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University of North Carolina Athletics
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Men's Golf No. 2 Seed At ACC Championship
April 22, 2026 | Men's Golf
Ninth-ranked North Carolina is the No. 2 seed in the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, which begins Thursday, April 23, at Shark's Tooth Golf Club in Panama City, Beach, Fla.
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The Tar Heels enter the ACC Championship following back-to-back team and individual victories in the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational and the Tar Heel Intercollegiate.
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First, Carolina shot 54 under par to beat runner-up Oklahoma State by 15 strokes and sophomore Sihan Sandhu was medalist in a playoff in Augusta. A week later, junior Niall Sheils Donegan and Grant Roscich finished one-two in leading UNC to a 20-stroke win over Duke.
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UNC ended the fall portion of its five-event schedule No. 14 in the NCAA's Scoreboard/Clippd rankings. The Tar Heels dropped to 17th on March 25 before climbing eight spots to ninth following its most recent victories. Carolina has three wins this season and 27 in Andrew DiBitetto's nine seasons as head coach.
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The lineup for the ACC Championship includes Sheils Donegan, Roscich, freshman Carson Bertagnole, senior Keaton Vo and Sandhu. Grad transfer Andrew Riley is the alternate (substitutions are allowed in the tournament).
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Sheils Donegan has finished 10th, third and first in the last three tournaments. The 2025 U.S. Amateur semifinalist and member of the European Walker Cup team, leads the Tar Heels in scoring average at 69.04 and is a combined 50 under par in 24 rounds this season. Both are the second-best figures in UNC single-season history behind the records set a year ago by National Player of the Year David Ford.
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Roscich, a sophomore who is one of four underclassmen in the lineup, shot a career-best 10-under-par 200 in placing second in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate. Roscich has shot in red figures in five straight tournaments and is a combined 35 below par in those events. He was ninth at The Hayt, 14th in Augusta and second in Chapel Hill.
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Sheils Donegan (12th), Bertagnole (48) and Roscich (77) enter the tournament ranked in the top 100 in the NCAA. Sheils Donegan is also 31st and Bertagnole is No. 77 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
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All 15 teams in the field will play 18 holes of stroke play on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top eight teams will advance to match play with quarterfinal and semifinal rounds set for Sunday beginning at 8:30 a.m. and approximately 2 p.m. Eastern (Panama City Beach is in the Central Time Zone).
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The championship match is Monday, April 27, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
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The semifinal and championship matches will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
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A year ago, the Tar Heels were second in stroke play, and defeated Wake Forest and Florida State before losing to eventual NCAA runner-up Virginia, 3-2, in the final match.
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Sandhu tied for third in stroke play at 7-under 209 and won his matches in the quarterfinal and semifinal. Roscich pulled off the upset win of the championship as he defeated All-America Ben James of Virginia 3&2 in the final. Vo, a veteran of three previous conference tournaments, also won his first two matches.
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The Tar Heels have advanced to match play in four of the previous five ACC Championships. They finished first in stroke play and earned the top seed in 2021, 2022 and 2024 and were second in 2025.
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Carolina won its 12th ACC title in 2024 by defeating Wake Forest and Florida State in match play.
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This is the second time in five seasons the ACC is contesting its championship at Shark's Tooth.
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In 2022, Carolina shot 35-under 829 to finish first in stroke play but lost to Wake Forest in the semifinals. Sophomore Peter Fountain finished second in a playoff to Clemson's Jacob Bridgeman, denying Fountain a second-consecutive ACC title.
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Fountain led the Tar Heels in stroke play, shooting 68-67-68 for 13-under 203. David Ford and Ryan Gerard were both 8 under and Ryan Burnett shot 6 under.
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2026 ACC Men's Golf Championship Seeds
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Virginia
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â North Carolina
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Stanford
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Georgia Tech
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Florida State
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Duke
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Notre Dame
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wake Forest
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Clemson
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Louisville
11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SMU
12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NC State
13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cal
14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Virginia Tech
15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Boston College
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The Tar Heels enter the ACC Championship following back-to-back team and individual victories in the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational and the Tar Heel Intercollegiate.
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First, Carolina shot 54 under par to beat runner-up Oklahoma State by 15 strokes and sophomore Sihan Sandhu was medalist in a playoff in Augusta. A week later, junior Niall Sheils Donegan and Grant Roscich finished one-two in leading UNC to a 20-stroke win over Duke.
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UNC ended the fall portion of its five-event schedule No. 14 in the NCAA's Scoreboard/Clippd rankings. The Tar Heels dropped to 17th on March 25 before climbing eight spots to ninth following its most recent victories. Carolina has three wins this season and 27 in Andrew DiBitetto's nine seasons as head coach.
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The lineup for the ACC Championship includes Sheils Donegan, Roscich, freshman Carson Bertagnole, senior Keaton Vo and Sandhu. Grad transfer Andrew Riley is the alternate (substitutions are allowed in the tournament).
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Sheils Donegan has finished 10th, third and first in the last three tournaments. The 2025 U.S. Amateur semifinalist and member of the European Walker Cup team, leads the Tar Heels in scoring average at 69.04 and is a combined 50 under par in 24 rounds this season. Both are the second-best figures in UNC single-season history behind the records set a year ago by National Player of the Year David Ford.
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Roscich, a sophomore who is one of four underclassmen in the lineup, shot a career-best 10-under-par 200 in placing second in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate. Roscich has shot in red figures in five straight tournaments and is a combined 35 below par in those events. He was ninth at The Hayt, 14th in Augusta and second in Chapel Hill.
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Sheils Donegan (12th), Bertagnole (48) and Roscich (77) enter the tournament ranked in the top 100 in the NCAA. Sheils Donegan is also 31st and Bertagnole is No. 77 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
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All 15 teams in the field will play 18 holes of stroke play on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top eight teams will advance to match play with quarterfinal and semifinal rounds set for Sunday beginning at 8:30 a.m. and approximately 2 p.m. Eastern (Panama City Beach is in the Central Time Zone).
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The championship match is Monday, April 27, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
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The semifinal and championship matches will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
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A year ago, the Tar Heels were second in stroke play, and defeated Wake Forest and Florida State before losing to eventual NCAA runner-up Virginia, 3-2, in the final match.
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Sandhu tied for third in stroke play at 7-under 209 and won his matches in the quarterfinal and semifinal. Roscich pulled off the upset win of the championship as he defeated All-America Ben James of Virginia 3&2 in the final. Vo, a veteran of three previous conference tournaments, also won his first two matches.
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The Tar Heels have advanced to match play in four of the previous five ACC Championships. They finished first in stroke play and earned the top seed in 2021, 2022 and 2024 and were second in 2025.
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Carolina won its 12th ACC title in 2024 by defeating Wake Forest and Florida State in match play.
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This is the second time in five seasons the ACC is contesting its championship at Shark's Tooth.
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In 2022, Carolina shot 35-under 829 to finish first in stroke play but lost to Wake Forest in the semifinals. Sophomore Peter Fountain finished second in a playoff to Clemson's Jacob Bridgeman, denying Fountain a second-consecutive ACC title.
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Fountain led the Tar Heels in stroke play, shooting 68-67-68 for 13-under 203. David Ford and Ryan Gerard were both 8 under and Ryan Burnett shot 6 under.
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2026 ACC Men's Golf Championship Seeds
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Virginia
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â North Carolina
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Stanford
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Georgia Tech
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Florida State
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Duke
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Notre Dame
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wake Forest
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Clemson
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Louisville
11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SMU
12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NC State
13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cal
14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Virginia Tech
15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Boston College
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