GOLD CANYON, Ariz. - The eight-time NCAA champion Sun Devil women's golf team grabbed the early lead after the first of three rounds at its NCAA Regional Monday at Superstition Mountain Golf Club in Apache Junction.
ASU shot a 2-under 286, led by Isla McDonald-O'Brien (five birdies) and Patience Rhodes who each shot 2-under 70. Each golfer is tied for third and sits only one stroke back of the overall individual lead. The Sun Devils wasted no time establishing themselves as one of the premier teams competing at the Gold Canyon Regional. Playing in front of home fans at a course they are familiar with, Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye's team took full advantage of the friendly confines.
Paula Schulz-Hanssen contributed a solid effort, shooting a 71 (-1) to end in tied for 11th. Not far behind is Beth Coulter and Grace Summerhays, who are each tied for 21st thanks to carding 74s (+2). All five Sun Devils sit in the Top-21 after the first day and ASU is the only team that can boast that achievement. The Maroon and Gold led the entire field with 14 birdies on the first day and limited their mistakes. Because of that, Arizona State will be featured in the top group paired with Oklahoma State and Auburn. Their round will begin tomorrow at 8 AM MST on Hole 1.
Fellow Big 12 member Oklahoma State is at 1-under 287, while top-seed Oregon and Auburn shot 1-over 289 and is tied for third. So far the rankings equal the scoreboard, as the highest ranked teams lead the way, with ASU (8), Oklahoma State (29), Auburn (17), Oregon (5) and Mississippi State (20) jumping out to top-five finishes after round one. There is an eight-stroke difference between sixth (Navy at 11-over par) and fifth-place Mississippi State (3-over par), as the top five teams advance to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, May 16-21.
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Round Breakdown
Isla McDonald-O'Brien
Current Standing: T3
Today's Round: 70 (-2)
Birdies (5): Hole 7 (Par 5; 550 yards), Hole 8 (Par 3; 185 yards), Hole 13 (Par 5; 552 yards), Hole 15 (Par 4, 328 yards), Hole 18 (Par 5, 514 yards)
Patience Rhodes
Current Standing: T3
Today's Round: 70 (-2)
Birdies (3): Hole 1 (Par 4; 391 yards), Hole 15 (Par 4; 328 yards), Hole 18 (Par 5; 514 yards)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen
Current Standing: T11
Today's Round: 72 (E)
Birdies (3): Hole 10 (Par 4; 340 yards), Hole 13 (Par 5; 552 yards), Hole 15 (Par 4; 328 yards)
Beth Coulter
Current Standing: T21
Today's Round: 74 (+2)
Birdies (2): Hole 10 (Par 4; 340 yards), Hole 15 (Par 4; 328 yards)
Grace Summerhays
Current Standing: T21
Today's Round: 74 (+2)
Birdies (1): Hole 15 (Par 4, 328 yards)
Quotables
On the Sun Devils performance in round one:
"I was just talking to the team and we had a really solid first day. We left some shots out there, so I feel like we can clean up a couple of things. But regionals is a different animal. So we did really well. Really pleased with how we did out there today."
On being able to start off strong:
It's great. This is a wonderful team. I love coaching this team. Two years ago, I just kept saying to everybody, we're a little young, just wait. And this team has gotten better and better. More mature, wiser, approachable as we go, all the things that you want as a coach. And they're just really a joy to coach. They're a lot of fun to coach. I believe in them so much and want them to do so well and watch them shine in front of friends, families and Sun Devil nation. And to show them what great student athletes they are. So it's really fun to watch and my job is to get out of the way a little bit and let them go do their stuff."
On Patience's performance today:.
"Patience was a little hard on herself out there today. She has very high expectations, which I like that she expects a lot out of herself. I'd like her to be a little less hard on herself, but that's part of what drives her a little bit to be the great golfer that she is. So, she finished strong, and that's we've talked a lot about starting strong and finishing strong. And they did, they did a great job. Always makes you feel just a little bit better when you birdie to finish the day."
On being able to make it to Nationals:
"It would mean the world. We're obviously in the same place we were last year, so we're ready for it. We've been preparing for a while and we were a stroke back last year, but I feel like we're doing so much better this year. It's going to hopefully be a lot easier."
On if there's any advantage playing at Superstition Mountain Golf Club:
"We've played it a couple of times before, not that much. But definitely, it's a slight advantage knowing how much the greens are bouncing and where to land them. So just a slight advantage."
