Golf NIL Valuation Rankings: Week 21 Movement

May 23, 2025

Money Moves

Stanford junior and world No. 12 Megha Ganne, who tied for 10th in the individual championship and led the Cardinal to a runner-up finish at the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s National Championships, claims the No. 2 spot in our Golf NIL College Women’s Rankings.

Arkansas sophomore Maria José Marin, fresh off her NCAA Division I Individual Title—her third win this season and fourth collegiate victory overall—takes over the No. 3 spot. The SEC Player of the Year and ANNIKA Award finalist helped punch the Razorbacks’ ticket to NCAA team match play.

Up two spots, Mirabel Ting, the 2025 ANNIKA Award winner and NCAA individual runner-up, rounds out the movement in our College Women’s top 5. The ACC Women’s Golfer of the Year won a nation-best five tournaments, never finished below sixth place in any event, and led Florida State to NCAA match play.

Marin is teeing it up at the U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills next week alongside 2024-25 college amateurs Lottie Woad, England (Golf NIL College Women’s No. 1); Kiara Romero, San Jose, Calif. (No. 3); Carla Bernat Escuder, Spain (No. 8); Farah O’Keefe, Austin, Texas (No. 10); Paula Martin Sampedro, Spain (No. 16); Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Spain (No. 17); Andie Smith, Hobe Sound, Fla. (No. 24); Kary Hollenbaugh, New Albany, Ohio (Watchlist); plus high schoolers Asterisk Talley, Chowchilla, Calif. (Golf NIL High School Girls No. 2); and Rianne Malixi, Philippines (No. 6).

---

Luke Clanton remains in the spotlight, capturing the 2025 Ben Hogan Award as Golfer of the Year.  Set to join the PGA Tour at the RBC Canadian Open, the world No. 1 and Golf NIL College Men’s top ranked player, was recently featured in a PGA Tour behind-the-scenes video with his Seminole teammates, showcasing their NCAA title chase and the unique FSU culture. Posted on the Tour’s YouTube channel, which has over 1.6 million subscribers, the video has already garnered over 20,000 views.

"Official Visit: Florida State Seminoles" | PGA Tour YouTube channel

David Ford and 2024 winner Jackson Koivun were also named as finalists for this year’s Ben Hogan award. Ford is making his professional debut at the Charles Schwab Challenge—an exemption earned by his 2024 win at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational—and is projected to finish No. 1 in the PGA Tour University Rankings, which will secure his PGA Tour card for the remainder of this season and next. Ford was featured in a solo PGA Tour press conference on Wednesday ahead of his debut and moves to No. 5 in the Golf NIL College Men’s Rankings.

Koivun and Auburn enter the NCAA National Championships coming off a dominant 27-shot victory at the NCAA Auburn Regional with Koivun earning medalist honors. A top-10 finish at the 2025 NCAA Men's Golf Championship would clinch the 20th point needed for the world No. 2 to secure his PGA TOUR card through PGA Tour University Accelerated.

David Ford at the 2023 Walker Cup at St Andrews (Left) | Action Sports Pros/Alamy; Jackson Koivun at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational (Right) | Debby Wong/ZUMA Press, Alamy

---

Will Hartman (Marvin, N.C.) and Tyler Mawhinney (Fleming Island, Fla.) took the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title on Wednesday with a 3-and-1 win at Plainfield Country Club, becoming just the fourth teenage duo to claim the championship. For context, the USGA accepted 2,495 entries—4,990 players in all—for the 2025 championship with an average field age of 33.

Members of the USGA’s U.S. National Junior Team, Hartman and Mawhinney earned exemptions into the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club and the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest. Both climb one spot in the Golf NIL High School Boys Rankings.

---

Anchoring the No. 1 spot, senior Trevor Gutschewski helped Omaha Westside High School complete a Nebraska Class A three-peat with their third straight state title. Earlier in the postseason, he set the pace with a 66 for medalist honors at the Metro Conference Championship and a 64 at Districts, where Westside broke the Class A state scoring record. The USGA recently featured the future Florida Gator and U.S. National Junior Team member on its website, social pages, and in an email newsletter sent to its members.