at PING/ASU will go down in the record books. On Friday and Saturday, the squad recorded two of their best eight 18-hole team scores vs par ever. The Maroon and Gold put the finishing touches on the victory with another excellent performance in the final round, finishing with a -8/280.
Top Team 18-Hole Scores (vs. par)
266 (-22) 2024 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational, par 72 (second)
275 (-17) 2022 Pac-12 Preview, par 73 (first)
272 (-16) 2017 NCAA Regionals, par 72 (third)
273 (-15) 2025 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72 (first)
273 (-15) 2017 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72 (third)
273 (-15) 2009 NCAA West Regional, par 72 (first)
275 (-13) 2022 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72 (second)
275 (-13) 2025 PING/ASU Invitational, par 72 (second)
Make it back-to-back team championships for Sun Devil Women's Golf, who is peaking at the right time heading into the postseason. In total, Arizona State has now won three titles this year, previously claiming victories at the 2024 Windy City Collegiate Classic back in October and the 2025 Clover Cup earlier in the month. It is the 21st team championship for the program since Missy Farr-Kaye took over prior to the 2015-16 season. The three wins are the most in a season since the 2020-21 team earned four trophies. It is only the fourth time since 2009 that ASU has won back-to-back events.
Sun Devils in the Rankings
Arizona State was considered one of the best teams in the nation heading into the 2024-25 season and they proved that they deserve the recognition throughout the 2024-25 season. GOLF Channel initially tabbed them as the No. 9 team in the country in their preseason rankings. Golfweek also had high expectations for Coach Farr-Kaye's group, coming in at No. 14 in the publication's version of a preseason poll. ASU has only solidified that standing since the season started.
The Women's Golf Coaches Association released their latest Spring poll on April 11, with ASU slotted at No. 8. Scoreboard presented by Clipp'd produces rankings based on results up to this point in the season and ASU is No. 8, which is the official metric used by the NCAA.
WGCA: #8 (as of 4/11)
Scoreboard: #8 (as of 4/10)
Three of five individuals on the ASU roster are currently ranked in the Top-90 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), led by Patience Rhodes at No. 31. In addition to a team ranking, Scoreboard produced the regular season individual rankings of the season and all five Sun Devils are in the Top-200. Patience Rhodes is No. 23, followed by Beth Coulter (#40), Paula Schulz-Hanssen (#41), and Isla McDonald-O'Brien (#45).
The Competition (Scoreboard Rankings)
The Big 12 Championship will be one of the most competitive conference championships of the postseason slate. The 2025 edition features four Top-25 teams and ten of the Top-37 in the latest Scoreboard rankings. The field is led by #8 Arizona State, #15 TCU, #19 Arizona, and #22 Kansas. Big 12 schools West Virginia and Utah do not sponsor women's golf.
In the Field (14 Teams): #8 Arizona State, #15 TCU, #19 Arizona, #22 Kansas, #26 Houston, #28 Kansas State, #29 Iowa State, #30 Oklahoma State, #31 UCF, #37 Baylor, #55 BYU, #61 Texas Tech, #63 Colorado, #117 Cincinnati
Head-to-Head with the Big 12
Arizona State went 13-2 overall against Big 12 Conference competition in the regular season.
Arizona (2-1)
L - Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 20-22)
W - Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30 - Oct. 1)
W - Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4)
Baylor (3-0)
W - Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 20-22)
W - Match in the Desert (Jan. 27)
W - Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 3-5)
BYU (1-0)
W - Nanea Invitational (Oct. 28-30)
Colorado (2-0)
W - Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20)
W - Nanea Invitational (Oct. 28-30)
Iowa State (3-0)
W - ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
W - Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30 - Oct. 1)
W - Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20)
Kansas (1-1)
L - Match in the Desert (Jan. 27)
W - PING/ASU Invitational (March 28-30)
UCF (1-0)
W - ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
The Seeding
14 teams in the Big 12 Conference sponsor women's golf. Arizona State received the top seed heading into the 2025 Championship. Here is a full list of the seeding, which is formulated based on Scoreboard rankings:
- Arizona State
- TCU
- Arizona
- Kansas
- Houston
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
- UCF
- Iowa State
- Baylor
- BYU
- Texas Tech
- Colorado
- Cincinnati
The Format
Holes: 18
Days: 3 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Scoring: 5 count 4
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,249
The Lineup
Arizona State boasts one of the deepest and most talented rosters in the country. Coming off a second-place finish at the PING/ASU Invitational, redshirt sophomore Patience Rhdoes earns the top spot. Junior Paula Schulz-Hanssen qualified as the No. 2 golfer. Fellow junior Beth Coulter already has one Top-5 finish at a conference championship in her career and looks to add to that out of the No. 3 slot. Freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien will make her postseason debut out of the No. 4 slot. Rounding out the lineup is the golfer with the most postseason experience, senior Grace Summerhays, who will appear in her fourth conference championship.
