Florida State's Mirabel Ting, North Carolina's David Ford win Golfweek's 2025 Player of the Year honors

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06-06-2025

Florida State's Mirabel Ting, North Carolina's David Ford win Golfweek's 2025 Player of the Year honors
The 2024-25 college golf season is complete, which means it's time to continue handing out postseason awards.
There was a monumental upset on the women's side while one of college golf's best programs of all time took home the trophy at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, California, where the championships were contested for a second time with three more years to come.
However, when it comes to the Player of the Year conversation, there are two who played their way to the top, and they've been selected as the Golfweek 2025 Players of the Year.
Golfweek selects men's and women's All-America teams and honorable mention selections, as well as Players of the Year and Coaches of the Year. All-America selections were released Wednesday, and Coaches of the Year honorees were announced Thursday.
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Here are Golfweek's 2025 Players of the Year, along with a look at past winners:
Golfweek Women's College Golf 2025 Player of the Year: Mirabel Ting, Florida State
Ting becomes Florida State's second Player of the Year honoree, joining Frida Kinhult in 2019. She won five times as a junior, also taking home the Annika Award. She was the best player on her college team which included world No. 1 amateur Lottie Woad. In nine stroke play events, she lost to only 10 players all season, culminating in runner-up finishes at the NCAA Lexington Regional and the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
Golfweek Men's College Golf 2025 Player of the Year: David Ford, North Carolina
Ford is the first winner from North Carolina, and he took home the Fred Haskins Award and Nicklaus Award after his stellar senior season. He picked up five victories this year, including three straight this spring at the Valspar Intercollegiate, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational and Tar Heel Collegiate. Ford set UNC records for most wins in a single season and finished first in the PGA Tour University Class of 2025 rankings, earning a PGA Tour card.
Past women's winners
2024 – Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
2023 – Rose Zhang, Stanford
2022 – Rose Zhang, Stanford
2021 – Rachel Heck, Stanford
2020 – None
2019 – Frida Kinhult, Florida State
2018 – Lauren Stephenson, Alabama
2017 – Leona Maguire, Duke
2016 – Bronte Law, UCLA
2015 – Leona Maguire, Duke
2014 – Alison Lee, UCLA
2013 – Annie Park, USC
2012 – Lindy Duncan, Duke
2011 – Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia
2010 – Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State
2009 – Jennifer Song, USC
2008 – Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
2007 – Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
2006 – Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
2005 – Louise Stahl, Arizona State
2004 – Liz Janangelo, Duke
2003 – Erica Blasberg, Arizona
2002 – Lorena Ochoa, Arizona
2001 – Lorena Ochoa, Arizona
2000 – Jenna Daniels, Arizona
1999 – Grace Park, Arizona State
Past men's winners
2024 – Jackson Koivun, Auburn
2023 – Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
2022 – Chris Gotterup, Oklahoma
2021 – John Pak, Florida State
2020 – None
2019 – Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
2018 – Collin Morikawa, California
2017 – Wyndham Clark, Oregon
2016 – Jon Rahm, Arizona State
2015 – Maverick McNealy, Stanford
2014 – Patrick Rodgers, Stanford
2013 – Michael Kim, California
2012 – Justin Thomas, Alabama
2011 – Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
2010 – Russell Henley, Georgia
2009 – Matt Hill, N.C. State
2008 – Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State
2007 – Jamie Lovemark, USC
2006 – Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
2005 – Ryan Moore, UNLV
2004 – Bill Haas, Wake Forest
2003 – Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State
2002 – Graeme McDowell, UAB
2001 – Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech
2000 – Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State
1999 – Luke Donald, Northwestern
How were winners chosen?
Golfweek selected its Player of the Year honorees based off college accomplishments only during the 2024-25 season.