SMU golfers Will Sides and Ben Steinmann earned individual spots in the NCAA Bryan Regional after standout seasons for the Mustangs.
DALLAS - SMU men’s golf will have two players chasing a path to the NCAA Championship, and both arrive in Bryan with serious momentum.
Will Sides and Ben Steinmann were selected as individuals for the NCAA Bryan Regional, scheduled for May 18-20 at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas.
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For the Mustangs, it’s a fitting reward for two of the program’s biggest stories this season ... one established star playing at a national level and one freshman already rewriting expectations.
Sides enters the regional ranked No. 7 nationally in the Scoreboard rankings powered by Clipp’d.
He’s been one of the best players in college golf all season, winning three tournaments and coming within one victory of tying the SMU single-season record.
His year started with a title at the Stephens Cup, and he kept rolling in the spring with wins at the Pauma Valley Invitational and the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial.
The consistency has been just as impressive as the trophies. Sides owns a 69.56 scoring average, the best single-season mark in SMU history, and has posted 26 rounds of par or better.
He’s also gone low often, recording 18 rounds in the 60s while piling up six top-five finishes, including a strong showing at the ACC Championship.
For his career, Sides has a 71.09 scoring average, just 0.05 strokes away from Noah Goodwin’s program record.
Steinmann, meanwhile, has delivered one of the strongest freshman seasons SMU has seen. The Swiss standout won the Desimone Invitational, highlighted by a second-round 65 that put him seven under par.
He enters regional play with a 71.91 scoring average, the second-best freshman mark in program history.
Steinmann also added a top-five finish at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial, giving SMU another legitimate contender in Bryan.
Now the challenge gets bigger. Sides and Steinmann won’t have a full team score to lean on, but both have shown they’re capable of making noise on their own.
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