LE MARS, Iowa – The Northwestern College men’s golf and Dordt men’s teams competed at the Northwest Iowa Invitational Monday, September 20 and Tuesday, September 21st. NWC finished the tournament with an ninth-place team finish and Dordt finished 14th.
The tournament took place at Willow Creek Golf Course in Le Mars, Iowa with a Par 72.
Four Raider rounds were posted under par on the tournament.
Northwestern’s Brock Murphy (Jr., Tea, S.D./Tea Area) led the team with a three-round score of 216, nine strokes ahead of the second-place finishing Raider. He was the only Northwestern golfer to shoot under par twice -1 in Round 2 and -2 in Round 3.
The third through fifth place finishes were up for grabs heading into the final round this afternoon. Kolby Newborg (Jr., Tea, S.D./Tea Area) and Alex Snyder (Sr., Alta, Iowa/Alta-Aurelia) battled for the second-place team finish for the Raiders at the tournament. Ultimately, both shot a three-round total of 225 to finish tied for 39th as individuals.
Trenton De Haan (Jr., Orange City, Iowa/MOC-Floyd Valley) and Jackson Laven (Fr., Okoboji, Iowa/Spirit Lake) rounded out the top-5 for the Raiders, De Haan sneaking out a one stroke advantage over Laven.
Dordt was led by Freddy Bullock and Dustin Widman with a pair of 232 scores. Bullock went 77-80-75 and Widman was 78-77-77 to finished tied for 63rd in the powerful field. Blake Harmsen and Colin Kloostra shot 234 and 235 respectively to round out Dordt’s scoring.
Bellevue University won the event with a 287-282-284=853 and had two golfers in the top-six. Morningside’s Sam Story sot a 71-70-65=206 to win the 76 golfer event.
Northwestern finishes:
T12 Brock Murphy – 75-71-70-216
T39 Kolby Newborg – 74-73-78-225
T39 Alex Snyder – 76-74-75-225
T43 Trenton De Haan – 81-74-71-226
T47 Jackson Laven – 75-79-73-227
DORDT’S GOLFERS
Freddy Bullock 77-80-75=232/t63rd
Dustin Widman 78-77-77=232/t63rd
Blake Harmsen 77-83-74=234/69th
Colin Kloostra 84-78-73=235/70th
Caleb Dokter 84-87-82=253/76th
Dordt and Northwestern next play will on September 27 and 28 at the GPAC Championship at Indian Creek Golf Course in Elkhorn Nebraska.
