ASU will tee it Friday (May 23) with Texas and Oklahoma starting at 12:12 p.m., followed by No. 10 tee times on Saturday (May 24) at 6:52 a.m. Sun Devil ninth-year head coach Matt Thurmond – a 2024 National Golf Coaches Hall of Fame inductee — leads the Sun Devils, who under 2008 National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee and Pac-12 Coach of the Century Randy Lein won the 1996 team title and won the 1990 title under 2002 ASU Hall of Fame and 2009 NGCA Hall of Fame inductee Steve Loy.
Same Format
Finals play consists of three days of stroke play on Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25 (54 holes), after which the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play on Monday, May 26 to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, May 27, followed by finals on Wednesday, May 28.
The Lineup with Collegiate Rankings
ASU’s lineup will consist of 2024 U.S. Amateur champion and three-time All-American senior Josele Ballseter (ranked ninth by Clippd), junior Michael Mjaaseth (28th), sophomore Connor Williams (35th), freshman Peer Wernicke (95th), sophomore Fifa Laopakdee (65th) and senior Preston Summerhays (68th).
MOST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
OKLAHOMA STATE, 76
TEXAS, 68
ARIZONA STATE, 59
USC, 58
Recently
The Sun Devils tied for third at the 2021 NCAA Championship officially by reaching the semifinals of match play. It marked ASU’s best finish since its won the 1996 title.
Special 1990
Arizona State in 1990 is the only program to have its men’s and women’s teams win the NCAA golf championships in the same season.
Not Easy To Make It
Nine top-30 teams won’t be making the trip to the NCAA Championships this year, as LSU (6), North Carolina (10), San Diego State (15), Alabama (16), Utah (17), Duke (21), SMU (24), Long Beach State (26) and Louisville (27) all will be staying home after not making the top five at regionals. Last year nine top-30 teams didn’t advance, including five top-10 teams, as…
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