A year after ceding the No. 1 recruiting class to Pac-12 rival Arizona State, Stanford head coach Conrad Ray inked two of the top five recruits in the Class of 2024, Thailand’s T.K. Chantananuwat and San Diego’s Jay Leng Jr. as part of GolfChannel.com’s top-ranked class for this early signing period.
Chantananuwat is a class-best No. 46 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, just ahead of 53rd-ranked and Georgia Tech signee Albert Hansson of Sweden. Leng Jr. is sixth or better overall in all three junior rankings – AJGA, Golfweek and Junior Golf Scoreboard. Last year, the Cardinal had the seventh-ranked class.
For the second time in three years, Alabama landed a talented pair, following 2022 signees Nick Dunlap and Jonathan Griz with 2024’s Nicholas Gross and William Jennings.
A few days after competing in the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship as a qualifier, Billy Davis signed with Auburn and will join his twin sister, Anna, on The Plains next fall (Anna Davis will enroll in January). It’s the second straight year that Auburn turns in a top-five class.
The Sun Devils still cracked the top five in classes while Arkansas also turned in a strong class at No. 4.
Here is a look at the top 40 individual signings and top 15 classes for the Class of 2024:
CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO - NOVEMBER 03: Billy Davis of the United States lines up a putt on the seventh green during the second round of the World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal at Diamante on November 03, 2023 in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
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Class of 2024 top 40 boys
1. T.K. Chantananuwat, Stanford
2. Nicholas Gross, Alabama
3. Billy Davis (pictured above), Auburn
4. Jay Leng Jr., Stanford
5. Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M
6. Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech
7. Connor Graham, Texas Tech
8. Jack Buchanan, LSU
9. Byungho Lee, Pepperdine
10. Zack Swanwick, Florida
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11. Ethan Paschal, North Carolina
12. Ryan Downes, Vanderbilt
13. William Jennings, Alabama
14. Gerardo Gomez, Arkansas
15. Boston Bracken, Arizona State
16. Ziqin Zhou, Cal
17. Daniel Bennett, Texas
18. Charlie Wylie, TCU
19. Peer Wernicke, Arizona State
20. Zihang Qiu, Notre Dame
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21. Rayhan Abdul Latief, North Texas
22. Erich Fortlage Arce, Arkansas
23. Clark Van Gaalen, Oklahoma
24. Matej Baca, Arizona
25. Colin Salema, Clemson
26. Brady Smith, Louisville
27. Oliver Mukherjee, Duke
28. Timotej Formanek, Ohio State
29. Eric Yun, Princeton
30. Supapon Amornchaichan, Purdue
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31. Kai Komulainen, Tennessee
32. Jorge Hao, Wake Forest
33. Asher Whitaker, Oklahoma
34. Christian Pardue, Tennessee
35. Matt Moloney, Georgia
36. Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson, Georgia Tech
37. Jack Murphy, Washington
38. Trey Marrion, Illinois
39. Abel Derksen, Washington
40. Gunnlaugur Arni Sveinnsson, ETSU
Class of 2024 top 15 classes
1. Stanford: T.K. Chantanuwat, Jay Leng Jr., Logan Kim
2. Alabama: Nicholas Gross (pictured above), William Jennings, Michael Crocker
3. Auburn: Billy Davis, Tyler Spielman
4. Arkansas: Gerardo Gomez, Erich Fortlage Arce, Pablo Garcia Terol, Jackson McLaughlin
5. Arizona State: Boston Bracken, Peer Wernicke
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6. Georgia Tech: Albert Hansson, Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson
7. Texas A&M: Wheaton Ennis, Alex Long
8. LSU: Jack Buchanan, Dylan Kayne, Connor Cassano, Nils Svanberg
9. North Carolina: Ethan Paschal, Misha Golod, Grant Roscich, Sihan Sandhu
10. Florida: Zackary Swanwick, Parker Sands
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11. Vanderbilt: Ryan Downes, Bowen Ballis
12. Oklahoma: Clark van Gaalen, Asher Whitaker, Andrew Ramos
13. Texas: Daniel Bennett, Eduardo Derbez Torres
14. Pepperdine: Byungho Lee, Luke Bailey
15. Tennessee: Kai Komulainen, Christian Pardue, Jackson Herrington
