Completed Event: Men's Golf at John A. Burns Intercollegiate on February 12, 2026 , , 13th of 19
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Tuesday, March 31
Ak-Chin Southern Dunes | Maricopa, Ariz.
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Cowboy Classic
GCU takes 3rd out of 25 schools in Maricopa
4/1/2026 5:50:00 PM | Men's Golf
Lauritzen, Diehl earn top 10 spots
MARICOPA, Ariz. – A day after tying a field best 38 birdies through a round and a half of golf, Grand Canyon's play stayed hot, with the eventual result being a third-place finish in a field of 25 teams with five nationally ranked programs.
LEADERBOARD
GCU finished at 23 under for the tournament, totaling a 1 under final round. The placement is a season best for the Lopes and a good momentum advantage heading into the final weeks of the regular season.
No. 28 Southern California took home the championship trophy at 26 under. The Trojans and Lopes were neck and neck with three holes to play while No. 46 Arkansas State came on late and snuck into second at 25 under.
The third place showing was four strokes higher than No. 49 UNLV in fourth, one of five Mountain West schools in competition. GCU also placed higher than nationally ranked USF (No. 45) and San Diego (No. 42).
Play began today with the resumption of round two. Tuesday's second round was halted due to darkness with most Lopes having seven holes remaining for their round.
Sophomore Nixon Lauritzen tied for sixth at 8 under par and finished his tournament with 20 birdies, a best among the 128 golfers in participation. Lauritzen birdied three over a four-hole stretch on the back nine and came back from a bogey on one to notch two straight birdies on two and three.
The most impressive birdie came on the par 5, seventh, where he hit his ball onto the cart path roughly 40 yards shy of the green. A passing cart kicked the ball into the rough, and after 30 minutes of a ruling, chipped it to a foot of the cup and tapped it in for his sixth birdie.
Sophomore Matthew Diehl earned a top 10 showing at 6 under, going 2 over in the third round. Diehl had 14 birdies for his tournament and tied for eighth in the field in that stat category.
The 64 birdies by GCU were a field best.
Sophomore Erik Rengardt made the biggest leap up the leaderboard Wednesday, climbing 14 spots into 29th with a 2 under total. Rengardt tied Lauritzen for a third round best 2 under score and notched six birdies of his own.
Sophomore Måns Boje placed 46th (1 over) while junior Gavin O'Neill finished 53rd (2 over). The duo combined for six birdies in Wednesday's final round.
The Lopes had arguably its best par 4 scoring of the season in Maricopa, shooting 11 under on par 4 holes. The second-best team among the 25-team field shot 1 over on such holes.
After three tournaments in a nine-day stretch, GCU takes a break and finishes out the regular season Friday, April 10 at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate at Papago GC in Phoenix.
LEADERBOARD
GCU finished at 23 under for the tournament, totaling a 1 under final round. The placement is a season best for the Lopes and a good momentum advantage heading into the final weeks of the regular season.
No. 28 Southern California took home the championship trophy at 26 under. The Trojans and Lopes were neck and neck with three holes to play while No. 46 Arkansas State came on late and snuck into second at 25 under.
The third place showing was four strokes higher than No. 49 UNLV in fourth, one of five Mountain West schools in competition. GCU also placed higher than nationally ranked USF (No. 45) and San Diego (No. 42).
Play began today with the resumption of round two. Tuesday's second round was halted due to darkness with most Lopes having seven holes remaining for their round.
Sophomore Nixon Lauritzen tied for sixth at 8 under par and finished his tournament with 20 birdies, a best among the 128 golfers in participation. Lauritzen birdied three over a four-hole stretch on the back nine and came back from a bogey on one to notch two straight birdies on two and three.
The most impressive birdie came on the par 5, seventh, where he hit his ball onto the cart path roughly 40 yards shy of the green. A passing cart kicked the ball into the rough, and after 30 minutes of a ruling, chipped it to a foot of the cup and tapped it in for his sixth birdie.
Sophomore Matthew Diehl earned a top 10 showing at 6 under, going 2 over in the third round. Diehl had 14 birdies for his tournament and tied for eighth in the field in that stat category.
The 64 birdies by GCU were a field best.
Sophomore Erik Rengardt made the biggest leap up the leaderboard Wednesday, climbing 14 spots into 29th with a 2 under total. Rengardt tied Lauritzen for a third round best 2 under score and notched six birdies of his own.
Sophomore Måns Boje placed 46th (1 over) while junior Gavin O'Neill finished 53rd (2 over). The duo combined for six birdies in Wednesday's final round.
The Lopes had arguably its best par 4 scoring of the season in Maricopa, shooting 11 under on par 4 holes. The second-best team among the 25-team field shot 1 over on such holes.
After three tournaments in a nine-day stretch, GCU takes a break and finishes out the regular season Friday, April 10 at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate at Papago GC in Phoenix.
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