Dakota Dunes South Dakota — Caleb Badura won the GPAC Men’s Golf Championship, a four-day, 72-hole event that concluded Wednesday evening at the Dakota Dunes Golf Club.
Badura completed the championship with a two-under 282, the only golfer to finish under par, and matched the record for the lowest four-round score at the event. Badura now shares the record with former Red Raider golfers, Justin Kraft (2018) and Neil Malenke (2013). The freshman closed with a 75 (+3) after shooting a 69 in each of the first three rounds and won the GPAC title by five strokes over Corey Matthey (Morningside). This marks the seventh time that a Red Raider claimed the GPAC’s individual title, joining Dan Laaveg (2006), Luke Vermeer (2008, 2010), Neil Malenke (2013) and Justin Kraft (2015, 2018). Badura also qualifies for the NAIA Championships as the GPAC medalist.
Northwestern finished second overall with a 72-hole total of 1,179, 16 strokes in back of GPAC Champion Morningside. The Red Raiders trailed the Mustangs by one stroke heading into Wednesdays final round; Northwestern shot the fourth best round (304) while the Mustangs closed with a 289, lowest among the 11 teams. Midland, with a final round 295, placed third overall (1,181), followed by Jamestown (1196) and Doane (1200).
Austin Reitz closed out his career with a final round 77 to finish alone in 12th place overall with a 72-hole total 298. Isaac Knock followed closely with a 301, tying for 14th place after a final round 78. Jake Olsen tied for 22nd overall (309), closing the championship with a 76. Tyler Merley carded a 76 in the final round.
Reitz finished his four-year career with a 76 average, ranking second on this year’s team at 74.2. He won three events and recorded 16 top 10 finishes over the course of his career.
Dordt finished seventh in the final standings of the GPAC Men’s Golf Championship. Dordt’s total was 299-311-318-318=1246 and the Defenders were eight strokes out of sixth place. Dordt’s best finisher was Will Mulder with a 16th place finish of 303.
Dordt Scoring
T16 Will Mulder 75-78-76-74=303
T22 Ryan Feauto 74-75-81-79=309
25 Kyle Colyn 74-78-76-83=311
35 Brandon Vande Griend 80-80-85-82=327
Bennett Harmelink 76-82-dns-dns
Ryan Fedders dns=dns-85-86
Team Scoring
1 Morningside 296-278-300-289=1163
2 Northwestern 280-288-307-304=1179
3 Midland 284-299-303-295=1181
4 Jamestown 304-289-308-295=1196
5 Doane 300-296-294-310=1200
6 Briar Cliff 315-308-306-309=1238
7 Dordt 299-311-318-318=1246
8 Dakota Wesleyan 321-309-306-314=1250
9 Concordia 309-300-326-320=1255
10 Hastings 316-305-336-333=1290
11 Mount Marty 332-340-317-318=1307