Notables
-- Arizona State led the field in par-four scoring average
-- Arizona State was tied for second in par-three scoring average
-- Arizona State was third in par-five scoring average
-- ASU ranked in the Top-3 in all three categories
-- The Sun Devils led the field with 14 total birdies and 64 pars
-- Isla McDonald-O'Brien had the second-best scoring average on par three holes
-- Patience Rhodes tied for the fourth-best scoring average on par four holes
-- Isla McDonald-O'Brien tied for the best scoring average on par five holes
-- Isla McDonald-O'Brien's five birdies were tied for the most of any golfer
-- Patience Rhodes and Paula Schulz-Hanssen had three birdies, putting them in the Top-10 in the category
Team Standings
| Place | Team | 1 | To Par |
| 1 | Arizona State | 286 | -2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 287 | -1 |
| T3 | Oregon | 289 | +1 |
| T3 | Auburn | 289 | +1 |
| 5 | Mississippi State | 291 | +3 |
| TOP-5 ADVANCE AFTER WED. | |||
| 6 | Navy | 299 | +11 |
| 7 | California | 303 | +15 |
| T8 | CSU Fullerton | 304 | +16 |
| T8 | Virginia Tech | 304 | +16 |
| 10 | San Jose State | 306 | +18 |
| 11 | Sacramento State | 307 | +19 |
| 12 | Quinnipiac | 322 | +34 |
Individual Standings
| Place | Player | 1 | To Par |
| T1 | Anna Davis | 69 | -3 |
| T1 | Davina Xanh | 69 | -3 |
| T3 | Isla McDonald-O'Brien | 70 | -2 |
| T3 | Patience Rhodes | 70 | -2 |
| T11 | Paula Schulz-Hanssen | 72 | E |
| T21 | Beth Coulter | 74 | +2 |
| T21 | Grace Summerhays | 74 | +2 |
Up Next
Arizona State starts the second round of the NCAA Regionals on Tuesday at 8:00 AM MST, with each of the five golfers beginning their round on Hole 1 every ten minutes. The Sun Devils will be paired with Oklahoma State and Auburn.
| PAIRING | Oklahoma State, Auburn |
| HOLE | 1 |
| TIME (MST) | GOLFER |
| 8:00 AM | Grace Summerhays |
| 8:11 AM | Beth Coulter |
| 8:22 AM | Paula Schulz-Hanssen |
| 8:33 AM | Isla McDonald-O'Brien |
| 8:44 AM | Patience Rhodes |
Sun Devil History at NCAA Regionals
The program has claimed or shared a total of five regional team championships, with the last coming during their NCAA title run in 2017. In 2024, the Sun Devils had an impressive showing at the Cle Elum Regional, finishing fourth on their way to reaching the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad. ASU put together second place-finishes in two of the last four years, also doing so at the 2023 Stillwater Regional and 2021 Columbus Regional as part of their run to NCAA Match Play that season.
The Competition
Arizona State will be the No. 2 seed in a regional that features No. 1 seed Oregon (Big 10 Champion). The regional also includes No. 3 seed Auburn, No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 6 California, No. 7 Virginia Tech, No. 8 San Jose State, No. 9 Sacramento State (Big Sky Champion), No. 10 Cal State Fullerton (Big West Champion), No. 11 Navy (Patriot League Champion), and No. 12 Quinnipiac (MAAC Champion).
The Gold Canyon Regional features 8 of the Clipp'd Top-50 ranked teams, including No. 5 Oregon, No. 8 Arizona State, No. 17 Auburn, No. 20 Mississippi State, and No. 29 Oklahoma State. The regional also has its fair share of individual star power, with ten of the Top-50 individuals in the Clipp'd Player Rankings competing in Gold Canyon. Oregon's Kiara Romero is the top-ranked player in the regional, coming in at No. 3. Arizona State has Patience Rhodes not far behind at No. 26 in the nation in the latest metrics.
In the Field (12 Teams + 6 Individuals): #5 Oregon, #8 Arizona State (host), #17 Auburn, #20 Mississippi State, #29 Oklahoma State, #32 California, #44 Virginia Tech, #48 San Jose State, #53 Sacramento State, #74 Cal State Fullerton, #146 Navy, #189 Quinnipiac; Vivian Lu, Washington, Jasmine Leovao, Long Beach State, Janae Leovao, Long Beach State, Jensen Jalufka, Cal Poly, Daniela Campillo, ULM, Maddie Montoya, Montana State
Head-to-Head with Gold Canyon Regional Field
Arizona State boasts a 13-2-1 overall against other teams in the Gold Canyon Regional so far this year.
Auburn (1-0)
W - Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 3-5)
California (5-0)
W - ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
W - Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20)
W - Nanea Invitational (Oct. 28-30)
W - Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4)
W - PING/ASU Invitational (March 28-30)
Mississippi State (2-0)
W - Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 20-22)
W - Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 3-5)
Oklahoma State (0-0-1)
T - Big 12 Championship (Apr. 15-17)
Oregon (1-2)
L - ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
W - Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30 - Oct. 1)
L - Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4)
San Jose State (4-0)
W - Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20)
W - Nanea Invitational (Oct. 28-30)
W - Match in the Desert (Jan. 27)
W - Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4)
The Format
In the fourth year of the new regional format, six sites were selected instead of the traditional four. For the third consecutive year, there is an increase in advancing teams, changing from 24 to 30. In order to clinch a berth in the NCAA Championship and advance to Carlsbad, Arizona State will have to finish in the Top-5 of the 12-team Gold Canyon Regional. Five teams from each of the six regionals form the group that advances to play in the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. Sun Devil Women's Golf is looking to add to their record 38 appearances in the NCAA Championship Finals.
