The Windon Memorial Classic
September 29-30, 2025 | ALL DAY
Knollwood Club   |  Lake Forest, Ill.
GAME NOTES   |    LAST YEARS STATS
LIVE STATS 
 
SMU men's golf plays in its second tournament of the 2025-26 season at the Windon Memorial Classic in Lake Forest, Ill.
 
Teams (16): Northwestern, ETSU, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, Minnesota, New Mexico, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oral Roberts, Purdue, SMU, USF, UC Davis
 
Format: 36 (Monday, September 29) - 18 (Tuesday, September 30)
 
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Monday, Tee times from 8 a.m. on Tuesday (all times CT)
 
Course Information: Knollwood Club (Lake Forest, Ill.), par 72, 7,202 yards​
 
Scoreboard Live (Clippd): https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239398
 
WILL SIDES WINS THE STEPHEN CUP
Will Sides repeated Stephens Cup champion, the first Mustang since at least 1980 to ever repeat as a tournament champion in back-to-back seasons. He shot rounds of 68, 66 and 69, all below the par 70 of the course. It was the Mustangs fourth individual title dating back to last season. As a team, the Mustangs finished in sixth.

LINEUP
Will Sides
Zachary Kingsland
Areen Aggarwal
Christian Clark   
Gabe Post
 
PGA TOUR UNIVERSITY
Two Mustangs are ranked in the top 15 of the PGA Tour University rankings. Will Sides jumped up to No. 8 in the rankings from No. 15 after winning the Stephens Cup. Zachary Kingsland is ranked No. 14 SMU and Texas are the only programs with multiple top 15 players. This is the second year in a row that a Mustang has been ranked in the PGA Tour University with Enrique Dimayuga earning the honor last season.
 
SIDES, KINGSLAND & HUMPHRIES CAREER SCORING
Sides and Kingsland rank in the top five at SMU for career scoring. With near indentical career scoring marks, Will Sides (71.49) ranks fourth and Zachary Kingsland ranks fifth (71.50). J. Holland Humphries ranks in eighth with a 72.52 mark.
 
Individual Career Scoring average (Since 1993-94)
1.             Noah Goodwin, 2017-2022                                                                                 71.04
2.             Bryson Dechambeau, 2013-16                                                                          71.15
3.             Mac Meissner, 2017-21                                                                                      71.41
4.             Will Sides, 2022-                                                                                                71.49
5.             Zachary Kingsland, 2022-                                                                                71.50
6              Nathan Petronzio, 2021-23                                                                                 72.08
7.             Kelly Kraft, 2008-11                                                                                             72.34
8.             J. Holland Humphries, 2022-                                                                           72.52
9.             Will Dodson, 2003-06                                                                                          72.75
10.           Colt Knost, 2004-07                                                                                            72.80
 
LAST SEASON
In 2024-25, the Mustang won two tournament titles and captured three individual titles. At the hometown Trinity Forest Invitational, Zachary Kingsland won the title. Will Sides followed that up at the Stephens Cup, taking home top honors. In the Spring, Kingsland won another title at the Hal Williams leading the Mustangs to team victory. The team went back-to-back with a title at the Vaqueros Intercollegiate. SMU advanced to the match play portion of the tournament at its very first ACC Championship. The Mustangs advanced to the NCAA Auburn Regional.


THIS SUMMER
-Will Sides and Zachary Kingsland both earned bids to the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship. Sides made the match play round of 64 at the tournament. Four Mustangs have won US Amateur titles in the last 30 years.
-Will Sides posted top 10 finishes at both The Western Amateur Championship and the North & South Amateur. He finished in ninth at both of the prestigious tournaments. Heplaced in 12^th at the Southern Amateur Championship.
-Kingsland's best finish of the summer came with a 19^th place showing at the Northeast Amateur.
-Areen Aggarwal posted a 46^th place showing at the North & South Amateur over the summer.
-Christian Clark posted a third-place finish at the WLGC 4^th of July Tournament and an 18^th place finish at the Texas Amateur.