Sun Devil Women's Golf advances to NCAA championship

GOLD CANYON, Ariz. - The eight-time NCAA champion Sun Devil women's golf program is headed to the NCAA Championships after a steady regional that ended on Wednesday at Superstition Mountain Golf Club in Gold Canyon.

By virtue of their second-place finish, No. 8 Arizona State (-3/861) has earned one of five berths to the NCAA Championship from the Gold Canyon Regional. ASU will be one of 30 teams competing for the national title from May 16-21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. The Maroon & Gold will be making their 39th appearance in the NCAA Championship, the most by any program in the nation.

This is the seventh championship that ASU has advanced to under Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye in the past eight years, who was at the helm when the 2017 team captured the program's eighth National Championship. Arizona State is one of only five programs in the country to make the NCAA Championship at least 22 times since 2000 (25-year span). They are joined by USC, Duke, Stanford, and UCLA on this exclusive list.

NCAA championship appearances since 2000
USC, 25
Stanford, 23
Arizona State, 22
Duke, 22
UCLA, 22

The Sun Devils are advancing to the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship thanks to a total team effort over the three days at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. Arizona State maintained their spot in the Top-5 each of the three days, comfortably securing a spot at La Costa. With the season on the line, Coach Farr-Kaye's team came through time-and-time again throughout the week to clinch their way to the next stage of the postseason. ASU is joined by Oregon, Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, and Cal State Fullerton in making it out of the Gold Canyon Regional.

"It's huge to advance to the NCAA Championship," Coach Farr-Kaye remarked. "It's really hard to do. Regionals are difficult to get through no matter what you've done all year and I don't take it for granted. It's stressful and challenging, so I'm just really proud of our team."

Four Sun Devils found themselves in the Top-20 when it was all said and done, led by redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes (-9/207). She ensured her team would not miss out on a NCAA Championship appearance, coming through with the best result of any Sun Devil. Rhodes finished in second place, continuing her decorated campaign. The regional included ten of the Top-50 individuals in the latest Clipp'd rankings and Rhodes tied or beat out eight of them, trailing only Regional medalist Kiara Romero of Oregon.

Not far behind Rhodes was freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien (-3/213), as she ended in a tie for third place. In her NCAA Postseason debut, McDonald-O'Brien proved the stage was not too big. This is her fifth Top-10 finish of the season as she gets ready to make her NCAA Championship debut. A strong final stretch of holes allowed Paula Schulz-Hanssen (+4/220) to ascend into a tie for 17th. She ended with two straight birdies to cap her round. The fourth Sun Devil in the Top-20 was Beth Coulter, who saved her best round for last. A 71 (-1) was a key counting score allowing ASU to move into second place as a team. Senior Grace Summerhays helps her team advance from a Regional yet again and will make her third NCAA Championship appearance.

"We are excited to go back to Nationals as a team," Patience Rhodes mentioned after the round. "We learned a lot from playing there last year and will feel more comfortable at that course. It will be fun to test ourselves against the best competition in the nation and play together as a team one last time this year."

Final results
2024-25 statistics homepage
Gold Canyon Regional homepage

Round breakdown
Patience Rhodes
Current standing: 2
Today's round: 71 (-1)
Overall total: 207 (-9)
Birdies (3): Hole 6 (Par 4, 348 yards), Hole 15 (Par 4, 328 yards), Hole 18 (Par 5, 514 yards)

Isla McDonald-O'Brien
Current Standing: T3
Today's Round: 71 (-1)
Overall Total: 213 (-3)
Birdies (3): Hole 12 (Par 3, 167 yards), Hole 14 (Par 4, 309 yards), Hole 18 (Par 5, 514 yards)
 
Paula Schulz-Hanssen
Current standing: T17
Today's round:  72 (E)
Overall total: 220 (+4)
Birdies (3): Hole 6 (Par 4, 348 yards), Hole 17 (Par 3, 165 yards), Hole 18 (Par 5, 514 yards)

Beth Coulter
Current standing: T20
Today's round: 71 (-1)
Overall total: 221 (+5)
Birdies (3): Hole 2 (Par 5, 520 yards), Hole 7 (Par 5, 550 yards), Hole 18 (Par 5, 514 yards)
 
Grace Summerhays
Current standing: T45
Today's round: 76 (+4)
Overall total: 229 (+13)
Birdies (1): Hole 6 (Par 4, 48 yards)

Team standings

-- ASU has now put together second place finishes at regionals in three of the last five years, also doing so at the 2023 Stillwater Regional and 2021 Columbus Regional as part of their run to NCAA Match Play that season.

