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Men's Golf

The 2007-2008 Storm golf team, from left, Derek Larimer, Derek Nicholson, Eric Krotzinger, John Sloan, James Waldron, Michael Arens and David Oldham.

Schedule (pdf 7k) 
Boosters (pdf 7k) 
Beatrice Country Club - team's home course
Hole by Hole Description (pdf 11.1 k) |

GOLF NEWS - SCC Golf Team Earns Top-10 Finish at Nationals

(May 27, 2008) Southeast Community College's men's golf team shot a final-round 300 on Friday and finished in a tie for 10th place at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Tournament held in Goodyear, Ariz.

The team’s finish, one of the highest since a seventh-place performance in 2001, pleased Coach Bill Campbell.

"When we opened up like we did, fourth after the first day, I thought, 'could this be the year?' " Campbell said. "It was a great way to open. We were ahead of the three-time defending champs (Darton Community College of Georgia) by five or six strokes.

"Maybe the kids started looking back over their shoulder a bit. But in their defense, they really toughened up the course after the first day. They turned off the water, the wind blew and they rolled the greens, so there wasn't anything holding. The golf just got tougher."

Southeast opened tournament play with a 290, which was good for fourth place after the first round. Rounds of 317 and 318 pushed the Storm to ninth before the team rallied with a final-round 300.

John Sloan, who finished in a tie for 21st place with a four-round total of 300, 12 strokes over par, led SCC. Derek Nicholson just missed a top-50 finish as he ended in a tie for 51st place with a four-day total 308. Sloan just missed All-American honors.

"I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but John was very unlucky the last two days," Campbell said. "If there was something that could go wrong, it happened to him. He just did not get a break those last two days."

The top 18 players make the All-America team.

Nate Koch (tie for 57th place), David Oldham (tie for 62nd place) and Brandon Schrock (96th place) rounded out the scoring for Southeast.

Campbell said at one point, Sloan was 4-under on his back nine on Friday, then had three consecutive bad breaks.

Nicholson had a steady tournament. His 81 on Friday included five birdies.

"It was exciting to be up there early," Campbell said. "I wish we could have hung around the leader board a little longer. But that's golf. The kids may have been trying too hard, but sometimes this game is cruel."

Campbell said he was pleased with the way his players conducted themselves during the week.

"They were absolute gentlemen," Campbell said. "They controlled themselves. They were great. It was very apparent why they were down there."

Tyler Junior College won the team title by three strokes over Darton. Marc Rice of Tyler won individual medalist honors with a 1-over-par 289.

Campbell noted that southern schools finished ahead of Southeast.

"I think it's more than coincidental," he said. "When we were battling snow drifts, they were outside hitting wedges."

Southeast results:
21 (tie) John Sloan  73   77   78   72    300  +12
51 (tie) Derek Nicholson    73   75   79   81    308  +20
57 (tie) Nate Koch             71   85   79   75    310  +22
62 (tie) David Oldham        73   81   82   75    311  +23
96 Brandon Schrock          79   84   83   78    324  +36

Team | Individual

GOLF NEWS - National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Golf Tournament

(May 21, 2008) The temperature was hot, but so was the play at the first day of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Golf Tournament in Goodyear, Ariz. Despite temperatures in the upper 90s, Southeast Community College golfers carded solid first-round scores to help the Storm to fourth place with an 18-hole score of 290.

Nationals Day 1
Team | Individual

Nate Koch led the way for SCC, shooting a 1-under-par 71 (36-35) to place him in a tie for seventh. SCC’s Derek Nicholson (38-35), John Sloan (37-36) and David Oldham (37-36) all shot 1-over-par 73 on the first day to tie for 28th place. Brandon Schrock shot a 79 on the first day (40-39) and was tied for 89th place after the first round. Tyler Junior College's Blaine Weiterman blistered the course with a 10-under-par 62 to lead all players heading into the second round.

(May 22, 2008) Southeast Community College's men’s golf team slipped three spots to seventh place after the second round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Tournament Wednesday in Goodyear, Ariz.

