NORTH PLAINS, Ore. – The Whitworth men's golf team moved up one spot during Monday's second round to finish in third place at the 2026 Northwest Conference Fall Classic at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course.
The Pirates had the tournament's third-best score on Monday and finished with a final tally of 291-289 – 580. The score was 26 strokes behind first place Whitman.
First-year Luke Nelson had the team's best individual finish. He shot 68-73 – 141 (-1) to finish in a tie for sixth place. Willamette's AJ Papajohn (65-68 – 133) won by three strokes over Whitman's Grady Brown for individual medalist honors.
Max Hosfeld and Kallen Maioho tied for 17th place with a total of 146. Hosfeld shot 75-71 to move up nine positions in the standings, while Maioho posted consecutive rounds of 73. Andy Hobson (75-75 – 150) tied for 24th place, while Mason Bradford (79-72 – 151) tied for 26th place. Bradford moved up 14 spots on the leaderboard on Monday.
The final team scores were: Whitman 554, Willamette 569, Whitworth 580, Lewis & Clark and Linfield 582, Pacific Lutheran 593, Puget Sound 598, Pacific (Ore.) 601, George Fox 609.
The scores from the Fall Classic will count as one-third of the final tally toward the 2026-27 Northwest Conference championship in men's golf. The other two tournaments that will make up the standings are in the spring – the 2027 NWC Spring Classic and the 2027 NWC Tournament.
