The transfer portal is humming in college golf, with hundreds of players entering this spring after college sports were abruptly halted. The NCAA has granted players an additional year of eligibility in light of this year’s lost championship season, but schools were left to figure out how to foot that bill.
Expect many college rosters to look drastically different when college golf resumes. In light of that, we’re keeping a running list of players who are transferring for the 2020-21 college season. If you have information to share on this page, please e-mail Lance Ringer (lringler@golfweek.com), Julie Williams (jwilliams@golfweek.com) or Adam Woodard (adwoodard@golfweek.com) with transfer news.
Men’s rankings | Women’s rankings | Eligibility questions
Players at the Division I level are listed according to their standing in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings at the end of the shortened 2019-20 season.
Women
12. Pimipa Panthong, Kent State senior
Transferring to South Carolina
The Thai player has been remarkably consistent in her four years at Kent State and finished inside the top 7 in six of seven events this past season. She graduated this past spring as a three-time All-American with seven individual titles. Panthong is ranked No. 28 in the WAGR and finished 17th at the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
319. Alice Duan, Washington senior
Transferring to Nebraska
Duan played for California State Northridge for two seasons, then won the 2018 West Coast Women’s Amateur and Sacramento City Championship before becoming a Husky. She finished ninth at this fall’s Molly Collegiate Invitational.
Men
8 (Golfstat D-II) ranking). Carlos Bustos, Lynn senior
Transferring to Florida
Bustos, from Santiago, Chile, has been part of two NCAA Division II title teams at Lynn. He earned the clinching point in 2018 and went 3-0 in his matches in 2019. He won the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate to end this past season and finished in the top 20 at the Latin America Amateur Championship.
125. Hunter Ostrom, Notre Dame senior
Transferring to Texas
The player from Eagle, Idaho, entered his senior season on a roll after summer victories at the Southwestern Amateur and Eastern Amateur.
259. Matt Sharpstene, West Virginia junior
Transferring to Charlotte
Sharpstene played half of his rounds this past season for the Mountaineers at par or better. He was top 10 at the Canadian Amateur last summer.
306. Owen Avrit, Long Beach State freshman
Transferring to Oregon
Made every start for Long Beach State this season, and started his career with a win at the Husky Invitational in September.
