Storm Golf Finishes Third at Season Opening Tourney

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Paced by top-10 finishes by Jesse Rouse, Trent Zorgdrager, and Dalton McGinnis, Southeastern fired a three-round score of 844 and finished third at the GAC Preview held at Lake Hefner GC in Oklahoma City, Okla.
 
The Savage Storm finished 20-under-par for the week and were just four shots off of second place Oklahoma Christian's score of 840.
 
Harding's A team took the top spot with an 822, while its B team was fourth with an 860, followed by Arkansas Monticello, Southern Nazarene's A team, Northwestern Oklahoma State's A team, SNU's B team and NWOSU's B team.
 
Rouse carded a pair of sub-70 rounds on the tourney, opening with a 73 in round one but closed out strong with a 67 in round two and a 68 in the final round to finish with an event total of 208 which was tied for fourth, six shots off the lead.
 
Zorgdrager and McGinnis each finished tied for ninth, with Zorgdrager opening his tournament with back-to-back rounds of 72 before closing out the week with a 67 to card a 211. McGinnis opened with a 68 and followed up with a 73 and a 70 to find himself at the same final of 211.
 
Matthew O'Steen just missed the top-10, finishing tied for 14^th, after posting a first-round score of 72, followed by a 73 and a 69 to turn in a final tally of 214.
 
Mason Hale rounded out the five-man squad by finishing tied for 32^nd after carding a three-round score of 224, opening with a 76 before improving to a 73 in round two and finishing with a 75.
 
Nick Keuss played the event as an individual and posted a 233 for the week after carding rounds of 80, 74, and 79, to finish in 45^th.