CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference men’s golf spring season opened Monday, January 26, with two teams in action and will continue Thursday, February 5, as several teams begin their spring slates.
California’s Xihuan Chang turned in the best finish of the spring season thus far, tying for 10th at The N.I.T. in Tucson, Arizona. Chang’s third-round 67 (-5) led the Golden Bears to a sixth-place finish in a field that featured three teams ranked in the top 30 of the latest Scoreboard rankings. In other action, SMU placed 10th at the Southwestern Invitational in Westlake Village, California.
The ACC began the spring with the top-2 players in the Scoreboard individual rankings, with Virginia’s Ben James at No. 1 and Duke’s Bryan Kim at No. 2. Kim posted two individual titles in the fall, winning The Bryan Bros Collegiate at the end of September and later capturing the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in late October. Kim was one of just two ACC players to win multiple individual titles over the fall season.
The ACC Men’s Golf Championship returns to Shark’s Tooth Golf Club in Panama City, Florida, for the first time since 2022. There have been five different winners of the ACC Men’s Golf Tournament over the past five seasons.
Recent Results
January 26-27 – The N.I.T. (13 teams) | Results
California – 6th (845, -19)
Top-10 Individual Finisher:
Xihuan Chang, California – T-10th (209, -7)
January 26-28 – Southwestern Invitational (13 teams) | Results
SMU – 10th (877, +37)
Top Finisher:
William Sides, SMU – T-11th (211, +1)
Upcoming Schedule
February 5-7 – Amer Ari Invitational | Live Scoring
Georgia Tech, North Carolina & Stanford
February 8-10 – Palmas del Mar Collegiate | Live Scoring
Boston College, Virginia Tech & Wake Forest
February 9-11 – Puerto Rico Classic | Live Scoring
Louisville & Virginia
February 12-14 – John A. Burns Intercollegiate | Live Scoring
California
ACC Notes
• The ACC has six teams ranked in the top 25 in the latest spring rankings by Scoreboard powered by Clippd (Feb. 4): No. 1 Virginia, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 22 Notre Dame, No. 24 Duke and No. 25 Wake Forest. Louisville is just outside the top 25 at No. 29.
• In the most recent Scoreboard powered by Clippd Individual Rankings (Feb. 4), three players are ranked in the top 10, headlined by No. 1 Ben James (Virginia) and No. 2 Bryan Kim (Duke). Bryan Lee (Virginia) is ranked No. 7.
• In the final fall Division I Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll (Oct. 31), five ACC teams were in the top 25, headlined by No. 1 Virginia. Following the Cavaliers were No. 13 North Carolina, No. 16 Georgia Tech, No. 22 Wake Forest and No. 23 Notre Dame. Clemson, Duke, Florida State and Louisville received votes.
• This fall, ACC teams combined to win eight team titles, with Wake Forest being the only team to win multiple tournaments. Individually, ACC players combined to win 11 medalist honors, as Boston College’s Markus Lam and Duke’s Bryan Kim were the lone players with two individual titles.
• Seven ACC men’s golf standouts were named to the 2025-26 Ben Hogan Award watch list: Ben James (Virginia), Bryan Kim (Duke), Bryan Lee (Virginia), Jacob Modleski (Notre Dame), Niall Sheils Donegan (North Carolina), William Sides (SMU) and Tyler Weaver (Florida State).
• For the first time in program history, Virginia won the 2025 ACC Men’s Golf Championship with a 3-2 victory over North Carolina in the match play final at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
• A conference-record 12 ACC teams earned a spot in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals. It marked the 18th time in the past 19 years that at least eight ACC teams have earned regional bids.
• Five ACC teams advanced to the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships with Virginia advancing to the match-play final before falling to Oklahoma State, 3-2.