The Sun Devil men's golf team closed its fall season at the East Lake Cup as it fell to Ole Miss 3.5-1.5 Wednesday, with Connor Williams getting an ASU full point with a 1-up win over Cameron Tankersley. Boston Bracken eanred a half point with a tie with Daniel Tolf.
Rankings at end of October
The Sun Devils will finish October fifth in the Scoreboard rankings, behind only top-ranked Virginia, LSU, Vanderbilt and Auburn, with Big 12 teams Oklahoma State (seventh), Texas Tech (14) and Utah (18) also in the top 25.
Fifa did this
Sun Devil junior Fifa Laopakdee will be playing in the British Open and the Masters in 2026 after rallying from a six-shot deficit (4-under 68) to win the third playoff hole at the Asia-Pacific Amateur. Laopakdee is the first player from Thailand to win the championship that began in 2010. He will also be the first Thai amateur to compete at the Masters. He notched birdie on five holes across the back nine -- including the 17th and 18th -- to force the playoff and ultimately delivered five straight birdies to close out the victory. He also is the second straight Sun Devil to win the event, as Wenyi Ding won the 2024 title.
In Utah
The Sun Devil Men’s Golf team split the team title at Utah's Wohali with New Mexico after coming back from four shots down of host Utah and in third place. ASU shot 14-under 838 (273-296-269) and tied New Mexico, as it made up a five-stroke deficit on the Lobos in the final round. Every Sun Devil shot under par, including senior All-American Michael Mjaaseth, who shot 6-under 65 to notch an eighth-place finish, his 12th top-10 finish in his career. Junior All-American Connor Williams shot a 6-under 65 out of the gate and closed with a 5-under 65 to tie for the individual title. It marked the 28th team title for Matt Thurmond and the first career title for Williams, who finished last year strong with a second-place showing at the Big 12 Championship, took fifth at the NCAA Bremerton Regional and tied for seventh at the NCAA Championships.
About the Sahalee
The Sun Devil men's golf team lost two of the best four-year players in school history in All-Americans Preston Summerhays and Josele Ballester. That duo had ASU "in the hunt" for much since fall of 2021, including solid shots at a NCAA title and always in the top ten of the rankings. The first tournament of the 2025-26 season was in Seattle, where Summerhays won the event in fall of 2023 and Ballester led ASU to the team title last year. Senior Michael Mjaaseth showed he is ready to lead the Sun Devils to continued great heights.
Mjaaseth notched a birdie on the final hole to secure ASU's team win at the Sahalee Players Championship, as the Sun Devils outlasted preseason No. 3-ranked Texas by one stroke to take the trophy in the 12-team event.
Mjaaseth tied for fourth with a 1-under 215 (69-72-74) and his birdie on 18 gave the Sun Devils the team title.