Hutchinson CC Sports Information
FORT SMITH, Arkansas – The Hutchinson Community College Men’s Golf Team posted its second largest margin of victory in winning a tournament, completing a dominant performance on Tuesday at the NJCAA National Preview.
With nine of the Top 10 teams from the Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Division I national rankings in the field, the No. 1-ranked Blue Dragons posted a 37-stroke victory over No. 2 Odessa College.
Hutchinson was the only team in the field at the Par-70 Hardscrabble Country Club – site of the 2027 NJCAA Division I men’s national tournament – to shoot under-par rounds in the tournament, doing so in all three rounds of the 54-hole event. New Mexico Junior College shot even 280 in the second round on Monday.
After rounds of 272 and 273 on Monday, the Blue Dragons carded a 3-under 277 in the final round to finish at 18-under 822. Team runner-up Odessa finished 37 strokes behind Hutchinson at 19-over 859. The Wranglers had a 294 on Tuesday. Midland was third at 860 after a 290 final round on Tuesday.
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The Blue Dragons’ 37-stroke victory ranks as the second-largest margin of victory only to the 45-stroke victory at the 2020 NJCAA National Preview at The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas. Hutchinson won the 2022 NJCAA Tournament by 20 strokes.
With the Dragons in total control of the team lead, the individual title chase became a three-way battle of Hutchinson golfers Hugo Duquaine, Matt Vearncombe and Grant Hatzenbuehler. Entering the final round, Duquaine and Hatzenbuehler were tied for the lead and Vearncombe was tied for sixth.
Duquaine won the tournament by three strokes over Vearncombe and Hatzenbuehler.
After six-straight pars to open his round, Duquaine eagled the 533-yard par-5 sixth hole to go to 8-under for the tournament. After a birdie on No. 13 and a bogey on No. 16, Duquaine finished out his second career tournament win with a birdie on No. 18 to finish at 3-under 67 and win the tournament at 9-under 201.
Vearncombe completed a second-straight Top 10 finish with the best individual round of the day of 5-under 65 to finish second overall at 6-under 204. Vearncombe was 5-under at the turn with birdies on Nos. 3, 5 and 7 and an eagle on No. 6. He played the back nine in even par to complete his career-low round.
Hatzenbuehler had four birdies and five bogeys in his final round of 71 on Tuesday to complete the tournament third at 5-under 205. Hatzenbuehler now has two career Top-3 finishes, the other at the 2026 NJCAA National Tournament.
Freshman Charlie Rusbridge was the fourth Blue Dragon to finish in the Top 10 on Tuesday. He shot a 76 in the final round to tie for 10th at 4-over 214.
Freshman Grant Labuschagne wound up tied for 45th at 223 after a final-round 74.
The Blue Dragons had two individual players in the field.
Sophomore Joe Austin tied for 14th at 215 after a final-round 71. Freshman Harry Richmond shot a 72 on Tuesday and finished tied for 25th at 218.
The Blue Dragons won 4 of 5 team titles in the 2026 fall season. The next Blue Dragon tournament will be when the spring season begins in March. That portion of the schedule will be released in a few weeks.
