Glencoe, IL – Sun Devil Women’s Golf continues its fall campaign headed to the Windy City Collegiate Classic, starting Monday at Lake Shore Country Club. The team will play 36 holes on Monday and conclude the tournament with 18 holes on Tuesday.
It marks the fifth straight season the team has competed at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. In 2024, the Sun Devils won the tournament at +11 (875). In 2022, the team finished tied for fourth. Last year, sophomores Kate Dillon and Johanna Axelsen competed in last year’s edition of the tournament, with Dillon finishing tied for 28th and Axelsen finishing tied for 33rd.
Arizona State’s lineup
Missy Farr-Kaye’s squad lineup will feature Patience Rhodes, Amelia Wan, Natalia Aparicio, Kate DIllon and Fai Rubrong, with sophomore Johanna Axelsen competing as an individual.
The Tournament field (12)
Arizona, Arizona State, Columbia, Duke, Illinois, Iowa State, Northwestern (Hosts), Oregon, Purdue, Stanford, Tulsa, Virginia
Last time out
The Sun Devils opened the season with a runner-up finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship on September 20, finishing -1 (851), beating our 12 other teams and tying with Florida. Fifth-Year Patience Rhodes was second at -4 (209) after filing a 68 (-3) in the final round. In her debut as a Sun Devil, junior Amelia Wan earned her first career top-5 finish and second career top-10 finish. Wan went bogey-free in her final 14 holes and birdied the par-5, 17th hole to secure a round of 70 (-1) to secure her place inside the top-5. In her collegiate debut, Natalia Aparicio finished in the top 20, shooting +3 (216).
Golf Channel Preseason Rankings
Stanford (1)
Duke (6)
Oregon (11)
Arizona State (15)
Arizona (29)
Northwestern (32)
Purdue (33)
Iowa State (36)
WGCA Coaches Poll
Arizona State is 18th in the first WGCA Coaches Poll, with Iowa State the only Big 12 team ahead of the Sun Devils to begin the 2026-27 campaign. In the tournament field this week, Oregon (4), Virginia (8), Stanford (11), Duke (15), and Arizona (23) join the Sun Devils.
History at the Windy City Collegiate
The Sun Devils are playing in the Windy City Collegiate for the fifth straight year and the first time as a team since 2024, when they last won the event at +11 (875). Arizona State has won the event twice, including 2017, when Olivia Mehaffey and Linnea Strom posted top-10 finishes.
A redshirt sophomore at the time, Patience Rhodes had her third straight top-6 finish with a fifth-place showing in 2024, finishing +3 (219). Beth Coulter resided in the top-10 at +4 (220) along with Paula Schulz-Hanssen at +4 to put the Sun Devils on top.
In 2019, Arizona State finished in fourth place as a team led by Top-10 finishes from Linn Grant (6th) and Alessandra Fanali (10th). In 2018, Raquel Olmos earned a career-best finish at this event, posting a 207 (-9) that earned her second place.
During the 2017 edition, Olivia Mehaffey matched her career-low (65) in the first round. Arizona State took home the team championship that year, with Linnea Strom and Olivia Mehafffey earning Top-10 finishes. The program has fond memories of the Windy City area, having won the 2017 National Championship in nearby Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Potent Patience
Patience Rhodes opened the year with her seventh career top-5 finish and her 15th top-10 finish in her career as a Sun Devil. She was one of four golfers to shoot under par or better for all three rounds at the Mason Rudolph Championship.
This past summer, the fifth-year Sun Devil was part of the Curtis Cup for the second straight occurrence and went unbeaten in match play, going 4-0-0 for the weekend. Her success in match play translated to the 2026 Palmer Cup, where Rhodes went 3-0-1 and was the only team international player to go unbeaten. Her four points were critical in helping Team International defend the Palmer Cup for the second straight year.
Last month, Rhodes competed in the R&A Home International event and went 5-0-1 in match play, leading the women to a victory over Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Rhodes graduated from ASU this past spring with a bachelor's in sports business.
Top-10 finishes for Patience Rhodes
2026: Mason Rudolph Championship - T2
2026: NCAA Stanford Regional - T6
2026: Big 12 Championships - 4th
2025 Nanea Invitational - 10th
2025: Stanford Intercollegiate - 5th
2025: ANNIKA Intercollegiate - T10
2025: NCAA Regionals - 2nd
2025: PING/ASU Invitational - 2nd
2025: Clover Cup - 7th
2025: Darius Rucker Intercollegiate - 6th
2025: Therese Hession Regional Challenge - T8
2024: Windy City Collegiate Classic - T5
2024: Mason Rudolph Invitational - T5
2024: ANNIKA Intercollegiate - T6
2024: Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational - 3
Sun Devil best rounds of 2026-27
(70 or lower)
- 68 (-3) - Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship/Third Round)
- 69 (-2) - Amelia Wan (Mason Rudolph Championship/First Round)
- 70 (-1) - Amelia Wan (Mason Rudolph Championship/Third Round)
- 70 (-1) - Kate Dillon (Mason Rudolph Championship/Second Round)
- 70 (-1) - Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship/Third Round)
70 (-1) - Natalia Aparacio (Mason Rudolph Championship/First Round)
6 total rounds of 70 or lower
Birdies by Sun Devils (2026-27 season totals)
Patience Rhodes (12 birdies)
Kate Dillon (9 birdies)
Natalia Aparcio (9 birdies)
Amelia Wan (9 birdies)
Fai Rubrong (7 birdies)
Isabella Cioe (5 birdies)
2026-27 Player round-by-round
Freshman Natalia Aparicio
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept 18-20 (Franklin, TN): 70-74-72=216/+3/T17 of 87
Junior Isabella Cioe
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept 18-20 (Franklin, TN): 73-75-73=221/+8/T39 of 87
Freshman Kate Dillon
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept 18-20 (Franklin, TN): 73-70-74=217/+4/T22 of 87
Sophomore Fai Rubrong
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept 18-20 (Franklin, TN):76-76-73=225/+12/T54 of 87
Sophomore Amelia Wan
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept 18-20 (Franklin, TN): 69-71-70=210/-3/T5 of 87
About that 2026-27 schedule
Arizona State will compete against some of the top competition in the country in preparation for the postseason. The Sun Devils compete in a total of nine regular-season events, with four in the fall and five in the spring.
The postseason begins on April 21 at the Big 12 Championship in Las Vegas, with NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships slated for May.
- Windy City Classic – Oct. 5-6 (Glencoe, IL | Lake Shore CC)
- Abilene Christian Intercollegiate – Oct. 19-21 (Abilene, Texas | Halbert National)
- Nanea Invitational – Oct. 26-28 (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii)
- Therese Hession Regional Challenge – Jan. 31- Feb. 2 (Palo Verdes, CA
Palo Verdes GC) - Arizona Intercollegiate – Feb. 8-9 (Tucson, AZ | Tucson CC)
- Lady Luck Invitational – March 1-2 (Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas CC)
- Juli Inkster Invitational – March 9-10 (San Francisco, CA | TPC Harding Park)
- PING/ASU Invitational – March 25-27 (Phoenix | Papago GC)
- Big 12 Championships – April 21-23 (Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas CC)
- NCAA Regionals – May 10-12 (Aiken, South Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Franklin, Tennessee; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Stanford, California)
- NCAA Championships – May 21-26 (La Costa, CA; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course)
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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 and 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.