The Prestige
Feb. 19-21 | All Day
PGA West Norman Course | Palm Desert, Calif.
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SMU men's golf continues its spring play with a trip to California for The Prestige hosted by UC Davis at PGA West Norman Course in Palm Desert, Calif. The three-day tournament runs Monday Feb. 19 through Wednesday Feb. 21.
 
The Field
The 24-team field includes 12 teams ranked in the top 50 and 20 teams ranked in the top 100. Along with hosts UC Davis and the Mustangs, the field features Baylor, Cal Poly, Chattanooga, Colorado State, Duke, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola Marymount, Nevada, Northwestern, Oregon, Oregon State, Princeton, San Diego, San Francisco, Stanford, Texas Tech, UCLA, Washington and Washington State.

Mustang Lineup        
J. Holland Humphries
Chaz Aurilia
Will Sides
Matthew Foster
Zachary Kingsland
 
INDIVIDUALS
Alexis Valenzuela
Areen Aggarwal

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 281.07 through 12 rounds this season. That's good for 6.13 below par on average.

-The Mustangs finished in the top half of the field in the first three competitions this fall. SMU has posted three top five finishes.
 
--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 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). The Mustangs recorded the seventh lowest 54 hole score in their last appearance (-27 at the Arizona NIT).

ZACH KINGSLAND
Kingsland is in the midst of 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 69.93 scoring average. He's shot par or better in 10 of 15 rounds to lead the team. Kingsland finished in a tie for 12^th at the Fallen Oak Invitational. Zach 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 71.67 so far in 2023-24. Humphries has seven rounds of par or better this season. Humphries finished in 28^th with three rounds coming with one of par or better at the Cal Poly Invitational. At the Fallen Oak Invitational, Humphries finished at six under good for 17^th place.  At the Stephens Cup, the redshirt sophomore 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).Another Humphries standout performance came in the Wake Forest Invitational where the freshman finished in 18^th of 65 participants.  
 
WILL SIDES
SIdes is averaging 71.33 through five tournaments in 2023-24. He's tied for second on the team with nine rounds of par or better, including a tied for team high seven rounds in the 60s. Last time out, the sophomore finished in the top third of the field at the Arizona NIT. The sophomore led the team at the Cal Poly Invite with a 21^st finish.  He shot a season's best 66 in round two. Sides finished in 24^th at four under at the Stephens Cup before tying his match play showdown. In his first appearance of 2023-24, he finished in 18^th at 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 came to SMU in the summer of 2023, 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 fifth time as a Mustang at the Arizona NIT. In his second career start, Foster won the Fallen Oak Invitational with a score of eight under par. He shot rounds of 69, 71, 68 to dominate the tournament. In his Mustang debut, 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. In his last appearance, he finished in the top half of the field at the Cal Poly Invite.
 
AREEN AGGARWAL
The freshman from Columbia, Missouri is set to make his Mustang debut at the Prestige, competing as an individual.
 
ALEXIS VALENZUELA
Valenzuela makes his first appearance of 2023-24 at the Prestige. Last season, the senior shot 75.67 in six rounds. His best round came in the last round of the Trinity Forest Invitational where he carded a 68.
 
 
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 seventh of 18 at the Arizona NIT. Chaz Aurilia led the way with a top-10 finish for the Mustangs. Aurilia finished the tournament at 12-under. The Mustangs posted one of the program's top 10 lowest 54 hole totals at 27-under par. Will Sides shot par or better in each round to finish in a tie for 28^th.
 
 
THIS SUMMER
Zach Kingsland and Will 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.
 
J. Holland 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.
 
UP NEXT
SMU men's golf heads to Wake Forest for the Wake Forest Invitational running March 4-5 at Pinehurst Resort.