No. 20 Saint John's golf competes at Gustavus Adolphus' three-day Twin Cities Classic this Saturday-Monday, Sept. 25-27: Links at Northfork in Ramsey (Saturday), Elk River C.C. (Sunday) and Wayzata C.C. (Monday). - Live Scoring

TEE TIMES
-Saturday at the Links at Northfork (par 72): 11:30 a.m. tee times
-Sunday at Elk River C.C. (par 72): 10:15 a.m. tee times
-Monday at Wayzata C.C.: 11 a.m. shotgun start

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: No. 20 Saint John's continued its winning ways with a first-place finish out of 11 teams at its fall invitational Sept. 19 at Blackberry Ridge G.C. (par 72) in Sartell.

The Johnnies won the tournament by 29 shots with a two-day total of 580 (+4). SJU White tied with Bethel's varsity for second (+33, 609) and SJU Blue finished fourth (+40, 616). SJU carded Sunday's best round, a 295 (+7), which was 12 shots better than the second-best (SJU White, +19/307) thanks to the windy conditions. The Johnnies were 3-under par as a team at the turn.

Johnnies claimed the top three spots on the individual leaderboard, led by sophomore Nate Loxtercamp (Richmond, Minn./Melrose Area) in first place with a 141 (-3). Junior Thomas Gutzmer (Jordan, Minn.) and sophomore Glavine Schugel (New Ulm, Minn.) tied for second at 145 (+1). Gutzmer recorded a 1-under par 71 Sunday, while Loxtercamp and Schugel posted a 73 (+1) each. 

Sophomores Blake Schuler (Waconia, Minn.) and Sam Berger (Waconia, Minn.) rounded out the Johnnies' five in a tie for ninth (+6, 150) and 14th (+9, 153), respectively.

Sophomore Mason Sunder (Cold Spring, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) led SJU White with a 149 (+5) to tie for seventh and freshman Andrew Boemer (Eagan, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) tied for fifth with a 148 (+4) for SJU Blue.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Loxtercamp was named the MIAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Week Tuesday (Sept. 21). He earned the first medalist honor of his collegiate career - his second top-two finish in three events this fall - with a two-day total of 141 (-3) as No. 20 SJU won its third consecutive tournament to start the 2021-22 season by 29 shots with a two-day total of 580 (+4) Sept. 18-19 at its fall invitational. 

Loxtercamp collected eight birdies and was the only player out of 66 in the tournament to finish under par (-4) on par-4 holes. He is currently third on the team and fourth in the MIAC with a 73.4 scoring average in seven rounds this season.

BIRDIES AND PAR 5'S: Gutzmer led the field with nine birdies and finished -6 on par-5 holes in the tourney, one shot ahead of sophomore Cameron Lemke (Avon, Minn./Albany) at -5. Gutzmer also tied with Schugel for the best scoring, -1, on the eight par-3 holes.

THREE IN A ROW: The Johnnies have won three events (or more) in a row 11 times since the 2000-01 season, including this fall. The last occurrence was during the 2016-17 season, where SJU won the Twin Cities Classic – a 16-team tournament – and then the MIAC Championship in October. The Johnnies returned that spring to win the three-team Arizona Christian Invitational and a triangular against Augsburg and Gustavus Adolphus.

The last time SJU won three consecutive events, which included 10 teams or more each, was in Fall 2010. The best win streak for Johnnie golf was 10 consecutive wins, the entire Spring 2008 season (including the NCAA Division III title) and the first four events of Fall 2008.  

FINAL COMPETITION BEFORE MIAC'S: This weekend's Twin Cities Classic is the final tournament before the 2021 MIAC Championships Oct. 2-4 at Bunker Hills G.C. (par 72) in Coon Rapids. 

WHO WILL BE THERE: The Johnnies (two teams) and host Gusties (three teams) are scheduled to be joined by Augsburg (two teams), Bethel (two teams), Carleton, Carthage (Wis.), Concordia-Moorhead, Luther (Iowa), Macalester, Nebraska Wesleyan, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica, Division I St. Thomas (individuals), Wisconsin-Eau Claire (two teams), Wisconsin-Stout and Wisconsin-Superior.

WHO'S PLAYING: The Johnnies are scheduled to send these 10 golfers to this weekend's Twin Cities Classic.

SJU Red
1. Junior Thomas Gutzmer (Jordan, Minn.)
2. Sophomore Glavine Schugel (New Ulm, Minn.)
3. Sophomore Nate Loxtercamp (Richmond, Minn./Melrose Area)
4. Sophomore Sam Berger (Waconia, Minn.)
5. Freshman Andrew Boemer (Eagan, Minn./St. Thomas Academy)

SJU Blue
1. Sophomore Blake Schuler (Waconia, Minn.)
2. Sophomore Mason Sunder (Cold Spring, Minn./St. Cloud Tech)
3. Sophomore Cameron Lemke (Avon, Minn./Albany)
4. Senior Isaac Burgess (Starbuck, Minn./Minnewaska Area)
5. Sophomore Nate Bauer (Andover, Minn.)

SJU'S COURSE RECORDS: The Johnnies have played Elk River C.C. and the Links at Northfork extensively over the past 20 years, but not the Wayzata C.C. Monday's round will be SJU's first on the course since 2012.

Links at Northfork (par 72)
-4 - Mack Farley, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 24, 2016)
-3 - Drew Lynch, St. Thomas Dual (May 2, 2014)
-3 - Nathan Proshek, Gustavus Invitational (April 30, 2002)
-2 - Sam Olson, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 24, 2017)
-2 - Jacob Rydbeck, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 30, 2012)
-2 - Mark Giorgi, Twin Cities Classic (Oct. 11, 2009)
-2 - Matt Bohlig, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 30, 2007)
-2 - Joe Daly, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 30, 2007)
-2 - Sammy Schmitz, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 29, 2002)
-1 - Ryan Gallagher, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 24, 2016)
-1 - Austin Kottke, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 24, 2016)
-1 - Chad Michelson, Twin Cities Classic (Oct. 9, 2005)
-1- Josh Sherlin, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 29, 2002)

Elk River C.C. (par 72)
-5 - Joe Schoolmeesters, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 27, 2008)
-4 - Sammy Schmitz, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 30, 2001)
-3 - Preston Kopel, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 22, 2018)
-3 - Sam LaBine, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 27, 2014)
-3 - Joe Daly, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 27, 2008)
-2 - Matt Lutz, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 23, 2017)
-2 - Casey Vangsness, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 29, 2012)
-2 - Nathan Proshek, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 28, 2002)
-2 - Sammy Schmitz, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 28, 2002)
-2 - Nathan Proshek, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 30, 2001)
-1 - Preston Kopel, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 29, 2019)
-1 - David Schneider, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 23, 2017)
-1 - Wes Dickhaus, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 25. 2016)
-1 - Austin Fowler, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 29, 2013)

Wayzata C.C. (par 72)
-3 - Drew Lynch, Twin Cities Classic (Oct. 1, 2012)
E - Joe Schoolmeesters, Gustavus Dual (May 3, 2008)
E - Kyle Fredrickson, Twin Cities Classic (Sept. 29, 2003)