AAC Champions: Mustangs Claim Team Title; Petronzio Named Individual Champion

Friday, April 22

Brooksville, Fla. / Southern Hills GC

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American Athletic Conference Championship

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AAC Champions: Mustangs Claim Team Title; Petronzio Named Individual Champion

Apr 24 | Men's Golf

Final Scores

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (SMU) – The SMU men's golf team secured its second American Athletic Conference title and 10th title in program history, setting a 54-hole tournament scoring record of 835 (282-277-276, -29) at the Southern Hills Golf Club on Sunday.

SMU's record scoring effort overtook the previous benchmark set by South Florida (837, -27) at the Black Diamond Ranch Quarry Course in 2015. The Mustangs also staked claim to being the first American squad with multiple rounds sub-280 on a par-72 layout in championship history.

Sophomore Nathan Petronzio earned his first career medalist honors, holding the first-place spot throughout the three-day event and ending the tournament as the only participant of the 45-player field to score in the 60s each day.

A 13-under, 203 finish for Petronzio tied the fifth-lowest 54-hole tournament score in program history, a mark set by Will Dodson in the 2006 C-USA Men's Championship and tied by Frank Wrenn at the John Burns Intercollegiate in 2007.

Petronzio, holding a one-stroke lead against the field to open the final day, survived a third-round surge by South Florida's Run Youprayong, whose five-under 67 brought him within one stroke of Petronzio entering the 18^th hole, where both Petronzio and Youprayong hit even-par, securing both team and individual titles for SMU.

Petronzio's 20 birdies through 54 holes was the highest of the field, four more than second-place teammate Noah Goodwin. The sophomore posted a tournament-low five-under at par fours (3.83 avg.) and the second-lowest on par fives (-8, 4.33).

All five Mustangs in the lineup closed the final round below par and in the top-22 of the individual standings.

Goodwin closed his conference championship bid in fourth place at nine-under. The senior carded a four-under, 68 on the final day, hitting six birdies and a clean sheet through the front nine for the second time in the tournament. Goodwin posted the second-lowest performance on par fours against the field (-3, 3.90) and third-lowest on par fives (-7, 4.42).

Sophomore Holden Wisener, after going plus-two on day one, went three-under in rounds two and three to tie his career low round and finish at four under and tied for eleventh. Wisener's six-under at par fives was the fourth-lowest of the field (-6, 4.50 avg.). Through the final round, Wisener carded an unblemished one-under through the front nine and four birdies after the turn, including three birdies on consecutive holes (14-16).

Ollie Osborne closed day three at two-under, good for a T-14^th-place finish. Osborne notched four birdies through the final round and hit a clean sheet at one-under through the back nine. Osborne's two-under at par threes (2.83 avg.) was the second-lowest of the field, and the juniors 39 pars through the 54-hole tournament was the second most.

As a team, SMU posted the low score on par threes (E, 3.00 avg.), par fours (-1 3.99 avg.), and par fives (-25, 4.58 avg.). 64 team birdies was the highest figure of the tournament, ten higher than second-place South Florida.

Position	Team	To Par	Today	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	SMU	-29	-12	282	277	276	835
2	South Florida	-20	-17	278	272	271	844
3	Houston	-16	E	286	287	288	848
4	UCF	-6	-4	287	286	284	858
5	Cincinnati	-5	-5	287	287	283	859
6	Memphis	+3	-2	292	284	286	867
7	Wichita State	+7	+10	291	290	298	871
8	Temple	+13	-1	297	293	287	877
9	East Carolina	+16	E	301	291	288	880

Position	Player	R1	R2	R3	Total
1.	Nathan Petronzio	68	66	69	203
4.	Noah Goodwin	71	68	68	207
T11	Holden Wisener	74	69	69	212
T14	Ollie Osborne	70	74	70	214
T22	Justin Thompson	73	74	71	218