The other five regional sites are Columbus, Ohio (OSU Golf Club Scarlet Course), Lexington, Kentucky (University Club of Kentucky), Norman, Oklahoma (Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club), Lubbock, Texas (The Rawls Course), Charlottesville, Virginia (Birdwood Golf Course). 10 of 14 Big 12 teams made NCAA Regionals, a testament to the strength of one of the best conferences in women's golf. Eight teams from the league received Top-6 seeds, with Arizona State receiving the highest seed of any school in the league at No. 2.
Holes: 54 (18 each day)
Days: 3 (Monday-Wednesday)
Scoring: 5 count 4
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,544
Arizona State boasts one of the deepest and most talented rosters in the country. Junior Beth Coulter claims the top spot as she gets ready for her third regional appearance. Fellow junior Paula Schulz-Hanssen brings the same postseason experience out of the No. 2 spot. Redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes follows in the third position, one of the most talented No. 3 golfers in the nation. Senior Grace Summerhays - the most seasoned of the five Sun Devils - will make her fourth regional appearance out of the No. 4 spot. Freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien will be making her NCAA Regional debut in the No. 5 spot. Sun Devils in the Rankings
Scoreboard powered by Clipp'd has taken over as the official producer of the NCAA Golf Rankings. Arizona State enters the NCAA postseason at No. 8 in the rankings and have now maintained a spot in the Top-10 for the final six months of the season. The Women's Golf Coaches Association released their latest Spring poll on May 2, with ASU slotted at No. 8. Four Sun Devils are in the Top-54, while all five fall within the Top-180. Here is where each of the Sun Devils' rank in the latest Scoreboard Individual Rankings:
No. 26 Patience Rhodes
No. 33 Beth Coulter
No. 36 Paula Schulz-Hanssen
No. 54 Isla McDonald-O'Brien
No. 180 Grace Summerhays
The Course
The Gold Canyon Regional will take place at the Prospector Course at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. The par-72 course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and his son, Gary. It has played host to several LPGA and other professional events since it opened in 1998. Arizona State has made the trip to Gold Canyon each of the past seven seasons, competing at the Match in the Desert, which is hosted at the Prospector Course by the University of Kansas every January.
2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
For the second consecutive year, the NCAA Women's Golf Championship will take place near San Diego at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course. Arizona State made the 2024 NCAA Championship and finished tied for 16th, missing the Top-15 cut by just one stroke. Should they advance from a regional again, Sun Devil Women's Golf will attempt to win the program's NCAA record ninth national championship. Missy Farr-Kaye was in charge the last time that ASU won a title, defeating Northwestern at Rich Harvest Farms in Chicago for the 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. The program also brought home NCAA titles in 2009, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993, and 1990.
GOLF Channel Coverage
GOLF Channel will present the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's (May 19-21) and Men's (May 26-28) Golf Championships, totaling over 50 hours of comprehensive coverage. The women's championship will be held May 16-21, with GOLF Channel providing live coverage of the final day of individual championship play on May 19 as well as the team match play on May 20-21. GOLF Channel and Peacock will present live tournament coverage all three days. Visit NBCSports.com full programming schedule.
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 Spring Watch List
Sun Devil Women's Golf redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes earned a spot on the ANNIKA Award Spring Watch List back in March. The Haskins Foundation released the Spring version of their candidates 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.
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 115-23-3 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 will play in the state of Arizona for the fourth time 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). The Sun Devils will now 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, Big 12 Championship
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
9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Big 12 Championship
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
T14th - Patience Rhodes, Big 12 Championship
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
37 total Top-20 finishes; 23 Top-10 finishes by Sun Devils in 2024-25
*One-day, 18-hole event
Best rounds in 2024-25
66/-6 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
66/-5 Beth Coulter (Big 12 Championship Third Round/Apr. 17, 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 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Big 12 Championship Second Round/Apr. 16, 2025)
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 (Gold Canyon Regional First Round/May 5, 2025)
70/-2 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Gold Canyon Regional First Round/May 5, 2025)
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)
53 total rounds of 70 or lower
Birdies by Sun Devil (2024-25 Season totals)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 114 birdies
Isla McDonald-O'Brien - 114 birdies; 1 eagle
Beth Coulter - 100 birdies; 1 eagle
Patience Rhodes - 98 birdies; 2 eagle
Grace Summerhays - 81 birdies; 5 eagles
Total - 503 birdies; 9 eagles
Career Appearances
Grace Summerhays, 45 (42 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 36 (33 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 36 (33 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 22 (20 stroke; 2 match)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 13 (13 stroke)
Total 146 (135 stroke; 11 match)
Career Top-20 Finishes
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 19 (9 Top-10)
Grace Summerhays, 18 (8 Top-10)
Beth Coulter, 16 (8 Top-10)
Patience Rhodes, 13 (8 Top-10)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 7 (4 Top-10)
Total 74 (37 Top-10)
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 freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien has made an immediate impact on the program, forming a talented 2024-25 roster under the direction of Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye and Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman.
Visit the Gold Canyon Regional homepage for all information related to the event. 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.