Individual standings

Quotables
Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye
On what the team's energy is like after a strong stretch of tournament play
"It takes five. You win together or you lose together. Because of energy, there's a lot of intangibles that go into it, scores are just one piece of what we do and it is the outcome that everybody can see, but there's a lot that goes into it. This group is very unified, they love each other, they care about each other, and they lift each other up on a daily basis. It's really cool to go into nationals with this team."
 
On the preparation of the team
"Our preparation was really good and I felt really good about it. It made everybody as relaxed as you can possibly be for a regional championship. I think the preparation was good, not too much and not too little. It's hard to get that right, and I think we did a good job this year." 
 
Redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes
On how she was able to bounce back after a slow start to the round
"Yeah, this course can be quite frustrating, so I was just trying to stay patient out there and hit greens. The first couple bogies were good shots, they just bounced through the greens so that's just tough luck. But I played great throughout."
 
On finishing second in a loaded field
"I didn't look at the scores when I played, so I had no idea until after I finished. It definitely gives me a lot of confidence and hopefully the best is yet to come."

Top-30 teams eliminated
Every year, highly ranked teams do not make it out of the NCAA Regional round. This postseason is no different. Of the Top-30 teams in the latest Scoreboard rankings, seven did not advance to the NCAA Championship. That includes No. 13 North Carolina, No. 15 TCU, No. 17 Auburn, No. 18 Arizona, No. 19 Texas A&M, No. 25 Duke, and No. 26 Houston.

Conference breakdown
SEC (10): Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt
Big Ten (7): Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, USC
Big 12 (6): Arizona State, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
ACC (4): Florida State, Stanford, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big West (1): Cal State Fullerton
Mountain West (1): UNLV
Sun Belt (1): Georgia Southern

Up next
2025 NCAA women's golf championship
For the second consecutive year, the NCAA Women's Golf Championship will take place near San Diego at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course. Arizona State made the 2024 NCAA Championship and finished tied for 16th, missing the Top-15 cut by just one stroke. Should they advance from a regional again, Sun Devil Women's Golf will attempt to win the program's NCAA record ninth national championship. Missy Farr-Kaye was in charge the last time that ASU won a title, defeating Northwestern at Rich Harvest Farms in Chicago for the 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. The program also brought home NCAA titles in 2009, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993, and 1990. 

GOLF Channel coverage
GOLF Channel will present the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's (May 19-21) and Men's (May 26-28) Golf Championships, totaling over 50 hours of comprehensive coverage. The women's championship will be held May 16-21, with GOLF Channel providing live coverage of the final day of individual championship play on May 19 as well as the team match play on May 20-21.  GOLF Channel and Peacock will present live tournament coverage all three days. Visit NBCSports.com full programming schedule.

Team championships under Missy Farr-Kaye (21)
---> 2025 PING/ASU Invitational
---> 2025 Clover Cup
---> 2024 Windy City Collegiate Classic
2024 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
2022 Match in the Desert
2022 PING/ASU Invitational  
2021 Bruin Wave Invitational
2021 Clover Cup
2021 PING/ASU Invitational (Co-Champs)
2020 Stanford Intercollegiate
2020 Tri-Match vs. UCLA & Denver
2020 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 
2019 Wildcat Invitational
2019 Tri-Match against Denver & Georgia
2018 Windy City Collegiate
2017 NCAA Championships (NATIONAL CHAMPION)
2017 NCAA Regional Championships
2017 PING/ASU Invitational
2017 Clover Cup
2016 Pac-12 Preview

Rhodes on ANNIKA Award Spring Watch List
Sun Devil Women's Golf redshirt sophomore Patience Rhodes earned a spot on the ANNIKA Award Spring Watch List back in March. The Haskins Foundation released the Spring version of their candidates for the ANNIKA Award, given annually to the top female collegiate golfer. One of the 25 names included on the list was Patience Rhodes from Arizona State. Rhodes is one of only 11 underclassmen under consideration for the award. A Sun Devil has landed on this list in five of the past seven seasons, as Rhodes joins the company of program greats Linn Grant, Olivia Mehaffey, and Ashley Menne.

Azahara Munoz inducted into ASU Hall of Fame
Sun Devil Women's Golf legend Azahara Munoz is part of the 2024 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame class. Munoz is one of six Hall of Fame inductees as a part of a loaded 2024 class, joined by one Hall of Distinction selection. A luncheon honoring the class was held on Friday, Oct. 4, at ASU's Old Main, while honorees were introduced at Sun Devil Football's win over Kansas. Munoz becomes the 20th individual from Sun Devil Women's Golf to enter the Hall of Fame and is the 21st overall inductee with ties to the program. Women's Golf has been represented in three of the past four Hall of Fame classes (2019, 2022, 2024). The most recent representative from Women's Golf entered back in 2022, when Anna Nordqvist was honored. 

