Wildcats Open The 2024-25 Season at Sahalee Players Championship

Arizona Men’s Golf, ranked No. 14, starts their season at the Sahalee Players Championship this Saturday and Sunday. The tournament takes place at the famous Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a town east of Seattle. This is the fourth year this event will be a collegiate event after being a popular amateur event for almost 30 years and host of PGA and LPGA tournaments.
 
The Wildcats will tee off on Saturday at 7:55am (MST), and play 36 holes followed by the final round of 18 holes on Sunday.
 
Arizona Lineup
1. Tiger Christensen
2. Filip Jakubcik
3. Zach Pollo
4. Johnny Walker
5. Tianyi Xiong
Individual: Griffin Rhoads
 
The Field
Arizona
Arizona State
Duke
Florida
Northwestern
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Pepperdine
TCU

Texas A&M
UNLV
Washington
 
In The Rankings
GCAA: 14th
Golfweek: 14th
Golf Channel: 15th
 
Preseason Awards
Filip Jakubcik was named to the 25-man Haskins Award fall watch list, which is given to the top male U.S. collegiate golfer and is voted on by only college golfers, coaches and golf media members. In addition, Jakubcik was listed as a Golf Channel’s Preseason All-American Third Team member.
 
Tiger Christensen was also named to Golf Channel’s Preseason All-American Third Team and will start the season ranked No. 21 in the PGA Tour University rankings. These rankings are very important as the No. 1 ranked golfer at the end of the golf season earns a PGA Tour membership. Players Nos. 2-5 are fully exempt and Nos. 6-10th are conditional players on the Korn Ferry Tour. Finally, those who finish Nos. 6-25th will earn a membership on the PGA Tour Americas. These memberships can give these players a major advantage towards their future after collegiate golf. 
 
Last Year at Sahalee
In last year’s event, the Wildcats finished 4th out of 12 teams with a team score of 12-over par for the tournament. In the individual standings, Arizona had notable showing with 4 players finishing inside the top 25. Filip Jakubcik finished 3rd overall with a score of 1-under par with a standout second round of 3-under par. Tiger Christensen also had a great weekend, finishing inside the top 10 after tallying a 3-over in total for the three rounds.  
 
 
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