The third-ranked Arizona State men’s golf squad stays local to compete in the Thunderbird Collegiate April 11-12 at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. Both the team and individual winners of the tournament were Arizona State in the past two years as they look to defend their titles. ASU will be without 2024 U.S. Amateur champion and three-time All-American Josele Ballester, who will be competing in the Masters.
SUN DEVIL TOP 150 WAGR RANKINGS (APR. 4, 2025)
6 – Josele Ballester
11 – Preston Summerhays
52 – Connor Williams
54 – Michael Mjaaseth
90 – Peer Wernicke
142 – Fifa Laopakdee
FIVE DECADES IS BIG TIME
The ASU Thunderbird Collegiate has been a thing for 51 years, sixth-most in all of NCAA men’s golf. Only San Jose State’s Western Intercollegiate (78 years), Houston’s Border Olympics (75), Little Three Championship (72 years hosted by Canisius), Stanford’s The Goodwin (55) and the Furman Intercollegiate (54) have longer runs. It has happened every year since 1973 sans the COVID shortened 2020 spring athletic season.
THE COMPETITION (CLIPPD SCORING RANKING AS OF APRIL 4)
The field for the tournament includes Arizona State (3), Utah (13), UCLA (15), Colorado (32), Houston (41), USC (42), New Mexico (47), GCU (50), Loyola-Marymount (58) and Oregon State (100).
OUR TOURNAMENT HISTORY HERE
Last season, the Sun Devils took home hardware after the 2024 Thunderbird Collegiate ended with a team and individual winner. ASU claimed a dominant victory while Preston Summerhays repeated as individual champion. Head Coach Matt Thurmond‘s squad put together a historical performance on their way to a second-consecutive Thunderbird Collegiate Team Title. The Sun Devils finished an incredible 38-under to win by 28 strokes, the largest margin of victory by any team at the Thunderbird Collegiate since at least 2000. It marked the 22nd time ASU has kept the Thunderbird Collegiate trophy home.
THUNDERBIRD TITLES UNDER MATT THURMOND
Thunderbird Collegiate (April 12-13, 2024)
Thunderbird Collegiate (April 14-15, 2023)
ASU Thunderbird Collegiate (April 12-13, 2019)
ASU Thunderbird Invitational…
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