PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – PGA TOUR University has announced the preseason ranking for the Class of 2025, and Arizona State’s Preston Summerhays is No. 1 on the first list of rising seniors eligible for PGA TOUR University in 2024-25. UCLA’s Omar Morales is No. 2 in the preseason ranking, while Brendan Valdes checks in at No. 3 after helping Auburn win its first national championship in 2024. Calum Scott (Texas Tech) and Jackson Van Paris (Vanderbilt) round out the top five players in the PGA TOUR University Preseason Ranking.
Summerhays, who is a four-time collegiate winner at Arizona State, has made 11 career starts in PGA TOUR sanctioned events and will make his 12th later this week at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health on the Korn Ferry Tour. The two-time PING GCAA All-American started the 2023-24 season with a win in the 72-player field at the Sahalee Players Championship in September before becomming the first Sun Devil since Jon Rahm to win the Thunderbird Collegiate for a second consecutive season in April. A member of the victorious Walker Cup team in 2023 at St. Andrews, Summerhays has played 112 rounds as a Sun Devil and has a career stroke average of 71.85.
The preseason ranking includes players from 21 schools; the four schools with two players are Arizona State, UCLA, North Carolina and Oklahoma. In all, the top 25 features players from eight countries: Cayman Islands, Germany, Mexico, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and United States.
The PGA TOUR University Ranking does not include Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent, currently the No. 1- ranked amateur in the world, because he already secured his PGA TOUR card via PGA TOUR Accelerated. Upon the conclusion of his senior season in May 2025, Sargent will have PGA TOUR membership for the remainder of the 2025 season and through 2026 – the same performance benefits as the player who finishes No. 1 in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2025.
In partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®), PGA TOUR University ranks players based on the last two years of their collegiate careers. Eligible Tournaments include NCAA Division-I men’s team competitions, official PGA TOUR tournaments and select DP World Tour events. The Ranking Period for the Class of 2025 began Week 23/2023 and concludes May…
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