"We are extremely proud of Aza for all that she has accomplished in her illustrious career," Sun Devil Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye remarked. "She is a proud Sun Devil and is very deserving of this honor. There is no doubt she is one of the best players we have ever had come through our program."

Azahara Munoz left Arizona State as one of the most decorated golfers in program history.

• Captured the 2008 NCAA Individual Title in dramatic fashion, winning in a playoff to become the ninth Sun Devil to win the National Championship.
• Buried a clutch 25-foot putt to defeat UCLA's Tiffany Joh in the winner-take-all playoff.
• Helped lead Arizona State to the 2009 NCAA Championship, its seventh in school history and first since 1998.
• One of only four four-time All-Americans in the illustrious history of the Sun Devil Women's Golf Program.
• The top-placing Sun Devil at the 2009 NCAA Championships, earning her second-career Top-5 National finish by finishing in fourth place.
• Landed on the Pac-10 First Team All-Conference in each of her four seasons in Tempe.
• Compiled an incredible 31 Top-10 finishes in 39 career appearances as a Sun Devil.
• The first two-time recipient of the prestigious Edith Cummings Munson Award, which is given to the top collegiate female golfers nationally who also excel in academics.
• Graduated summa cum laude with a 3.98 in psychology.
• 2009 Pac-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year.
• Four-time NGCA Academic All-American and two-time ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-American.
• While attending Arizona State, she competed internationally as one of the top-ranked amateurs in the world.
• Finished as the runner-up at the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur, won the 2009 Ladies British Amateur Championship, and competed for Spain in the 2006 Women's World Amateur.

Five Sun Devils at the Paris Olympics
Sun Devil Women's Golf had more representatives than any other collegiate women's golf program at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Five Arizona State products competed in the most prestigious international event on the golf calendar. Both of the Spanish qualifiers were Sun Devils, with Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz each making their third Olympic appearance. The other three Sun Devils made their Olympic debut, as Linn Grant (Sweden), Alessandra Fanali (Italy), and Alexandra Forsterling (Germany) each earned a spot in the iconic competition.

Anna Nordqvist named Team Europe Captain for Solheim Cup 
Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Famer and women's golf legend Anna Nordqvist (2007-09) was named the captain for Team Europe for the 2026 Solheim Cup, to be held 7–13 September at Bernardus Golf in North Brabant, Netherlands. Nordqvist has already established herself as one of the premiere competitors in Solheim Cup history and will look to add to her lore in the iconic event.

Tatman elevated to Associate Head Coach
Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman was promoted to Associate Head Coach earlier in the season. In the midst of her second season in Tempe, Tatman has been critical to the success of the program during her tenure. Arizona State has won four tournaments in her two seasons and qualified for the 2024 NCAA Championship.

2024-25 Arizona State Women's Golf schedule
Arizona State will be tested throughout the campaign as Coach Farr-Kaye built one of the nation's toughest slates once again. The Maroon and Gold will compete in a total of ten regular season events, five in the Fall and five in the Spring. The postseason begins April 15 at the Big 12 Championship, with NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships scheduled for the month of May.

ANNIKA Intercollegiate – Sept. 9-11 (Lake Elmo, MN)
Mason Rudolph Championship – Sept. 20-22 (Franklin, TN)
Windy City Collegiate Classic – Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 (Wilmette, IL)
Stanford Intercollegiate – Oct. 18-20 (Stanford, CA)
Nanea Invitational - Oct. 28-30 (Kailua-Kona, HI)
Match in the Desert – January 27 (Gold Canyon, AZ)*
Therese Hession Regional Challenge – Feb. 2-4 (Palos Verdes, CA)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate – March 3-5 (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Clover Cup – March 10-12 (Litchfield Park, AZ | Wigwam Golf Club)*
PING/ASU Invitational – March 28-30 (Phoenix, AZ | Papago Golf Club)*
Big 12 Championship – April 15-17 (Hockley, TX)
NCAA Regionals – May 5-7 (Gold Canyon, Arizona)*
NCAA Championship – May 16-21 (La Costa, CA; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course)
Italicized = Home Tournament
*Held in the state of Arizona