Tee Times
Arizona State will begin the Big 12 Championship on Tuesday at 6 AM MST, with each of the five golfers beginning their round on Hole 1 every ten minutes. The Sun Devils will be paired with TCU and Arizona
| PAIRING | TCU, Arizona |
| HOLE | 1 |
| TIME (MST) | GOLFER |
| 6:00 AM | Grace Summerhays |
| 6:10 AM | Isla McDonald-O'Brien |
| 6:20 AM | Beth Coulter |
| 6:30 AM | Paula Schulz-Hanssen |
| 6:40 AM | Patience Rhodes |
ESPN+ Broadcast on Wednesday
Coverage of the 2025 Big 12 Women's Golf Championship will be provided by ESPN+ on the final day of the event. Tune-in Thursday, April 17 from 8:30 AM-12:30 PM MST to witness the push for the title. Tony Simeone and Suzy Whaley will be on the broadcast, which will also cover the awards ceremony after the round.
The Course
The 2025 Big 12 Women's Golf Championship returns to the Clubs at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas for the second consecutive year. The 18-hole Championship Golf Course was
designed by Chet Williams and opened in 2017. It has consistently been voted as one of the top golf courses in the state of Texas, coming in at No. 26 in the 2024 GolfDigest rankings.
History at Conference Championships
Arguably no program has enjoyed more success at Conference Championships than Arizona State. Their 13 individual champions while in the Pac-10/12 were seven more than any other team, while their eight team championships were tied for first. Most recently, Olivia Mehaffey claimed the 2019 Individual Championship by coming back from four strokes down on the final day. The Sun Devils last one as a team back in 2009 on their way to the program's seventh of eight NCAA Championships, with Coach Farr-Kaye serving as an Assistant Coach that year.
Legendary Sun Devil Women's Golf Head Coach Linda Vollstedt could be considered the queen of the Pac-10/12 Championships. Her teams won it a total of six times (most by any coach), including the first two in 1987 & 1988. Later in her career, Arizona State ran off four straight titles during their dominant run in the mid-90s, a feat that has never been matched since. ASU has three Top-3 finishes at the conference championships under Coach Farr-Kaye, finishing third in 2016, 2019, and 2021. The Sun Devils finished in 7th at last year's Pac-12 Championship led by Grace Summerhays (16th).
Team Championships under Missy Farr-Kaye (21)
---> 2025 PING/ASU Invitational
---> 2025 Clover Cup
---> 2024 Windy City Collegiate Classic
2024 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
2022 Match in the Desert
2022 PING/ASU Invitational
2021 Bruin Wave Invitational
2021 Clover Cup
2021 PING/ASU Invitational (Co-Champs)
2020 Stanford Intercollegiate
2020 Tri-Match vs. UCLA & Denver
2020 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
2019 Wildcat Invitational
2019 Tri-Match against Denver & Georgia
2018 Windy City Collegiate
2017 NCAA Championships (NATIONAL CHAMPION)
2017 NCAA Regional Championships
2017 PING/ASU Invitational
2017 Clover Cup
2016 Pac-12 Preview
Rhodes on ANNIKA Award Final Watch List
Sun Devil Women's Golf redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes earned a spot on the ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List. The Haskins Foundation released their final watch list of the Fall season for the ANNIKA Award, given annually to the top female collegiate golfer. One of the 25 names included on the list was Patience Rhodes from Arizona State. Rhodes is one of only 11 underclassmen under consideration for the award. A Sun Devil has landed on this list in five of the past seven seasons, as Rhodes joins the company of program greats Linn Grant, Olivia Mehaffey, and Ashley Menne.
Rhodes is in the midst of a breakout redshirt sophomore season in which she has emerged as one of the most consistent golfers in the nation. Here is more about her accomplishments.
Rhodes in the Rankings
- No. 23 in Clipp'd (National collegiate golf rankings)
- No. 31 in WAGR (International amateur golf rankings)
- No. 10 in European Amateur Rankings
By the Numbers
- 3 Top-5 Finishes
- 7 Top-10 Finishes
- Finished in Top-12 of all eight of nine events
- 70.8 stroke average in 25 rounds
- 69.6 adjusted scoring average (via Clipp'd)
- 6 rounds in the 60s
- 16 rounds of par or below
- 563-67-18 (86.9%) head-to-head record
Azahara Munoz Inducted into ASU Hall of Fame
Sun Devil Women's Golf legend Azahara Munoz is part of the 2024 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame class. Munoz is one of six Hall of Fame inductees as a part of a loaded 2024 class, joined by one Hall of Distinction selection. A luncheon honoring the class was held on Friday, Oct. 4, at ASU's Old Main, while honorees were introduced at Sun Devil Football's win over Kansas. Munoz becomes the 20th individual from Sun Devil Women's Golf to enter the Hall of Fame and is the 21st overall inductee with ties to the program. Women's Golf has been represented in three of the past four Hall of Fame classes (2019, 2022, 2024). The most recent representative from Women's Golf entered back in 2022, when Anna Nordqvist was honored.
"We are extremely proud of Aza for all that she has accomplished in her illustrious career," Sun Devil Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye remarked. "She is a proud Sun Devil and is very deserving of this honor. There is no doubt she is one of the best players we have ever had come through our program."
