The No. 13 Sun Devil men's golf season came to an end Sunday in Carlsbad at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa (North Course), as it didn’t make the 15-team cut after three rounds. ASU finished 21st at 13-over 877 (291-293-293).
Junior Connor Williams will continue to play on Monday, as his 2-under 214 (66-71-77) earned him a tie for the final individual spot for the teams not advancing. He will compete in a one-hole playoff with Gerardo Gomez of Arkansas Monday at 8 a.m. for the right to play the final 18.
Williams, ranked No. 28 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and No. 54 by the NCAA entering the tournament, shot a 1-under 71 Saturday after firing a 6-under 66 on Friday. He has 12 birdies and is averaging 3.90 on the par-4 holes, tied for 10th-best in the 156-man field. He tied for seventh in 2025 at the same course with a 4-under 284 (68-67-75-74) as he is now 6-under par in seven NCAA Tournament rounds in Carlsbad.
More Connor Wiliams notes
A third-team GCAA All-American in 2025...has 12 top-10 finishes in career and five top-five finishes, including a fifth-place spot at the NCAA Bremerton Regional in 2025 and a second-place finish at the 2025 Big 12 Championship...a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2026 and 2025...finished seventh at the 2025 NCAA Championship...won the 15th annual Patriot All -America Invitational in Arizona in December of 2025., as Williams’ final round -4 (66) on the Wigwam Golf Club Gold Course earned him the Men’s Division title by six strokes at -14 (196) overall.
Connor Williams career top-10 finishes (12)
T1: 2025 The Wohali (Sept. 15-16)
2: 2025 Big 12 Championship (Apr. 22-24)
2: 2024 Williams Cup (Oct. 20-22)
T4: 2026 Thunderbird Collegiate (April 10-11)
5: 2025 NCAA Bremerton Regional (May 12-14)
T6: 2024 Sahalee Players (Sept. 7-8)
T7: 2025 NCAA Championship (May 23-26)
8: 2023 Maui Jim Individual (Sept. 8-9)
T8: 2025 Cabo Collegiate (Mar. 1-3)
T8: 2024 Ben Hogan Collegiate (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)
T8: 2024 Valspar Collegiate (Mar. 25-26)
T9: 2025 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 19-21)
2026 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship
Omni La Costa Resort and Spa (North Course)
Carlsbad, Calif.
Par 72/7,528 yards
Teams (Ranking)/Par 288
Auburn (1) 284-272-286=842/-22
Texas (3) 287-277-281=845/-19
Vanderbilt (11) 287-277-291-=855/-9
UCLA (30) 280-289-287=856/-8
Arizona (12) 287-285-284=858/-8
Oklahoma State (5) 295-274-287=856/-8
North Carolina (10) 287-288-283=858/-6
Duke (29) 286-286-291=863/-1
Oklahoma (16) 292-284-288=864/E
Virginia (4) 288-284-293=865/+1
Florida (2) 291-290-284=865/+1
LSU (7) +20 303-293-270=866/+2
San Diego (42) 286-291-289=866/+2
Tennessee (18) 292-287-287=866/+2
Stanford (15) 291-286-289=866/+2
---did not advance past 15-team cut—
Pepperdine (14) 285-290-293=868/+4
Mississippi State (37) 279-294-298=871/+7
BYU (22) 296-290-287=873/+9
Arkansas (6) 288-298-288=874/+10
Georgia (23) 292-291-293=876/+12
Arizona State (13) 291-293-293=877/+13
Arkansas State (39) 295-287-297=879/+15
Purdue (40) 296-294-289=880/+16
Louisville (33) 294-296-291=881/+17
Texas A&M (20) 299-289-294=882/+18
Ole Miss (9) 303-293-288=884/+20
Chattanooga (56)294-285-305=884/+20
Memphis (57) 301-293-293=887/+23
USC (28) 297-300-293=890/+26
Florida State (26) 307-292-300=899/+35
Individual leader/Sun Devils
T1. Preston Stout, Oklahoma State 73-67-65=205/-11
T1. Filip Jakubcik, Arizona 68-66-72=206/-10
T21. Connor Williams 66-71-77=214/-2
T73. Michael Mjaaseth 73-72-75=220/+4
T67. Boston Bracken 75-73-71=219/+3
T109. Fifa Loapakdee 77-77-70=224/+8
Bowen Mauss 82-77-DNC=159/+15
Raul Gomez 77 (third round only as sub)