Empty the notebook

• Arizona State is one of ten teams that made the 2024 NCAA Championship and returns four members from that team.
• The Sun Devils are 126-24-3 overall in head-to-head matchups.
• Missy Farr-Kaye enters her tenth season as the Head Coach of Sun Devil Women's Golf. She is tied with Bobby Hurley (Men's Basketball) and Greg Powers (Hockey) as the second-longest tenured Sun Devil Athletics Head Coach. She trails only Zeke Jones, who is getting ready for his 11th year at the helm of the Sun Devil wrestling program.
• ASU played in the state of Arizona for the fourth time this year. Regular season events already had them playing Superstition Mountain Golf Club (Gold Canyon), Wigwam Golf Club (Litchfield Park), and Papago Golf Club (Phoenix). The Sun Devils will now compete at Superstition Mountain Golf Club a second time, serving as one of six regional hosts.

Top finishes in 2024-25
---> 2nd - Patience Rhodes, Gold Canyon Regional
2nd - Patience Rhodes, PING/ASU Invitational
T2nd - Beth Coulter, Big 12 Championship
T2nd - Beth Coulter, Clover Cup
T2nd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Match in the Desert*
3rd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, PING/ASU Invitational
---> T3rd - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Gold Canyon Regional
4th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Match in the Desert*
T4th- Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Clover Cup
T5th - Beth Coulter, PING/ASU Invitational
T5th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, PING/ASU Invitational
T5th - Beth Coulter, Stanford Intercollegiate
T5th - Patience Rhodes, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T5th - Patience Rhodes, Mason Rudolph Championship
T6th - Patience Rhodes, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T6th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Nanea Invitational
T6th - Patience Rhodes, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
7th - Patience Rhodes, Clover Cup
T8th - Patience Rhodes, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Big 12 Championship
T9th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Nanea Invitational
T9th - Beth Coulter, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
10th - Grace Summerhays, PING/ASU Invitational
T10th - Beth Coulter, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T10th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T12th - Patience Rhodes, Nanea Invitational
T13th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Clover Cup
T13th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T13th - Beth Coulter, Therese Hession Regional Challenge
14th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
T14th - Patience Rhodes, Big 12 Championship
T15th - Grace Summerhays, Match in the Desert*
T15th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T16th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Mason Rudolph Championship
---> T17th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Gold Canyon Regional
T17th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
T18th - Grace Summerhays, Nanea Invitational
T18th - Grace Summerhays, Windy City Collegiate Classic
T18th - Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Stanford Intercollegiate
---> T20th - Beth Coulter, Gold Canyon Regional
T20th - Beth Coulter, Nanea Invitational
41 total Top-20 finishes;  25 Top-10 finishes by Sun Devils in 2024-25
*One-day, 18-hole event

Best rounds in 2024-25
---> 66/-6 Patience Rhodes (Gold Canyon Regional Second Round/May 6, 2025)
66/-6 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
66/-5 Beth Coulter (Big 12 Championship Third Round/Apr. 17, 2025)
66/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
67/-6 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
67/-5 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Championship Third Round/Sept. 22, 2024)
67/-5 Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship Second Round/Sept. 21, 2024)
67/-3 Patience Rhodes(Clover Cup Second Round/March 11, 2025)
67/-3 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
68/-4 Beth Coulter (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
68/-4 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Mason Rudolph Championship Third Round/Sept. 22, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
68/-4 Beth Coulter (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11, 2024)
68/-4 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (ANNIKA Intercollegiate First Round/Sept. 9, 2024)
68/-3 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
68/-2 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup Second Round/March 11, 2025)
68/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
69/-3 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational Second Round/March 29, 2025)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Windy City Collegiate Classic Second Round/Sept. 30, 2024)
69/-2 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Big 12 Championship Second Round/Apr. 16, 2025)
69/-2 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round/Oct. 19, 2024)
69/-1 Beth Coulter (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
69/-1 Patience Rhodes (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
69/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
70/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Nanea Invitational First Round/Oct. 28, 2024)
70/-3 Patience Rhodes (Nanea Invitational Third Round/Oct. 30, 2024)
---> 70/-2 Patience Rhodes (Gold Canyon Regional First Round/May 5, 2025)
---> 70/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Gold Canyon Regional First Round/May 5, 2025)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
70/-2 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational Third Round/March 30, 2025)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (PING/ASU Invitational First Round/March 28, 2025)
70/-2 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Match in the Desert/Jan. 27, 2025)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (Windy City Collegiate Classic Third Round/Oct. 1, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (Windy City Collegiate Classic Second Round/Sept. 30, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Second Round/Sept. 10, 2024)
70/-2 Patience Rhodes (ANNIKA Intercollegiate Third Round/Sept. 11 2024)
70/-2 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
70/-2 Beth Coulter (Mason Rudolph Championship First Round/Sept. 20, 2024)
70/-1 Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Second Round/Mar. 4, 2024)
70/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate First Round/Mar. 3, 2024)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Therese Hession Regional Challenge Third Round/Feb. 4, 2025)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Therese Hession Regional Challenge First Round/Feb. 2, 2025)
70/-1 Patience Rhodes (Therese Hession Regional Challenge First Round/Feb. 2, 2025)
70/-1 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
70/-1 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Stanford Intercollegiate First Round/Oct. 18, 2024)
70/-1 Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round/Oct. 19, 2024)
70/-1 Beth Coulter (Stanford Intercollegiate Third Round/Oct. 20, 2024)
70/E Grace Summerhays (Clover Cup First Round/March 10, 2025)
70/E Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Clover Cup Third Round/March 12, 2025)
54 total rounds of 70 or lower

