Filip Jakubcik breaks 60 year drought at the Western Intercollegiate

April 16, 2025 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Filip Jakubcik (Arizona Athletics Photo)

The Arizona junior is first repeat champion since 1965/1966 as San Diego State wins the team title

Arizona's Filip Jakubcik loves to play Pasatiempo.

The talented junior won the 2025 Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif., by six shots over a field that included San Diego State's Justin Hastings, a participant in the 2025 Masters Tournament.

Jakubcik, who is currently ranked No. 95 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings, carded consistent rounds of 65-66-66 to finish 13-under and secure the wire-to-wire victory.

Caden Fiorino of UNLV finished in solo second place at 7-under and six shots back of Jakubcik. Peter Kim of BYU and Mahanth Chirravuri of Pepperdine finished T3 at 6-under.

Daniel Heo of California, Nathan Wang of Stanford, and Finn Koelle of Washington finished T5 at 5-under to round out the top five.

Jakubcik also won the 2024 Western Intercollegiate over Hastings. Hastings finished T11 at 1-under this year, but was T2 after the opening round. In his defense, it is a long flight from Augusta to Santa Cruz.

Jakubcik played for the International team at the 2024 Palmer Cup in Ireland, finishing with a record of 2-2, and was named to the Haskins Award Fall Watch List. He earned Third Team Preseason All-American honors from the Golf Channel's Brentley Romine and Golfweek, shot a 3-under 67 at the St. Andrews Links Collegiate, and finished tied for second.

He played in all tournaments this season with a 71.67 scoring average.

In the team competition, San Diego State finished 7-under with rounds of 338-358-348 to also secure a wire-to-wire win. 2024 champions Stanford finished in solo second place at 1-under and Pepperdine finished in solo third place at 1-over.

2022 and 2024 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is the most notable past champion of the Western Intercollegiate when Scheffler won it in 2015 with Texas. Other past champions include Maverick McNealy (2016), Ken Venturi (1951 and 1953), Mark O'Meara (1978), Johnny Miller (1968), Arron Oberholser (1996), Patrick Rodgers (2012), Justin Suh (2017), Isaiah Salinda (2019), and Dylan Menante (2022).

18 Western Intercollegiate alumni recently played in the 2025 Masters Tournament.

Pasatiempo is a much-beloved California course, designed by Alister MacKenzie, that has long held a spot on the Golf Digest Top 100 courses list. Mackenzie also designed the famed Cypress Point and Augusta National Golf Clubs. The greens were recently restored under the direction

The Western Intercollegiate Golf Tournament's rich history spans from its inception in 1947 to the present. Over the years, several standout WI tournament participants and champions have achieved success on the PGA Tour and in the golf industry.

Most recently, WI Champion Ken Venturi ('51 and '53) was named as an inductee into the 2013 World Golf Hall of Fame. The honor, in the Lifetime Achievement category, recognizes Mr. Venturi for his performance on course as well as his contributions to the game of golf and to community.

Results: Western Intercollegiate

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Filip Jakubcik	, Czech Republic	700	65-66-66=197
2	Caden Fioroni	La Jolla, CA	500	66-66-71=203
3	Mahanth Chirravuri	Chandler, AZ	400	69-65-70=204
3	Peter Kim	Salt Lake City, UT	400	70-66-68=204
5	Daniel Heo	Cypress, CA	400	67-70-68=205

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About the Western Intercollegiate

Filip Jakubcik breaks 60 year drought at the Western Intercollegiate

54-hole men's college tournament hosted by San Jose State University. “The Western” is one of the most highly recognized national collegiate tournaments, conducted since 1946 Pasatiempo Golf Club; a historic venue where a player’s talent is always we...