Next up for the Sun Devil men's golf team is NCAA Regional play set for May 12-14, as it will be the top seed in the Bremerton, WA, regional.
About The Regional
The Sun Devils are the top seed in the 14-team Bremerton (WA) NCAA Regional held at Gold Mountain Golf Club. ASU won back-to-back regional titles in 2022 and 2023 (shot a combined 97-under) and has won or tied for a NCAA regional title nine times. ASU tied with Arizona in 1991 and tied with New Mexico in 1998. It won the title outright in 1995, 1999, 2001 2009, 2016, 2022 and 2023. Only Oklahoma State (16) and Texas (10) have won more NCAA Regional titles.
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF REGIONAL TITLES
2023: Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: Stockton, California
2016: Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009: Daly City, California
2001: Corvallis, Oregon
1999: Tucson, Arizona
1998: Tempe, Arizona (tie)
1995: Albuquerque, New Mexico
1991: Albuquerque, New Mexico (tie)
Regional Information
Regional play will take place May 12-14 at six regional sites. Three regional sites will have 13 teams and 10 individuals and three will have 14 teams and five individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to play in the championships at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, May 23-28. Also in the field (with ranking) at Bremerton will be No. 8 Florida (SEC champion), Utah (17), South Carolina (20), South Florida (29), Colorado (32), No. 41 Charlotte (AAC champion), Kansas (44), Colorado State (54), Kansas State (57), No. 68 Elon (CAA champion), No. 85 Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt champion), No. 130 Oral Roberts (The Summit League champion) and No. 140 Seattle (WAC champion).
Regional Sites/Host
Amherst, Virginia – Poplar Grove Golf Course/Liberty
Auburn, Alabama – Auburn University Club/Auburn
Bremerton, Washington – Gold Mountain Golf Club/Washington
Reno, Nevada – Montreux Golf and Country Club, Nevada/Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority
Tallahassee, Florida – Seminole Legacy Golf Club/Florida State
Urbana, Illinois – Atkins Golf Club/Illinois
No. 1 Regional Seeds Since 2014
This is the sixth time in the past 11 chances that ASU earned a top seed at a NCAA regional. Only Oklahoma State (eight) and Vanderbilt (seven) have done it more.
WAGR Rankings
ASU has six players ranked in the top 100 of the WAGR, most in the nation. Six other teams have four. Josele Ballester leads the way as he is seventh, followed by Preston Summerhays (12th), Michael Mjaaseth (38th), Connor Williams (46th), Peer Wernicke (89th) and Fifa Laopakdee (95th).
One of Nine Last Year
Each year, several top-30 teams get knocked out of NCAA contention at regionals, and ASU had avoided that since 2014. Last year nine top-30 teams didn't advance, including five top-10 teams, as third-ranked ASU, Ole Miss (7), Arkansas (8), Alabama (9), Washington (10), Georgia (20), Oregon (24), Duke (25) and Northwestern (28) all didn't make the regional cut.
2023 NCAA Regional Title in Las Vegas
ASU emerged victorious in record-breaking fashion from four strokes down to win the 2023 Las Vegas NCAA Regional, shooting 21-under 267 (65-67-67-68=267) to outpace No. 8 Stanford by two strokes. ASU shot 59-under (262-276-267=805) led by Preston Summerhays' magnificent round of 65, while Josele Ballester's and Michael Mjaaseth rounds of 67 placed them in the top-10 at Bear's Best. The final round of 59-under set the NCAA postseason record as well as the Pac-12 record previously set by USC in 2005 at 54-under. It marked the team's ninth regional victory, tying Texas for second-most all-time and the second consecutive year ASU had claimed a regional title after winning the Stockton regional in 2022 by ten strokes. It marked the 58th time the program had reached the national championship.
2023 NCAA Regional Title in Stockton
The Sun Devil men's golf team advanced to the 2022 NCAA Championship in convincing fashion with a win at the Stockton Regional. The Sun Devils shot 38-under 826 (279-276-271) and had all four players who competed each day finish in the top 10. All-American David Puig -- who sat out the first round as he returned from a back injury -- wasted no time in proving he is back going 8-under in his two rounds (69-67). Mason Andersen tied for second at 10-under 206 (70-68-68), while freshman Josele Ballester tied for sixth at 8-under 208 (68-69-71). Freshman Preston Summerhays (72-70-67) and senior Cameron Sisk (69-71-69) tied for tenth at 7-under 209.
