Northwestern Wins 2024 GPAC Men's Golf Championship
(Beatrice, Nebraska) – Northwestern shot a final round team score of 302 and a 54-hole total of 900 (+36) to claim the 2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men's Golf Championship. The GPAC Men's Golf Championships were played at the Beatrice Country Club in Beatrice, Nebraska. The tournament was played Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30.
(Beatrice, Nebraska) – Northwestern shot a final round team score of 302 and a 54-hole total of 900 (+36) to claim the 2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men's Golf Championship. The GPAC Men's Golf Championships were played at the Beatrice Country Club in Beatrice, Nebraska. The tournament was played Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30.
In the team competition, Morningside was second (902) and Doane was third (908). Dakota Wesleyan was fourth and Jamestown fifth.
Jackson Laven from Northwestern won the individual title with a final round score of 76. Laven shot even (E) for the tournament (69, 71, 76 = 216). Qwenton Caldwell from Northwestern was second individually at +1 with a 54-hole total of 217. Gabe Escalera from Hastings was third at 219 (+3). Drew D'Ercole from Concordia and Braden Bernaldo from Morningside tied for fourth at +5 (221).
The Northwestern men will represent the GPAC at the 2024 NAIA Men's Golf National Championships in Dalton, Georgia, May 21-24 at Dalton Golf and Country Club.