Nationals Day 2
Team | Individual

SCC's Derek Nicholson was tied for 11th place at the halfway point of the tournament. He was at 4-over-par 148 (73-75). John Sloan was in a four-way tie for 23rd place at 150 (73-77), while David Oldham was tied for 42nd at 10-over-par 154 (73-81). The Storm's Nate Koch shot 85 the second day and was tied for 57th place with a 156 (71-85). The leader midway through the event is Garrett Smith of Muskegon Community College. He had rounds of 63 and 77 for a 4-under-par 140 total. First-round leader Blaine Weiterman of Tyler Junior College struggled the second day, shooting an 81. Brandon Schrock of Southeast was tied for 101st place with a 19-over-par 163 (79-84). Play continues Thursday and concludes on Friday.

(May 23, 2008) Southeast Community College hung on to a top-10 placing after Thursday's third round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Tournament in Goodyear, Ariz. The tournament is being played on the par-72, 7,015-yard Palm Valley Golf Course.

Nationals Day 3
Team | Individual

The Storm were in ninth place overall with a three-day total of 925. Tyler Junior College of Texas was leading the pack heading into Friday's final round. Tyler had a team score of 876.

SCC's Derek Nicholson was tied for 18th place heading into Friday with a three-day total 227, just one stroke ahead of teammate John Sloan, who was tied for 23rd. Nate Koch was tied for 59th place, while David Oldham was tied for 64th and Brandon Schrock was 102nd.

After a hot second day on Wednesday when the temperature reached 105 degrees, Thursday's third round was cool, around 70 degrees. The tournament was delayed an hour because of lightning.

There are 20 teams and 127 players in the field. Garrett Smith of Muskegon Community College was the leader after three rounds at 2-under-par 214.

Southeast – 290 317 318 925
Derek Nicholson 73 75 79 227 +11
John Sloan 73 77 78 228 +12
Nate Koch 71 85 79 235 +19
David Oldham 73 81 82 236 +20
Brandon Schrock 79 84 83 246 +30

Storm Golfers First at Reiver Classic, Second
at Own Invite

2008 Reiver Spring Classic Results (pdf)

Southeast Community College's men's golf team is off to a successful start to the 2008 spring season, capturing first place at the Iowa Western Community College Reiver Classic and taking second at its own Southeast Invitational.

At Bent Tree Country Club in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on March 30, SCC's David Oldham and Derek Nicholson took first and second to pace the Storm to the team title. Oldham shot a 2-under par 70, while Nicholson finished with a 1-over 73 to finish in a three-way tie for second place. Southeast's team score of 312 was four shots better than second-place Des Moines Area Community College.

Oldham and Nicholson blistered the back nine, carding 2-under 34s. Rounding out the SCC scoring were John Sloan with an 83, Brandon Schrock with an 86 and Mike Arens with an 88.

On March 27 and 28 at Beatrice Country Club, Storm golfers finished second with a two-day total of 623. Dakota Wesleyan won the tournament with a 607.

Nicholson and Sloan finished second and third for SCC. Nicholson shot a two-day total 150, just one stroke behind individual champion Tom Hoek of Dakota Wesleyan. Sloan was third with a 151, while Oldham was just two shots back with a 153 to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Team scores from the Southeast Invitational:

1. Dakota Wesleyan 607
2. Southeast Community College 623
3. Union College 680 
3. Concordia College 680
5. Central Community College 698
6. Hastings College 699
7. Doane College 724

Top 10 Individual scores:

1. Tom Hoek, Dakota Wesleyan, 149.
2. Derek Nicholson, SCC, 150.
3. John Sloan, SCC, 151. 
4. David Oldham, SCC, 153.
4. Brett Abbotts, Dakota Wesleyan, 153.
4. Chris Pritchard, Dakota Wesleyan, 153.
7. Phil Thompson, Union College, 155. 
8 Nick Gates, Dakota Wesleyan, 158.
9. Tyler Evenson, Dakota Wesleyan, 161.
10. Brandon Wehenkel, Doane, 164.