Rory Gentzkow<\/a> and Taylor Finlayson<\/a> both finished in the Top 20 this week as VCSU golf competed at the large Hardrocker Invite.<\/a><\/p>\n The 36-hole tournament was played in cool and windy conditions Monday and Tuesday at Arrowwood Country Club in Rapid City, S.D.<\/p>\n Gentzkow was the top Viking finisher as he tied for 12th in the men’s tournament. After shooting an 81 on Monday, Gentzkow fired a 3-over 75 on Tuesday. Taylor Finlayson<\/a> also carded a 75 on Tuesday as he tied for 17th with a 159 total (84-75).<\/p>\n A total of 46 men’s golfers competed in the tournament. Jayden Ewoniuk<\/a> was tied for sixth after shooting a 77 on day one. He carded an 85 on day two to finish tied for 25th. Hunter Berg<\/a> rounded out VCSU’s team score with a 185 (98-87). The Vikings carded a 340 on Monday, but cut 18 shots off on day two for a 322 team score.<\/p>\n On the women’s side, Jocelyn Braunberger<\/a> tied for 22nd \u2013 finishing in the top half of the 45-golfer field. Braunberger had a 96 on Monday and a 93 on Tuesday to finish with a 189 total. Hayley Shanks<\/a> was just three shots behind as she shot 96-96 to finish tied for 26th. Both Ashley McKittrick<\/a> and Megan Haugrud<\/a> totaled a 215 and tied for 41st. The Viking women\u00a0shot a 417 on Monday and improved to a 396 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Up next: <\/strong>Valley City State competes at the 36-hole Dickinson State Spring Classic. The tournament will be held April 18-19 at Heart River Golf Course.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday.. VCSU Rory Gentzkow and Taylor Finlayson both finished in the Top 20 this week as VCSU golf competed at the large Hardrocker Invite. The 36-hole tournament was played in cool and windy conditions Monday and Tuesday at Arrowwood Country Club in Rapid City, S.D. Gentzkow was the top Viking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223376,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223365\/revisions\/223376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/172318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}