Fall is quickly approaching, which means college golf is right around the corner.
The 2024-25 season is almost upon us, as plenty of the best amateurs in the game will tee it up in search of a national championship. This season, the NCAA Championship returns to Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, California, where the Stanford women and Auburn men took home titles in May.
With the new season also means new PGA Tour University rankings for the Class of 2025.
On Wednesday, PGA Tour U announced its preseason rankings for the Class of 2025. This will be the fifth year of PGA Tour U, with Michael Thorbjornsen finishing in the top spot last year and earning a PGA Tour card.
The preseason ranking includes players from 21 schools, and the four schools with two players are Arizona State, UCLA, North Carolina and Oklahoma. In all, the top 25 features players from eight countries: Cayman Islands, Germany, Mexico, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and United States
In partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking, PGA Tour U ranks players based on the last two years of their collegiate careers. Eligible tournaments include NCAA Division I men’s team competitions, official PGA Tour tournaments and select DP World Tour events. The ranking period for the Class of 2025 began Week 23/2023 and concludes May 26, 2025, following the final round of stroke play at the NCAA D-I men’s national championship.
The PGA Tour U rankings do not include Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent, currently the top-ranked amateur in the world, because he already secured his PGA Tour card via PGA Tour Accelerated.
The No. 1 player in the final PGA Tour University Ranking next May will earn PGA Tour membership,
while players Nos. 2-5 (fully exempt) and Nos. 6-10 (conditional) will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership
for 2025. Additionally, players Nos. 6-25 will earn fully exempt membership for the North America Swing
of PGA Tour Americas in 2025.
Here’s a look at the preseason rankings for the Class of 2025: