WICHITA FALLS, Texas—The Southern Nazarene Men's Golf team traveled to Texas to compete in the Midwestern State Invitational on Monday and Tuesday where they finished 15th as a team.
The three-round tournament was held at the Wichita Falls Country Club, featuring a 6,882 yard par-71 course. Midland Community College won the tournament after all five in the lineup placed in the top-10. They finished 12-under par as a team as they shot 840 over three rounds.
Southern Nazarene found themselves tied for 10th after the first round, but slipped to 14th after round two and finished 15th following the conclusion of the final round. Sam Schmidt was tied for 5th after shooting a fantastic 68 (-3) in round one. He fell just one spot after a 71 (E) in round two, but fell to a T-17 finish after shooting a 76 (+5) final round. He led the entire field with 40 pars in the tournament.
Following Schmidt was Noah Kern, who shot 226 (+13), slightly edging Landon Hendrix's 227 (+14). They finished T-63 and T-68, respectively. Hendrix notched an eagle on the par-5 sixth hole in round one and finished just 1-over par. He was 4-over par after day one, but could not keep the rhythm going in round three.
Luke Woods and Zander Tway rounded out the scoring for the Crimson Storm. Woods was consistent each round, shooting 78-77-78 for a three round total of 233 (+20). He finished 83rd in the field. Tway improved each round by five strokes. After an 84 (+13) in round one, he shot 79 (+8) in round two and 74 (+3) in the final round for a three round total of 237 (+24).
The tournament wraps up SNU's fall portion of the schedule. They will return to the course in February as Southern Nazarene hosts the Houston Classic February 13-14 at the Golf Club of Houston.
