HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—The 2023 GAC Men's Golf Championships were once again held at the Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas April 23-25. It was an up-and-down tournament for the Crimson Storm, who ultimately tied for 7th in the field.
Henderson State won the tournament by 14 strokes over Southern Arkansas. They shot 863 for a remarkable 1-under par as a team. Henderson's Miller Harris won the individual title by shooting 209 (-7) to edge Southern Arkansas's Caleb Miller by three strokes.
SNU climbed as high as fourth after round two, but fell to seventh after round three. They shot 899 as a team, going 299-297-303 across the three rounds.
Southern Nazarene was led by a phenomenal performance from Zander Tway. Tway improved each round, including a 71 (-1) in the final round. His play moved him all the way up from T-22 after round one to a T-7 finish. He shot -5 across all par-5s and totaled 10 birdies for the tournament. He shot a total of 218 to finish just two-over par.
Noah Kern just missed out on a top-20 finish as he tied for 21st after shooting 225 (75-73-77). He stayed consistent all tournament and was near the top of the leaderboard in pars, collecting 38 pars in the 54-hole tournament.
Sam Schmidt was just behind Kerr as he matched him in rounds one and three, but shot 75 in round two. He was excellent on the par-5s, shooting four-under on those holes.
Landon Hendrix and Dawson Dunlap rounded out the lineup for Southern Nazarene. Hendrix finished T-32 with a 229 (74-77-78), while Dunlap was four strokes behind at 233 (76-79-78) for a T-39 finish. Hendrix collected 37 pars in the tournament, while Dunlap led SNU in par-3 scoring at one-over.
The tournament rounds out the 2022-23 season for the Crimson Storm. They will look to build on this season and continue pushing the program forward into the fall.
