MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Northwestern College men's golf team competed at the NAIA Shootout at TPC Southwind on Monday, Oct. 11 and Tuesday, Oct. 12, hosted by Sterling College, finishing with a team finish of ninth out of nineteen teams.
 
Hosted at a golf course that is one of the hardest on the PGA Tour, TPC Southwind is a Par 72 course with a yardage of 6,716 in Memphis, Tenn. The event began on Monday with a 36-hole day, and Tuesday being a single-round of 18-holes.
 
Freshman Jackson Laven (Okoboji, Iowa/Spirit Lake) had a phenomenal outing on one of the toughest courses he will see in his collegiate career this week as he finished with a tied for third-place finish. Of the three rounds, Laven shot the Raiders' lowest two rounds of 74 in Round 2 and 73 in Round 3. After the first day, he sat tied for 5^th amongst top competition from all across the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The final day saw him with a +1 on an extremely tough course that moved up him to third place individually.
 
Junior Trenton De Haan (Orange City, Iowa/MOC-Floyd Valley) shot his first-career hole-in-one at the event on Day 1 on Hole 4 (170 Yards, Par 3).
 
Brock Murphy (Jr., Tea, S.D./Tea Area) finished tied for 15^th amongst the tough NAIA competition with a score of 230 (77-74-73) and Kolby Newborg (Jr., Tea, S.D./Tea Area) finished five shots behind him with a 235 (79-80-76).
 
Raiders at the event:
T3       Jackson Laven (77-74-73-224)
T15     Brock Murphy (78-75-77-230)
T37     Kolby Newborg (79-80-76-235)
T68     Trenton De Haan (82-85-79-246)
T75     Alex Snyder (84-82-82-248)

Up Next: Northwestern wraps up the fall schedule at the Grand View Invitational next week on Monday, Oct. 18 and Tuesday, Oct. 19 at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny, Iowa.