Azahara Munoz left Arizona State as one of the most decorated golfers in program history.
- Captured the 2008 NCAA Individual Title in dramatic fashion, winning in a playoff to become the ninth Sun Devil to win the National Championship.
- Buried a clutch 25-foot putt to defeat UCLA's Tiffany Joh in the winner-take-all playoff.
- Helped lead Arizona State to the 2009 NCAA Championship, its seventh in school history and first since 1998.
- One of only four four-time All-Americans in the illustrious history of the Sun Devil Women's Golf Program.
- The top-placing Sun Devil at the 2009 NCAA Championships, earning her second-career Top-5 National finish by finishing in fourth place.
- Landed on the Pac-10 First Team All-Conference in each of her four seasons in Tempe.
- Compiled an incredible 31 Top-10 finishes in 39 career appearances as a Sun Devil.
- The first two-time recipient of the prestigious Edith Cummings Munson Award, which is given to the top collegiate female golfers nationally who also excel in academics.
- Graduated summa cum laude with a 3.98 in psychology.
- 2009 Pac-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year.
- Four-time NGCA Academic All-American and two-time ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-American.
- While attending Arizona State, she competed internationally as one of the top-ranked amateurs in the world.
- Finished as the runner-up at the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur, won the 2009 Ladies British Amateur Championship, and competed for Spain in the 2006 Women's World Amateur.
Five Sun Devils at the Paris Olympics
Sun Devil Women's Golf had more representatives than any other collegiate women's golf program at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Five Arizona State products competed in the most prestigious international event on the golf calendar. Both of the Spanish qualifiers were Sun Devils, with Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz each making their third Olympic appearance. The other three Sun Devils made their Olympic debut, as Linn Grant (Sweden), Alessandra Fanali (Italy), and Alexandra Forsterling (Germany) each earned a spot in the iconic competition.
Anna Nordqvist Named Team Europe Captain for Solheim Cup
Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Famer and women's golf legend Anna Nordqvist (2007-09) was named the captain for Team Europe for the 2026 Solheim Cup, to be held 7–13 September at Bernardus Golf in North Brabant, Netherlands. Nordqvist has already established herself as one of the premiere competitors in Solheim Cup history and will look to add to her lore in the iconic event.
Tatman Elevated to Associate Head Coach
Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman was promoted to Associate Head Coach earlier in the season. In the midst of her second season in Tempe, Tatman has been critical to the success of the program during her tenure. Arizona State has won four tournaments in her two seasons and qualified for the 2024 NCAA Championship.
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 are 104-23-1 overall in head-to-head matchups.
- Missy Farr-Kaye enters her tenth 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 11th 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 already had 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
---> 2nd - Patience Rhodes, PING/ASU Invitational
T2nd - Beth Coulter, Clover Cup
T2nd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Match in the Desert*
---> 3rd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, PING/ASU Invitational
4th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Match in the Desert*
T4th- Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Clover Cup
---> T5th - Beth Coulter, PING/ASU Invitational
---> T5th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, PING/ASU Invitational
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
7th - Patience Rhodes, Clover Cup
T8th - Patience Rhodes, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
T9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Nanea Invitational
T9th - Beth Coulter, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
---> 10th - Grace Summerhays, PING/ASU Invitational
T10th - Beth Coulter, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T10th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T12th - Patience Rhodes, Nanea Invitational
T13th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Clover Cup
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
34 total Top-20 finishes; 21 Top-10 finishes by Sun Devils this year
*One-day, 18-hole event
Best rounds in 2024-25
---> 66/-6 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
66/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
67/-6 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
---> 67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
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)
67/-3 Patience Rhodes(Clover Cup Second Round/March 11, 2025)
67/-3 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
---> 68/-4 Beth Coulter (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
---> 68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
---> 68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
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)
68/-2 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup Second Round/March 11, 2025)
68/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
---> 69/-3 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
---> 69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
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)
69/-1 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
69/-1 Patience Rhodes (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
69/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
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 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
---> 70/-2 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
---> 70/-2 Beth Coulter (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
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)
70/E Grace Summerhays (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
70/E Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
49 total rounds of 70 or lower
Birdies by Sun Devil (2024-25 Season totals)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien - 109 birdies; 1 eagle
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 97 birdies
Patience Rhodes - 88 birdies; 2 eagle
Beth Coulter - 86 birdies; 1 eagle
Grace Summerhays - 73 birdies; 5 eagles
Total - 453 birdies; 9 eagles
Career Appearances
Grace Summerhays, 43 (40 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 34 (31 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 34 (31 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 20 (18 stroke; 2 match)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 11 (11 stroke)
Total 136 (125 stroke; 11 match)
Career Top-20 Fiinishes
Grace Summerhays, 18 (8 Top-10)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 18 (8 Top-10)
Beth Coulter, 15 (7 Top-10)
Patience Rhodes, 12 (8 Top-10)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 7 (4 Top-10)
Total 71 (35 Top-10)
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 of the Big 12 Championship 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.