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Signing Day: A ranking of the top players and classes of 2025
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Signing Day: A ranking of the top players and classes of 2025

The Class of 2025 early signing period for men’s and women’s golf begins Wednesday and things will be a little different.

Impending roster limits will cause some recruits not to sign contracts and instead scramble for new homes, while national letters of intent will be replaced by grants and aid agreements that give student-athletes more flexibility.

It could be an early signing period full of surprises.

On the men’s side, Vanderbilt brings in a trio of top 25 talents, including No. 2 Michael Riebe and No. 6 Will Hartman, once considered the best in the class. Auburn also has a deep class, led by senior recruit Logan Reilly. Henry Guan has reclassified and will sign with Oklahoma State, while Joshua Bai will enroll at Florida in January. Chase Kyes moved from Alabama to Tennessee last month, and it was a shocker for those in Tuscaloosa. Sweden’s Simon Hovdal could be Texas Tech’s next international star.

Duke edged out Texas A&M in the top women’s standings as the Blue Devils plan to sign U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Girls Junior champion Rianne Malixi and Avery McCrery, winner of this year’s Girls Junior PGA. Both are transfers in the top 5. But the Aggies probably have the deepest; three of the four transfers are in the top 13; That includes No. 3 seed Scarlet Schremmer, who went to Miami, then Texas, before deciding on Texas A&M. There is always more international weight on the women’s side, with Thailand’s Eila Galitsky (South Carolina) and Australia’s Sarah Hammett (USC) joining Malixi in the top four. Galitsky is rumored to join the Gamecocks this spring, while Hammett is drawing comparisons to New Zealand’s Amelia Garvey, a former Trojan from that part of the world.

Visible NCAA roster limits have DI golf coaches and players scrambling to get into this early signing period.

Here’s a look at the projected player and class rankings for men and women:

(Note: Rankings may change based on new information, if available.)

men

TOP 30 PLAYERS
1. Logan Reilly, Brunette
2. Michael Riebe, Vanderbilt
3. Henry Guan, Oklahoma State
4. Kihei Akina, BYU
5.Jackson Byrd, Clemson
6. Will Hartman, Vanderbilt
7. Joshua Bai, Florida
8. Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina
9. Trevor Gutschewski, Florida
10. Chase Kyes, Tennessee
11. Simon Hovdal, Texas Tech
12. Bowen Mauss, Arizona State
13. John Daniel Culbreth, Georgia
14. Brooks Simmons, Texas
15.Daniel Hayes, LSU
16. Adam Villanueva, Texas
17. Jake Albert, Brunette
18. Shiv Parmar, Texas A&M
19. Nguyen Ang Minh, State of Oregon
20. Joshua Kim, UCLA
21. Jon Ed Steed, Vanderbilt
22.Willie Gordon, Arkansas
23. Edan Cui, Stanford
24.Mack Edwards, North Carolina
25.Luke Smith, Tennessee
26. Talan Harrison, South Carolina
27. Cole Stockard, Kentucky
28. Tyler Sanford, Baylor
29.Dujuan Snyman, Illinois
30. Oscar Lent, Oregon

TOP 10 CLASSES
1. Vanderbilt: Michael Riebe, Will Hartman, Jon Ed Steed
2. Brunette: Logan Reilly, Jake Albert, Jack Roberts
3.Florida: Joshua Bai, Trevor Gutschewski, Parker Severs
4. Texas: Brooks Simmons, Adam Villanueva
5. Oklahoma State: Henry Guan, Jaxon Bandelier
6. North Carolina: Carson Bertagnole, Mack Edwards
7. Tennessee: Chase Kyes, Luke Smith
8. BYU: Kihei Akina, Jackson Shelley
9. Texas Tech: Simon Hovdal, Brady McHenry
10. Clemson: Jackson Byrd, Samuel Duran, Tip Price

Women

TOP 30 PLAYERS
1. Rianne Malixi, The Duke
2. Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
3. Scarlet Schremmer, Texas A&M
4.Sarah Hammett, USA
5. Avery McCrery, The Duke
6.Elizabeth Rudisill, Vanderbilt
7. Arianna Lau, Northwest
8. Sophie Han, Oregon
9.Madison Messimer, Tennessee
10. Natalie Yen, Texas A&M
11.Pimpisa Rubrong, Arizona State
12. Chloe Kovelesky, Waking Forest
13. Brynn Kort, Texas A&M
14. Ryleigh Knaub, LSU
15. Thanana Kotchasanamanee, Princeton
16. Matilda Bjorkman, Ole Miss
17. Luana Valero Moyano, Purdue
18. Athena Yoo, UCLA
19. Kacey Ly, UCLA
20. Kathryn Ha, Vanderbilt
21. Thapasit Thitikarn, Tennessee
22. Anna Song, Stanford
23. Maye Huang, UCLA
24.Yu-Chu Chen, Oklahoma State
25. Kristina Xu, Colombia
26. Camila Zignaigo, Cal
27. Mingyu Zhang, Michigan
28.Katelyn Huber, Florida
29. Swetha Sathish, Arkansas
30. Yuuki Takada, Virginia

TOP 10 CLASSES
1st Duke: Rianne Malixi, Avery McCrery
2. Texas A&M: Scarlett Schremmer, Natalie Yen, Brynn Kort, Avery Zweig
3. South Carolina: Eila Galitsky
4. Vanderbilt: Elizabeth Rudisill, Kathryn Ha
5. USC: Sarah Hammett
6. UCLA: Athena Yoo, Kacey Ly, Maye Huang, Zoe Sprecher
7. Tennessee: Madison Messimer, Thapasit Thitikarn, Isabella Johnson
8. Arizona State: Pimpisa Rubrong, Johanna Paula Axelsen, Kate Dillon
9. Awakening Forest: Chloe Kovelesky, Chutimon Rujiranan, Ella Yokota
10. LSU: Ryleigh Knaub, Perla Sol Sigurbrandsdottir