PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – PGA Tour University announced the preseason rankings for the Class of 2025 and Arizona's
Tiger Christensen checks in at No. 21 ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Christensen, a native of Hamburg, Germany, was a Second Team All Pac-12 selection in 2024 and was voted to the PING All-West Region Team. He set the program record for lowest score of 54 holes with a 19-under par performances in the Stephens Cup and also won the individual title at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate. He tallied four Top 10 finishes in the 10 events he played on the season and had a scoring average of 72.25 with 16 rounds of par or better.
In partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®), PGA TOUR University 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 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.
PGA TOUR University Preseason Ranking
Class of 2025
Rank Name, University
1 Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
2 Omar Morales, UCLA
3 Brendan Valdes, Auburn
4 Calum Scott, Texas Tech
5 Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
6 Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
7 David Ford, North Carolina
8 Ian Gilligan, Florida
9 Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Arizona State
10 Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M
11 Deven Patel, Virginia
12 Gray Albright, Florida State
13 Maxwell Ford, North Carolina
14 Stephen Campbell Jr, Oklahoma
15 Justin Hastings, San Diego State
16 Pablo Ereno Perez, UCLA
17 Algot Kleen, LSU
18 Nicholas Mathews, NC State
19 Andrew Goodman, Oklahoma
20 Sebastian Moss, Louisville
21
Tiger Christensen, Arizona
22 Zac Jones, BYU
23 Luke Sample, Duke
24 Nathan Franks, South Carolina
25 Jake Peacock, South Florida
Since the first class graduated in June 2021, 16 PGA TOUR University alumni have combined for 24 professional victories. After finishing No. 1 in the Class of 2023, Texas Tech's Ludvig Åberg became the first PGA TOUR University graduate to earn immediate membership on the PGA TOUR, and in his first year as a professional, he posted two wins worldwide and represented Europe at the 2023 Ryder Cup.
Stanford's Michael Thorbjornsen earned his PGA TOUR card by finishing No. 1 in the Class of 2024, and in his third pro start, he finished T2 at the John Deere Classic.
About PGA TOUR University
Introduced in 2020, PGA TOUR University identifies the best players in collegiate golf and provides membership opportunities on PGA TOUR-affiliated tours. PGA TOUR University alumni have won 24 professional events, and 12 alumni earned their PGA TOUR cards for the 2024 season.
In partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®), the PGA TOUR University Ranking ranks collegiate players based on their average performance in NCAA Division-I men's team competitions, official PGA TOUR tournaments, and select DP World Tour events over the last two years of their collegiate careers.
Upon the conclusion of the collegiate golf season, the No. 1 player in the final PGA TOUR University Ranking earns PGA TOUR membership. Players Nos. 2-5 (fully exempt) and Nos. 6-10 (conditional) earn Korn Ferry Tour membership, and players finishing 6th through 25th earn exempt membership on PGA TOUR Americas. Additionally, a junior or senior who wins the Division-II Jack Nicklaus Award (National Player of the Year) will earn exempt membership on PGA TOUR Americas upon the conclusion of his collegiate career.
For more information, visit pgatour.com/university and follow PGA TOUR University on X and Instagram (@PGATOURU).
