ACC Championship
April 23-27, 2026 | ALL DAY
Shark's Tooth GC | Lake Powell, Fla.
GAME NOTES    |  LIVE STATS  
2025-26 STATS  |  LAST YEAR'S STATS
 
SMU men's golf competes at the ACC Championship this week in Florida at Shark's Tooth Golf Club.

THE FIELD: The field includes 15 teams with 13 in the top 100 as well as five top 25 teams. The field features Boston College, Cal, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, SMU, Stanford, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.

LAST TIME OUT
The Mustangs had an impressive third place finish at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial. Will Sides won his third tournament of the season and fourth of his career. Sides dominated with rounds of 67, 66 and 64.

LINEUP
Will Sides
Zachary Kingsland
Ben Steinmann
Christian Clark
Gabe Post
Mason Lewis (SUB)


SIDES NOW LEADS FOR BEST MUSTANG SEASON
WIll SIdes is averaging 69.55 on the season, recently passing Noah Goodwin, 2020-21, for the best mark in Mustang history,

1.    Will Sides, 2025-26                       69.55 
2.    Noah Goodwin, 2020-21              70.00    
3.    Mac Meissner, 2019-20                70.44    
4.    Bryson Dechambeau, 2013-14    70.46
5.    Noah Goodwin, 2021-22              70.58
6.    Noah Goodwin, 2019-20              70.60
7.    Bryson Dechambeau, 2014-15    70.61
8.    Zachary Kingsland, 2024-25        70.79
9.     Zachary Kingsland, 2023-24       70.90
10.    Nathan Petronzio, 2022-23        70.91

SIDES MAKES IT THREE
Will Sides won the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial with dominating scores of 67, 66 and 64. It was the senior's third tournament title of the season putting him one short of Colt Knost for most in a single season by a Mustang.
 
 
SINGLE SEASON WINS (Since 1993-94)        Rds    Wins
1.       Colt Knost                          2005-06        12       4
2.       Will Sides                           2025-26        10       3
3.       Zachary Kingsland             2024-25        11       2
          Nathan Petronzio               2022-24        11       2
          Bryson DeChambeau         2014-15        10       2
          Kelly Kraft                          2008-09        12       2
          Colt Knost                         2004-05        14       2
          Jerome Theunis                2001-02        11       2
 
SIDES WINS AGAIN
Will Sides captured his third individual title of his career at the Pauma Valley Invitational. It marked the 11^th time a Mustang has won two or more titles in a season.

SIDES WINTER SUCCESS
Will Sides recorded a victory in the Jones Cup to complete his winter action. He adds the title to victories at the Stephens Cup in 2024 and 2025. He leads the team with a 70.70 scoring average.

PGA TOUR UNIVERSITY
Two Mustangs are ranked in the top 27 of the PGA Tour University rankings. Will Sides sits at No. 11 in the rankings up from No. 15 where he started the season. Zachary Kingsland is ranked No. 30. SMU, Ole Miss, Virginia, Arizona, Pepperdine  and Texas are the only programs with multiple top 30 players. This is the second year in a row that a Mustang has been ranked inthe PGA Tour University with Enrique Dimayuga earning the honor last season.
 
SIDES PAR OR BETTER RECORD
Will Sides needs one more round of par or better to break the single-season Mustang record for par or better rounds. He is currently tied with Max Buckley (2011-12) and Bryson DeChambeau (2013-14) for the record.
 
 
PAR OR BETTER ROUNDS (SINCE 1993-94)
1.       Will Sides, 2025-26                       23
          Bryson Dechambeau, 2013-14     23
          Max Buckley, 2011-12                 23
4.       Zachary Kingsland, 2023-24         22
          Nathan Petronzio, 2022-23           22
          Kelly Kraft, 2009-10                      22
          Franklin Hatchett, 2000-01           22
          Kelly Kraft, 2010-11                      22
          Will Dodson, 2004-05                   22
          Franklin Hatchett, 2001-02           22

SIDES, KINGSLAND & HUMPHRIES CAREER SCORING
Sides and Kingsland rank in the top five at SMU for career scoring. Will Sides (71.12) ranks second and Zachary Kingsland (71.69) ranks fifth. 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.             Will Sides, 2022-                                   71.12
3.             Bryson Dechambeau, 2013-16              71.15
4.             Mac Meissner, 2017-21                          71.41
5.             Zachary Kingsland, 2022-                    71.69
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
  
WILL SIDES WINS THE STEPHEN CUP
In the fall, Will Sides repeated as Stephens Cup champion, the first Mustang since at least 1980 to 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.

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.


SUMMER 2025
-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. He placed 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.
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