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The Sun Devil men’s golf team gets the 2025-26 season started in Washington this weekend under tenth-year head coach and 2024 GCAA Hall of Fame inductee Matt Thurmond, with returning All-Americans in junior Connor Williams and senior Michael Mjaaseth leading the way. ASU will compete at the Sahalee Players Championship Sept. 6-7 at Sahalee Country Club (7,003 yards/par 72). Washington will host Arizona, ASU, Florida, North Carolina, Northwestern, Oregon, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Texas and UCLA. Sun Devil Preston Summerhays won the tournament in his 2023-24 junior season (September 9-10).
Took home the bag in Seattle last September: The Sun Devil men's golf team started strong and never looked back in winning last year’s Sahalee Players Championship.ASU shot 7-under 857 (282-284-291) in securing the title, topping Florida by 11 strokes, who shot 4-over 868 (300-283-285). Preston Summerhays shot 5-under 211 (62-67-72) and then beat Max Herendee of Illinois in a playoff to win the 72-player field in 2023, as the Sun Devils finished second at 7-over 871 (286-296-289), eight shots back of Illinois who finished at 1-under 863 (286-281-296).
Tee Times in Seattle: Williams (7:44 a.m.), junior Fifa Laopakdee (7:33 a.m.), Mjaaseth (7:22 a.m.) along with freshmen Bown Mauss (7:11 a.m.) and Boston Bracken (7 a.m.) make up the Sun Devil lineup, with sophomore Peer Wernicke (8:50 a.m.) playing as an individual.
About Michael Mjaaseth: Michael Mjaaseth has earned a spot in the Top-10 of the PGA TOUR U Preseason rankings at No. 8. He is coming coming off an outstanding junior season which culminated in him earning All-America honors. He was a big reason why Arizona State spent the entire season ranked inside the top-five and helped them to a first-place finish in the stroke play portion of the 2025 NCAA Championship.
About Connor Wiliams: Connor Williams earned third-team All-America honors last year as he finished his sophomore season ranked No. 25 after notching a tie for seventh at the NCAA Championships. He posted six top-10 finishes, including a second-place finish at the Big 12 Championship and top-five finishes at Williams Cup (second) and NCAA Bremerton Regional (fifth). He shot a 65 in the second round of the Bremerton Regional and posted a 5-under 66 in the second round of the Big 12 Championship. Entering 2025-26, he had played in 22 tournaments (69 rounds and 4,901 strokes) and has a 71.03 career stroke average, with 21 rounds in the 60s, through two seasons.
Rankings: ASU is ranked sixth (GCAA), eighth (Golfweek) and 12th by Golf Channel. Scoreboard will provide the official NCAA ranking starting in October.
Solid Season: The Sun Devils finished the year ranked third by Clippd and earned the top match play seed via stroke play portion of the NCAA championship before falling in a fantastic match vs. Ole Miss. The team captured team titles at the Sahalee Players Championship in Washington (Sept. 7-8), the Cabo Collegiate in March and its Thunderbird Invitational in April. It also notched five second-place finishes, including both the Big 12 and NCAA Bremerton Regional, and then advanced to NCAA match play for the fourth time in the past five seasons, something only North Carolina can claim.