SMU men’s golf closes the regular season at The Goodwin with Will Sides red-hot and the Mustangs chasing momentum before postseason play begins.
SMU men’s golf heads to California this week for one final regular-season test, and there’s plenty at stake beyond just another finish on the board.
The Mustangs will compete in The Goodwin at Stanford Golf Course from March 26-28, giving SMU men’s golf a loaded field, a familiar event, and one more chance to sharpen its postseason form.
That’s what makes this trip important. The Goodwin features 27 teams, including 22 programs ranked inside the top 100 and 14 in the top 50, so the Mustangs won’t lack for competition.
For a team trying to build rhythm before championship season, this is exactly the kind of event that can reveal where things stand.
The headliner, as usual, is Will Sides. He enters the week after claiming his third career individual title at the Pauma Valley Invitational, continuing a remarkable season that already includes a Jones Cup win and another Stephens Cup championship.
Sides leads SMU with a 70.70 scoring average and has moved into a tie for third in program history in career tournament victories. That puts him alongside names such as Bryson DeChambeau, Nathan Petronzio, Hank Kuehne, and Noah Goodwin, with only Kelly Kraft and Colt Knost ahead of him.
Sides isn’t carrying the program alone, either. Zachary Kingsland remains one of the most important pieces in the lineup and sits No. 26 in the PGA Tour University rankings, while Sides is up to No. 14.
That gives SMU two players in the top 27, a sign of the roster’s high-end talent and one reason the Mustangs remain a dangerous postseason team.
Christian Clark, Ben Steinmann, and Gabe Post round out the lineup this week, giving SMU a group with experience and enough shot-making to climb a strong leaderboard.
The Mustangs finished fifth at this event a year ago, with Sides posting a top-10 result.
This time, they’ll try to leave Stanford with something even more valuable: momentum, confidence, and a reminder that SMU men’s golf can contend when the field gets tougher.
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