PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- San Diego State men’s golfer Justin Hastings (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) is ranked 15th in the PGA TOUR University preseason ranking for the Class of 2025, the PGA TOUR announced Wednesday. Hastings is one of 25 on the initial list.
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 DI 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.
SDSU is one of 21 schools represented in the PGA TOUR University preseason ranking, while Hastings’ Cayman Islands is one of eight countries on the list.
Hastings is coming off a fantastic junior season, where he was named both to the PING All-West Region team and the all-Mountain West team for a second consecutive year. Hastings ranked second on the team with a 71.03 stroke average over 33 rounds, as well as rounds in the 60s (9), rounds below par (15) and even-par rounds (4). He opened the season with a wire-to-wire victory at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 8-10) with an 18-under 195, the best 54-hole score in program history. In 11 tournaments for the season, he had a win, three top-5 finishes, five top-10 efforts and six top 20s.
Hastings helped San Diego State to its third consecutive MW championship and a spot in the NCAA West Lafayette Regional, where the Aztecs took sixth out of 13 teams, one spot from advancing to the NCAA Championship.
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.
The PGA TOUR University Ranking does not include Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent, currently the No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, because he already secured his PGA TOUR card via PGA TOUR Accelerated. Upon the conclusion of his senior season in May 2025, Sargent will have PGA TOUR membership for the remainder of the 2025 season and through 2026 – the same performance benefits as the player who finishes No. 1 in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2025.
San Diego State’s 2024-25 schedule will be released in August.
PGA TOUR University Preseason Ranking Class of 2025
1. Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
2. Omar Morales, UCLA
3. Brenden 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, North Carolina State
19. Andrew Goodman, Oklahoma
20. Sebastian Moss, Louisville
21. Tiger Christensen, Arizona
22. Zac Jones, Brigham Young
23. Luke Sample, Duke
24. Nathan Franks, South Carolina
25. Jake Peacock, South Florida