By Megan Maharry
Sports Editor
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s golf team opened their season on Monday at the Great American
Conference Preview on the Lake Hefner North Course in Oklahoma City. The team shot 291 (+3) and 302 (+14).
The Rangers already improved from last season’s first conference preview tournament by five strokes and finished with 17 over par for the day. They sat in eighth place after two rounds.
The Rangers had five in their lineup: Tyler Berryhill, junior Preston Ewing, sophomore Ben Baker, junior Parker Rehorn and junior Colten Person respectively.
Senior Collin Stork and freshman Noah Vasquez competed as individuals.
Junior Parker Rehorn showed out in his debut, as he went 70 (-2) in the first round and 74 (+2) in the second round.
He led his squad with a two-round total of 144, placing him in a tie for 21st place.
Junior transfer Preston Ewing went 74 (+2) and 73 (+1) for his two rounds and closed with a finish in a tie for 31st and with a two-round total of 147.
Sophomore Ben Baker recorded rounds of 74 (+2) and 75 (+3) to finish in 39th place with a total of 149.
Junior Colten Person’s total of 153 had him in a tie for 45th place, which was only three strokes ahead of sophomore Tyler Berryhill, who shot rounds of 75 (+3) and 81 (+9) for 53rd place at 156.
Senior Collin Stork shot a 78 (+6) and 77 (+5) to open his senior season.
Freshman Noah Vasquez started off his college career with rounds of 81 (+9) and 78 (+6).
The Rangers came out for the final day of the tournament on Tuesday morning.
Rehorn hit a 4 under-par 68, which helped boost the Rangers into the last round of the GAC Preview. The Rangers placed 7th overall.
Rehorn’s numbers also tied him with the school record for the lowest round. He recorded five birdies total. His numbers helped lead to a team score of 290 with a three-round total of 883.
Ewing posted a 72 (E) with a pair of birdies of his own to close the event in a 28th place tie. He birdied the par 3 14th and par 5 18th for the Rangers.
Baker went 224 ( 8) and tied for 39th.
Person posted a 76 ( 4) in the third round to move up to 44th place overall at 13 for the tournament.
Berryhill and Stork finished two strokes behind Person at 231( 15) which tied them for 46th place.
Vasquez shot an 82 to finish 53rd at 25-over 241.
The Rangers are back in action Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 17 and Sept. 18, as they compete at the 2018 Ranger Invite in Enid, held at Meadowlake Golf Course.