Viking News
Fri, May 7, 2010 - [Men's Golf]

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the qualifier field for the 59th Annual NAIA Men's Golf National Championships; held May 18 - 21 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Pairings for the event will be announced Friday at 3:30 p.m. CDT.

The 156-player championships field is comprised of 21 automatic qualifying teams from NAIA affiliated conferences/unaffiliated groupings and seven at-large selections, which are determined using the final Top 25 rating released on April 30. Saint Ambrose (Iowa) qualifies as the host institution. Nine individuals earned a spot in the event through automatic qualification and two were at-large selections. Oklahoma Baptist's Chase Lindsey returns to the event as a returning All-Tournament Team member from 2009.

The Grand View Vikings will be making their second appearance to the National Championships under head coach Chris Winkel (last appearance was in 2006), after winning the Midwest Collegiate Conference title.The Vikings won the event held at Otter Creek in Ankeny, after shooting a three-round team total of 859 to better second-place Saint Ambrose by nine strokes. Grand View was led by MCC ndividual champion Josh Manske, who fired a three-round seven-under par. Senior Graeme Molloy shot a four-under par to finish in second place at the MCC Championships, helping lead the Vikings to the team title.

2010 Men's Golf National Championships Team Qualifiers

Team

Qualification

Titles

California Baptist

At-Large

Cumberlands (Ky.)

Mid-South Conference champion

Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)

Great Plains Athletic Conference automatic qualifier

Grand View (Iowa)

Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference champion

Holy Names (Calif.)

Unaffiliated Group #5 - AII/Cal Pac/Golden State champion

Indiana Wesleyan

At-Large

Johnson & Wales (Fla.)

The Sun Conference champion

1

Lindenwood (Mo.)

Heart of America Athletic Conference champion

Madonna (Mich.)

Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference champion

Malone (Ohio)

American Mideast Conference champion

1

Marian (Ind.)

Mid-Central College Conference champion

Morningside (Iowa)

Great Plains Athletic Conference automatic qualifier

Ohio Dominican

Unaffiliated Group #2 - AII/KIAC champion

Oklahoma Christian

At-Large

1

Oklahoma City

Sooner Athletic Conference champion

6

Reinhardt (Ga.)

Appalachian Athletic Confernece champion

Rocky Mountain (Mont.)

Frontier Conference champion

Saint Ambrose (Iowa)

Host

Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.)

At-Large

South Carolina - Beaufort

At-Large

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

At-Large

Southwestern (Kan.)

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champion

Spring Hill (Ala.)

Unaffiliated Group #3 - AII/Gulf Coast/Southern States champion

St. Francis (Ill.)

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference champion

Texas Wesleyan

Unaffiliated Group #4 - Midlands/Red River champion

6

Union (Ky.)

TranSouth Athletic Conference champion

Victoria (B.C.)

Unaffiliated Group #6 - AII/Cascade champion

Wayland Baptist (Texas)

At-Large

William Woods (Mo.)

Unaffiliated Group #1 - American Midwest/Dakota champion