ASU will tee it Friday (May 23) with Texas and Oklahoma starting at 12:12 p.m., followed by No. 10 tee times on Saturday (May 24) at 6:52 a.m. Sun Devil ninth-year head coach Matt Thurmond - a 2024 National Golf Coaches Hall of Fame inductee -- leads the Sun Devils, who under 2008 National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee and Pac-12 Coach of the Century Randy Lein won the 1996 team title and won the 1990 title under 2002 ASU Hall of Fame and 2009 NGCA Hall of Fame inductee Steve Loy.
Same Format
Finals play consists of three days of stroke play on Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25 (54 holes), after which the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play on Monday, May 26 to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, May 27, followed by finals on Wednesday, May 28.
The Lineup with Collegiate Rankings
ASU's lineup will consist of 2024 U.S. Amateur champion and three-time All-American senior Josele Ballseter (ranked ninth by Clippd), junior Michael Mjaaseth (28th), sophomore Connor Williams (35th), freshman Peer Wernicke (95th), sophomore Fifa Laopakdee (65th) and senior Preston Summerhays (68th).
MOST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
OKLAHOMA STATE, 76
TEXAS, 68
ARIZONA STATE, 59
USC, 58
Recently
The Sun Devils tied for third at the 2021 NCAA Championship officially by reaching the semifinals of match play. It marked ASU's best finish since its won the 1996 title.
Special 1990
Arizona State in 1990 is the only program to have its men's and women's teams win the NCAA golf championships in the same season.
Not Easy To Make It
Nine top-30 teams won't be making the trip to the NCAA Championships this year, as LSU (6), North Carolina (10), San Diego State (15), Alabama (16), Utah (17), Duke (21), SMU (24), Long Beach State (26) and Louisville (27) all will be staying home after not making the top five at regionals. 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.
Two Titles
The Sun Devil men won NCAA titles in 1990 (head coach Steve Loy) and 1996 (head coach Randy Lein).
Sun Devil NCAA Champions
Alejandro Canizares, 2003
Todd Demsey, 1993
Phil Mickelson, 1992
Phil Mickelson, 1990
Phil Mickelson, 1989
Jim Carter, 1983
Most NCAA Individual Men's Golf Champions
Yale, 13
Oklahoma State, 9
Harvard, 8
Houston, 8
Princeton, 7
Arizona State, 6
Texas, 6
History
Sun Devil freshman Jon Rahm's 9-under 61 in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament is the second-best round in NCAA history, second only to the 10-under 60 by Michael Schachner of Duke in the third round in 2007.
Coach Thurmond Notes
Sun Devil sixth-year head coach Matt Thurmond coached James Lepp to the 2005 NCAA individual title, while also tutoring Cheng-Tsuung Pan (2015) and Nick Taylor (2008) to second-place NCAA finishes during his 15-year Washington tenure. Coach Thurmond also led UW to match-play quarterfinals in 2009, 2010 and 2012 and to six top-20 finishes prior to match play. He led UW to 12 top-20 NCAA finishes overall in 15 seasons, including third-place in 2005. ASU finished 16th in his first year wearing the maroon and gold, finished 13th in 2018 and 16th in 2019. In 2021 ASU posted the best stroke-play score and topped North Carolina before falling to Oklahoma in match play.
MATT THURMOND AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2024: DNC
2023: T-5th (0-1 match play)
2022: 2nd (2-1 match play)
2021: T3rd (1-1 match play)
2020: COVID
2019: 16th
2018: T-13th
2017: 16th (first year at ASU)
2015: 15th
2014: 15th
2013: 16th
2012: 6th (match play quarterfinals)
2011: DNC
2010: 4th (match play quarterfinals)
2009: 3rd (match play quarterfinals)
2008: 7th
2007: DNC
2006: 9th
2005: 3rd
2004: 6th
2003: 11th
2002: 11th
Past NCAA Individual Champions
This season marks the 22nd anniversary of Sun Devil freshman Alejandro Canizares winning the 2003 title in Stillwater, the 32nd anniversary of Todd Demsey winning the 1993 title, the 33rd anniversary of Phil Mickelson winning the last of his three titles and the 42nd anniversary of Jim Carter winning the 1983 title. ASU has had four NCAA medalists on six occasions as Carter (1983), Mickelson (1989, 1990, 1992), Demsey (1993), and Canizares (2003) all have taken home the trophy.
2025 NCAA MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
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TEAMS LISTED BY SEED
Auburn
Oklahoma State
Ole Miss
Texas
Arizona State
Oklahoma
Florida
Florida State
Virginia
Texas A&M
Illinois
UCLA
Vanderbilt
BYU
South Carolina
Pepperdine
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas Tech
Georgia Tech
South Florida
Colorado
UNLV
Purdue
San Diego
Wake Forest
New Mexico
Troy
California
Augusta
Cameron Sisk (Sr.), T5th/2022 (Scottsdale, AZ)
Ryggs Johnston (So.), 3rd/2021 (Scottsdale, AZ)
Chun An Yu (Jr.), 3rd/2019 (Fayettevile, AR)
Jon Rahm (Sr.), T3rd/2016 (Eugene, OR)
Jon Rahm (Fr.), T2nd/2013 (Atlanta, GA)
Alejandro Canizares (Fr.) 1st/2003 (Stillwater, OK)
Chez Reavie (Fr.), T4th/2001 (Durham, ND)
Paul Casey (So.), 4th/1999 (Chaska, MN)
Darren Angel (Fr.), T3rd/1996 (Chattanooga, TN)
Joey Snyder (Jr.), T5th/1995 (Columbus, OH)
Todd Demsey (So.), 1st/1993 (Lexington, KY)
Phil Mickelson (Sr.), 1st/1992 (Albuquerque, NM)
Phil Mickelson (Jr.), T4th/1991 (Pebble Beach, CA)
Phil Mickelson (So.), 1st/1990 (Tarpon Springs, FL)
Phil Mickelson (Fr.), 1st/1989 (Edmond, OK)
Jim Carter (Jr.), 1st/1983 (Fresno, CA)