STANFORD, Calif. \u2013 Grand Canyon men’s golf finished its northwest trip at The Goodwin at Stanford Golf Course Saturday, placing 23rd out of 30 schools in a stacked field that included eight top 50 nationally ranked teams.<\/p>\n
GCU carded a 23 overall score with an 8 over final round and shot 7 over\/8 over\/8 over for the week that began Thursday.<\/p>\n
Host school and No. 23 Stanford took home first at 17 under, followed by No. 35 UCLA and No. 21 New Mexico.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Gavin O’Neill<\/a> stayed fairly consistent throughout the tournament, finishing 37th out of 160 golfers with a 1 over total. O’Neill shot 1 over Saturday with four birdies, three which came in a row on the back nine. He tallied 11 birdies overall for the tournament.<\/p>\n Sophomore Matthew Diehl<\/a> moved up again after jumping 47 spots from day one to day two and climbed six spots with a 1 over final round. Diehl shot 5 over for a 66th placement. He ended with 38 pars over three days, tied for fourth among all players.<\/p>\n Classmate M\u00e5ns Boje finished two shots back of Diehl and placed 78th at 7 over. Boje’s three birdies in his third round moved him to 11 overall, tied with O’Neill for a team high.<\/p>\n Sophomore Nixon Lauritzen<\/a> shot 15 over while freshman Daniel Nilsson<\/a> shot 17 over in total, finishing 134th and 143rd, respectively.<\/p>\n GCU has one more quick turnaround with the two-day Cowboy Classic beginning Tuesday, March 31 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes in Maricopa. It will be the second consecutive tournament with at least 25 teams competing.
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