NEW ORLEANS, La. | JD Berndt led Jackson State at the 2026 Gulf Coast Collegiate hosted by the University of New Orleans at the English Turn Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday.
He finished with a 29-over (245) over the span of three rounds including low rounds of 8-over (80) in the second round and 9-over (81) in the final round. Meanwhile, Trace Carpenter finished with his low round of 10-over (82) in the second round on Monday.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): 2026 Gulf Coast Collegiate (New Orleans)
Dates: 2/23-24 (Monday-Tuesday)
Course: Englush Turn Golf Club (Par 72 / 7,028 yds)
Final results
TEAM SCORES
1) Augusta 307-304-287-898 (+34); 2) Loyola-Chicago 313-313-288-914 (+50); 3) St. John's 311-311-294-916 (+52); 4) Belmont 305-314-299-918 (+54); 5) Central Arkansas 320-307-296-923 (+59); 6) Murray State 316-310-301-927 (+63); 7) Tennessee Tech 313-312-303-928 (+64); 8) New Orleans 325-301-306-932 (+68); 9) SE Louisiana 317-318-306-941 (+77); 10) Nicholls 322-323-299-944 (+80); 11) Southern Indiana 329-321-309-959 (+95); 12) Bellarmine 327-329-307-963 (+99); 13) Eastern Illinois 324-320-324-968 (+104); 14) Arkansas-Pine Bluff 327-335-313-975 (+111); 15) Jackson State 341-345-341-1027 (+164).
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
t-1) Chapman Barnett (Augusta) 72-76-77-225 (+9); t-1) Pieter Rossouw (Augusta) 75-75-75-225 (+9); t-1) Joseph Dolezai (St. John's) 69-76-80-225 (+9); t-4) Charlie Kulwin 80-73-73-226 (+10); t-4) Niklaus Etherton 82-72-72-226 (+10); t-4) Maximlian Feistmanti 74-76-76-226 (+10); t-7) Jack Darke (Belmont) 77-78-72-227 (+11); t-7) Connor Brown (Belmont) 74-79-74-227 (+11); t-10) Dean Wilken (Augusta) 82-76-70-228 (+12); t-10) Max McColgan (St. John's) 77-75-76-228 (+12); t-10) Bogdan Sandrini (Central Arkansas) 80-70-78-228 (+12); t-10) Lennon Albans (Murray State) 80-74-74-228 (+12).
JACKSON STATE SCORES
t-59) JD Berndt 84-80-81-245 (+29); t-68) Trace Carpenter 84-82-84-250 (+34); 77) Ekam Singh 84-87-98-269 (+53); 78) Edward Wallace 89-96-88-273 (+57); 79) Kaden Tibbetts 97-96-88-281 (+65).
UP NEXT
Jackson State returns to action at the ASU Spring Classic March 8-10.
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