Birdies by Sun Devil (2024-25 season totals)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien - 120 birdies; 1 eagle
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 115 birdies
Beth Coulter - 108 birdies; 1 eagle
Patience Rhodes - 107 birdies; 2 eagle
Grace Summerhays - 82 birdies; 5 eagles
Total - 532 birdies; 9 eagles

Career appearances
Grace Summerhays, 45 (42 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 36 (32 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 36 (32 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 24 (22 stroke; 2 match)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 12 (12 stroke)
Total 153 (142 stroke; 11 match)

Career Top-20 finishes 
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 20 (9 Top-10)
Grace Summerhays, 18 (8 Top-10)
Beth Coulter, 17 (8 Top-10)
Patience Rhodes, 14 (9 Top-10)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, 8 (5 Top-10)
Total 77 (39 Top-10)

A tradition like no other
During the past five decades, many of the premier amateur women's golfers have called Arizona State University home. Arizona State won its NCAA-leading eighth national championship title in 2017 to reinforce its standing as the premier women's golf school in the United States. Under legendary Head Coach Linda Vollstedt, the program became the first in women's collegiate golf to win six championships in a decade (1990, '93, '94, '95, '97, '98). ASU remains the lone program to ever capture three national titles in a row (1993, '94, '95). The Sun Devil Golf programs did something in 1990 that had never been done before and hasn't been accomplished since. ASU swept both the Men's and Women's Team National Titles in 1990, becoming the first school to capture both championships in the same year.

Here for the long haul
Sun Devil Athletics was thrilled to extend four of its head coaches back in December of 2023, including Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye. Entering her ninth year with ASU, Farr-Kaye has been extended through the 2027-28 athletic calendar. She completed the trifecta in 2017, becoming the first individual in NCAA history to win a National Championship as a player, assistant coach, and head coach at the same school.

"The Bird"
The Thunderbirds Golf Complex, designed by Douglas Fredrickson Architects and built by Rummel Construction Inc., is a 7,000-square foot facility featuring a grand entry lobby, national championship displays, a team gym and locker rooms for both men's and women's teams, a fueling station, study lounge, team lounge, indoor hitting bays and more. Designed by Sun Devil alumnus and five-time PGA Major Championships winner Phil Mickelson, who is known for his short-game expertise, the four-acre practice area consists of five practice greens, four practice bunkers and a three-acre fairway and rough designed to practice every possible golf shot. On Nov. 1, 2018, Papago Golf Course became the new home for Sun Devil Men's & Women's Golf with the unveiling of their new state-of-the-art practice facility -- The Thunderbirds Golf Complex -- through the generous commitment by The Thunderbirds organization. Arizona State, in partnership with The Thunderbirds, Arizona Golf Community Foundation, the City of Phoenix and Phil Mickelson Design, revitalized the course and helped build the Lou Grubb Clubhouse and Lou's Bar & Grill.

Fantastic five
Patience Rhodes, Grace Summerhays, Paula Schulz-Hanssen, and Beth Coulter all return having gained another year of valuable experience. Highly-touted freshman Isla McDonald-O'Brien has made an immediate impact on the program, forming a talented 2024-25 roster under the direction of Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye and Assistant Coach Mikayla Tatman.

How to follow
Visit the Gold Canyon Regional homepage for all information related to the event. For the latest updates and information on the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, follow our Twitter/Instagram accounts (@SunDevilWGolf), like our Facebook page (facebook.com/sundevilwgolf/), and visit our website (sundevils.com). Find Coach Farr-Kaye (@missymkaye) and Coach Tatman (@CoachMikayla_) on X as well.