Sun Devil NCAA Regional Finishes Under Matt Thurmond
2024: 5th/Rancho Santa Fe, California
2023: 1st/Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: 1st/Stockton, California
2021: T-2nd/Albuquerque, N.M.
2019: T-2nd/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas
COACH THURMOND REGIONAL NOTE: Coach Thurmond has reached the NCAA Championship in six of seven chances at ASU. Since becoming a head coach in 2002, his squads have made the NCAA Championship in 18 of his 22 chances, missing only in 2024, 2016, 2011 and 2007.
REGIONAL NOTE: The 2025 regional marks just the seventh time ASU has competed in a NCAA regional in the Pacific Time Zone in 15 years (2010-present). It won the Las Vegas Regional in 2023, the Stockton Regional in 2022, tied for second at Stanford in 2019, was second in San Diego in 2015 and fifth in Tempe in 2013. It didn't advance out of Rancho Santa Fe in 2024.
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF REGIONAL FINISHES
2024: 6th/Rancho Santa Fe, California
2023: 1st/Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: 1st/Stockton, California
2021: T-2nd/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019: T-2nd/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas
2016: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015: 2nd/San Diego, California
2014: 6th/Columbia, Mo.
2013: 5th/Tempe, Arizona
2012: DNC
2011: T-4th/Erie, Colorado
2010: T-4th/Atlanta, Georgia
2009: 1st/Daly City, California
2008: 8th/Bremerton, Washington
2007: T-3rd/Tempe, Arizona
2006: T-3rd/Tucson, Arizona
2005: T-4th/Stanford, California
2004: 4th/Sunriver, Oregon
2003: T-5th/Seattle, Washington
2002: 20th/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001: 1st/Corvallis, Oregon
2000: T-6th/Fresno, California
1999: 1st/Tucson, Arizona
1998: T-1st/Tempe, Arizona
1997: 2nd/Santee, California
1996: 2nd/Stanford, California
1995: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1993: 2nd/Provo, Utah
1992: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1991: T-1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990: 3rd/Las Cruces, New Mexico
1989: 2nd/El Paso, Texas
About The Regional
The Sun Devils are the top seed in the 14-team Bremerton (WA) NCAA Regional held at Gold Mountain Golf Club. ASU won back-to-back regional titles in 2022 and 2023 (shot a combined 97-under) and has won or tied for a NCAA regional title nine times. ASU tied with Arizona in 1991 and tied with New Mexico in 1998. It won the title outright in 1995, 1999, 2001 2009, 2016, 2022 and 2023. Only Oklahoma State (16) and Texas (10) have won more NCAA Regional titles.
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF REGIONAL TITLES
2023: Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: Stockton, California
2016: Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009: Daly City, California
2001: Corvallis, Oregon
1999: Tucson, Arizona
1998: Tempe, Arizona (tie)
1995: Albuquerque, New Mexico
1991: Albuquerque, New Mexico (tie)
Regional Information
Regional play will take place May 12-14 at six regional sites. Three regional sites will have 13 teams and 10 individuals and three will have 14 teams and five individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to play in the championships at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, May 23-28. Also in the field (with ranking) at Bremerton will be No. 8 Florida (SEC champion), Utah (17), South Carolina (20), South Florida (29), Colorado (32), No. 41 Charlotte (AAC champion), Kansas (44), Colorado State (54), Kansas State (57), No. 68 Elon (CAA champion), No. 85 Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt champion), No. 130 Oral Roberts (The Summit League champion) and No. 140 Seattle (WAC champion).
Regional Sites/Host
Amherst, Virginia – Poplar Grove Golf Course/Liberty
Auburn, Alabama – Auburn University Club/Auburn
Bremerton, Washington – Gold Mountain Golf Club/Washington
Reno, Nevada – Montreux Golf and Country Club, Nevada/Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority
Tallahassee, Florida – Seminole Legacy Golf Club/Florida State
Urbana, Illinois – Atkins Golf Club/Illinois
No. 1 Regional Seeds Since 2014
This is the sixth time in the past 11 chances that ASU earned a top seed at a NCAA regional. Only Oklahoma State (eight) and Vanderbilt (seven) have done it more.
WAGR Rankings
ASU has six players ranked in the top 100 of the WAGR, most in the nation. Six other teams have four. Josele Ballester leads the way as he is seventh, followed by Preston Summerhays (12th), Michael Mjaaseth (38th), Connor Williams (46th), Peer Wernicke (89th) and Fifa Laopakdee (95th).
