The Dordt University men's golf team held steady and finished fourth at the 54-hole Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Championship completed on Tuesday, April 21 at Dakota Dunes Country Club in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. The event started with 36 holes on Monday, April 20 and Dordt was in fourth after day one.

Results | GPAC Release | Results (PDF)

The Defenders posted rounds of 305/308/300 with Tuesday's round played in as good of conditions as we've seen locally all semester.  Hastings won the event with an 886, shooting a 287 on Tuesday and Morningside and Northwestern were second and third with 899 and 905. Dordt was 13 strokes clear of Doane in fifth place.

Joseph Wolfe and Samuel Wolfe led Dordt and finished 6^th and T14 respectively with scores of 225 and 229 respectively and both earned All-GPAC honors. Joseph Wolfe shot a 74 on Tuesday and Samuel Wolfe a 78.
Ian Grossmann was the big mover with a team best 71 on Tuesday and closed with a 230 to claim a tie for 16^th in the 62 golfer field. 

Caleb Douma closed 24^th overall with a three-round score of 233 and Trey Van Groningen was Dordt's final golfer with a 238 and was tied for 32^nd.

Individually, Max Nielsen of Hastings won the event with a 217 and his teammate Taiki Sugawar shot a 219.  

This concludes the 2025-26 Dordt golf season. 

Notes: 

• Dakota Dunes is a par 72, 6,887-yard course
• conditions were mostly sunny, 80+ degrees and 10mph winds
• average score on the final 18-holes: 77.36
• average score for the tournament was 78.68
• Joseph Wolfe totaled six birdies, including a chip-in on hole six in his second round
• Samuel Wolfe totaled five birdies
• Caleb Douma made five birdies
• Ian Grossmann made seven birdies with four in his final round
• Trey Van Groningen totaled five birdies, scoring three of them in the final round