Completed Event: Men's Golf at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate on October 27, 2025 , , 5th of 11
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at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Monday, March 16
Tucson CC | Tucson, Ariz.
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Arizona Thunderbird Intercollegiate
Photo by: Jayden Todd
Lauritzen top 25, Lopes tie for 8th in Tucson
3/17/2026 3:43:00 PM | Men's Golf
Sophomore Lauritzen goes 2 under with total 12 birdies
TUCSON – Concluding its first tournament in a 12-day span, Grand Canyon tied for eighth in the highly competitive AZ Thunderbirds Intercollegiate at the Tucson Country Club.
GCU finished with a 2 over card, joining UTEP and New Mexico State with that score. The tournament consisted of five teams ranked in the top 35 of the Clippd Scoreboard Rankings with No. 22 and host school Arizona winning with a 25 under score. No. 32 Long Beach State placed second (24 under) and Colorado in third (21 under).
The Lopes began the day finishing up a handful of holes from the second round that was suspended due to darkness Monday. The squad shot 2 under over the third and final round with three players shooting even or better.
Sophomore Nixon Lauritzen led the team with a 2 under total, totaling 12 birdies for the tournament including four on Tuesday. He shot an average score of 3.90 on par four holes, tied for fifth best among the 81-player field.
Classmate Måns Boje finished 1 over for the tournament and one spot back of Lauritzen in the birdie count at 11. Boje shot 1 over Tuesday and placed 35th overall.
After starting 2 over through 18 holes, freshman Daniel Nilsson carded a 1 over score over his final 36 holes with two birdies, two bogeys and 14 pars in the third round. Nilsson finished 40th at 3 over par.
Junior Gavin O'Neill had the best third round of the day for the squad, going 3 under with six birdies including four on the front nine. The 3 under, 69, was the second lowest individual round for the squad behind Boje's opening round 68. The Irishman finished 48th at 5 over. Sophomore Matthew Diehl placed 59th at 8 over with eight birdies.
GCU's 48 birdies were eighth most among all teams, while its 6 over score on par 3 holes tied for fifth best with Long Beach State.
The Lopes head to the pacific northwest for two tournaments in a week span, beginning Monday, March 23 in Eugene, Oregon, for the Duck Invitational.
GCU finished with a 2 over card, joining UTEP and New Mexico State with that score. The tournament consisted of five teams ranked in the top 35 of the Clippd Scoreboard Rankings with No. 22 and host school Arizona winning with a 25 under score. No. 32 Long Beach State placed second (24 under) and Colorado in third (21 under).
The Lopes began the day finishing up a handful of holes from the second round that was suspended due to darkness Monday. The squad shot 2 under over the third and final round with three players shooting even or better.
Sophomore Nixon Lauritzen led the team with a 2 under total, totaling 12 birdies for the tournament including four on Tuesday. He shot an average score of 3.90 on par four holes, tied for fifth best among the 81-player field.
Classmate Måns Boje finished 1 over for the tournament and one spot back of Lauritzen in the birdie count at 11. Boje shot 1 over Tuesday and placed 35th overall.
After starting 2 over through 18 holes, freshman Daniel Nilsson carded a 1 over score over his final 36 holes with two birdies, two bogeys and 14 pars in the third round. Nilsson finished 40th at 3 over par.
Junior Gavin O'Neill had the best third round of the day for the squad, going 3 under with six birdies including four on the front nine. The 3 under, 69, was the second lowest individual round for the squad behind Boje's opening round 68. The Irishman finished 48th at 5 over. Sophomore Matthew Diehl placed 59th at 8 over with eight birdies.
GCU's 48 birdies were eighth most among all teams, while its 6 over score on par 3 holes tied for fifth best with Long Beach State.
The Lopes head to the pacific northwest for two tournaments in a week span, beginning Monday, March 23 in Eugene, Oregon, for the Duck Invitational.
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