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NCAA Finals
Thomson Closes U-M Career With 77th-Place NCAA Finish
5/25/2025 11:20:00 PM | Men's Golf
» With his 224 54-hole three-day total, Hunter Thomson tied for 77th and missed the advancing cut at the NCAA Championships, closing U-M's season and his Wolverine career.
» After an opening 79, Thomson rallied with a second round 71 (-1) before closing with a 74. He closed the season with a U-M record of 70.24 per round average.
» Thomson recorded 11 birdies throughout his NCAA Finals, with eight of them coming on the 12 Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, North Course's par 5s.
» Thomson was one of six individuals to advance to the NCAA Championships. He was the 13th Wolverine to play in the finals and first since 2018 (Kyle Mueller).
Site:Â Carlsbad, Calif.
Tournament:Â NCAA Championships (Day 3 of 3)
Course:Â Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, North Course (par 72, 7,548 yards)
U-M Team Standing:Â No Team Score
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, tie-77th (79-71-74/224)
Next U-M Round:Â Season completed
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- With a 224 54-hole total, senior Hunter Thomson of the University of Michigan men's golf team tied for 77th at the NCAA Championship on Sunday (May 25), missing the advancing cut to the fourth round and bringing U-M's season, and his Wolverine career, to an end.
After winning the NCAA Urbana Regional, Thomson earned one of six individual spots at nationals. In Friday's (May 23) first round, he struggled to find a steady rhythm, carding a 79 (+7) to sit in a tie for 141st. Returning Saturday (May 24) morning, he recorded 12 pars and four birdies to fire a 71 (-1), his 24th sub-par round of the season, and vaulted 52 spots into a tie for 89th (150, +7).
In Sunday's third round, Thomson opened with a birdie on the 10th hole, his starting hole, for the second straight day. After six consecutive pars, he bogeyed the 17th to return to even par but rebounded quickly with a birdie on the par-5, 557-yard 18th to make the turn at one-under.
He added birdies at Nos. 2 and 5 to move to three-under with four holes to play. However, back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 7 and 8 cut into his progress. Still at one-under with one hole remaining, a closing triple bogey led to a final-round 75 and a 224 total, tying him for 77th and outside the cut for Monday's (May 26) final round.
Overall, Thomson tallied 11 birdies in the championship, with eight coming on the North Course's 12 par 5s.
Thomson concludes his U-M career as the program's all-time scoring leader with a 71.53 average. He became just the second Wolverine to lead the team in scoring average four straight years, joining former All-American Kyle Mueller.
He never missed a U-M event, starting 50 consecutive tournaments. In his career, Thomson compiled 26 top-10 finishes, 15 top-five results, and four individual titles. He recorded 66 sub-par rounds — 40 of which were sub-70.
Top Individuals
1. Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss 68-67-70 = 205 (-11)
2. Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M 66-73-68 = 207
3. Connor Williams, Arizona State 68-67-75 = 210
4. Brendan Valdes, Auburn 69-70-72 = 211
Clark Van Gaalen, Oklahoma 68-72-71 = 211
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State 71-70-70 = 211
7. Jackson Koivun, Auburn 71-70-71 = 212
Marshall Meisel, Wake Forest 75-68-70 = 212
9. Luke Clanton, Florida State 70-72-71 = 213
Michigan Individual
T77. Hunter Thomson 79-71-74 = 224
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