PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The Wake Forest men’s golf team is set to begin postseason play on Thursday at the ACC Championship held at The Watersound Club in Panama City Beach, Fla. With knowledge of Shark’s Tooth Golf Course, the Demon Deacons secured their 19th ACC Championship there in their last outing in 2022, the first under head coach Jerry Haas.
The Demon Deacons will look to continue their rich tradition of competing for championships as the Deacs have won the most outright ACC titles in the conference (19) while also having a league-best 24 individual champions at the tournament.
The Deacs have now posted six top-five finishes in 2025–26, including a most recent fourth-place showing at the Ford Invitational. Wake Forest swept three fall events, the Bryan National Collegiate, the Highlands Invitational, and the Palmas del Mar Collegiate, with individual wins from Nicholas Prieto, Jorge Hao and Tom Haberer.
Additionally, the Demon Deacons recorded the third-lowest 18-hole score since 1976, carding a 266 (-14) in their last outing at the Ford Collegiate. Wake Forest finished ahead of ACC foe No. 19 Georgia Tech.
The ACC Championship is five days, teeing off on Thursday, April 23 and concluding Monday April 27. Wake Forest will be paired with Notre Dame and Clemson in the opening round, beginning at 9:55 a.m ET.
Decades of Dominance
Wake Forest has won 19 ACC championships in program history (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1967-76, 1978-80, 1989 and 2022), with the most outright championship titles in the conference. The Demon Deacons’ most dominant stretch came from 1967-76, when they captured 10 consecutive titles under coach Jesse Haddock. Their most recent championship came in 2022 under coach Jerry Haas, snapping a 33-year title drought.
Wake Forest has also recorded nine runner-up finishes (1956, 1959, 1965-66, 1981, 2003-04, 2016 and 2023), bringing its total top-two finishes to 28.
The program holds the ACC record for most consecutive titles (10, 1967-76) and largest margin of victory, defeating NC State by 44 strokes in 1973.
A History of Champions
In the 71 ACC Championships that have been held, the Deacs have accounted for a third of the individual titles, the most in conference history.
The rich history of ACC individual champions dates back to the first ACC Championship in 1954 when Arnold Palmer won at Old Town Club in Winston-Salem:
- 1954 Arnold Palmer
- 1957 John Gerring
- 1959 Ronnie Thomas
- 1960 Ronnie Thomas…
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