SMU Men's Golf @
Cal Poly Invitational
Oct. 30-31 | All Day
Preserve Golf Club | Carmel, Calif.
LIVE STATS |  TOURNAMENT NOTES
 
SMU men's golf wraps up its fall calendar with the Cal Poly Invitational from Preserve Golf Club October 30-31.
 
The Field
The 15-team field includes four teams ranked or receiving votes in the Bushnell Coaches Poll. Alongside the Mustangs and the host Cal Poly, the field includes Cal, Colorado State, Duke, Jacksonville, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, San Diego, San Francisco, Toledo, UCLA and USC.


Mustang Lineup        
J. Holland Humphries
Zachary Kingsland
Will Sides
Matthew Foster
Aaron Jarvis

Mustang Notables
 
-SMU averaged 288.24 per round last season, good for 3.52 above par on average which ranked fifth best all-time at SMU. They are averaging 279.78 through nine rounds this season.
-The Mustangs have finished in the top half of the field in each of the three competitions this fall. SMU has posted top five finishes each time out.
 
--SMU set the single round SMU record with an 18-under performance on day one of the 2023 Maui Jim Intercollegiate. Each Mustang shot four-under or better on the day. They bested the previous best round of -17 set back at the John Burns Intercollegiate in 2005-06. They tied that performance in the second round of the Stephens Cup (18-under).
 
-At the Stephens Cup, the Mustangs posted the second lowest 54-hole total score in program history. SMU finished the stroke play portion of the tournament at 39-under par, two off the lowest mark set back at John Burns Intercollegiate in 2005-06.
 
-The Mustangs have posted two of the four lowest 54 hole totals in program history in their first two tournaments. (-32 at Maui Jim Intercollegiate and -39 at the Stephens Cup)


ZACH KINGSLAND
Kingsland enters his second year on the Hilltop after a standout freshman campaign that saw Kingsland shoot 72.94 on average and participate in 11 tournaments. This season, the sophomore leads the team with a 68.78 scoring average. He's shot par or better in seven of nine rounds. Last time out, Kingsland finished in a tie for 12^th at the Fallen Oak Invitational. Kingsland carded 71 and 70 in the final two rounds. In his first appearance of 2023-24, Kingsland led the Mustangs with a 16 under performance. The sophomore shot four-under or better in every round with a low of 65. He finished in fourth place. Kingsland finished 10-under, good for 10^th place at the Stephens Cup. He posted a middle round of 64. In match play, Kingsland won his match, 5&4. Last season, his best showing came with a fifth-place finish at the Cal Poly Invitational. Kingsland shot below par every round to card a six-under score for the tournament. He finished in 15^th at the AAC Championship thanks to a round of 67 in the middle of the tournament.
 
J. HOLLAND HUMPHRIES
Humphries is averaging 71.89 so far in 2023. The redshirt sophomore carded rounds of 67 and 68 on the first two days. At the Stephens Cup, Humphries finished at six under good for 17^th place. Humphries came back from down one with two holes to play to win his match, 1 up. He started his 2023-24 season with a t-29^th performance at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. Humphries participated in eight tournaments in 2022-23 with a 73.33 scoring average. He finished the year strong with back-to-back top 25 finishes at the Thunderbird Collegiate (T-17^th) and The AAC Championship (T-22^nd). Humphries other standout performance came in the Wake Forest Invitational where the freshman finished in 18^th of 65 participants.  
 
WILL SIDES
SIdes is averaging 72.00 through three tournaments in 2023-24. Sides finished in 24^th at four under at the Stephens Cup before tying his match play showdown. He finished in 18^th in his first appearance of 2023-24, the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. He carded a round in the 60s on each day with a low of 67. Sides finished up his freshman season with seven tournament appearances and a scoring average of 72.33, good for best among returning Mustangs. Sides posted back-to-back top-20 finishes in his first two appearances as a Mustang. His best showing of the season came in a sixth-place finish at the AAC Championship. He carded a 65 in the middle round and finished five under for the tournament. The Tulsa native earned all-conference honors for his performance.
 
 CHAZ AURILIA
Aurilia comes to SMU after a four-year career at Arizona. Chaz shot nine-under at the Stephens Cup to finish in 14^th in his second appearance as a Mustang. Last season, Aurilia participated in all 12 tournaments for Arizona with a 71.71 scoring average. His best score of the season came at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate where he placed in third. At last season's Maui Jim Intercollegiate, the senior carded his best career round with a score of 65.
 
 MATTHEW FOSTER
Foster is set to compete for the third time as a Mustang at the Fallen Oak Invitational. Foster won the Fallen Oak Invitational with a score of eight under par. He shot rounds of 69, 71, 68 to dominate the tournament. Foster finished in a tie for 15^th at the Stephens Cup with an eight-under score. The freshman won his match play meeting on the final hole. Foster hails from Dallas where he attended Dallas Jesuit College Prep.
 
AARON JARVIS
Jarvis played in two seasons at UNLV before coming to SMU in the summer of 2023. Jarvis is a two-time Major Championship participant qualifying for both the Masters in 2022 and The Open Championship. He was able to earn spots in the prestigious tournaments with a victory at the Latin American Amateur Championship.
 
 
New Mustangs
The Mustangs added two transfers for the 2023-24 season, Chaz Aurilia and Aaron Jarvis from Arizona and UNLV respectively. SMU sports two incoming freshman on its roster with Areen Aggarwal from Columbia, Missouri and Matthew Foster from Dallas.


Last Time Out
The Mustangs finished in fourth at the Fallen Oak Invitational. Matthew Foster paced the field with a tournament-winning performance. The freshman finished eight-under par and secured a one stroke victory. As a team, the Mustangs finished at nine-over par. The team had their best round on the last day with a 288 even par performance.
 
 
THIS SUMMER
Kingsland and Sides participated in the US Amateur Four Ball Championship in July. They qualified for the match play portion with a score of -10 through two days of stroke play competition, finishing 22^nd among the field. In the round of 32 match play, Kingsland and Sides won their matchup 1 up. They dominated their round of 16 matchup, 5 and 4, to advance to the quarterfinals. They would fall narrowly in the quarters, 1 up.
 
Zach Kingsland qualified for the US Amateur in Parker, Colorado at Colorado Golf Club, August 14-20. He shot one-under par for the two days of stroke play to earn a spot in the match play portion. He won his round of 64 match up 2&1 over Ben Lorenz. He would fall 1 up to Ben James in the round of 32.
 
Humphries earned a spot in the Monroe Invitational, a prestigious amateur golf tournament held every summer. Humphries made the cut at the Invitational and went on to finish in a tie for 23^rd. He started the four-day tournament with an impressive round of 65.
 
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Last season, the Mustangs finished in third of 13 at the Cal Poly Invitational. Kingsland finished in fifth place while Nathan Petronzio finished in ninth. Will Sides finished below par and in 13^th place.

UP NEXT
After the winter break, the Mustangs return to the course for the Arizona NIT from Tucson Jan. 29-30.