One of Nine Last Year
Each year, several top-30 teams get knocked out of NCAA contention at regionals, and ASU had avoided that since 2014. Last year nine top-30 teams didn't advance, including five top-10 teams, as third-ranked ASU, Ole Miss (7), Arkansas (8), Alabama (9), Washington (10), Georgia (20), Oregon (24), Duke (25) and Northwestern (28) all didn't make the regional cut.
2023 NCAA Regional Title in Las Vegas
ASU emerged victorious in record-breaking fashion from four strokes down to win the 2023 Las Vegas NCAA Regional, shooting 21-under 267 (65-67-67-68=267) to outpace No. 8 Stanford by two strokes. ASU shot 59-under (262-276-267=805) led by Preston Summerhays' magnificent round of 65, while Josele Ballester's and Michael Mjaaseth rounds of 67 placed them in the top-10 at Bear's Best. The final round of 59-under set the NCAA postseason record as well as the Pac-12 record previously set by USC in 2005 at 54-under. It marked the team's ninth regional victory, tying Texas for second-most all-time and the second consecutive year ASU had claimed a regional title after winning the Stockton regional in 2022 by ten strokes. It marked the 58th time the program had reached the national championship.
2023 NCAA Regional Title in Stockton
The Sun Devil men's golf team advanced to the 2022 NCAA Championship in convincing fashion with a win at the Stockton Regional. The Sun Devils shot 38-under 826 (279-276-271) and had all four players who competed each day finish in the top 10. All-American David Puig -- who sat out the first round as he returned from a back injury -- wasted no time in proving he is back going 8-under in his two rounds (69-67). Mason Andersen tied for second at 10-under 206 (70-68-68), while freshman Josele Ballester tied for sixth at 8-under 208 (68-69-71). Freshman Preston Summerhays (72-70-67) and senior Cameron Sisk (69-71-69) tied for tenth at 7-under 209.
Sun Devil NCAA Regional Finishes Under Matt Thurmond
2024: 5th/Rancho Santa Fe, California
2023: 1st/Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: 1st/Stockton, California
2021: T-2nd/Albuquerque, N.M.
2019: T-2nd/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas
COACH THURMOND REGIONAL NOTE: Coach Thurmond has reached the NCAA Championship in six of seven chances at ASU. Since becoming a head coach in 2002, his squads have made the NCAA Championship in 18 of his 22 chances, missing only in 2024, 2016, 2011 and 2007.
REGIONAL NOTE: The 2025 regional marks just the seventh time ASU has competed in a NCAA regional in the Pacific Time Zone in 15 years (2010-present). It won the Las Vegas Regional in 2023, the Stockton Regional in 2022, tied for second at Stanford in 2019, was second in San Diego in 2015 and fifth in Tempe in 2013. It didn't advance out of Rancho Santa Fe in 2024.
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF REGIONAL FINISHES
2024: 6th/Rancho Santa Fe, California
2023: 1st/Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: 1st/Stockton, California
2021: T-2nd/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019: T-2nd/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas
2016: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015: 2nd/San Diego, California
2014: 6th/Columbia, Mo.
2013: 5th/Tempe, Arizona
2012: DNC
2011: T-4th/Erie, Colorado
2010: T-4th/Atlanta, Georgia
2009: 1st/Daly City, California
2008: 8th/Bremerton, Washington
2007: T-3rd/Tempe, Arizona
2006: T-3rd/Tucson, Arizona
2005: T-4th/Stanford, California
2004: 4th/Sunriver, Oregon
2003: T-5th/Seattle, Washington
2002: 20th/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001: 1st/Corvallis, Oregon
2000: T-6th/Fresno, California
1999: 1st/Tucson, Arizona
1998: T-1st/Tempe, Arizona
1997: 2nd/Santee, California
1996: 2nd/Stanford, California
1995: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1993: 2nd/Provo, Utah
1992: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1991: T-1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990: 3rd/Las Cruces, New Mexico
1989: 2nd/El Paso, Texas
SUN DEVILS AS NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
Jon Rahm, 2016 and 2015
Jesper Kennegard, 2009
Ben Alvarado, 2007
Matt Jones, 2001 (shared)
Jeff Quinney, 1999
Paul Casey, 1998