Two Morningside golfers walk and celebrate on the course during competition. Graphic displays GPAC Tournament final results with Morningside finishing second (team score 899), led by Finn Coull (4th, 224), Darragh McGrath, Dylan Welford and Adam Watkin (all T-10, 228), and Ryan Cavanaugh (T-16, 230).
April 21, 2026

Five in Top 20 as Mustangs take GPAC silver

DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. — The Morningside University men’s golf team earned a runner-up finish Tuesday at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament, placing all five golfers inside the top 20.

Results

DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. — The Morningside University men's golf team earned a runner-up finish Tuesday at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament, placing all five golfers inside the top 20.

Finn Coull led the Mustangs with a fourth-place finish, carding a 54-hole total of 224 (+8). His final round of 72 was his best of the tournament, and he recorded three birdies Tuesday after totaling just two over the opening 36 holes.

Three Mustangs — Dylan Welford, Darragh McGrath and Adam Watkin — each finished with 228. Welford posted the lowest final round among the trio with a 74. McGrath totaled three birdies in the opening round, while Watkin recorded seven birdies across the first two rounds.

Coull, Welford, McGrath, and Watkin were each named to the GPAC All-Tournament Team. 

Ryan Cavanaugh tied for 16th with a 230, highlighted by a second-round 71. He opened that round with eight straight holes without a bogey, including three birdies.

As a team, Morningside matched Northwestern for the most pars in the field with 161. The Mustangs also totaled 33 birdies, second-most among GPAC teams, while their 63 bogeys ranked second-fewest in the tournament.