North Plains, Ore.– The Northwest Conference (NWC) 2026 Fall Classic kicked off this morning at 9:00 AM with a shotgun start for both men’s and women’s teams. The Whitman men and the George Fox women will look to hold off the competition leading into round two, setting the stage for an exciting second day on the golf course.
Men’s Livestats
Women’s Livestats
Men
The Whitman Blues dominated the course on day one of the NWC Fall Classic, finishing on top of the standings with a team score of 268 (-16). Trailing the Blues in second are the Willamette Bearcats, who posted a team score of 285 (+1) heading into round two.
Sitting in third place are the Linfield Wildcats (288, +4), while Whitworth and Lewis & Clark are tied for fourth (291, +7). Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound are tied in sixth (296, +12), with Pacific sitting in eighth (305, +21) and George Fox in ninth (312, +28).
AJ Papajohn of Willamette finished round one on top of the individual standings with a score of 65, hitting 6 under-par. The sophomore is followed closely by a Whitman trio tied for second, including Grady Brown, Issac Elaimy, and Mason Remington (66, -5). Closing out the top five on day one is Luke Nelson of Whitworth, posting a score of 68 (-3).
Women
On the women’s side, the George Fox Bruins sit atop the team standings with a round one score of 320 (+36). In second place are the Pacific Boxers, just five strokes behind the Bruins with a team score of 325 (+41).
One stroke behind the Boxers are the Whitman Blues in third place (326, +42), followed by the Whitworth Pirates in fourth (335, +51). Puget Sound (357, +73) and Pacific Lutheran (360, +76) finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Linfield sits in seventh (369, +85), followed by Willamette in eighth (409, +125).
Individually, Jayda Thomas of Pacific Lutheran finished the day on top of the leaderboard with a score of 76 (+5). Following closely behind in a tie for second are Pacific’s Bead Boonta and George Fox’s Ashlyn Johnson (77, +6). Rounding out the top five are Katelyn Lam of George Fox in fourth (78, +7), and Camila Yoo of Whitman (79, +8).
Up Next
The action continues tomorrow at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, teeing off for the second and final round with another shotgun start at 9:00 AM PST.