New GPAC golf format starts today
Posted: Friday, September 05, 2008
The new Great Plains Athletic Conference golf format will make its official debut when Dakota Wesleyan University hosts the first of four GPAC men's golf qualifiers Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. at Wild Oak Golf Club in Mitchell, S.D.
The qualifying meets are a new format for the GPAC and the NAIA. The old format consisted of a 36-hole GPAC championship meet and a 36-hole region championship meet, the latter of which determined the team that would earn an automatic berth to the national meet.
Instead, two 18-hole qualifiers will be held in the fall and two more will be held in the spring. The total scores from all four meets will be used to determine the GPAC champion and all-conference teams. The champion will also earn an automatic berth to the NAIA national championships.
The GPAC women will qualify two teams automatically for the NAIA nationals while the men will receive one berth.
Saturday, Dakota Wesleyan will also begin defense of its men's championship. DWU won the conference title a year ago by shooting a 602 over 36 holes, which was 11 strokes better than the co-runners up, Nebraska Wesleyan and Dordt College.
The GPAC women will also play four 18-hole qualifiers. Morningside College will host the first one Sept. 15 at Whispering Creek in Sioux City.
GPAC men's qualifiers schedule: Sept. 6 -- at Dakota Wesleyan; Sept. 18 -- at Doane; April 6 -- at Hastings; at Morningside (Spring 2009, date to be determined).
GPAC women's qualifiers schedule: Sept. 15 -- at Morningside; Sept. 25 -- at Hastings; at Midland Lutheran (Spring 2009, date to be determined); April 24 -- at Northwestern.
The qualifying meets are a new format for the GPAC and the NAIA. The old format consisted of a 36-hole GPAC championship meet and a 36-hole region championship meet, the latter of which determined the team that would earn an automatic berth to the national meet.
Instead, two 18-hole qualifiers will be held in the fall and two more will be held in the spring. The total scores from all four meets will be used to determine the GPAC champion and all-conference teams. The champion will also earn an automatic berth to the NAIA national championships.
The GPAC women will qualify two teams automatically for the NAIA nationals while the men will receive one berth.
Saturday, Dakota Wesleyan will also begin defense of its men's championship. DWU won the conference title a year ago by shooting a 602 over 36 holes, which was 11 strokes better than the co-runners up, Nebraska Wesleyan and Dordt College.
The GPAC women will also play four 18-hole qualifiers. Morningside College will host the first one Sept. 15 at Whispering Creek in Sioux City.
GPAC men's qualifiers schedule: Sept. 6 -- at Dakota Wesleyan; Sept. 18 -- at Doane; April 6 -- at Hastings; at Morningside (Spring 2009, date to be determined).
GPAC women's qualifiers schedule: Sept. 15 -- at Morningside; Sept. 25 -- at Hastings; at Midland Lutheran (Spring 2009, date to be determined); April 24 -- at Northwestern.
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