Sun Devil Men's Golf Heading to NCAA Championship After Solid Regional

Ticket punched for ASU.

The fifth-ranked Arizona State men's golf team played solid all week and is headed to the NCAA Championships after a great regional held in Bremerton, WA, at Gold Mountain Gold Club.

The Sun Devils finished at 25-under 839 (286-274-279), just three shots back of Florida (28-under 836). More importantly, the Sun Devils were 26 strokes better than the cut line, and that meant no stress for a team that has as good of a chance to win the national title as anyone.

Sophomore Connor Williams shot 7-under 209 (73-65-71) and finished fifth, while freshman Peer Wernicke tied for eighth at 4-under 140 (69-71-72).

Josele Ballester shot 3-under 213 (70-72-71) and tied for ninth in his final NCAA regional, while junior Michael Mjaaseth did the same by shooting a 7-under 65 in his final round, one of just three people to shoot 7-under.

There were only three rounds of 7-under 65 in the tournament, and Connor Williams (second) and Michael Mjaaseth (third) had two of them.

The May 23-28 NCAA Champoinships will be held at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad.

Coach Thurmond Regional Note
Coach Thurmond has reached the NCAA Championship in seven of eight chances at ASU. Since becoming a head coach in 2002, his squads have made the NCAA Championship in 19 of his 23 chances, missing only in 2024, 2016, 2011 and 2007.

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. Last year nine top-30 teams didn't advance, including five top-10 teams, as third-ranked ASU, Ole Miss (7), Arkansas (8), Alabama (9), Washington (10), Georgia (20), Oregon (24), Duke (25) and Northwestern (28) all didn't make the regional cut.

NCAA BREMERTON REGIONAL
MAY 12-14, 2025
GOLD MOUNTAIN GOLF CLUB
BREMERTON, WA
PAR 72/7,167 YARDS/7,114 ROUND TWO
TEAMS (CLIPPD RANKING)
Florida (8/SEC champion) 279-272-285=836/-28
Arizona State (5) 286-274-279=839/-25
Colorado (32) 289-288-283=860/-4
USF (29) 290-294-278=862/-2
South Carolina (20) 293-281-290=864/E

Utah (17) 291-293-281=865/+1
Kansas State (57) 290-292-285=867/+3
Charlotte (41/AAC champion) 298-285-294=877/+13
Colorado State (54) 295-296-290=881/+17
Kansas (44) 297-295-295=885/+21
Oral Roberts (130/The Summit League champion) 307-300-278=885/+21
Elon (68/CAA champion) 309-294-287=890/+26
Coastal Carolina (85/Sun Belt champion) 311-293-294=898/+34
Seattle (140/WAC champion) 303-297-298=898/+34

INDIVIDUAL/SUN DEVIL LEADERBOARD
1-Braxton Watts, Utah 72-66-66=204/-12
5-Connor Williams, ASU 73-65-71=209/-7
8-Peer Wernicke, ASU 69-71-72=212/-4
T9-Josele Ballester, ASU 70-72-71=213/-3
T9-Michael Mjaaseth, ASU 75-73-65=213/-3
T16-Preston Summerhays, ASU 74-66-65=215/-1

Sun Devil NCAA Regional Finishes Under Matt Thurmond
2025: 2nd/Bremerton, Washington
2024: 6th/Rancho Santa Fe, California
2023: 1st/Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: 1st/Stockton, California
2021: T-2nd/Albuquerque, N.M.
2019: T-2nd/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas

Regional Note
The 2025 regional marks just the seventh time ASU has competed in a NCAA regional in the Pacific Time Zone in 15 years (2010-present). It won the Las Vegas Regional in 2023, the Stockton Regional in 2022, tied for second at Stanford in 2019, was second in San Diego in 2015 and fifth in Tempe in 2013. It didn't advance out of Rancho Santa Fe in 2024.

Sun Devil Men's Golf Regional Finishes
2025: 2nd/Bremerton, Wash.
2024: 6th/Rancho Santa Fe, California
2023: 1st/Las Vegas, Nevada
2022: 1st/Stockton, California
2021: T-2nd/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019: T-2nd/Stanford, California
2018: 5th/Raleigh, N.C.
2017: 5th/Austin, Texas
2016: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015: 2nd/San Diego, California
2014: 6th/Columbia, Mo.
2013: 5th/Tempe, Arizona
2012: DNC
2011: T-4th/Erie, Colorado
2010: T-4th/Atlanta, Georgia
2009: 1st/Daly City, California
2008: 8th/Bremerton, Washington
2007: T-3rd/Tempe, Arizona
2006: T-3rd/Tucson, Arizona
2005: T-4th/Stanford, California
2004: 4th/Sunriver, Oregon
2003: T-5th/Seattle, Washington
2002: 20th/Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001: 1st/Corvallis, Oregon
2000: T-6th/Fresno, California
1999: 1st/Tucson, Arizona
1998: T-1st/Tempe, Arizona
1997: 2nd/Santee, California
1996: 2nd/Stanford, California
1995: 1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1993: 2nd/Provo, Utah
1992: 2nd/Tucson, Arizona
1991: T-1st/Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990: 3rd/Las Cruces, New Mexico
1989: 2nd/El Paso, Texas